Work Location: Norwich or Perth, UK (Onsite / Office-based)
Contract Type: Contract – 6 Months
Rate: Market Rate

Our client is a large UK-based financial services and insurance organisation, operating at enterprise scale with a strong focus on digital transformation and cloud modernisation. The organisation is currently undertaking a strategic consolidation of its Policy and Claims administration platforms, leveraging modern Guidewire cloud technologies to support new insurance products and future growth.

They are seeking an experienced Senior Guidewire Developer / Consultant to support Guidewire PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter v10 implementations and cloud migration initiatives. The role involves hands-on development, system integration, performance optimisation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams in a complex enterprise environment.

Role Overview

* Support large-scale Guidewire Policy and Claims platform transformation initiatives

* Design, develop, and implement Guidewire PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter solutions

* Contribute to cloud migration, system integration, and long-term platform stability

Key Responsibilities

* Analyse complex business requirements and translate them into technical Guidewire solution

* Configure and customise Guidewire PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter applications

* Design scalable and high-performance system components

* Develop advanced modules and guide junior team members

* Plan and execute system deployments and monitor successful integrations

* Perform performance tuning and optimisation activities

* Support data migration from legacy systems to Guidewire

* Produce high-level and low-level technical design documentation

* Apply Agile development practices and engineering best practices

* Support reconciliation activities and identify system or data inconsistencies

Required Qualifications

* Strong hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter and/or ClaimCenter (v10)

* Proven experience in Guidewire cloud migration and implementation programmes

* Solid understanding of general insurance and claims processes

* Experience integrating Guidewire with:

* Finance and general ledger systems

* Payment systems and document management platforms

* Third-party broker or policy management systems

* Experience integrating third-party feeds into cloud data platforms

* Data migration experience from legacy systems to Guidewire

* Proficiency in GOSU, XML, PCF, REST, and SOAP

* Experience reconciling Guidewire data with data warehouses

* Strong experience with GitHub or similar source control tools

* 5+ years of experience working with customers or senior internal stakeholders

* Familiarity with Agile software development lifecycle

Desirable Skills

Guidewire ACE Certification

Programming languages: Java, Python, PL/SQL

Frameworks: Spring Boot, React, Angular

Databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server

DevOps tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban

Monitoring tools: AppDynamics, Splunk

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-impact enterprise insurance transformation programme, delivering modern Guidewire cloud solutions within a large and complex technology landscape.

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Solutions Developer Power Platform £50-60k+ Remote Hybrid

We are looking for a strong Solutions Developer with Power Platform to work with a team of developers, business analysts and consultants we work closely with clients and colleagues, such as Operations Consulting and Digital Solutions, to address some really challenging business problems. We are looking for a friendly, approachable and experienced Solutions Developer to join our team and support the tailored solutions we build for our clients. The Solutions Developer Power Platform with work with both product development and consulting roles depending on the nature of the project and our client’s needs.

• Collaborate with our team of consultants, solution architects, developers, project managers and product managers to help solve client problems using appropriate technology • Learn quickly and be able to develop the skills required to competently support client solutions built on Microsoft platforms

• Communicate effectively with colleagues and team members on complex technical topics and issues

• Build Microsoft Power Platform solutions and support them through the development lifecycle

• Work in accordance with established technical best practice principles to ensure we offer high quality products and solutions to clients

• Build upon existing processes and protocols through continuous process improvement and sharing lessons learnt

• Create and maintain accurate and detailed documentation on solutions and processes • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Microsoft and emerging technology relevant to our clients and the legal industry • Participate in team and department initiatives, social events, and special projects Technologies that you’ll be working with:

• Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, Power BI)

• Azure Services (including Entra ID, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Security) Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Copilot Studio and other MS 365 applications Key Skills and Experience

• A thorough understanding of Microsoft Power Platform, Entra ID and Azure services

£70,000-£80,000

It’s an exciting time of expansion for my client as they become a leading player in their field. In response to end user demand, they have innovated their platforms which are going from strength to strength. Recent growth in their commercial pipeline into new industries has led to the platform growing in popularity. As a result, they are looking for engineers to meet the demand

Who Should Apply?

You have been in cloud development for a while and want to deepen your knowledge around this. You want to understand all aspects of the cloud development including security, scalability, performance, DevOps and serverless. You will also be an advocate of TDD. The production systems run in AWS and Google Cloud using various languages, primarily Node.js and C#. They embrace Linux and cloud-native style architectures for all new work also. You’re passionate about software development and understand that it involves a lot more than just writing code.

