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Systems Engineer

Leidos

We are in search of a Systems Engineer for our Leidos engineering capability. The successful Systems Engineer will have a full understanding of the principles of systems engineering, will have prior experience as a Systems Engineer on a major programme involving accepting and integrating deliveries from suppliers.

Using your experience in Systems Engineering, you will be responsible for working with customers and suppliers to execute Systems Engineering activities across the full lifecycle.

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams in the UK to address some of the most complex problems in defence, government, safety and security, and transportation. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

https://www.leidos.com/company/global/uk-europe

As a Systems Engineer in Leidos you will be working on one of our key programs delivering support on a complex and ever changing MOD system. You will be working on a system that is directly involved in ensuring the National Security of the UK.

What you will do

Your primary responsibility will be to enact good systems engineering practices in a complex and ever changing server environment, with a focus on the RHEL and TAK systems. Other key subsystems include radio, video and network interfaces. Your role will include full lifecycle management of a systems environment, project delivery subject to customer direction and technical development of the core system.

What we are looking for

Current clearance, or the ability to gain DV clearance.

Red Hat server administration experience.

Previous use of Ansible and the generation of playbooks.

MS Windows Server administration experience and associated technologies such as AD, DNS & DHCP.

Responsible for the implementation, configuration, maintenance, and performance of critical Microsoft server systems.

Experience with virtualisation technologies e.g. Vmware, Hyper-V

Manage server patching through multiple product lifecycle environments, from development to mission-critical production systems.

Configure and maintain Windows servers and processes, including monitoring of system health and performance, to ensure high levels of performance, availability, and security.

Analyse, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.

It would be nice if you had:

Previous experience using the TAK product suite.

Working knowledge of radio technologies, in particular ROIP.

Familiarity with networking technologies.

Knowledge of JSP440 security guidelines.

Knowledge/Experience working within an MBSE environment.

Experience of working with industry partners and platform integrators to support platform integration and installation.

Location: This role will be based in Herefordshire, with very occasional travel to other sites.

Clearance Required:

This role will require DV clearance.

For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

What we do for you:

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance

• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK’s ait traffic management solutions by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that that enhance your future.

Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.

We’re the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

**Pay Range:**Pay Range £47,500.00 - £71,557.50

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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Hardware Electronics Engineer

Hardware and Electronics Engineer

Location: Hybrid - Herefordshire 4 days/week on customer site

Clearance: Must be eligible for DV clearance (British Citizen, UK residency last 10 years)

Do you love building real hardware from the ground up? Want to design and prototype electronics that directly support national security operations?

We’re looking for a practical, hands-on Electronics & Hardware Engineer to join our growing National Security & Defence team. In this role, you’ll design and assemble custom electronic devices, integrating components like RF modules, GPS, GSM, and Bluetooth. You’ll also work on physical casing design, 3D printing, and functional testing — bringing entire devices from schematic to finished product.

You’ll work closely with our embedded software developers to build the systems that power covert and tactical operations, often being the person who turns ideas into working physical hardware.

This role is primarily on-site (4 days per week), where you’ll collaborate directly with users and developers to deliver tools that make a difference.

What You’ll Do

Design and build custom electronic circuits using COTS modules and discrete components

Lay out PCBs (preferably using tools like, Altium or EasyEDA)

Integrate wireless technologies: RF, GPS, GSM, Bluetooth, UWB

Design and 3D print enclosures for your devices

Assemble prototypes: soldering, testing, debugging

Support embedded software engineers with working hardware

Capture and maintain documentation for your builds and iterations

Participate in on-site integration, testing, and refinement alongside users

What You’ll Bring

Essential:

Experience designing and assembling electronics

Comfortable using PCB layout tools and soldering components (SMD and through-hole)

Familiarity with using and integrating wireless communication modules (RF, GPS, Bluetooth, etc.)

Some exposure to embedded microcontroller platforms (e.g., Arduino, ESP32, STM32)

Comfortable with multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.

Able to build and iterate on functional prototypes rapidly

Working knowledge of mechanical enclosures and 3D printing

Desirable:

Experience producing small-scale runs of PCB prototypes

Understanding of power management in low-power or battery-operated devices

Exposure to EMI/EMC design considerations

Experience supporting field testing or operational deployments

Passion for making, hacking, or DIY electronics projects

Education & Qualifications

Degree or HND in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar

Relevant hands-on project experience is highly valued — even from personal or hobbyist work.

If you enjoy taking ideas from whiteboard to working device, and want to do it in support of meaningful missions, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Leidos?

We’re a global technology company tackling the UK’s toughest national security challenges. Our Capability Development team is known for delivering bespoke, high-performance solutions in complex environments. We value people who are curious, self-directed, and eager to get their hands dirty with code.

What We Offer

Competitive Salary & Financial Rewards: Pension, share options, car leasing, free parking, cycle scheme.

Private Medical Insurance

33 Days Annual Leave (incl. public holidays), with buy/sell options.

Flexible Benefits: Life assurance, gym memberships, health plans.

Work-Life Balance: 37.5-hour week + up to 2 TOIL days per month.

Learning & Development: TechX Academy, unlimited e-learning, career mobility.

If you want to work on real-world systems, close to the mission, and in a role where your code directly impacts outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.

At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• Private Medical Insurance

• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)

• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

• Dynamic Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future. #INTNSD

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

**Pay Range:**Pay Range £47,500.00 - £71,557.50

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Haystack is working with a direct employer on this opportunity.

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Frontend-focused)

Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days/week in office)

Type: Full-time

We’re hiring an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to help shape the future of our client’s platform.

The client’s brief:

You’ll play a key role in building intuitive, scalable, and high-performing features across our product. Whether your strength is in crafting elegant UI experiences or architecting robust backend systems, we’re looking for engineers who thrive in cross-functional teams and love owning features end-to-end.

What You’ll Do

Deliver impactful features across the stack, with a focus aligned to your expertise (frontend or backend).

Own systems from architecture and implementation to deployment and ongoing improvement.

Collaborate closely with design, product, and customer teams to translate ideas into polished user experiences.

Contribute to the evolution of our technical direction, engineering practices, and product strategy.

Participate in the full development lifecycle: planning, coding, reviewing, launching, and iterating.

What We’re Looking For

5+ years’ experience building and shipping full stack applications.

