1 to 25 of 35 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

Python Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £550/ day Outside IR35
Senior Python Backend Engineer - Real-Time Distributed Systems £550/day Outside IR35 Watford/Hybrid (Initial onsite, then mainly remote) 4-month contract Were working with a highly engineering-led technology business building large-scale real-time backend systems within a distributed Azure environment. This … high-level solution designers. We are specifically looking for deeply hands-on Python backend engineers who are comfortable operating at implementation level within complex distributed systems. The environment is heavily focused on: Real-time event-driven processing High-throughput backend services Distributed microservice architectures Low-latency data ingestion ...

AI Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pro Contract Jobs Ltd
Location
York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £800 to £1,000 per day
Infrastructure Engineer (GPU, Distributed Systems, AI Platforms) A leading AI business is hiring an AI Infrastructure Engineer who has experience with GPU, Distributed Systems & AI Platforms. Hybrid/Remote options available. Outside IR35. Paying between £800 to £1000 per day. Experience and skills required … Infrastructure Engineer, GPU, Distributed Systems & AI Platforms ...

OSS/BSS Solution architect

Hiring Organisation
IBU CONSULTING LTD
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
need an experienced solution architect with 8-12+ years who works closely with the IT Systems Architect on internal BSS systems modernisation, vendor rationalisation and application portfolio simplification. Embedded in workstreams, you break down strategic designs into implementable features whilst ensuring system stability, architectural consistency and long … processes and integration patterns at implementation level - Integration architecture: microservices, API gateways, event-driven architectures, event brokers (Kafka), queues - handling 120+ integration points across systems and legacy stacks - Lead-to-Cash (L2C) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) solutions in Tier-1 telecom operator environments - TMF standards: Product Ordering (TMF641 ...

Golang Developer

Hiring Organisation
Hirexa Solutions UK
Location
West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£280 - £300 per day
ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable backend applications and microservices. This role requires hands-on experience with distributed systems, REST APIs, cloud technologies, and modern software engineering practices. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices using Golang. Build … Cassandra. Knowledge of Docker and containerized applications. Experience with Git version control. Strong understanding of Linux/Unix environments. Experience developing scalable and distributed applications. Cloud & DevOps Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration. Experience with CI/CD tools such ...

Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems and Rust

Hiring Organisation
Mpower Plus UK Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
through focus on readable, maintainable, and performant code. As such, we lean heavily on Rust and its great tooling to fearlessly develop highly efficient distributed systems code. We use multiple levels of testing to ensure we have low-level performance (such as tests to validate the number … with fault injection, and race condition simulation). Combined with the powerful borrow checker and strong type system of Rust, we can develop complex systems with confidence. Key Qualifications If you meet some of these qualifications, we'd love to chat! Core qualifications: Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly ...

Senior Data Engineer - Scala/Spark

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£450 - £550 per day
Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for building and operating large-scale data platforms that support advanced machine learning and recommendation systems used by millions of users globally. This is an opportunity to work on highly complex distributed systems, developing production-grade data pipelines … performance, reliability and operational health of production data pipelines. Develop tooling and infrastructure that supports machine learning workflow execution and deployment. Optimise data processing systems for throughput, scalability and efficiency. Collaborate closely with Data Engineers, ML Engineers and Research teams to deliver high-quality datasets and platform capabilities. Identify ...

Senior Full Stack Developer (React & C#.NET)

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
/CD Implementation: Collaborate with DevSecOps to optimise CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated testing and deployment. Architecture Contribution: Contribute to event-driven and distributed system designs using technologies like Kafka or Event Hub. Mentorship: Guide junior developers and foster a collaborative atmosphere within a cross-functional agile team. ...

Application Designer

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day
organisation, driving continuous innovation and delivering reliable, high-quality solutions to support critical business operations. The technology landscape includes HP NonStop (Tandem) systems and a distributed Linux-based messaging and communications infrastructure. The successful candidate will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to delivery … WebSphere MQ v9 Databases: Oracle 19 (SQL, PL/SQL, data modelling) Messaging & Data Formats: MRM, XML, JSON Integration Exposure Kafka HP NonStop systems SWIFT connectivity Required Skills & Experience Proven experience across the full software development lifecycle Strong **analysis, design andHeres a clean, fully anonymised and market-ready version ...