Tech stack includes:

· Node.js

· AWS/Serverless

· Relational Databases (PostgreSQL & SQL Server)

· Containers (Docker, Docker Compose, ECS)

· Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform)

· Scripting (Bash, Make)

· Experience with TDD

Benefits

· Flexible and 100% remote working options (within UK)

· 25 days holiday (increasing by one day each January, up to a maximum of 30 days)

· £500 per year on learning of your choice

· Bonus birthday day off

· Regular knowledge sharing talks

· Group Life Insurance

· Health cash back scheme

· Up to 3 days paid each year to do volunteer/charity work

We’re recruiting for an experienced Salesforce Developer for a 6-Month contract role. This position will play a vital part on one of our key clients ongoing Salesforce transformations. This position is determined as outside IR35 and is offered on a fully remote basis.

Key Requirements

Develop scalable Apex, Lightning Web Components, Flows and secure APIs, adhering to coding best practices.
Build and optimise integrations across Heroku‑backed services and Salesforce applications.
Configure and enhance core Sales Cloud and Service Cloud functionality effectively.
Previous experience with Marketing, Loyalty and Commerce Cloud is highly beneficial.
Implement robust unit tests, optimise performance and ensure high‑quality code delivery.
Work collaboratively within Agile teams, contributing to sprint planning and refinement.
What to do next

If this Salesforce Developer role sounds like a good fit and you’d like to know more, please apply with your most up‑to‑date CV and I’ll be in touch.

Salesforce Developer | £350–£400 | Outside IR35 | 6 Months | Fully Remote

Role: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Canary Wharf, Central London
Salary: £70,000-£75,000 Plus Hybrid / Flexible Working, Company Bonus, Generous Pension and more.

We are working with a well-funded, mission-driven organisation in the renewable energy space looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer into a core engineering team.

You’ll be working on complex, large-scale platforms supporting critical infrastructure at a national level.

This is a high-impact engineering environment where strong technical input genuinely matters.

You’ll be responsible not just for building software, but for contributing to technical direction, design decisions, and engineering standards across the team.

Key Responsibilities

* Build and scale high-performance, cloud-based applications

* Develop backend services using Python (Django)

* Work across TypeScript / JavaScript where needed

* Contribute to technical design, architecture, and engineering best practices

* Provide technical leadership, supporting and mentoring other engineers

* Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability

* Collaborate with Product, QA and DevOps to deliver features

Requirements

* Strong experience with Python (Django)

* Experience with JavaScript / TypeScript

* Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, Azure or GCP)

* Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and scalable systems

* Experience contributing to technical design or architecture decisions

* Ability to provide technical leadership and mentor others

* Experience working in modern engineering environments (CI/CD, Agile)

Desirable Skills

* Experience with React, Node.js, Terraform or Celery

* Strong database design and optimisation experience

If you’re a Senior Engineer looking for a role combining hands-on development, technical ownership, and real-world impact, this is worth a conversation. Hit apply today!

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Azure Cosmos DB Developer – Contract – Hybrid (London)
Azure | Cosmos DB | Spark | PySpark | C# | .NET | AKS | CI/CD

We are seeking a hands-on Azure Cosmos DB Developer to join a high-profile cloud-native data transformation programme within financial services. This is a contract opportunity working on scalable, production-grade Azure microservices and distributed data platforms.

You will design and optimise Azure Cosmos DB (SQL API) solutions, focusing on query optimisation, RU consumption, throughput management, partitioning strategies and indexing performance. The role also involves integrating Cosmos DB Change Data Feed (CDF) with Spark / PySpark in distributed environments.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop cloud-native applications using Azure Cosmos DB

* Implement partitioning, indexing and consistency models

* Optimise queries to reduce RU and improve latency

* Integrate Cosmos DB Change Feed with Spark

* Build services using C# / .NET Core or Node.js

* Deploy solutions via Azure Functions, AKS, App Services

* Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (GitLab / DevOps)

Required Skills:

* Strong hands-on experience with Azure Cosmos DB

* Experience with Spark or PySpark

* Knowledge of SQL API, Change Feed, throughput management

* Experience with C#, .NET, Node.js or Python

* Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture

* Azure platform experience (AKS, Functions, App Services)

This role suits a senior-level engineer who thrives in performance optimisation, scalable system design, and Azure cloud engineering within enterprise environments.