Deep experience with React and TypeScript, strong UI/UX sensibilities, and a portfolio that showcases your frontend work.

Strong experience building scalable APIs and backend systems, ideally using Python (or a willingness to learn it).

Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Comfortable working in fast-paced, collaborative environments.

Bonus: Experience in a high-growth startup, familiarity with testing tools (e.g., Playwright, Storybook), and serverless architecture.

Tech Stack

Frontend: React, TypeScript, Playwright, Storybook

Backend: Python, FastAPI, Postgres, TypeScript

Cloud: AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, EKS, etc.)

DevOps & Tooling: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker

Spotlight

Senior Backend Engineer

About the team 🚀:

Aluma are hiring two Senior Backend Engineers to join our team, working alongside the CTO during the business’s next period of growth.

It’s an exciting time for Aluma. We have a quickly-growing customer base with a market who are excited about our product. We have built an exceptionally strong reputation for a platform with industry-leading performance and intuitive user experience combined with close partnerships with our customers, many of whom rely on Aluma for their businesses to run effectively.

The platform has been built on very solid technical foundations over several years and the company is profitable and secure. Our proven technology and success in the market have provided us with the opportunity to scale the team and exploit the potential to disrupt a stagnant market with old, expensive, under-performing competitors.👀

🔥 This is a crucial role within the business and a great opportunity to accelerate your career in a fast growing scale-up. You’ll work alongside experienced, pragmatic and friendly colleagues and provide technical and leadership capabilities that allow Aluma to scale the development team over the next two years and beyond.

This is a primarily-remote role, however we value time together and intend to start having two back-to-back days a month where we meet in one place to work and socialise. This will either be in Cambridge or a rotating location in the South or East of England. You will therefore need to be able to travel and ideally will have a car to make this easier.

The role:

You’ll have the opportunity to work on all aspects of our platform - back-end services, core technology (and our web apps if you want to) - working closely with our customer success team to make sure the platform is working well for our customers and staying highly-responsive to their needs.

You’ll bring your experience working on a cloud service or comparable system to help us solve the technical and operational challenges that come with scaling, develop exciting new features and products and help us build the team further once we’re ready.

Joining a very experienced and talented but small team, you’ll have a high level of responsibility and influence very quickly. We have a low-ego environment where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and we make decisions based on evidence, not seniority.

We’ve chosen technologies that solve our challenges and are rewarding (and fast) to work with. Our backend services are written in Go with PostgreSQL databases, deployed on Kubernetes in GCP and AWS, with redis, temporal.io, timescale and a few other third party services. Some of our core technology is written in C# and C++. Our web apps are written in Svelte and Typescript. We try to ensure the dev and test loop is short and frictionless.

What we’re looking for in you:

10+ years of commercial Engineering experience, preferably with exposure to a start-up or small business environment.

Experience developing and operating a cloud service or complex system.

2+ years experience programming with Go in a business environment.

10+ years experience using one or more of Go, C#, Java, C or C++.

A good sense of what it takes to build a reliable, scalable, maintainable product but the flexibility to move fast when we are prototyping or customers have problems we need to solve quickly.

The ability to take ownership of a piece of work (large or small) and drive it to completion, working collaboratively to explore questions and decisions that need to be made along the way.

Comfortable working in a linux development environment.

Experience mentoring less-experienced engineers (we’ll want you to do this as we grow the team).

A strong customer focus and desire for everything that you do to be directly helping our customers or winning us new ones.

Happy to join our on-call rota, once you are up to speed.

Adaptable and open-minded about how your role evolves as we grow the business.

Personable and highly motivated.

👀 It’s not required, but if you have experience in, and enthusiasm for, the ops side of things - observability & monitoring, deployments, infrastructure-as-code, cloud & runtime environments, networking etc. - then that’s a bonus!

If you have a keen interest in working within a small, friendly, highly successful business, offering flexibility and solid career prospects, then this role may be the perfect fit for you!

Hit apply and let’s get the ball rolling.

Recruitment process:

Informal chat with Mark, the CTO (video)

A technical test where we’ll do a screenshare and ask you to diagnose and explain problems in some code examples (in a language you’re comfortable with).

Technical interview with Mark and Phil, the lead engineer (video). This will include you talking us through a service or system that you’ve worked on and discussing the technical challenges involved at high and low level. To discuss on an individual basis.

Interview with Mark and George, the CEO (who is technical and leads R&D of our core technology).

Meet and greet/joint working session in Cambridge with Mark, Phil and George

Spotlight

Senior Software Engineer (Backend focused)

We need an exceptional Senior Software Engineer who is proficient across the full stack but has a strong passion for backend development. You’ll build robust, scalable, and high-performance backend systems that power Orchestra’s core capabilities, while also contributing to frontend experiences.

What You’ll Do

TLDR: Do all it takes to build an exceptional product and scale the core experience of Orchestra products.

Implement and maintain features across the full stack, with a primary focus on the backend and infrastructure, and a strong understanding of frontend integration.

Own systems end-to-end: architecture, implementation, deployment, and iteration of core services, APIs, and their frontend connections.

Collaborate closely with customers, design partners, and other internal stakeholders to translate capabilities and requirements into robust backend solutions.

Drive the full development lifecycle, from technical planning to production launch and post-release improvements.

Contribute to shaping our technical direction, engineering culture, and product strategy.

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack products.

Fluent in Python (experience with FastAPI is a plus), with a strong portfolio of backend work.

Concrete understanding of system design, database architecture (e.g., Postgres, DynamoDB), API design, performance tradeoffs, and scalable backend systems.

Proficiency in React + TypeScript or a willingness to learn and contribute to frontend experiences.

Fast, resourceful, and opinionated - you know when to ship and when to conduct an experiment.

Demonstrated experience working in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure), with experience in serverless technologies (Lambda, Kubernetes, EKS).

Bonus: Engineering/product at a leading startup, and experience with distributed systems or data processing.

You live in the UK and will come to our office in London 3 days a week.

Our Tech Stack

Frontend: React, TypeScript, Playwright, Storybook

Backend: Python, FastAPI, Postgres, TypeScript

Cloud: AWS (Lambda, Dynamo, EKS, etc.)‍

DevOps & Tooling: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker

Benefits‍

Competitive salary

Bi-annual offsite

Regular team dinners + socials

Dynamics 365 F&O Functional Consultant

Aurora Energy Research

Aurora is currently seeking an experienced Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations individual to join our growing Internal Technology team. This role is key to our plans to expand both the team and the technology offerings to our growing user base.