Principal / Lead Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Intec Select Ltd
Location
London, Billingsgate, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700/day
secure environments Evaluate and integrate appropriate open-source technologies and third-party components Contribute to the design and delivery of scalable, resilient, and maintainable distributed systems Collaboration & Team Development Act as a senior technical contributor within a high-performing engineering team Mentor engineers and help establish a strong … with business objectives Engage with external partners, suppliers, and stakeholders where required Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience leading or making significant contributions to complex distributed, cloud-native, or federated systems Strong software engineering expertise in Python, including backend development, automation, and infrastructure tooling Hands-on experience with ...

Booking and Messaging Java Developer (COMBJP00001223)

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600/day Negotiable
Senior Java Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems & Messaging) Location: London, UK (Hybrid) Role Type: Permanent Tech Stack: Java 8+, Concurrency, Apache Kafka/JMS/TIBCO, Spring Boot, Microservices, Low-Latency About the Team & Platform We are building and scaling a complex, high-throughput, electronic trading platform distributed … data pipelines that ingest live trade feeds directly from external international exchanges and trading venues. What You Will Do Design, implement, and adapt complex distributed trading workflows to meet shifting market and business demands. Optimize high-throughput, low-latency asynchronous processing components to handle massive transaction volumes smoothly. Work ...

Senior Gen AI Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
powered applications. The role would suit a strong software engineer with hands-on experience building cloud-native applications, embedding AI capabilities into production systems, and taking ownership across the full delivery lifecycle. Key responsibilities: * Design, build and maintain AI-enabled applications using enterprise GenAI services* Develop production-grade microservices … applications* Ensure applications meet non-functional requirements around security, scalability, resiliency, performance and cost Essential skills: * Strong software engineering background with experience delivering complex distributed systems* Proven experience building and deploying production-grade applications that embed AI capabilities* Strong Python experience* Experience with LangGraph, Strands and DeepEval* Strong ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
ingestion, transformation, serving layers, and user-facing applications/UI. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, production-ready technical solutions. Architect and implement modern distributed systems and data platforms aligned to strategic architecture principles. Drive engineering best practices across CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing (TDD/… Qualifications: Strong hands-on experience in front-end & application development (React.js/Next.js), backend development (Java or Python), and building secure, scalable APIs and distributed applications. Expertise in data engineering & platforms including SQL, data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling, and integration of data science and analytics. Experience ...

Digital Developer Senior - Python / Django - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Analysis, User-Centred Design, Engineering) Write clean, secure, and maintainable code using test-driven development principles Design and deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performing systems aligned to modern engineering standards Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to define and deliver user-focused solutions Manage service components to ensure … needs and performance targets Embed security controls into system design to mitigate risks and threats Coordinate integration, build activities, and support testing across multiple systems Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve faults, defects, and performance issues Support and operate live production services, ensuring reliability, resilience, and stability Apply appropriate design standards ...

Senior ML Platform Engineer - Robotics

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £750 per day
archival processes* Containerise and orchestrate services to ensure reliable deployment across machines and lab environments* Partner with ML engineers on dataset building, ingestion pipelines, distributed training infrastructure, and high-throughput data workflows* Work with robotics engineers on ROS2 integration, robot data streams, deployment workflows, and hardware-adjacent platform tooling … Improve testing, CI, observability, reliability, and performance across concurrent and IO-heavy systems Essential Skills You must have: * Senior-level software engineering experience, ideally 5+ years* Strong production Python experience* Experience with typing, async/await, threading, multiprocessing, and concurrent workloads* FastAPI or another async Python web framework* Vanilla ...

Test Engineer (SFIA 4)

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£300 - £350/day
risks, issues, and areas for improvement Produce clear reports on testing activities, outcomes, and associated risks Automate data validation and application testing processes across distributed systems Investigate production issues using data analysis to identify root causes Work with orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow) to monitor workflows and troubleshoot … services, including: Monitoring and logging tools Storage and data services Compute and container services Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., GitLab) Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) Familiarity with Docker and containerised environments Data & Analytics Strong data analysis skills, including working with structured ...

Python Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 550 Daily
Senior Python Backend Engineer - Real-Time Distributed Systems £550/day Outside IR35 Watford/Hybrid (Initial onsite, then mainly remote) 4-month contract Were working with a highly engineering-led technology business building large-scale real-time backend systems within a distributed Azure environment click ...

