Pay up to £92,522 plus 28.97% employer pension contributions, hybrid working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.

This is a real and significant DevOps leadership role in the UK’s largest government department. Here you will have the freedom and autonomy to drive the development of our technical landscape and define what DevOps looks like in DWP

DWP. Digital with Purpose.

We’re looking for someone who has the vision to lead multiple teams through the adoption of cutting-edge infrastructure and development technologies.

You’ll be a leading, expert voice in a DWP Digital community that is driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of public services.

We have a unique purpose - putting better, more efficient services in the hands of DWP users. The scale of our engineering challenge is also huge:

We have 1bn lines of code in over 12,000 code repos and 90+ programming languages.

We run around 294 days’ worth of testing every day through automation.

Our APIs receive 173 million requests, and we spin up 280,000 AWS servers every month.

Over 22 million people - 1/3 of the UK’s adult population access our services daily.

Over 100,000 colleagues and agents use the kit, tools and systems we roll out. We build and maintain systems behind payments worth over £195bn payments annually.

What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?

Experience of leading and supporting Engineers in multi-disciplinary teams in an agile environment and sharing knowledge and good practice with the wider organisation.

Significant experience of version control systems as well as building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines e.g. git with GitLab CI or Jenkins.

Significant experience of Infrastructure-as-code and configuration of code for one or more cloud providers.

Experience of containerisation and container orchestration.

Experience of multiple scripting and/or programming languages (e.g. Bash, Python).

Significant experience of the full life cycle of Azure cloud-based platforms and applications from designing, through deployment to supporting and operating in production, test and development environments.

You and your role

Our Lead DevOps Engineers lead and set the strategy as well as build our products and applications with researchers, testers, architects, analysts and designers as part of multi-functional agile delivery teams.

You’ll also be part of a supportive Engineering community of practice, with hundreds of engineering experts from across the UK, united by passion and purpose. We’ll give you the tools and time to build your capability, with coaching, mentoring, qualifications and formal learning, meet-ups or whatever else works for you.

Details. Wages. Perks.

Location: You’ll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham. Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.

Hybrid Working: We work a hybrid model - you’ll spend some time working at home and some time collaborating face to face in a hub.

Pay: We offer competitive pay of up to £92,522.

Pension: You’ll get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth 28.97%, worth over £21,000 per year.

Holidays: A generous leave package starting at 26 days rising to 31 days over time.

You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time. You’ll also get all the usual public holidays.

We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

Flexible working including flexible hours and flex-friendly policies

Time off volunteering and charitable giving

Bring your authentic self to work with ‘I Can Be Me in DWP’

Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more

Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it’s even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference

Professional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.

And we have an award-winning environment and culture:

DWP have been recognised as 2024 Diversity Employer of the Year at the Computing Women in Tech Excellence awards

Diverse and Inclusive Leadership at Digital Leaders Awards 2024

Commended as Best Place to Work in Digital category in the Computing Digital Technology Leaders awards 2025

Recognised as one of the Best Public Sector Employers at 2025 Women In Tech Employer Awards

Process:

We know your time is valuable, so our application and selection process are just three stages:

Apply: complete your application on Civil Service Jobs. There’ll be full instructions when you click through.

Presentation: A short 10 minute presentation on how you would mature a DevOps culture across multiple multidisciplinary teams.

Interview: a single stage interview online.

CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.

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AboutTheRole

WerelookingformultipleLeadTechnicalArchitectswhowillplayacentralroleinthesuccessfuldeliveryoftechnologyprojects.Youwillworkcloselywithclientsandinternalteamstounderstandcontext,co-designsolutions,andleadtechnicalteamsthroughproductdevelopment.

Inthisrole,youwillleadarchitectureworkonclientprogrammes.Youwilldesignandoverseeend-to-endtechnologysolutionsthatarescalable,secure,user-centred,andethicallyresponsible.Thisroleinvolvestranslatingbusinessneedsintotechnologysolutions,creatingarchitectureartefacts,andsupportingclientstomakesustainableanduser-focusedtechnologychoices.

Youmightbeaspecialistinaparticulartechnologydomainorplatform-suchaslegacysystemmigration,m365,Azure,GCP,AWS,dataplatformsorintelligentprocessautomation-butyouwillapplyatechnologyagnosticperspective.

You’lloperateasatrustedadvisor,oftenleadingsmallerengagementsorplayingaseniorroleonlargerones,butmayalsoworksoloorcontributeasamemberofateamasneeded.Youwillbethesourceoftechnicaloversightandadviceforthewiderteamandfortheclient.

Youwillalsosupportthedevelopmentofjuniorcolleagueswhilecontributingtopracticeimprovementandbusinessdevelopment.

Wearecommittedtohavingapositiveimpactontheclientsandthecommunitiesweserve.Weactivelyencourageapplicationsfromwomen,disabled,Black,Asian,andMinorityEthniccandidatesandhistoricallyunder-representedgroups.