This role will take ownership of the ERP system within the business, working in tandem with the business owners in Finance and other members of the Internal Technology Team. You will be a key individual collaborating closely with the Finance team and business users to refine requirements and translate into practical, technically sound solutions. You will be responsible not just to maintain but to refine and elevate their operational objectives within the ERP system. You will take primary ownership of the systems within their department(s) forming the key business partnering link between the department and the centralised systems governance. You will work with senior and junior stakeholders and business units to analyse requirements, define solutions, and implement transformative changes.

As part of the growing Internal Technology team, you will participate in driving a robust management process for all systems within the estate. You will always be looking for improvements we can make to the systems in your department, through system configuration changes, new system implementations, automation, and integration with other systems in the estate. You will be responsible for partnering with your functional department to address complex business challenges, aligning with strategic goals and objectives. Collaborating closely with both the Engineering team and the Head of Information Security to drive technological excellence across your systems estate.

You should be able to work independently and with other team members, leading on technical decisions and implementations. The role is also business facing, requiring interaction with stakeholders around the business to identify and distill requirements that should inform our technical strategy appropriately so excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills are a must.

We are looking for someone who has a high attention to detail and can hit the ground running. This is a chance to have a significant impact in an organisation where individuals thrive on change and to work within an innovative and growing SME.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Ownership: Take ownership of Dynamics 365 F&O as our ERP system, ensuring its optimal performance, reliability, and alignment with business objectives. Continually evaluate of the system’s technical aspects, implementing improvements and optimisations as needed in line with change management process.

Collaborative Support: Work closely with the business owners within the Finance team to provide technical support and guidance on improving training materials and internal processes to improve usability and ensure smooth operation. There is a Support Engineer role within the team who covers initial support, your role will be an escalation resolver point and mentor for this function.

Strategic Guidance: Play a pivotal role in guiding the technical strategy for the Dynamics 365 F&O application. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements, translating them into technical solutions that align with organisational goals. Including collaboration with Engineering on integrations with other systems in our estate.

Systems Expertise: Be a Subject Matter Expert within the business for all Finance Systems and configuration, particularly ERP (Dynamics 365 F&O). Advise the wider business on functionality as required and work with the wider support function for the Finance Systems to ensure all users are well trained and supported in their use of the systems.

Systems Management: Overall responsibility for Finance Systems strategy, across all systems both currently in use in AER Finance and for the future, creating and maintaining an effective system roadmap for the Finance team (within the wider context of the systems strategy for the business).

Change Management: Champion best practice for change management within the Finance department and represent all Finance changes at systems Change Advisory Board. Work closely with third party vendors as required to prioritise and manage change implementation.

Vendor Management: Take ownership of the vendor management for the systems in the Finance department, conducting service reviews etc. Conduct market reviews at appropriate junctures in systems lifecycles. Construct RFPs for new systems that are required in the Finance department and contribute to RFPs of other departments where there are requirements for Finance to use those systems.

Systems Reporting: Work with other members of the team to provide comprehensive reporting on all systems, performance, and user satisfaction under your ownership. Ensure that the reporting requirements of the Finance department can be met by the systems in their estate, working with them to define reports, create them within their systems, or implement additional reporting systems as required.

What we are looking for

Required attributes:

Functional experience with Dynamics 365 F&O, preferably in an end user setting

Proven experience in technical ownership or functional consultancy of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations

Strong understanding of ERP system architecture and Dynamics 365 F&O functionalities.

Microsoft DevOps experience/ pipeline deployment for Dynamics F&O environments

Confidence managing multiple stakeholders, including senior business stakeholders, to define objectives, systems requirements, and business challenges to translate them into practical deliverables and roadmaps

Experience creating knowledge articles, documenting processes, and best practice

Excellent time management and organisational skills

Flexible approach to work, positive, can-do attitude, and a team player

Ability to work independently, to deadlines, managing priorities

Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships at all levels

Desirable attributes:

Relevant Dynamics 365 qualifications

Power Automate /Logic Apps/ Power Platform experience

Power BI experience

Experience in a global organisation with a Finance focus

Accounting knowledge

Payroll software experience

Line Management experience

What we offer

Some of the benefits we include are:

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Parental Support

Salary-Exchange Pension

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Local Oxford Discounts

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Flu Jabs

At AER, we are committed to offering flexibility in the way we work. Most of our roles are hybrid with a mix of in-office/home working and potentially adjustable working hours. Let’s discuss what works for you and AER during the interview process.

The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavourable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity.

To apply, please submit your Résumé / CV, a personal summary, your salary expectations and please inform us of your notice period.

Spotlight

Android App Developer - Contract

Android App Developer (React Native + AWS Amplify)

We are looking for a talented Android App Developer with experience in React Native to join our team. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining our cross-platform mobile application, which leverages AWS Amplify, DynamoDB, and integrates tightly with a secure admin backend.

Must-Have Skills:

Proven experience building mobile apps with React Native.

Strong understanding of mobile UI/UX principles.

Experience integrating with AWS Amplify, including authentication and data APIs.

Solid knowledge of DynamoDB and NoSQL data models.

Familiarity with securing mobile APIs using API Keys, IAM Roles, and Cognito.

Competent in version control (Git) and CI/CD practices.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

Experience with native Android development (Kotlin or Java) is a plus.

Exposure to Amazon RDS/PostgreSQL and reporting integration.

Knowledge of mobile data encryption and app store deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

Build and maintain high-quality mobile applications using React Native.

Integrate with AWS Amplify backend services, including GraphQL or REST APIs, authentication, and data storage.

Ensure mobile data is securely managed and adheres to our access policies (e.g. API Key and IAM access restrictions).

Interact with DynamoDB for storing and retrieving NoSQL data.

Collaborate with full stack developers to ensure alignment with the admin website and backend services.

Maintain performance, scalability, and security standards on Android.

Conduct testing and debugging to ensure a seamless user experience.

Spotlight

Graduate Solutions Engineer

Aluma provides a platform for Intelligent Document Processing to help automate document-driven business workflows, which are many and varied!

