20 of 20 Distributed Systems Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Nicoll Curtin
Location
Birmingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Enterprise Architect (Hands-On) – C#/.NET Core | Azure | Distributed Systems | Global SaaS - Fully Remote We are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Enterprise Architect to help shape and scale a global technology platform following continued international growth, including expansion into North America. This … 30pm UK time) The Role -Own and evolve the enterprise architecture framework aligned to business growth -Design scalable, secure, high-performance distributed systems -Lead monolith → microservices modernisation -Drive event-driven and clean architecture principles -Work hands-on with engineering on architecture and system design -Establish architectural standards, governance ...

Lead Architect

Hiring Organisation
Accelerant
Location
Coventry, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
clearly communicated, understood, and consistently applied Design and Innovation Define and maintain architectural patterns across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and front end systems Design scalable, resilient systems for analytics, workflow orchestration, and intelligence features Guide decomposition of legacy systems into well defined services and domains Evaluate … technologies and data stores, favoring open standards and long term maintainability Architect distributed systems with focus on reliability, fault tolerance, and scalability Standards & Governance Establish API design standards ensuring consistency, discoverability, and ease of integration Define front end standards prioritizing web platform capabilities, progressive enhancement, and accessibility (WCAG ...

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£90,000 - £105,000 per annum
used by clients to explore trends and drive smarter advertising decisions. THE ROLE As Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will help shape a distributed data and compute platform designed for large-scale ingestion, transformation and machine learning workloads. Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following: Designing … optimising of distributed systems for high-throughput data processing Build services and tools in Python or Go, with the opportunity to cross-train in the other. Work across data pipelines, data warehouses and processing frameworks to support analytics and AI products, contributing to new applications and evolving existing ...

Forward Deployed Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Acceler8 Talent
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Lead 8–12+ week technical implementations Write and push production backend code Own API integrations and complex data workflows Debug SQL, async services, and distributed systems Work directly with customer engineering teams Influence product roadmap from the field High autonomy. High visibility. Real ownership. This is hands … What We're Looking For Strong backend engineering fundamentals (Python, TypeScript, or similar) Deep comfort with SQL (joins, aggregations, performance tradeoffs) Experience shipping production systems in B2B SaaS API fluency: designing, debugging, integrating Comfort reasoning about distributed systems and async behavior Strong communication - you can explain technical ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
SearchWorks
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
continue building the product. This is a product engineering role (not consultancy) What you'll be doing Architecting the backbone of revolutionary AI systems Create backend systems that deliver sub second response times Help to guide and mentor an extremely strong team of engineers Help to create robust … scalable platforms to process commercial claims faster than every before. What they're looking for Expert Python skills with proven experience building high performing systems 8+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with some insights into distributed systems Some frontend experience Some systems architecture exposure Performance ...

Senior Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Couch Heroes
Location
Worcester, Worcestershire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
dies on the quality of its networking layer. We need a Senior Network Engineer who can build the server infrastructure, networking architecture, and online systems that allow thousands of players to share a seamless, responsive world. You will report to the CTO and work closely with gameplay engineers, backend … developers, and DevOps to design and implement the server architecture, replication systems, and online services that underpin the entire game experience. We are in early production. The studio has been running for three years, and server architecture, zone streaming, player session management, and replication models are still being designed. ...

DeFi Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
rollup execution Requirements: • Advanced degree in a quantitative field • 2+ years strong Rust and Solidity • Experience building low-latency, high-throughput trading or onchain systems • Strong distributed systems knowledge • Comfortable across Linux, AWS, Docker, Git High ownership. Close collaboration with founders. Real impact on live DeFi infrastructure. ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DWP Digital
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£55,000
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience building software using Java (Java 8 or above), including evidence of working on large-scale, distributed systems where performance and resilience matter. Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservice design including how to build and consume them effectively. Experience with … across the full software lifecycle - from designing APIs to building user interfaces, to deploying and monitoring services in cloud environments. These aren't small systems: you'll be working with high-volume, mission-critical applications where performance, latency and security really matter. You'll join teams working in areas ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Aveni
Location
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows. We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded … advisers, analysts and banking teams. Your work will focus on: Designing and implementing robust event-driven microservices and APIs Building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS Developing modern, responsive React front-ends Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into real-world workflows Collaborating closely with product and AI specialists to turn ...

Principal Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Shaw Daniels Solutions
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
architecture, scalability, and evolution of the enterprise data platform. This role goes far beyond delivery. You will define technical strategy, design scalable data systems, mentor senior engineers, and partner closely with product, engineering, analytics, and business leaders to transform strategic goals into robust, data-driven solutions. You will have … clear communication and stakeholder collaboration. Anticipate future data needs, balancing long-term vision with pragmatic delivery. Own reliability, performance, and observability of critical data systems, including SLO definition and operational resilience. Mentor and develop senior data engineers through architecture reviews, technical coaching, and knowledge sharing. Champion data quality, governance ...

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £120,000 per annum
clients understand online behaviour, spot emerging trends, and optimise advertising strategy. THE ROLE: As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will Build and enhance distributed data pipelines capable of handling huge-scale datasets. Develop and maintain the data architecture that underpins their ML and AI workflows. Work across Python … with the ability to pick up the second language. Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with big data warehouses. Solid understanding of distributed systems and data processing architecture. Experience in AWS, Kubernetes, BigQuery, or GCP is beneficial. THE BENEFITS: You will receive a salary ...