Responsibilities

• Leadprojectworkstreamsorsmall/mediumclientengagementsintechnologyengagements.
• Collaboratewithclientteamstoaligntechnicalsolutionswithorganisationalstrategiesanduserneeds.
• Defineandcommunicateend-to-endsolutionarchitecturesforprogrammesandservices,translatingbusinessanduserneedsintoscalable,ethical,andmaintainabletechnicaldesigns.
• Conductthoroughtechnicalassessmentsandprovideactionablerecommendationsfordecision-makers.Explainthepotentialimpact,costs,benefits,andrisksofrecommendations.
• Supportclientarchitecturegovernance,ensuringalignmentwithenterprise,data,andsecuritystandards
• Contributetodeliveryplanningtosupportagileproductdevelopment.
• Facilitatearchitecturedecision-makingwithclients,balancingstrategicandtacticalneeds.
• Producehigh-qualityartefactsroadmaps,diagrams,architecturemodels,andwrittenbriefs.
• Createartefactssuchastechnologyroadmaps,optionsappraisals,andarchitecturediagrams.
• Communicatecomplextechnicalinformationtonon-technicalstakeholders.
• Collaboratewithmultidisciplinaryteamsacrossdesign,data,anddelivery.
• Inputintobidsandproposalswithafocusontechnologycontent.
• Maintainastrongunderstandingofemergingtrendsandtechnologies.
• Mentororlinemanagemorejuniorconsultantsandcontributetointernallearning.
• Providethoughtleadershipandcontributetobusinessdevelopmentandmarketingactivities.
• Contributetothecontinualdevelopmentofourtechnologyanddatapractice.
• Developandmaintainstrongclientrelationships,buildingtrustwithseniorstakeholders.

AboutYou

Essential

• Strongexperiencedesigningarchitecturesforcomplexsolutionsensuringconsistencywithagreedrequirementsandstandards
• Knowledgeofenterprisesystems,APIs/integration,cloudplatforms(AWS,Azure,GCP),anddataecosystems
• Experiencedevelopingandreviewingarchitectureartefacts.Experienceofarchitecturemodelling(C4,ArchiMate,UML),andtoolssuchasVisio,LucidchartorDraw.io
• Provenabilitytoworkwithstakeholdersatmultiplelevelsacrossorganisations
• Experienceofcommunicatingtechnicalconceptsandrecommendationstobothtechnicalandnon-technicalaudiences
• Experienceofleadingarchitecturalgovernanceandassurance
• Experienceworkingwithagileproductdeliveryteamsincomplexorganisationalsettings
• Experiencethroughouttheproductlifecycle
• Experiencedeliveringprojectsinaconsultancyenvironment
• Experienceofuserresearchinthecontextoftechnologyandproductdevelopment
• Committedtopersonalandprofessionaldevelopment,stayingabreastofindustrytrends.
• Atechnologyandplatformagnosticperspective.
• Strongverbalandwrittencommunicationskills.

Desirable

• Experienceworkingwithpublicsectorarchitecturestandardsandplatforms(e.g.gov.ukPaaS,NHSSpine)
• Experienceworkingindiverse,remote,andmulti-disciplinaryteams

Skills

• Communicatingbetweenthetechnicalandnon-technicalabilitytointerpretandnegotiatebetweenneedsoftechnicalandnon-technicalstakeholders
• Requirementsdefinitionandmanagementabilitytoadviseonrequirementsmanagementapproachesandcoordinaterequirementsprioritisation
• Strategicthinkingabilitytocontributetothedevelopmentofstrategiesandpolicies
• TechnologysystemsanalysisabilitytoleadtheanalysisofITsystemcapabilities
• Governanceandassuranceabilitytoassureservicesandsupportclientstodefinegovernance
• Userfocusabilitytochampionuserresearchanddefineapproachestounderstandinguserneeds
• Lifecycleperspectiveabilitytomanagethedeliveryofproductsandservicesatdifferentphasesthroughtheproductlifecycle
• Sourcingtechnologyassetsandsolutions-abilitytoleadsupplierdiscussionsaspartofprocurementprocesses
• Solutionarchitecture-abilitytoleaddevelopmentofsolutionarchitectureinlinewithstandards

Abouttheprocess

ToApply

Ifyouwouldliketoexpressinterestinthisrole,pleaseapplybysubmittingyourCVandacoverlettermax2pageshighlightingyourrelevantexperienceagainsttheessentialrequirementsfortherole.

• Deadlineforapplications:11:59pmonFriday27thFebruary
• Screeningcalls:ongoing
• Firstroundinterviewstotakeplace:ongoing
• Secondroundinterviews&presentationtotakeplace:ongoing

Pleasenote:Wehavemultiplerolesavailablesotheinterviewprocessmayextendbutwewillstillbeabletoproceedwithoffersforsuccessfulcandidatesbeforetheroundcloses.

Wearecommittedtohavingapositiveimpactontheclientsandthecommunitiesweserve.Weactivelyencourageapplicationsfromallgenders,ethnicities,disabledpeople,membersoftheLGBTQIA+community,andthosefromlowersocio-economicbackgrounds.

Dontmeet100%ofthecriteria?Westillwanttohearfromyou.Pleaseletusknowifyourequireanyadjustmentsduringtherecruitmentprocess.

AboutUs

People-PoweredTransformation

We’reapurposedrivenorganisation,supportingorganisationstobuildabetterfutureforpeople,placesandtheplanet.Combiningvastexperienceinthepublic,privateandthirdsectorsandexpertiseinhuman-centreddesign,data,experienceandtechnology,werecreatingsustainablesolutionsreadyforanever-evolvingworld.