We are hiring for an ambitious and highly capable graduate to join our growing team as a Solutions Engineer, working closely with Seniors and their CEO during the business’ next period of growth. This is an extremely exciting opportunity for someone looking to kick-start their career in a start-up, with full training provided and the opportunity to diversify and shape your long-term career.

It’s an exciting time for Aluma, who have a quickly-growing customer base and a set of customers who are excited about the Aluma platform. The platform has been built on very solid technical foundations over several years and the company is profitable and secure. The signing of a large new customer has provided the resources to scale the team and exploit the potential to disrupt a stagnant market with old, expensive, under-performing competitors. 👀

The Aluma team has built an exceptionally strong reputation for a platform with industry-leading performance and intuitive user experience combined with close partnerships with our customers, many of whom rely on Aluma for their businesses to run effectively and are huge advocates for the product and team.

The role

This role will involve working directly with Aluma’s clients, gathering requirements, providing solutions through configuration of the Aluma platform and where necessary providing additional utilities for integration and data manipulation.

You’ll be part of a small but growing team in Cambridge, working alongside professionals of like mind, as well as senior colleagues and Founders of Aluma!

What are we looking for in you?

Degree level qualification in a technical or scientific field.

An aptitude for learning, experimentation and data analysis.

A strong desire to work within the IT industry.

Excellent written and verbal presentation skills (the role is customer-facing, so requires regular interaction with clients via email and web meetings).

Strong logical problem-solving skills, and an eye for detail.

Some coding experience is beneficial (the role is not a coding role, but there may be requirements to implement project-specific functionality or to prototype algorithmic approaches to a specific problem).

Experience of working with LLM’s in a business context is beneficial, but not required.

A personable individual looking to jump head-first into a professional role.

Office requirements

We are in the process of opening our Cambridge office, so this role will be fully on-site for the first 2-3 months (during training period), switching to hybrid, with roughly 2-3 days in the office per week thereafter.

Due to the nature of the role, we feel in-person collaboration will help you develop and shine.

Benefits

Full, on the job training provided.

Working with a mixture of mature technologies, classical algorithms and cutting-edge AI.

Opportunity to diversify and try out different hats in a start-up environment.

Working alongside Co-founders (CTO and CEO), giving you the opportunity to learn from the best.

Potential for travel in UK and abroad.

Generous compensation and flexible working arrangements.

Spotlight

Mid/Senior Android Engineer

Haystack is working with a direct employer on this opportunity.

Mid and Senior Android Developers

We are seeking highly skilled mid-level and senior-level Android Developers with a focus on innovation and excellence.

The Role

As an Android Developer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust and user-friendly mobile solutions. The ideal candidate is highly skilled in Android development, stays up to date with industry trends, and has a passion for creating exceptional mobile experiences.

Requirements

Essential:

Significant Android engineering experience, with a strong portfolio of successfully launched applications

Expertise in Kotlin

Strong understanding of Android architecture patterns, design principles, and best practices

Experience with RESTful APIs, third-party libraries, and web services integration

Ability to collaborate effectively on complex projects

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Desirable:

Experience with AWS

Experience with Node.js

Experience in an agency or consultancy environment

Benefits:

Competitive salary

Remote work options with occasional in-person collaboration days

Professional development opportunities

Supportive and collaborative work culture

Spotlight

Software Developer - Senior Consultant

Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions for our clients in government and business.

The role

Software developers at Opencast care about building products right and combine their own experience and approach with our company values. They are tech agnostic, have expertise in agile methodologies, extreme programming practices and use industry-leading programming languages to deliver agile transformation.

Our approach to software development is collaborative, focused on keeping things simple, and we use test driven development and pair programming as best practice.

Working with clients and key stakeholders is a crucial part of a consultancy role. Our developers are inclusive team players that listen, collaborate, can positively challenge and manage expectations when needed but most of all are always willing to teach and help others. Leaving a client with improved ways of working, working technology and a good experience from discovery through to live is the priority.

The role is varied, technical, never confined to any one provider or solution and there are always opportunities for learning and development.

UK Security Clearance (existing SC clearance or eligibility) is a requirement for our current permanent opportunities.

Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be essential.

Technical Skills

Expertise in Java is preferred

Experience in other languages such as Scala, Kotlin or Ruby is also valuable

Deep understanding of programming paradigm, code design, testing, accessibility, performance and security

Proven ability to apply different testing tools and methods in practice

Knowledge or experience of delivering complex services to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards is required

Being comfortable with new technology, t-shaped and comfortable with ongoing learning and development is key to success.

Experience with agile methodology

A senior consultant in software development at Opencast is responsible for:

Driving the elaboration of their team’s backlog

Setting testing strategies to match industry standards

Being a technical expert in their team (or acting as the team lead)

Leading the technical representation in a project discovery

Mentoring and coaching others to help them achieve their full potential

Demonstrating leadership within Opencast communities of practice

Salary

£60,000 - £78,000

What our offer includes

Competitive pension, healthcare, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Our hybrid model means everyone at Opencast splits their time between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and considers requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you. The recruitment process for this role includes pair programming, a values interview, and a technical interview.

Want to know more?

Visit our website for more details.

We’re not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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Software Developer - Consultant

Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions for our clients in government and business.

The role

Software developers at Opencast care about building products right and combine their own experience and approach with our company values. They are tech agnostic, have expertise in agile methodologies, eXtreme programming practices and use industry-leading programming languages to deliver agile transformation.

Our approach to software development is collaborative, focused on keeping things simple, and we use test driven development and pair programming as best practice.

Working with clients and key stakeholders is a crucial part of a consultancy role. Our developers are inclusive team players that listen, collaborate, can positively challenge and manage expectations when needed but most of all are always willing to teach and help others. Leaving a client with improved ways of working, working technology and a good experience from discovery through to live is the priority.

The role is varied, technical, never confined to any one provider or solution and there are always opportunities for learning and development.

UK Security Clearance (existing SC clearance or eligibility) is a requirement for our current permanent opportunities.

Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be essential.