Apply now to discuss further

Lead Developer, Full Stack Engineer, Azure, .NET, C#, React, LogicApps, Mainly Remote

Lead Developer required for a Professional Services business based in Central London. There will be a requirement to be present in the office circa twice a month. On the odd occasion it may be more than this…

We need someone with the following skills:

* Strong Leadership where you have operated as a Lead Developer in a current of previous role

* Solid Azure skills from a Development perspective. Previous candidates usually fall down on their lack of skills with LogicApps – this is essential

* Good, hardened Full Stack Development skills within C#, .NET, React, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Azure PaaS (Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Cosmos DB, Azure App Service, ARM/Bicep templates), SharePoint

* Acceptance that Development is now reliant on GenAI, using examples of where you have done this before and an appreciation of the pace it is moving

* Someone who has experienced Greenfield Development – not all things developed will necessarily be rolled and delivered – you have to be prepared this may be the case on occasions

* Excellent personality with a forward thinking approach, high energy and lots of enthusiasm

* Proven experience with C-Suite Stakeholder Management

It will be a 2 stage interview process involving a Scenario and a Test. The Scenario will be ‘you have either done it or you haven’t – the use of GenAI for this would be forbidden! The Test will be over the course of a few days where GenAI is almost essential to use. If you don’t use it, you will be questioned as to why! This is the kind of mentality required for this role, so is it you?

This is a great opportunity and salary is dependent upon experience. Apply now for more details

In short: A high-growth fintech is looking to bring on a Senior AI Engineer to build and ship production-grade scam intelligence that runs before payments clear. You’ll turn multi-source signals (transaction context, counterparty intelligence, behavioural patterns, unstructured evidence) into reliable, explainable risk decisions - under real-world constraints like latency, uptime, and auditability. About the company: The company is building a payment intelligence layer for banks - running real-time “investigations” on payments to provide rich context on the counterparty and situation. The goal: intercept scams while ensuring genuine payments flow smoothly. They’re early-stage, moving fast, and working on problems where correctness, security and reliability are non-negotiable. Who we’re looking for You’re a hands-on ML/AI builder who’s comfortable owning the full loop: data → modelling → deployment → monitoring → iteration. You care about practical decisioning (not just metrics), you’re thoughtful about trade-offs (customer experience vs protection), and you’re excited about building systems that are explainable and bank-grade. What you’ll do - Build and ship scam risk models and signals (typology classification, risk scoring, decision logic) - Engineer features across heterogeneous data: transaction context, behavioural sequences, counterparty signals, network/graph patterns, and unstructured evidence - Design calibrated outputs (scores + reason codes) that are actionable and explainable for banking workflows - Own evaluation end-to-end: leakage avoidance, cost-sensitive metrics, thresholding, phased rollouts, and post-incident learning - Productionise ML: packaging, deployment, monitoring, drift detection, and retraining strategies - Collaborate closely with backend/product teams to integrate intelligence into real-time payment flows - Work alongside agent/LLM workflows for evidence gathering and synthesis, while keeping the decision core predictable and auditable Must-haves: - Strong experience shipping applied ML into production (not just experimentation) - Strong Python + ability to write maintainable, tested code - Strong SQL + comfort working directly with messy, high-volume data - Solid modelling judgement: calibration, leakage, bias, thresholding, cost trade-offs, monitoring/drift - Experience building decisioning systems where reliability, latency, and explainability matter Nice-to-haves: - Experience in fraud/scams, payments, risk, trust & safety, AML, or adjacent domains - Familiarity with graph/network features and entity resolution style problems - Experience with MLOps tooling (model registry/MLflow, feature stores, orchestration) - Comfort with cloud-native/event-driven systems and working closely with platform/backend engineers - Experience integrating unstructured signals (text/embeddings/RAG style pipelines) into decision systems Why join - Work on a mission with real-world impact: stopping scams before money leaves - Build real-time, bank-grade ML systems with ownership end-to-end - Early team + high autonomy + meaningful technical decisions

Software Engineer (Go, AWS) Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for Golang Software Engineer.

Youll take ownership of core backend systems, lead by example across technical delivery, and support the growth of the engineering team. Expect a hands-on role with real influence over architecture, tooling, and development standards.