AttheheartofTPXimpact,werecollaborativeandempathetic.Wereateamofpassionatepeoplewhocaredeeplyabouttheworkwedoandtheimpactwehaveintheworld.Weknowthatchangehappensthroughpeople,withpeopleandforpeople.Thatswhywebelieveinpeople-poweredtransformation.

Workinginclosecollaborationwithourclients,weseektounderstandtheiruniquechallenges,questioningassumptionsandbuildingintheirteamsthecapabilitiesandconfidencetocontinuelearning,iteratingandadapting.

BenefitsInclude:

• 30daysholiday+bankholidays
• 2volunteerdaysforcausesthatyouarepassionateabout
• Maternity/paternity-6monthsMaternityLeave,3monthsPaternityLeave
• Lifeassurance
• Employerpensioncontributionof5%
• Healthcashplan
• Personallearninganddevelopmentbudget
• EmployeeAssistanceProgramme
• AccesstoequityinthebusinessthroughaShareIncentivePlan
• GreenincentiveprogrammesincludingElectricVehicleLeasingandtheCycletoWorkScheme
• Financialadvice
• Healthassessments

AboutTPXimpact-DigitalTransformation

Wedrivefundamentalchangeinapproachestoproductandservicedevelopment,deliveryandtechnology.Ouragile,multidisciplinaryteamsusetechnology,designanddatatodeliverbetterresults,improvingoutcomesforindividuals,organisationsandcommunities.

Byworkingintheopen,inpartnershipwithourclients,wenotonlytransformtheirsystemsandservicesbutalsobuildthecapabilityoftheirteams,soworkcancontinuewithoutusinthelongerterm.Ourfocusissustainablechange,alwaysdeliveredwithpositiveimpact.

Wereaninclusiveemployer,andwecareaboutdiversityinourteams.Letusknowinyourapplicationifyouhaveaccessibilityrequirementsduringtheinterview.

We are looking for an experienced AI Product Engineer to help build and scale AI-powered features within a modern product environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on integrating commercial AI APIs into a .NET ecosystem not building models from scratch.

You will design, develop, and deliver production-ready features that rely on services such as Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock, and OpenAI. AI-assisted development will be a core part of your workflow, and you will help shape how it is adopted across the engineering team.

This role is ideal for someone who has already worked in a team where AI was embedded into real products and can bring proven patterns, practices, and standards into a new environment.

What Youll Do

• Design and implement AI-powered product features within a C# / .NET stack
• Integrate commercial AI APIs into production systems with reliability and scalability in mind
• Establish best practices for AI integration across the codebase
• Lead by example through AI-assisted development workflows
• Pair with developers and support adoption of tools like Claude Code or Cursor
• Build observable, maintainable systems with strong logging, cost tracking, and guardrails

Must Have

• 5+ years experience with C# / .NET Core
• 7+ years total commercial software engineering experience
• Proven experience designing and shipping AI API integrations in production (.NET)
• Experience setting patterns that other developers adopted across a team
• Hands-on experience introducing AI-assisted development tools into a team environment
• Strong RESTful API design skills (clean, versioned, observable)
• Solid SQL experience (MariaDB or MySQL)
• Focus on quality, resilience, and observability in AI-driven features

Nice to Have

• AWS experience (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Bedrock)
• Product-level prompt design and iteration practices
• Experience with structured outputs, tool use, or function calling
• Frontend exposure (JavaScript, Vue, Nuxt 3)
• Microservices or distributed systems experience
• Familiarity with Shape Up methodology
• Awareness of secure-by-design principles (e.g. ISO 27001)

Not the Right Fit If You

• Focus on training models rather than integrating them
• Come from a data science background without strong engineering experience
• Prefer Python-heavy environments and do not want to work in .NET
• Are sceptical of AI-assisted development
• Have not worked with paid AI APIs in production
• Are looking for a strategy or leadership-only AI role

If youre passionate about building real-world AI features and want to work in a team where AI is part of the engineering craft not just a concept wed love to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working - 2 days office based
• Training and Development budget
• Excellent career progression

AI Product Engineer

Senior/Lead Software Engineer (Java)PermanentManchester-based (Hybrid with 3 days in the office)Salary DOE - £95,000 - £145,000 + attractive benefits + bonus

The client is continuing to scale their engineering presence in the UK as part of a broader US-UK expansion. They have recently closed another deal in Greater Manchester, and this is one of the first hires for a team that is expected to grow quite quickly.

This is a role for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on Back End development with Java as the primary language. It involves improving and extending existing systems, with the possibility of building new interfaces while ensuring the platform continues to scale effectively.

Essential Skills

• Strong Back End engineer; AI development is not a core requirement.
• Java, SQL, AWS
• Can clearly articulate deep system-design thinking, especially around architectural trade-offs, scalability, caching, and how design decisions evolve in practice
• Tooling: Cursor, Claude Code (used, but not the focus)
• React is beneficial but not essential
• There will be Backend-heavy work
• Interfaces, frameworks, infrastructure pipelines
• Provider integrations and APIs
• Brownfield development and Legacy plumbing
• Solving scaling and growth-related problems

Responsibilities

• Initial focus is as a senior individual contributor, with strong technical ownership however they can also be a team lead as this role could move into a team lead position.
• Candidates who have experience in larger SaaS or software environments, and who have seen where systems or teams begin to strain at scale, are particularly attractive.