Technical Skills

Expertise in Java is preferred

Experience in other languages such as Scala, Kotlin or Ruby is also valuable

Understanding of Object Oriented Programming

In depth knowledge of concepts and uses of testing

Knowledge or experience of delivering complex services to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards is required

Being comfortable with new technology, t-shaped and comfortable with ongoing learning and development is key to success

Experience with agile methodology

A consultant in software development at Opencast is responsible for:

Delivering in the upkeep of their team’s backlog

Collaborating with the teams testing effort

Leading on the implementation of user stories

Embracing mobbing and pairing

Working with others in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment

Contributing to Opencast’s communities of practice

Salary

£45,000 - £59,000

What our offer includes

Competitive pension, healthcare, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

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Where you’ll work

Our hybrid model means everyone at Opencast splits their time between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and considers requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you. The recruitment process for this role includes pair programming, a values interview, and a technical interview.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

We’re not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

Answer Digital is looking to recruit a Data Engineer to play a vital role in supporting the digital transformation journeys of our clients.

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for someone who has experience guiding teams and supporting clients to use data to make better decision making. We’re working on some amazing projects across both our Health and Private clients, so if you’re interested in being involved in work that delivers real value then we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll bring to Answer

Designing and implementing complex data pipelines, leveraging both NoSQL and relational databases.

Develop and manage cloud-based data solutions, ensuring scalability and security.

Lead and mentor junior data engineers, promoting knowledge sharing and professional growth.

Implement and oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring efficient deployment of data services.

Proficiency in Python, SQL, and other relevant backend languages.

Utilise backend programming languages effectively for data processing and manipulation.

It would be great if you also had experience in some of these, but if not we’ll help you with them:

Actively participate in the organisation and delivery of our Data Engineer Academy.

Apply advanced scripting skills to automate data processes and integrate ETL workflows.

Engage with business intelligence (BI) tools and techniques to deliver actionable insights.

Advocate and apply best practices in software design patterns, principles, and architecture patterns.

Stay abreast of the latest trends in data engineering, with a focus on healthcare data standards (SNOMED, FHIR, HL7).

Understanding the role of a consultancy and sharing a passion for helping solve our customers problems

The perks of being @ Answer

We’re an Employee-Owned Company. After 12 months – through the Employee Ownership Trust you will be part of the ownership of Answer; a major factor in driving engagement, retention and growth for our people

Flexible annual leave (buy/sell and carry forward)

Company-wide bonus, paid twice a year (and it’s income tax free too!)

Continuous training and development - if you want to learn, we’ll provide the support you need

Flexible Pension - we match your on contributions up to 5%

Regular tech catch ups/hack events - we also encourage external tech events!

A packed social calendar including; Christmas party (partners invited) and Summer away days, monthly and quarterly company team socials.

Free parking at Head Offices in central Leeds, plus Cycle2Work & Green Car Lease schemes to help get you here

The chance to give back – get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from different backgrounds into tech, as well as lots of charity and community events

Hybrid and flexible working – you can vary your working when and where you work, to allow you to collaborate better, feed your creativity, and take the time and space to focus when you need to

Diversity and Inclusion

At Answer we proudly embrace diversity and inclusion - we want to create a safe environment for everyone to bring their true selves to work. We will do everything we can to support your application; if you require any adjustments to be made to your application or interview process please speak to our recruitment team.

A bit more about us.

Answer Digital is a successful digital transformation consultancy headquartered in Leeds. We’re a company on a fast growth trajectory with a reputation of delivering large-scale, operational critical solutions.

People are at the heart of everything we do - so much so we’re owned by our people. It sets us apart from most digital businesses you’ll meet and defines our culture and values. Our people are invested in everything we do, because we are invested in them.

Don’t believe us? Well check out our Glassdoor and hear what our people have to say!

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Ready for a new challenge?

Please note, you must have active SC Clearance for this role.

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

What’s life like as a Devops consultant at Opencast?

At Opencast, we love to keep things simple, and we love automation.

It’s not the same as your standard Devops Consultant job. Depending on your client’s needs, you’ll take on a range of roles. These will include:

· Taking the lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping communication channels open with all parties.

· Developing, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently.

· Collaborating with our clients to understand their ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed.

· Contributing within Opencast communities.

We care about building things right. We believe in good devops practices and keeping things simple. We want to support you as much as we can on interiorising our approach to devops engineering and you supporting others.

We are proud consultants who combine our own experience and approach with our company values.

We are comfortable with new tech. We are empowered, cloud native, vendor agnostic devops engineers. We are empathetic, patient and care about quality.

We know when to pick our battles and how to manage expectations. We are humble, inclusive team players that listen and collaborate, with zero egos!

We’re always willing to teach and help others (inside or outside of our team). And we’re always willing to learn.

It’s a varied job that keeps you super technical and excited.

Salary:

£50,000 - £60,000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday. Generous training budget.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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Quality Assurance - Consultant

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Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

You’ll work on public and private sector projects. You may be the sole software quality engineer on a project or work in a team.

Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, you’ll work in an agile environment across all testing types. You’ll collaborate with team members, clients and users to maintain quality and follow best practice. You’ll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best and mentoring junior colleagues.

UK Security Clearance (existing SC clearance or eligibility) is a requirement for our current permanent opportunities.

Essential experience

To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as the sole software test engineer on a team.

In your CV and at interview, you’ll need to show experience of:

• writing, running and debugging functional automation tests on an integrated development environment (IDE) for front-end and API testing and frameworks like Cucumber BDD or Junit

• presenting work to stakeholders

• managing defects and tasks through to resolution

• creating user stories and technical tasks from high-level requirements

• version control tools like git and peer review processes

• creating test plans and reports

• participating in E2E and UAT.

You’ll need a good understanding of:

• your working area and applying this to your role

• concepts and benefits of non-functional testing

• continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI

• basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated and procedural programming

As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.

In the interview, we will assess how you have:

• organised your workload to ensure you’re completing tasks efficiently to ensure quality is unaffected

• strong attention to detail

• a methodical approach to resolving complex problems

• respectfully challenged decisions or solutions

• communicated with technical and non-technical people

• been proactive and taken the initiative in seeking solutions to mitigate risk

• raised risks and issues through the correct tools.

Other helpful experience

Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:

• UK government service standards

• agile methodology.

If you don’t have experience, we can coach you if you join us.