Telemetry and Observability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
join the team. This is a high-impact role focused on scalable telemetry pipelines, monitoring, alerting, reliability engineering, and embedding observability across complex distributed systems and Kubernetes environments. Key experience needed: * Observability/SRE/Platform Engineering background * OpenTelemetry , Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Elastic, Loki, or Jaeger * Kubernetes, microservices ...

Integration Architect

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £600 per day
Participate in peer reviews for design, code, and testing artefacts Ensure adherence to quality standards and best practices Collaborate with cross-functional teams across distributed systems Technical Environment Platforms Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Middleware & Technologies IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE) v12/v13 WebSphere MQ v9.0 Oracle … problem-solving skills Hands-on expertise with: ACE development & administration MQ design and messaging patterns Oracle database technologies (SQL/PL-SQL) Experience in distributed Linux environments Exposure to large-scale financial or enterprise systems Desirable Skills Knowledge of SWIFT messaging standards: ISO 15022 ISO 20022 Experience working ...

Cloud Solutions Architect

Hiring Organisation
TXP
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£0.00 - £650 per day
compliance, and architectural standards Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams Drive best practices across cloud architecture and delivery Oversee integration patterns across systems and services Support design reviews, governance forums, and assurance activities Collaborate with stakeholders to manage risks and dependencies Ensure solutions are optimised for performance … experience as a Solution Architect in complex programmes Strong background in cloud architecture (GCP preferred, AWS/Azure acceptable) Experience designing secure, scalable enterprise systems Strong understanding of integration patterns and distributed systems Experience producing architecture documentation (HLD/LLD) Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills Experience ...

Senior Software Engineer - Geospatial Data (Contract)

Hiring Organisation
Talent Locker
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
would be highly beneficial. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications and services Work with large-scale geospatial and spatial datasets within distributed systems and processing pipelines Develop and optimise solutions using technologies such as PostGIS, ArcGIS, and related geospatial tooling Build and maintain APIs, backend … with geospatial data, spatial databases, or mapping platforms Strong backend development experience using languages such as Python, Java, C++, or similar Experience developing scalable systems, APIs, and data services Knowledge of geospatial technologies such as PostGIS, ArcGIS, GDAL, GeoServer, or similar Experience working with cloud platforms and modern software ...

AI Application/Big Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Advanced Resource Managers Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
Snowflake (data platform integration, CDC concepts) PostgreSQL (RDS) AWS Stack S3, RDS, SQS, EventBridge Containerized workloads (EKS/ECS) Engineering Practices Strong understanding of: distributed systems performance optimization observability (e.g. Langfuse, logging/metrics) Nice-to-Have Experience with: Salesforce Service Cloud integrations NLP/GenAI applications … service Exposure to: Amplitude or product analytics tools Knowledge of regulated environments (banking/capital markets) Soft Skills Ability to work in cross-functional distributed teams Strong ownership mindset (design production) Clear communication with business and technical stakeholders Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers ...

Data Engineer (GCP)

Hiring Organisation
Stott & May Professional Search Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £455 per day
build real-time data ingestion pipelines and event-driven architectures using GCP services. - Develop and maintain data integration solutions connecting to multiple backend systems through APIs. - Build, deploy, and secure RESTful APIs to support data exchange and platform services. - Implement event routing and messaging solutions using distributed system … Cloud Platform (GCP), including: - Cloud Run - BigQuery - Google Cloud Storage (GCS) - Pub/Sub - Eventarc - Strong Python development experience. - Experience designing and working with distributed systems and event-driven architectures. - Experience building and designing RESTful APIs using Flask and/or FastAPI. - Strong understanding of software engineering best ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Huxley Associates
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/hour
contract 3 days onsite - City of London They're looking for a strong, hands-on engineer (5+ years) with experience in big data/distributed systems and modern data platforms. Please click here to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Method-Resourcing
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £625 per day
mentoring leads, and unblocking delivery. Essential Skills & Experience Proven Principal-level experience (80% Architecture/design - 20% Coding) Strong in AWS, TypeScript, event-driven systems Experience with high-scale distributed systems Someone collaborative, hands-on, and pragmatic Desirable Salesforce Experience as this is their main CRM system ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Computer Futures
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550/day
Hybrid: Leeds (2 days per week in the office) Requirements * Strong Java + Spring Boot background * Proven experience in back end engineering (APIs, microservices, distributed systems) * Ability to design and deliver solutions, not just implement tickets * Experience working across end-to-end systems with an understanding ...