Responsibilities: Designing and developing scalable backend services using Go

Building secure, cloud-native infrastructure on AWS

Collaborating with frontend engineers (React) for full-stack feature delivery

Driving engineering best practices and contributing to team rituals

Key Skills and Experience: Deep understanding of Go and backend systems architecture

Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services and DevOps principles

Understanding of frontend/backend collaboration (React experience a plus)

A mindset focused on quality, performance, and maintainability

Clear communication skills and a collaborative attitude

You will have; Modern technology stack: Go, AWS, microservices

A supportive, inclusive company culture with a real focus on impact

Flexible working - 1days in the Manchester office per week.

Interested? Please Click Apply Now!Software Engineer (Go, AWS)

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Senior AI Engineer / Developer

Seeking an experienced AI Engineer / Developer to design and deliver production-grade AI systems using Large Language Models (LLMs).

This is a hands-on senior role focused on building scalable, enterprise-ready AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement LLM-powered applications

Build and optimise RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) pipelines

Develop AI agents with tool integration and multi-step workflows

Engineer scalable Python-based services and APIs

Implement semantic search using vector databases

Deploy and manage AI solutions within cloud environments (Azure preferred)

Contribute to best practices across evaluation, monitoring and reliability

Provide technical guidance within a growing AI function

Required Experience

Strong commercial experience building LLM-driven systems

Hands-on RAG architecture implementation

Solid Python software engineering background

Experience with frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex or similar

Exposure to vector databases and embedding workflows

Cloud deployment experience (Azure advantageous)

Experience delivering production systems at scale

Role Type

Both Permanent / Contract options available.

Location

Remote (with occasional travel to office).

Salary

Permanent roles: £100k+ (potentially more for specialist experience).

Contract: Day rates

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Your new company
You will be working for a large, well-known organisation who are a powerhouse within their industry.
Your new role
Our client are looking for a Data Platform Engineer to support the design, operation and improvement of our cloud-based data platforms. You will work within a team of technical specialists, contributing to platform reliability, capacity, configuration management and continuous improvement.
Key responsibilities:

• Support the development and maintenance of the organisation’s data platform.
• Manage platform stability, availability and incident resolution.
• Perform root cause analysis and contribute to ongoing service improvements.
• Participate in out of hours support where required.
• Assist with proactive monitoring, capacity management and escalations.
• Collaborate with technical teams and third-party providers.
• Contribute to project delivery and platform enhancements.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Experience in similar technical engineering or platform roles.
• Strong background in incident, request, change and problem management.
• Experience with cloud technologies, including Azure.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Fabric is essential.
• Experience managing SQL Server.
• Comfortable working with both legacy and modern technologies.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking.
• Experience with GitHub, Git Actions and Terraform are desirable.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Experience with cloud cost monitoring and reporting.

What you’ll get in return
A permanent role paying up to £50,000pa + benefits and hybrid working on offer with the role being based in Milton Keynes.
What you need to do now

If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn’t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Data Platform Engineer – Warton – SC Cleared – 12 Month Contract

About Your Role:

As a Data Platform Engineer in a highly regulated environment, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable data infrastructure that supports both cloud and on premises platforms.
You will play a key role in ensuring that all data systems comply with industry regulations and security standards while enabling efficient access for analytics and operational teams.
A strong command of Apache NiFi is essential for this role.
You will design, implement, and maintain data flows using NiFi, ensuring accurate, efficient, and secure data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
You should be adept at identifying and resolving issues within NiFi flows, managing performance bottlenecks, and implementing robust error handling strategies.
You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams including data architects, compliance officers, and cybersecurity specialists to integrate data from various systems such as databases, APIs, and cloud platforms.

About You:

As an experienced Data Platform Engineer, your skills and experience may include;

• Strong experience of Apache NiFi
• Experience designing and optimizing data flows for batch, real-time streaming, and event-driven architectures.
• Ability to identify and resolve flow issues, optimize performance, and implement error-handling strategies.
• Optional scripting skills for creating custom NiFi processors.
• Knowledge of data modelling, replication, and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases is desirable.
• Familiarity with data warehousing solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery) would be beneficial.
• Data Platform Management
• Comfortable operating in hybrid environments (cloud and on-prem).
• Experience integrating diverse data sources and systems

We are seeking an experienced RPG Tech Lead to lead the design, development, and support of core banking customizations on the IBM i (AS/400) platform for a mid-sized bank. This role combines deep hands-on RPG development with technical leadership, solution ownership, and governance of mission-critical core banking systems.