Salary

Consultant salary range: £44,001 – £56,000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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Technical Architect - Consultant

Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

As a Technical Architect – Consultant, you’ll help design and build the technical foundations of the services we deliver. You’ll work closely with engineers, delivery leads, and client teams to shape and guide solutions that meet user and business needs.

You’ll be responsible for your architecture decisions and explain them clearly to others. You’ll work within architecture governance processes and take ownership of the quality and risks of your designs. You’ll also support delivery, helping to bring those designs to life.

UK Security Clearance (existing SC clearance or eligibility) is a requirement for our current permanent opportunities.

Experience in delivering digital services for the UK government is highly valuable for many of our projects. Therefore, familiarity with the GDS toolkit will be essential.

Essential experience

You don’t need to have had the job title Technical Architect before. But we’ll want you to show experience in designing and delivering technical solutions.

In your CV and interview, please show how you have:

• designed and delivered solutions based on business goals and technical needs

• used software architecture patterns and principles in your work

• explained your designs clearly using diagrams and models (e.g. uml or c4)

• worked with teams and stakeholders to agree design decisions

• identified risks or issues in technical designs – and taken action to resolve them

• worked within architecture governance or review processes.

As well as architecture experience, there are core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.

In the interview, we’re keen to understand how you approach your work and collaborate with others. We’ll explore topics such as your approach to architecture, how you deliver business outcomes, and how you engage with stakeholders.

We’ll also be looking for examples that show how you:

• work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues

• take a thoughtful and structured approach to solving problems

• listen, adapt, and contribute as part of a team

• are open to learning and developing your skills

Desirable experience

Some experience is useful but not required:

• knowledge of architecture frameworks like TOGAF or Open Agile Architecture

• experience designing cloud-based systems (e.g. AWS, Azure)

• designing for security, accessibility or sustainability

If you have any of this experience, please include it on your CV — we can talk about it in the interview.

If you don’t, that’s OK. We can support you to build these skills if you join us.

Salary

Consultant salary range: £55,000-£70,0000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

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Digital Performance Analyst - Consultant

Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

You’ll help clients improve their services by selecting the appropriate techniques to turn data into insights, by working within a product delivery team to develop performance measuring frameworks to track goals, user needs, or KPIs. You’ll operate within the client’s requirements and the appropriate legal, technical and ethical constraints.

Leading by example and promoting Opencast’s approach, you’ll mentor junior colleagues, provide constructive feedback, and demonstrate an understanding of each product delivery stage and how to apply appropriate measurements for that phase of work.

Essential experience

• Worked with data platforms such as Google Analytics, Splunk, Datadog, or similar

• Used data visualisation tools such as Data Studio to create service performance dashboards

• Designed and implemented a performance framework including KPIs or OKRs for a service or product

• Analytical skills in identifying the right data sources and then validate and understand how to interpret the results

• Collected, collated, cleansed, and interpreted data to derive meaningful and actionable insights

• An ability to use the most appropriate medium to visualise data to tell compelling and relevant actionable stories

• Created hypotheses that can be tested, and developed insights based on your findings

• Valid Security Clearance or eligibility (5+ years residency in the UK)

Desirable experience

• Visualising data using Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Power Query or similar

• Scripting and programming languages such as SQL, Python, R etc

• Security and data privacy

• Making recommendations for service changes

• Experience with the GDS or NHS design principles

Salary

£45,000-£55,000 per annum

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

We are not working with recruitment agencies on this vacancy. If you are interested in this position, please apply directly with Opencast.

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Senior UX/UI Developer

About You

We’re looking for a Senior UX/UI Developer who’s passionate about creating beautiful, intuitive user experiences. You’re not just a designer—you’re a problem solver who thrives on turning complex challenges into seamless solutions.

Your skill set spans UX, UI, and front-end development, and you have a deep understanding of how design choices impact usability. You’ll be a leader in shaping the look and feel of our platform, guiding the team in best practices and setting the bar for exceptional design.

What We’re Looking For

Extensive experience in front-end web development and proven ability to create user-centric, visually appealing designs (ideally in a B2C product environment)

Strong knowledge of TypeScript, JavaScript, SCSS/CSS and HTML. C# competency is a plus, but not necessary.

Passion for clean, maintainable code and an eye for UX/UI excellence.

Solid understanding of browser rendering in both desktop and mobile

A collaborative mindset to guide the team in best practices and future direction.

Excitement about reshaping the rental industry with innovative solutions.

About OpenRent

At OpenRent, we’re revolutionising the UK rental market. With over 7.8 million users, we’re the largest rental platform in the UK.

Our mission is to make renting fairer, safer and cheaper for everyone. We’ve replaced outdated, fee-heavy practices with technology-driven solutions that empower tenants and landlords alike.

Why Join Us?

Impact: Your work will directly improve the rental experience for millions across the UK.

Focus on technology: Work directly with our tech-oriented founders who understand programmers, and know how to deliver quality software

Growth: Shape your role, develop and test your skills, and steer the direction of our technology and product.

Culture: We’re a small, collaborative team, which means quick decision making and greater autonomy.

About The Role

As a Senior UX/UI Developer you’ll:

Solve real-world problems with creativity and advanced product knowledge.

Turn solutions into intuitive, workable products that seem obvious once used by millions of people nationwide.

Lead design discussions, set best practices, and mentor the team on UX and UI.

Collaborate across teams to deeply understand user needs and deliver revolutionary solutions.

Be responsible for dramatically iterating our current processes and designs.

Influence company-wide decisions and have a say in what we build and how we build it.

Renaissance Global are recruiting for a Mid-Level Data Engineer to join our growing team.

Working as part of the Data Engineering team you will be responsible for the design and management of our data and data systems ensuring alignment with strategy and surfacing meaningful data insights. The role will primary be focussed around data format, data quality, data privacy, data sovereignty and defining the data standards that other areas (e.g. Stream Aligned teams) will follow. You will also be responsible for simplifying highly technical and complex information for nontechnical users to understand in the form of dashboards, data visualizations, regular and impromptu reports, and data querying tools for users to get the information they require.

Working as part of a platform team the Data Engineer role involves collaborating closely with everyone within the technology team and also the wider business (including data scientists, statisticians, cloud infrastructure engineers, developers, architects, analysts, product owners and the leadership team).

Data Engineer Job Responsibilities:

When looking at the responsibilities can be broken down into the following:

Ability to identify and implement internal improvements around scalability, optimal data delivery and automation capabilities.