Working Pattern

• Hybrid working: 3 days per week in the office is the minimum
• Agile delivery environment.
• Strong emphasis on practical impact rather than theory.

Join our Asset Intelligence team

The Asset Intelligence team provides a range of proactive services to assist clients with managing their estate and software procurement.

Success. The Softcat Way.

Softcat is a £1billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Offering a growing portfolio of services including software licensing, cyber security and IT infrastructure, we give our technical teams the tools and support to make exciting things happen. This is where to achieve more for your career.

You will work with customers to manage their cloud spend using the FinOps framework. You will work with several customers and will support them through regular reviews. Your goal is to help customers get the most value from The Cloud, improve and enhance the FinOps offering at Softcat, and to mentor and train the next generation of FinOps Analysts.

As Senior FinOps Analyst, you’ll be responsible for:

· Forming trusted advisor relationships with enterprise scale clients.

· Acting as a SME for FinOps within Softcat.

· Setting long-term goals with customers, developing strategies to achieve them, and leading initiatives to drive FinOps adoption across the organization.

· Utilising industry-leading cloud management tooling and native tooling to proactively leverage FinOps data.

· Providing detailed reporting around cost visibility and optimisation, ensuring that insights reach the right stakeholders on the client side.

· Providing break/fix support around industry-leading cloud management solutions and leveraging the ticketing system (ServiceNow).

· Continuously improving FinOps processes and practices, including identifying areas for improvement, implementing best practices, and staying current with industry trends and development

· Developing and driving the service forward, proactively identifying efficiency opportunities within the team.

· Running 1 to 1s with members of the team.

· Mentoring junior staff.

We’d love you to have

·Extensive FinOps knowledge

·FinOps Practitioner Certification is required (FinOps Certified Engineer desired)

Knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP. Certified in: AZ900,  AWS Certified Practitioner, AZ104 (desired), AWS – Certified Solutions Architect (desired)

· Extensive experience around multi cloud cost optimisation.

· Experience with cloud cost management tooling (CloudHealth, Cloudability, Flexera, and native tools).

· Ability to build relationships with multiple stakeholders within an enterprise customer.

· Proactively use your own skillset and that of the team to solve problems and challenges whilst supporting more junior members of the team in the same way.

· Ownership of your learning and development.

We also acknowledge  that the  confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and  can get in the  way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

Work in a way that works for you

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Hybrid working
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs

Working with us

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.

Join us

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.   You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/

Here at Softcat, we don’t prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.

Portfolio are proud to be representing our clients who are a Software provider based in the heart of Manchester, providing people solutions to over 100,000 clients worldwide and they’re looking for a Software Engineer In Test

The role is paying up to £55,000 and is 5 days a week in the office.

Essential:

• Experience with API testing tools (Postman)
• Understanding of CICD (Jenkins, AWS, Azure)
• Displays experience of various testing techniques (Exploratory, Smoke, Regression)
• Understanding of Database management tools and how to query data required (SQL)
• Displays clear and precise communication skills

Desirable:

• Knowledge of automation tools (Selenium Web Driver, VS Code)
• Knowledge of automation framework (cypress, playwright, typescript)
• Knowledge of testing google analytics
• Knowledge of Mobile testing
• Browserstack

If you would be interested please apply below!

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INDMANS

The Portfolio Group are acting on behalf of our client in recruiting for this position.

Key responsibilities

Ability to develop, design secure solutions and produce a Security Design documenting the controls.

The ability to deconstruct a solution / network architecture.

Ability to identify and mitigate against threats and vulnerabilities associated with proposed solutions and evaluate the soundness of solutions using industry standard practices (e.g., STRIDE, MITRE).

Demonstrate the ability to interpret threats into Risks, using your knowledge and experience to assist the business in assessing likelihood and impact.

Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical collaborators.

Skills to produce and articulate Security Designs to all collaborators within the project and business.

Comfortable weighing the risks and benefits of competing Security design options. Comfortable working on multiple challenging projects simultaneously

Key skills

• Designing and implementing security solutions to support meeting industrial and security frameworks such as ISO 27000 series, PCI DSS, COBIT, NIST, OWASP.
• Proven experience in risk assessment, threat modelling and implementing security controls.
• Expertise in managing user identities and securing access to systems.
• Knowledge of encryption, hashing, and tokenization techniques for data privacy.
• Understanding secure software development lifecycles (SDLC) and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient in network protocols, perimeter security to protect infrastructures and applications.
• Certifications in Security Management such as CISSP / CISM / CCSP or equivalent.
• Certifications in technical Security domains such as CEH / OSCP or equivalent.
• Experience of Public and or Private cloud environments. Experience with multi-cloud security environments (GCP, AWS and Azure).
• Proven experience managing multiple high priority security projects simultaneously.

Software Engineering Manager Lead a Talented Tech Team Hybrid Manchester

Are you ready to take the reins of a high-performing engineering team at a fast-growing, forward-thinking company?

We’re looking for a hands-off, people-focused Software Engineering Leader to inspire and guide a team of brilliant, multi-skilled engineers. You’ll be at the heart of driving innovation, building robust, scalable digital consumer products that impact thousands if not millions of users.