The Tech Lead will ensure stability, performance, security, and regulatory compliance of core banking applications while mentoring developers and partnering closely with business, vendor, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the technical design and architecture of RPG-based core banking customizations.
• Define and enforce coding standards, development practices, and system governance for RPG and IBM i applications.
• Review and approve technical designs, RPG code, and database changes.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, availability, security, and audit requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis for complex production issues and ensure long-term fixes.

Development & Delivery

• Act as a hands-on lead developer for complex RPG programs, batch jobs, and core banking extensions.
• Design and implement enhancements to accounts, deposits, lending, interest, fees, GL, and transaction processing.
• Oversee batch processing (EOD, EOM, EOY), job scheduling, and recovery procedures.
• Guide the use of RPG (ILE / free-format), CL, and embedded SQL best practices.
• Coordinate releases, change management, and production deployments.

Team & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Mentor and guide RPG developers, providing technical direction and coaching.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for core banking customizations.
• Work closely with business users, core banking vendors, and infrastructure teams.
• Participate in requirement reviews, estimation, and delivery planning from a technical perspective.
• Support audits, regulatory reviews, and compliance activities.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 10+ years of application development experience, with 6+ years in RPG on IBM i (AS/400).
• Proven experience in a Tech Lead or Senior RPG Developer role.
• Strong expertise in ILE RPG (free-format preferred), CL programming, and IBM i utilities.
• Deep knowledge of DB2/400, SQL Server, embedded SQL, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience customizing core banking systems.
• Strong understanding of banking domain and transaction processing.
• Experience managing production support in a 24x7 banking environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions with business and vendor teams.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with major core banking platforms (Finacle, Flex cube, Temenos, etc.).
• Exposure to core banking modernization or system integration initiatives.
• Knowledge of API enablement, message queues, or middleware.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery, and failover setups.
• Familiarity with banking regulations, audits, and compliance controls.

The role: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum

Location: Milton Keynes (twice a week on site)

VIQU IT have partnered with a growing but established SaaS organisation who are hiring a Lead Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping technical direction of the products, and lead a team of five software engineers.

The role will involve hands on technical leadership, running architecture reviews, managing and mentoring engineers and ensuring projects are delivered successfully.

It is an opportunity to shape engineering standards at a company at a pivotal point in their growth, having an influence over the technical strategy whilst remaining hands on.

Experience required:

• Strong background in modern .NET/C# development & architecture.

• A track record of leading and mentoring teams of engineers.

• AWS experience including; IAM, Lambda, API Gateway and event-driven architectures in AWS environments.

• Experience with Angular front end framework, REST APIs and Web API development.

• Experience with testing frameworks and quality engineering practices (unit & integration testing and test driven development). SpecFlow for Behaviour-Driven Development and Postman for API testing.

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Knowledge of Docker and containerised applications.

• Strong SQL Server skills and experience with databases.

Duties of the Software Engineer

• Leading a team of 5 engineers within a scaled agile environment.
• Conducting code and architecture reviews to maintain consistency, quality, and maintainability whilst remaining hands on in the code.
• Embedding robust testing practices (TDD, integration testing, BDD) and driving automation across regression suites
• Design and architect solutions using CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and event-driven architecture patterns
• Working within AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, event-based services)
• Exploring and introducing AI related efficiencies.

The role: Lead Software Engineer

Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum

Location: Milton Keynes (twice a week on site)

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Jack McManus via the (url removed)

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SQL DBA 6 Months Contract - Inside IR35 - Security Clearance

Job Description

We re on the lookout for an experienced SQL DBA (Database Administrator) to join our client s database team.

In this role, the SQL DBA will work across several different projects, handling tasks independently, making informed decisions, and collaborating effectively with the team. The work includes installing, migrating, and supporting BI stacks within the business.

The SQL DBA will be involved in the testing, implementation, and post-deployment support of SQL systems, and you’ll play a part in the operational management of the applications developed following a DevOps approach.

SQL DBA Responsibilities:

• Develop robust SQL and database solutions.
• Lead migrations of BI stacks from older versions (such as 2008 R2 and 2012) to newer versions (2016/2019).
• Take ownership of code reviews and actively participate in peer reviews.
• Configure and maintain SQL Server Databases
• Performance tuning and optimization
• Experience with High Availability and Disaster Recovery processes
• Support the full data lifecycle, contributing to an agile working environment
• Provide coaching and mentoring to colleagues when necessary
• Experience with Terraform, Git and PowerShell is a plus

This role is based in central London, the SQL DBA will be required onsite 2 days per-week.