Develop a set of data guidelines and standards and support other teams in their usage and adoption.

To develop, deploy and maintain BI tools and interfaces developing and maintaining custom visuals and dashboards that provide insights into key business metrics and trends that enhance the user experience and facilitate data exploration.

Simplifying highly technical language and complex information and provide quantifiable solutions to complex data problems.

Write and maintain queries and scripts to extract, transform and load data from various sources into various outputs conducting testing and validation to ensure quality, accuracy and reliability.

Produce technical documents on database content and map various databases used in the organisation.

Develop, design and analyse data architecture and data models that support efficient data processing and analysis.

Ensure optimal performance of our data systems and platforms.

Knowledge of (or experience) using CI/CD pipelines

Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and define key performance indicators (KPIs) and data sources.

Skills and experience required:

To be considered for the role of Data Engineer , we are looking for someone with experience with cloud-based data platforms such as Azure or AWS.

You will also have:

Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Experience working with complex data.

A logical approach to problem solving.

Strong understanding of data modelling, data pipelines and ETL processes.

Knowledge of data structures and experience querying and tuning databases.

As our Data Engineer, we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance’s mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has:

Ability to communicate clearly at all levels and across functions

Proficiency in SQL and other programming languages commonly used in data analytics (e.g., Python, R).

Experience with Microsoft Azure data services.

Experience working within a DevOps culture

Strong engagement with senior colleagues, individually and as a team

Champions positive change

Effective management of time and priorities and impacts

Motivated to make a positive difference in the lives of teachers and children worldwide

Additional information:

We offer a competitive basic salary of between £32,000-£37,000 per annum, dependant on experience, Plus lots of amazing benefits. We are also open to part time options should this work for you.

Benefits:

Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will contribute 8% of your annual salary if you contribute just 3% to your pension. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance

Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 days annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our Christmas shutdown (usually between Christmas & New Year, plus UK statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every UK based employee up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.

Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions, restaurants, and more through our portal provided by Reward Gateway. You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards via our employee recognition Platform, these points can be used to purchase items including vouchers on Renaissance Rewards platform. You will also get access to Smart tech where you can get your electrical household and personal items at the best price and spread the cost through your salary, interest free, up to £5000.

Wellbeing & Health – We have a generous maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice, including Family Support Services – a specialist bereavement support to help through the most difficult times via our Help@Hand app. This app includes access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support, medical appointments, and so much more.

Renaissance UK Office benefits – All Hybrid working employees are entitled to apply for a season ticket loan, use the amazing cycle to work scheme where you can get on your bike for less, save money, and get fit - that‘s a win-win for us! All UK Offices have fruit baskets delivered for all to enjoy a healthy snack each week.

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.

All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit.

Business Intelligence Developer & Analyst (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments.

Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are.

Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries.

About this role:

At Renaissance we are looking for a Business Intelligence Developer & Analyst to join us in our London Office on a hybrid basis you will work with the head of Commercial Operations to lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of our commercial, sales and marketing data as part of our Revenue Operations team.

We are looking for someone to start ASAP initially for a 12 month fixed term contract.

Working closely with other members of the team you will be at the forefront of building a robust framework to support all our insights and reporting to help inform and steer decision making.

You will bring excellent data warehousing skills to the table, allowing the company to analyse and provide actionable insights from a dependable and high-performing platform. The individual will also be interested in learning about essential business processes, business systems, and the data that underpins them.

Business Intelligence Developer & Analyst Job Responsibilities:

Act as data lead working within a cross-functional data team building world-class scalable data-marts and automations

Design & develop data models and visualisations to monitor and forecast key metrics

Manage projects within Growth to make business changes as seamless as possible

Be responsible for automating and optimising key business processes in the Growth area

Build and support the adoption and use of self-service solutions to provide clear views of key metrics for all internal stake holders

Support business projects and initiatives, applying statistical rigour to any conclusions

Constantly evolve and improve our data including how it is surfaced with our key systems and beyond

Skills and experience required:

To be considered for the role of Business Intelligence Developer & Analyst in the commercial team you will be an established BI Developer preferably within in education technology and hold strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

You will also have:

Experience in BI dashboarding and self-service tools including Power BI & Tableau

Established and an expert in Power Platform, Power Automate, PowerApps

Experienced in Data integration and data modelling

Have worked in / with Data warehouse & cloud experience

Proficient in Database languages including SQL

Have worked with Snowflake, and proficient in its use

As a Business Intelligence Developer & Analyst we are looking for someone who aligns with Renaissance’s mission to accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide, we are looking for someone who is/ has:

Excellent organisational, planning, time management and project management skills

Ability to communicate effectively, present and negotiate at all levels

Focused and disciplined approach, logical and has meticulous attention to detail

Ability to instil a high level of credibility and build working relationships with suppliers and internal teams

Collaborative approach; happy to support GL customer facing teams

Enthusiastic and flexible approach; ability to adapt to different situations and requirements

A positive outlook with desire to learn and embrace new concepts and ways of working

**Additional information: **

This is role is a Hybrid role based out of our Vantage Head office (Renaissance Vantage London, Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9AG) with the expectation with some travel to other offices as required for team meetings.

We offer a salary of up to £60,000 per annum dependant on experience, Plus lots of amazing benefits

Previous applicants please do not re - apply.

Benefits:

Pension & Insurance – all employees can participate in our salary sacrifice company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will contribute 8% of your annual salary if you contribute just 3% to your pension. All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance

Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 days annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our Christmas shutdown (usually between Christmas & New Year, plus UK statutory Bank Holidays. We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer every UK based employee up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.

We also offer the chance to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year through our salary sacrifice scheme and you can spread the cost over 3-8months!

Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning with great leaders looking to grow your career and allow you to flourish.

Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions, restaurants, and more through our portal provided by Reward Gateway. You will also be able to collect Renaissance Rewards via our employee recognition Platform, these points can be used to purchase items including vouchers on Renaissance Rewards platform. You will also get access to Smart tech where you can get your electrical household and personal items at the best price and spread the cost through your salary, interest free, up to £5000.

Wellbeing & Health – We have a generous maternity/paternity/adoption leave and pay policy, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice, including Family Support Services – a specialist bereavement support to help through the most difficult times via our Help@Hand app. This app includes access to GP, physio, nutrition, counselling support, medical appointments, and so much more.