This isn t your typical management role. We’re seeking a true technical leader someone with the experience, empathy, and strategic vision to grow a top-tier engineering function. You ll work alongside highly skilled senior engineers and help shape a tech culture built on trust, autonomy, and continuous improvement. We don t expect you to code, but you ll be managing engineers who build with cutting-edge tech to solve complex challenges. Think scalable systems, slick user experiences, modern DevOps practices, and cloud infrastructure that can handle millions of requests.

Skills Required-

Leadership & Influence You know how to bring out the best in engineers. You ve led high-performing teams, built trust quickly, and created environments where engineers thrive.

Technical Background You ve walked the path of a software or data engineer. You can speak the language of modern architecture, OOP, TDD, CI/CD, and cloud-native development (AWS ideally).

Engineering Best Practices You drive clean code, robust testing, and elegant automation. Agile, DevOps, and product-driven development are second nature to you.

The company -

Values are simple but powerful:

• Zero politics Just kind, smart people working together.
• Down-to-earth No egos here. We work hard and support one another.
• High standards We re proud of what we build and how we build it.
• Flexibility & Fairness Work where and how you do your best. We trust you.

Hybrid Working Manchester Based- 2 days per week

Job title: Senior Software Engineer in Test (D)

Location: Manchester

Duration: 11 Months (rolling)

Hourly rate: 57.00ph INSIDE IR35 (Via Umbrella Solutions)

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

A Senior Software Engineer in Test with a passion for quality, and proven experience of automated software testing, is required for a variety of digital projects being delivered for Luxury Automotive client based in Manchester.

We are looking for great engineers who have a passion for innovative problem solving, quality-first coding and practicing Continuous Integration.

Would you thrive in an exciting, dynamic and creative start-up environment, but also enjoy the security, resources and influence of an established and successful organisation?

Would you excel within a world-class and passionate team that loves what they do?

Are you passionate about mentoring and sharing your skills with fellow engineers?

You will form part of a collaborative, iterative and agile process in a multi-disciplined team helping deliver best in class digital solutions.

This role provides a unique opportunity to help support and grow an entirely new software development capability within client

Reporting to the Principal Software Engineer in Test and working closely with other multi-disciplined engineers, you will be a valued member of the Global Digital Development Centre team, consistently delivering to challenging business objectives, with a focus on testability, robustness, security and performance for exciting new projects.

You will work on real projects alongside experienced engineers and will be expected to take on some mentoring and coaching of less experienced engineers in the lab as well as contributing to process improvements in the lab.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement testing for cloud systems, including platform and APIs in an agile manner
• Implement testing frameworks and where required utilising automation tools
• Support issue investigation and resolution
• Work closely with the SRE team to develop strategies to meet required SLAs and SLOs
• Define testing quality stages and gates within the software development process
• Define and Implement testing and release process for cloud systems
• Implement tests stages in pipelines, testing tool configuration, and scripting where required to implement the test strategy and processes
• Set quality goals and measurables for the system, devise and ensure the system meets these goals
• Establish a culture of maintaining continual testing and continual quality in our systems
• Line management for a junior software developer in test

Skills

Our Senior Software Engineers in Test should have:

• 5+ years experience in automated software testing in an agile and DevOps culture, with deep knowledge of the STLC and a real passion for quality
• Strong experience with tools such as Robot, Selenium, Post Man or Cypress

We are keen to speak to people who also have the following skills:

5+ years experience developing and testing bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native applications

5+ years experience with Java, Python or another OO language

Experience with software quality tools such as SonarQube

Experience with relational database technologies such as MySQL or similar

Experienced advocate for practices such as Test Driven Development and Pair Programming

Experience with Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues

Strong programming skills

Experience with source code management and version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab)

Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques

Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle

Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of developers

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The following skills and experience are nice to have:

Experience in BDD and creating tests using Gherkin syntax

Experience working with observability and monitoring tools such as DataDog, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana

Experience with Kubernetes or other cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure)

Familiarity with polyglot persistence and experience with a NoSQL database engine (Mongo, Neo4j, etc)

If you want to know more about this exciting opportunity please review and APPLY NOW

Data Engineer (Python)

6 months initial

2 days a week onsite in Manchester

Outside IR35

This organisation delivers data-driven insights to media and market research clients. Its platform provides actionable data solutions to global brands, helping them make informed, strategic decisions.

The Role

You will join the Data Products team and take ownership of building and evolving behavioural data products.

You will turn raw data signals into structured, high-quality datasets. You will use Python and SQL to define schemas, apply business logic, enforce quality checks, and deliver client-ready data feeds.

The role follows a hybrid model with two days in the office each week and the rest remote.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve data product schemas, translating requirements into well-structured datasets
• Build and maintain data feeds using Python and SQL for transformation, validation, and delivery
• Monitor and improve data quality through checks, diagnostics, and analysis of large datasets
• Work with Product, Engineering, Apps, and ML teams to deliver new features and improvements
• Maintain clear, accurate documentation for data products and processes

About You

You enjoy working close to data and solving how real-world behaviour translates into clean, reliable datasets.