My client also requires the SQL DBA to hold current, valid Security Clearance for this role.

To discuss this exciting SQL DBA opportunity in more detail, please APPLY NOW for a no obligation chat with your VIQU Consultant. Additionally, you can contact Ruby Ufton, by exploring the VIQU IT Recruitment website.

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Hybrid/ Central Bristol
60-75,000 + 10% bonus

We’re hugely excited to be recruiting exclusively for a Full Stack Software Engineer, to join a startup-style team within a global, data-driven organisation. Think fast moving, big budget, heaps of autonomy, and a breakaway type of culture that is committed to pushing technical boundaries.

A typical Day to Day

You’ll work across frontend and backend, building new features, enhancing existing ones, and exploring AI-driven capabilities like automation, predictive analytics, and intelligent decision-making tools. Collaboration with product, data, and global teams is key - you’ll have the freedom to experiment, innovate, and make a direct impact.

The Tech You’ll Use:

Their backend is predominately Python (Django & FastAPI) with JavaScript front end (bonus points if you’re a Vue pro!), you’ll be pulling from a SQL Database and predominately Docker K8’s DevOps set up.

Is it for you?

You’ll likely be someone that is motivated by using cutting edge AI derived tech, but also has no qualms in explaining jargon to non-technical folk! This is at times a semi outwards facing role, as you’ll work with the wider group to help implement the platforms solutions. You’ll likely have 4+ years commercial of Full Stack Software Engineering experience.

Sound a bit of you? Great! Please apply with an up to date CV and we can take it from there

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer ATE
Location: Reading
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Model: Hybrid (typically 3 days on site, 2 from home; task based flexibility available)

A client of our are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to take full ownership of designing and delivering a brand new Automated Test Equipment (ATE) system. This is a hands on, end to end engineering role where you will define the architecture, build the tooling, and shape the test strategy that will support both product validation and production testing.

You ll collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, and systems engineering teams to develop a scalable, robust ATE platform that integrates seamlessly with instrumentation, embedded systems, and manufacturing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement a new ATE system, including software, tooling, and test workflows.
• Develop automated test software using Python and C#, C/C++.
• Build test frameworks, scripts, and infrastructure for validation and production environments.
• Integrate with instrumentation, hardware interfaces, and measurement equipment.
• Configure and optimise Linux based systems within the ATE environment.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to define test requirements and ensure full coverage.
• Investigate test failures, analyse logs, and support root cause analysis.
• Produce documentation, test procedures, and contribute to continuous improvement of test processes.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands on experience with Python for automation and tooling.
• Solid programming capability in C#, C/C++.
• Proven experience designing and implementing ATE for embedded systems or electronics.
• Confident working in Linux environments.
• Background in developing or supporting ATE systems or similar hardware software test platforms.
• Understanding of hardware interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, or similar.
• Ability to debug across software, hardware, and system boundaries.
• Comfortable taking ownership of a new system from concept through to delivery.

Please note: our client is unable to provide visa sponsorship. We can only consider applicants who already hold full and unrestricted right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, this role is not suitable for candidates relying on a post study work visa.

For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
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(Full Stack / PHP) - 6 Month FTC - Hybrid 1 day a week, West Midlands
£47,000 - £56,000 per annum

SF Technology are supporting a leading UK Higher Education institution in the recruitment of a Senior Moodle Developer to join their Digital Learning team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is a hands-on, senior-level development role requiring strong experience in Moodle plugin development, integrations and enterprise-scale platform enhancement.

The Role
You will be responsible for the ongoing development, integration and optimisation of a large-scale Moodle environment within a complex Higher Education setting.

Key responsibilities:
Developing and maintaining custom Moodle plugins
Building and supporting deep Moodle integrations (REST APIs, LTI, data exchange)
Enhancing performance through logging, caching and clean code practices
Supporting Echo360 and related learning technologies
Providing senior-level troubleshooting (2nd/3rd line support)
Collaborating with internal developers and technical stakeholders
Contributing to continuous improvement and technical best practice
This role requires someone who can operate independently and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Essential Experience
Proven hands-on Moodle development experience
Moodle plugin development (build or significant customisation)
Strong PHP development skills
REST API design and implementation experience
JavaScript, CSS and front-end development capability
Experience working with integrations across multiple systems
Linux command line familiarity
Higher Education experience is highly desirable.