We offer access to mental health first-aiders based at all our UK sites, and remotely. We offer access to company paid BUPA PMI and BUPA cash plan optional schemes for you.

It doesn’t stop there you will also be able to protect yourself with free access to annual flu vaccinations, and the Company will also contribute towards eye tests and those on trend specs if you need them.

Renaissance UK Office benefits – All Hybrid working employees are entitled to apply for a season ticket loan, use the amazing cycle to work scheme where you can get on your bike for less, save money, and get fit - that‘s a win-win for us! All UK Offices have fruit baskets delivered for all to enjoy a healthy snack each week.

We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation.

If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.

All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit.

This role is subject to DBS and background checks.

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Lead Engineer - Fulfilment (Love2shop)

What does a Lead Engineer (Fulfilment) do?

As the Lead Engineer you will be at the heart of building world-class products for Love2shop (Part of the PayPoint Group). Focus will be on Technical execution and decision making within the product team. You will be responsible for designing, contributing and helping shape the technical direction of the fulfilment team, setting the software engineering direction for both internal and external delivery. You will be responsible for leading the team in the design, development, successful delivery and ongoing maintenance/support of integrations and applications. You will work in a fast-paced, cloud-first, product driven agile team helping to drive the delivery and technical competency of the team and the product forwards.

Key responsibilities

• You will work with alongside the Product Owner in articulating and converting the Fulfilment products strategic transition plan into technical delivery outputs/outcomes

• Designing, developing and maintaining scalable technical solutions that support the ongoing growth of the business through fulfilment product services.

• Contribute to architectural decisions across multiple initiatives, ensuring scalability and maintainability.

• Demonstrating experience of designing features with resilience, security and service management in mind.

• Assisting with translating technical solutions into language that non-technical staff will understand.

• Contribute to the process of evaluating new technologies & approaches, particularly where they relate to better software engineering.

• Ensuring that the business has systems that are performant & reliable and meet functional and non-functional requirements.

• Ensuring that the application lifecycle, quality assurance, database engineering and build and deployment tasks are in place and understood by the team.

• Helping to shape the team’s ways of working with the Project management team and Product Owner.

• Work with the product team to ensure that all software deliveries from 3rd parties contain high quality technical solutions and meet Love2shop’s expectation for software assets.

• Ensure the fulfilment teams documented engineering standards and practices comply with PCI–DSS and other relevant standards.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience of leading Design and Development work personally within a financial services organisation.

• A wider understanding of emerging technologies & their place in the world with the ability to do R&D to gain a better understanding of them.

• Strong knowledge of the full software development lifecycle as well as good problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Thorough understanding of delivery disciplines, processes and techniques.

• Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Good knowledge of other stacks & languages, the pros and cons of them and what situations they are best applicable to.

• Experience of creating a culture of accountability but where people are not afraid to share opportunities for improvements and to take accountability for mistakes.

• Experience designing/building and maintaing APIs (JSON REST, SOAP).

• Experience of leading an Engineering team within an internal IT Department.

• Experince of performing in a lead development role for 3+ years (ideally in techniologies; object oriented langauges (using an MVC framework), SQL databases).

• Strong experience of TDD.

Personal skills

• A highly motivated, focussed, flexible and tenacious individual with excellent analysis, organisation and planning skills.

• Detail conscious and systematic in approach to work.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to listen effectively and interact at all levels within the organisation.

• A team player, but capable of working on own initiative.

An engaging individual that swiftly generates confidence in key relationships.

Our benefits if you decide to join us:

• 25 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays

• Company sick pay from day 1

• Company pension scheme

• UK health care cover

• Staff Everyday Benefits card offering discounts with multiple retailers (10%)

• Corporate travel scheme with Merseyrail, Northern rail, Arriva & Transport for Wales

• Fabulous kitchen space which offers free tea and coffee

• Faith room open to all denominations along with dedicated kitchen space for Halal and Kosher food preparation

• Family friendly leave

• Community volunteering policy which allows you 2 days per year to support the community with charitable events

As a disability-confident committed company, we have a passion for championing equality. We welcome all colleagues into a work environment where success is attainable for everyone, regardless of disability, age, race, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are committed to ensuring that everyone has equal access to growth and opportunities in our workplace.

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Quality Assurance - Consultant

Ready for a new challenge?

Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together?

If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government and business.

The role

You’ll work on public and private sector projects. You may be the sole software quality engineer on a project or work in a team.

Leading by example and promoting the Opencast approach, you’ll work in an agile environment across all testing types. You’ll collaborate with team members, clients and users to maintain quality and follow best practice. You’ll adapt to different tools and technologies, advising on the best and mentoring junior colleagues.

UK Security Clearance (existing SC clearance or eligibility) is a requirement for our current permanent opportunities.

Essential experience

To succeed in this role, you must have experience working as the sole software test engineer on a team.

In your CV and at interview, you’ll need to show experience of:

• writing, running and debugging functional automation tests on an integrated development environment (IDE) for front-end and API testing and frameworks like Cucumber BDD or Junit

• presenting work to stakeholders

• managing defects and tasks through to resolution

• creating user stories and technical tasks from high-level requirements

• version control tools like git and peer review processes

• creating test plans and reports

• participating in E2E and UAT.

You’ll need a good understanding of:

• your working area and applying this to your role

• concepts and benefits of non-functional testing

• continuous integration tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI

• basic principles of programming paradigms, such as object-orientated and procedural programming

As well as QA skills, there are essential core skills you’ll need to be a great consultant.

In the interview, we will assess how you have:

• organised your workload to ensure you’re completing tasks efficiently to ensure quality is unaffected

• strong attention to detail

• a methodical approach to resolving complex problems

• respectfully challenged decisions or solutions

• communicated with technical and non-technical people

• been proactive and taken the initiative in seeking solutions to mitigate risk

• raised risks and issues through the correct tools.

Other helpful experience

Some areas of experience are not essential but relevant to the role:

• UK government service standards

• agile methodology.

If you don’t have experience, we can coach you if you join us.

Salary

Consultant salary range: £44,001 – £56,000

What our offer includes

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Want to know more?

Visit our website or email careers@opencastsoftware.com.

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