Required Skills

• Strong Python skills with experience writing production-quality data pipelines
• Solid SQL skills with experience handling large datasets
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on data quality and validation
• Clear communicator who works well across teams
• Comfortable using AI tools to improve productivity and learning

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS data tools such as S3, Spark, Athena, or workflow orchestration tools
• Exposure to AI-assisted workflows

Why Join

You will join a team that values growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement, with support to develop your skills and progress your career.

Position: Embedded Software Engineer Location: Manchester Salary: Up to £45,000 + benefits An exciting new position has now been created for an Embedded Software Engineer to join our growing start up client's team, working out of their brand-new offices in the South Manchester area. Our client is working towards the 2nd generation of their cutting-edge medical device and are looking to expand their engineering team. They are seeking an embedded software engineer with previous medical devices and medical standards (IEC62304) experience who will play a pivotal role in the engineering team. Key Skills and Experience Required: Embedded C programming STM32 Microcontrollers Medical device and medical standards experience - IEC62304 ideally Degree qualified - Computer Science or similarIn this role you will be responsible for the development of firmware and related software for the next and future generations of their devices, you will report directly to the Technical Director and can expect to work closely with other engineers (mechanical, electronics and test). In this role you can expect plenty of variety in your daily tasks, the autonomy to manage your own workload and can expect your core responsibilities to include: The design and development of firmware on SMT32 microcontrollers The design and development of software for embedded controls and firmware interfaces Writing embedded level software in C System integration and integration testing Conducting unit testing and participating in software validation processes Producing accurate and detailed documentationThis role will best suit a graduate qualified Embedded Software Engineer with a few years industry experience who is keen to join an exciting startup. You will have the chance to work with passionate engineers towards the development of a state-of-the-art medical device that will make a positive impact in people's lives around the globe. Desirable Skills and Experience: C++, Python or C# Azure, Aws or Google Cloud interfacing GitHub or TFSApply today for this fantastic Embedded Software Engineer opportunity with an up-to-date CV or contact Laurence Powell at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions for more details

Location(s): Manchester, Cheltenham or Samlesbury Salary: £50,354 to £60,036, including a concessionary payment of £2,758. The final amount depends on your skills and experience. You ll also receive a one-off recruitment bonus of £3,500, split into two payments: £1,750 on arrival and £1,750 after successfully completing probation. In the future, there may be an opportunity to qualify for a higher skill level. Following a successful skills assessment, this could increase your salary by up to £9,766. Flexible Working: We recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer full-time, part-time, and compressed hours. While hybrid working may be more limited due to the nature of the work, some home working may be available depending on business needs. Find out more about flexible working on our website. GCHQ is an intelligence, cyber and security agency with a mission to keep the UK safe. We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity, and partnerships to identify, analyse and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners MI5 and MI6, we protect the UK from terrorism, cyber-attacks, and espionage. At GCHQ, you ll do varied and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment that puts the emphasis on teamwork. As a Senior Software Engineer, you ll bring your experience of modern software frameworks and team leadership to our passionate tech community. You ll help design new and existing systems, establish best working practices, and deliver high-quality solutions to mission-critical problems. With your expertise, you ll operate at a deep technical level, leveraging your familiarity with languages and frameworks such as Golang, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Node, Python, Rust, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP). You might be mentoring a team or leading as a technical expert. You ll be keen to develop not just your own skills, but those of others. Whether you re bringing new approaches, sharing innovative ways of working, or identifying new priorities, you ll set the standard. You ll engage with technical and non-technical customers and have a positive influence on the wider engineering community. With our encouragement to spend up to 30% of your time on development, innovation, and experimentation, you ll have the freedom to explore new possibilities for yourself and for GCHQ. You don t need to be a Software Engineer to apply; you might be working in Cloud Engineering and Security, UX, Site Reliability Engineering, Front-End Design, Agile, Solution Architecture, Data Engineering, or Machine Learning Operations. You ll also have experience leading Agile project teams and evaluating customer business requirements. Upon joining, you ll have access to a wide range of learning resources from online courses conferences and opportunities to pursue formal qualifications (funded by us). We ll provide all the support you need for a rewarding career, whether that s through tailored training or flexible working options. In this role, we offer full-time, part-time, and compressed hours, meaning you can enjoy a great work-life balance without compromising on what matters to you. At GCHQ, diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking, and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce, such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities, and those from low socio-economic backgrounds. Find out more about our culture, working environment, and diversity on our website. To find out more and apply, please visit our website. To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. We welcome applications from candidates of all ages, and there is no upper age limit. You can apply at 17, if successful, you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. Full eligibility details can be found on our website.

Technical Architect: 6 Month Contract: Manchester/Hybrid We are seeking a contract Technical Architect for a 6 month project (Outside IR35.) You will work closely with senior stakeholders and the wider team on both high and low level solution design to provide improvements on existing systems. Provide technical leadership and guidance throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and align with business objectives and technology strategy.
Your role will also involve risk management, to identify potential technical risks and develop mitigation strategies. Ensure solutions are designed with security, performance, and reliability. Type: 6 Month Contract
Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35)
Location: Manchester/Hybrid
Start: ASAP Skills Previous Technical Architecture experience designing and implementing complex enterprise solutions.
Strong background in software development and system integration.
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
Experience with microservices architecture, API design, and integration patterns.
Experience with DevOps practices and tools. Please apply now to be considered for this role

We re looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer to design and deliver production-grade AI-powered features within a modern .NET product environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on applying AI in real systems not training models. You ll work with commercial AI platforms such as Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock, and OpenAI to build reliable, scalable, and observable features that ship to users.