Working Arrangement
1 day a week on site
West Midlands University
6-month fixed-term contract
Pro rata salary
Immediate start preferred

Due to the specialist nature of this role, we are particularly keen to speak with developers who can demonstrate deep Moodle plugin and integration expertise.
Apply via SF Technology for a confidential discussion.

Bristol - Hybrid
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on site
Circa 50,000 (DOE) + Training + Progression + Hybrid + 5 Percent Matched Pension + Holiday

Excellent opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to join a friendly and growing SaaS business offering great training, interesting technical work and a highly collaborative environment.

This company build a market leading platform used across the higher education sector, supporting research and teaching. They are continuing to grow year on year and are looking to add two developers to their team in central Bristol.

In this role you will join a small, supportive team working on a full stack web application (mostly back-end with some front-end work), across both BAU and new product features. You will work within an agile development approach, with the opportunity to contribute ideas around product design, structure, technology, usability and interface improvements. You’ll receive training and support from the development team before being expected to contribute fully. The tech stack includes PHP, JavaScript, React, MySQL, SQL Server, Postgres and Git. The team collaborate on site Tuesday to Thursday, with home working on Mondays and Fridays.

The ideal candidate will be a PHP Developer with commercial experience across full stack web applications and strong procedural PHP experience. You will be comfortable with JavaScript, React, HTML/CSS frameworks, SQL and Git, with strong attention to detail, good security practices and clear communication skills. Candidates must be able to commute to central Bristol three days a week.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable and growing team offering excellent training, product involvement and a great work life balance.

The Role:
PHP backend development
JavaScript, React, HTML and CSS frontend development
MySQL, SQL Server and Postgres databases
Git for version control and secure coding practices

The Person:
PHP Developer commercial experience (full stack web applications)
Strong with JavaScript, React, SQL and Git
Must have commercial procedural PHP experience
Commutable to central Bristol three days a week

Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)B

To apply for this role or to be considered for further roles, please click Apply Now or contact Tommy Williams at Rise Technical Recruitment.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

About the Job:

We are seeking multiple AI Engineers to join a start-up focused on revolutionising AI Automation for businesses. They’re building systems that learn how a business runs and works out what can be automated to save time and money. You’ll work directly with clients to build a system that works for them, analysing historical process data from ticket and communications systems.

You Need:

• You need demonstrable experience of deploying AI Agents.
• You need strong Python skills with a grounding in AI or ML.
• You must have built AI systems in production.
• You must have used AI within complex systems.

Bonus Skills:

• Continuous learning/ continuous system improvement experience is a plus.
• Multi-agent experience is a plus.

Benefits:

• The chance to work on cutting-edge AI tech and develop your skills on a project that makes an impact.
• Extremely competitive salary.
• The option for equity allows your involvement to be more direct and meaningful.
• Central London office with great transport links.

We are a Certified B-Corp and our practices ensure that diversity, equality and inclusion carry across to those that we hire for.

Apply now to be part of the creation of a revolutionary tool to help businesses globally.

Job Title: Snowflake Data Engineer
Location: London (2 days on-site per week)
Salary/Rate: 550 - 600 per day inside IR35
Start Date: March
Job Type: Initial 3-6 month contract

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Snowflake Data Engineer to help on their cloud migration project.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
You will be responsible for designing and building scalable data pipelines, Data Vault models/Dimension Model, and Snowflake/dbt workloads for cloud migration projects.

? Implement Data Vault 2.0 (Hubs, Links, Satellites) /Dimension Model on Snowflake.
? Build ELT pipelines using Snowflake, dbt, Python/PySpark.
? Develop ingestion from APIs, databases, streams.
? Optimize Snowflake warehouses, cost, and performance.
? Collaborate with architects, analysts, and DevOps.
? Maintain documentation, lineage, governance standards.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

? Strong SQL; Snowflake ELT; dbt experience.
? Python/PySpark, ETL/ELT design.
? Data Vault 2.0 or dimensional modeling.
? AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift) or GCP equivalents.
? Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines.

Good to have skills
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

? Kafka/Kinesis, Airflow, CodePipeline.
? BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).
? Docker/OpenShift; metadata driven pipelines.

? 3-8+ years Data Engineering experience.
? Cloud data engineering and Snowflake/dbt hands on exposure.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.