Full Stack Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
ZENOVO LTD
Location
Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum, Inc benefits
years of relevant full-stack development experience Experience with React/Vue, Nuxt/Next, NodeJS, Typescript, PostgreSQL and Redis. Experience building scalable backend distributed systems or have worked with containerized backend microservices. Experience developing mobile applications using Ionic. Experience in API development, authentication methods, and database design ...

Senior Python Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Prism Digital
Location
Worcester, Worcestershire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Senior Backend Engineer – High-Scale Systems | Python & FastAPI | Security SaaS Salary: £75k - £85k plus bonus Location: Fully remote, (UK-based) Sponsorship is not available for this role Prism Digital have partnered with a super interesting and niche VC-backed client specialising in attack surface management and automated red teaming. … Media IT Services and IT Consulting Computer and Network Security Employment Type Full-time Job Functions Engineering Skills Back-End Web Development Scalability Distributed Systems Python (Programming Lang Senior Backend Engineer – High-Scale Systems | Python & FastAPI | Security SaaS ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Solihull, West Midlands, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
large-scale public sector program. This unique development opportunity involves creating and implementing solutions for our portfolio of biometric products, supporting live systems, and diagnosing incidents. You will be part of a collaborative team that prides itself on engineering the best possible Java code. Key Responsibilities: Develop and implement … solutions for biometric products. Support live systems and diagnose incidents. Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code. Essential Skills and Experience: Proficiency in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, Quartz, SQL Database (PostgreSQL), JPA (Hibernate), REST and SOAP Web Services ...

Java Developer (SC + NPPV3 Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £500/day 450-500/day (Outside IR35)
Microservices, REST, SOAP Web Services, JPA (Hibernate). Experience of developing Java solutions for large-scale integration projects including: microservices, web services, messaging + distributed systems. Connecting processes across multiple systems using message brokers like ActiveMQ. Robust experience of Web Services, SOAP, RESTful), Containerization (Docker), and testing frameworks … Mockito, JUnit, Powermock, DBUnit, JMock, TestContainers). Supporting live systems + diagnose/resolving incidents. Continuous Integration methodologies such as: Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Git + Stash Repository. AWS Cloud Services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, Cloudwatch, KMS). Any experience of Linux, Atlassian products, open-source DBs, PostgreSQL ...

Lead Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day Outside IR35
Responsibilities: Develop and implement solutions for biometric products. Support live systems and diagnose incidents. Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code. Essential Skills and Experience: Proficiency in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, Quartz, SQL Database (PostgreSQL), JPA (Hibernate), REST … Docker, TDD, Agile (Scrum) Public sector experience. 8-10 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Spring-based Java projects. Experience supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents. Experience in large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web services, and distributed systems. Experience with web services (SOAP ...

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Hiring Organisation
Zettafleet
Location
Coventry, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
background in Machine Learning. This is an applied role, and we are looking to hire a software engineer with experience in cloud computing and distributed systems. In this role, you will: Design and develop highly-scalable, fault tolerant and event driven systems that directly power our core products. … confident in our deployments. What we are looking for: Back-end development: 5+ years of industry experience building reliable and scalable back-end systems with an object-oriented language. Cloud-native technologies: Experience in architecting and deploying in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP or Azure), an understanding of containerisation ...

Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Searchstone Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000
Communicate architectural choices clearly to client stakeholders Contribute to internal architecture standards and ways of working What were looking for Experience designing and delivering distributed systems/API-led solutions in enterprise environments Strong understanding of modern engineering stacks (ideally TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React/Next.js) Integration … experience with enterprise systems and databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) Familiarity with data solutions (warehouses/lakehouses, modelling, pipeline patterns) Good grasp of non-functional requirements (security, performance, resilience, operability) Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment practices (Azure experience a plus) Comfortable being hands-on where ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Recann
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with external services including payment platforms such as Stripe and other third-party APIs. Work with event-driven architectures to build reliable and scalable distributed systems. Support international platform capabilities including localisation, multi-region deployments and scalable payment processing. Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ensuring … practices using AWS CDK to ensure repeatable and maintainable cloud deployments. Monitor system performance and reliability using observability tools such as AWS CloudWatch and distributed tracing solutions. Collaborate with engineers, product managers and designers to deliver high-quality product features. About You Strong commercial experience building modern applications using ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ByteHire
Location
Coventry, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
product components. Make sound architectural decisions across APIs, services, and data layers. Lead delivery from design through production operation. Full-Stack Development Build backend systems primarily in Python. Develop secure, performant APIs supporting AI workflows. Contribute to modern web applications where required (e.g., Next.js). Reliability & Performance Improve monitoring … Design to deliver scalable solutions. Communicate technical trade-offs and manage cross-team dependencies. Essential skills and requirements: Strong experience building production backend systems and APIs in Python (Flask or similar). Proven ownership of asynchronous or compute-intensive workflows. Experience delivering full-stack features (e.g., Next.js). Practical ...