You ll also play a key role in shaping how AI is adopted across the engineering team setting standards, introducing tooling, and leading by example through high-quality, AI-assisted development practices.

This role suits someone who has already successfully integrated AI into production products and can bring proven patterns into a growing team.

What You ll Do

• Design and build AI-powered product features within a C# / .NET ecosystem
• Integrate commercial AI APIs into production systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost control
• Establish and promote best practices for applied AI engineering across the codebase
• Lead by example using AI-assisted development workflows
• Support and mentor engineers adopting tools such as Claude Code or Cursor
• Build systems with strong observability, logging, and guardrails
• Contribute to clean, well-structured, and versioned RESTful APIs
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to deliver user-facing AI capabilities

Must Have

• 7+ years of commercial software engineering experience
• 5+ years working with C# / .NET (Core)
• Proven experience designing and shipping AI integrations in production
• Strong experience integrating paid AI APIs (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock)
• Demonstrated ability to set patterns and standards adopted by other engineers
• Hands-on experience introducing AI-assisted development tools into a team
• Strong REST API design skills (clean, versioned, observable)
• Solid SQL experience (MariaDB or MySQL)
• A strong focus on quality, resilience, and maintainability

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Bedrock)
• Practical experience with prompt design, iteration, and evaluation
• Familiarity with structured outputs, tool use, or function calling
• Frontend exposure (JavaScript, Vue, Nuxt 3)
• Experience working in microservices or distributed systems
• Familiarity with Shape Up methodology
• Awareness of secure-by-design principles (e.g. ISO 27001)

Not the Right Fit If You

• Focus on training or fine-tuning models rather than applying them
• Come from a purely data science or research background
• Prefer Python-heavy environments and don t want to work in .NET
• Are sceptical of AI-assisted development workflows
• Haven t worked with commercial AI APIs in production
• Are looking for a strategy-only or non-hands-on role

Why Join Us

• Work on real-world AI features used in production
• Be part of a team where AI is treated as an engineering discipline, not a buzzword
• Influence how AI is adopted across the organisation
• Hybrid working (2 days in the office)
• Dedicated training and development budget
• Clear opportunities for career progression

If you want to build high-quality, production AI systems and help shape how modern engineering teams apply AI in practice, we d love to hear from you.

Senior Applied AI Engineer (.NET)

My client is a fast-growing UK business serving thousands of customers. They are investing heavily in their data capability and are now looking to appoint a Lead Data Scientist to drive end-to-end machine learning delivery within a regulated financial environment.

This is a hands-on role combining technical ownership and production-grade model deployment.

The Role

As Senior Data Scientist, you will:

• Own end-to-end ML solutions - from problem framing and feature engineering to deployment, monitoring, and governance
• Translate business objectives into modelling strategies aligned to risk appetite and operational constraints
• Build and deploy models using Python, SQL, and AWS (SageMaker or equivalent)
• Partner closely with Engineering, Data, and Risk/Financial Crime teams to ensure robust, production-ready solutions
• Establish monitoring frameworks for performance, drift, and retraining
• Drive clear documentation, traceability, and governance appropriate for a regulated environment

This role requires someone who thinks beyond experimentation - focusing on operational impact, adoption, and long-term model performance.

Essential Experience

• Proven commercial ML/Data Science delivery with measurable impact
• Experience taking models into production and managing performance over time
• Prior experience leading or mentoring Data Scientists
• Strong Python (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn or similar)
• Strong SQL (complex joins, aggregations, analytical functions)
• Solid grounding in applied statistics, evaluation design, calibration, bias/fairness
• Experience working closely with Engineering/Data teams in production-first environments
• Comfortable operating within regulated industries

Desirable

• AWS experience (S3, Athena/Glue, IAM, Lambda)
• SageMaker or equivalent ML platform experience
• Financial services domain knowledge (risk, fraud, affordability, payments)
• Experience with model explainability and governance documentation

Package & Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• Competitive pension
• Additional paid leave (birthday, charity, wellbeing, life events)
• Employee assistance programme & Virtual GP
• Modern collaborative office environment

Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Senior Data Scientist

Senior AI Engineer

We re looking for a hands-on Senior AI Engineer to build real-world AI systems that deliver measurable impact across customer journeys and internal operations. This role is all about turning emerging AI capabilities-LLMs, agentic systems, ML models, workflows, and AI services-into robust, production-ready solutions.

What You ll Do

• Design, build, and integrate AI applications into end-to-end workflows.
• Embed agentic AI into customer and operational processes with reliability, resilience, and safe fallback behavior.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations to take AI solutions from concept to production.
• Establish best practices for orchestration, testing, monitoring, and operational safeguards.
• Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and translate them into practical, high-value implementations.

What We re Looking For

• Strong software engineering background (Python), with experience delivering production AI or ML-integrated systems.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI services, or agentic AI frameworks.
• Practical understanding of AI production concerns: latency, resilience, observability, safety, and maintainability.
• Systems thinker who collaborates effectively across teams and communicates clearly.
• Passion for applied AI and agentic systems, with a focus on turning capabilities into tangible outcomes.

Bonus if you have: AWS AI/ML experience, building autonomous workflows, regulated industry exposure, or contributions to the AI community.

Benefits:

• Training and development budgets
• A culture of collaboration and growth so your career can become what you want it to be.
• Hybrid working balance of remote working and on-site to suit your work/life balance.

Join us and help shape the future of AI-driven systems in a fast-moving, hands-on environment.

Interested? Please Click Apply Now Senior AI Engineer (Agentic AI) Applied AI in Production

We are hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer with a strong test-driven development (TDD) background to help build the next generation of a mission-critical cybersecurity and communications platform used globally.

This is a hands-on role focused on designing and delivering partner API integrations across a complex security ecosystem - including endpoint protection, network security, user awareness tooling, and monitoring systems.

You ll work as part of a collaborative product team alongside full stack and front-end developers, supported by QA and DevOps, reporting into engineering leadership.

Why This Role Matters

The next-generation platform will provide customers with a unified view of security across distributed environments. As integrations expand, maintaining a high bar for quality, reliability, and test coverage is critical.

This role will also play a key part in strengthening TDD practices across the team - leading through code and delivery.

What You ll Do

• Design and build API integrations across a cybersecurity-focused product stack
• Deliver clean, maintainable full stack solutions using .NET and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Lead by example in test-driven development practices
• Integrate third-party systems using REST APIs, OAuth2, webhooks, and resilient patterns
• Contribute to a scalable, observable integration layer
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality releases
• Use AI-assisted development tools as part of your daily workflow

Requirements (Must Have)

• Experience with C# / .NET Core
• Strong experience with ASP.NET Core / Web API
• Modern JavaScript / TypeScript experience
• Experience with a component-based SPA framework (e.g. Vue, React, or Angular)
• Proven, hands-on test-driven development experience
• Strong experience integrating third-party APIs (REST, OAuth2, webhooks, retries, rate limiting)
• Solid SQL skills (e.g. MariaDB or MySQL)
• Experience with Git workflows (branching, pull requests, code reviews)
• Regular user of AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar)
• Strong ownership mindset and commitment to quality

Nice to Have

• Commercial experience integrating AI APIs (e.g. Claude, Bedrock, OpenAI or similar)
• Experience with AWS (e.g. EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3)
• Microservices or distributed systems experience
• Familiarity with iterative product development methodologies
• Awareness of secure-by-design principles (e.g. ISO 27001)
• Background in SaaS or cybersecurity environments

Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Excellent career development / Training budget
• Flexible working

If you take pride in writing well-tested, production-grade code and want to contribute to building critical cybersecurity software used at global scale, we d love to hear from you.

Full Stack Engineer (TDD / C# / JavaScript)

We are looking for an experienced AI Product Engineer to help build and scale AI-powered features within a modern product environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on integrating commercial AI APIs into a .NET ecosystem not building models from scratch.

You will design, develop, and deliver production-ready features that rely on services such as Anthropic Claude, AWS Bedrock, and OpenAI. AI-assisted development will be a core part of your workflow, and you will help shape how it is adopted across the engineering team.

This role is ideal for someone who has already worked in a team where AI was embedded into real products and can bring proven patterns, practices, and standards into a new environment.

What You ll Do

• Design and implement AI-powered product features within a C# / .NET stack
• Integrate commercial AI APIs into production systems with reliability and scalability in mind
• Establish best practices for AI integration across the codebase
• Lead by example through AI-assisted development workflows
• Pair with developers and support adoption of tools like Claude Code or Cursor
• Build observable, maintainable systems with strong logging, cost tracking, and guardrails

Must Have

• 5+ years experience with C# / .NET Core
• 7+ years total commercial software engineering experience
• Proven experience designing and shipping AI API integrations in production (.NET)
• Experience setting patterns that other developers adopted across a team
• Hands-on experience introducing AI-assisted development tools into a team environment
• Strong RESTful API design skills (clean, versioned, observable)
• Solid SQL experience (MariaDB or MySQL)
• Focus on quality, resilience, and observability in AI-driven features

Nice to Have

• AWS experience (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Bedrock)
• Product-level prompt design and iteration practices
• Experience with structured outputs, tool use, or function calling
• Frontend exposure (JavaScript, Vue, Nuxt 3)
• Microservices or distributed systems experience
• Familiarity with Shape Up methodology
• Awareness of secure-by-design principles (e.g. ISO 27001)

Not the Right Fit If You

• Focus on training models rather than integrating them
• Come from a data science background without strong engineering experience
• Prefer Python-heavy environments and do not want to work in .NET
• Are sceptical of AI-assisted development
• Have not worked with paid AI APIs in production
• Are looking for a strategy or leadership-only AI role

If you re passionate about building real-world AI features and want to work in a team where AI is part of the engineering craft not just a concept we d love to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Hybrid working - 2 days office based
• Training and Development budget
• Excellent career progression

AI Product Engineer

Job Title: Technical Lead / Staff Software Engineer//Engineering Lead/Technical Director/Chief Engineer

Salary: £63,000 - £103,000

Location: Manchester

Our client is seeking enthusiastic and proactive individuals to join their growing team. Working in a busy but dynamic environment, you will Join our clients Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. This is a hybrid role with two days in the office in Central London.

Our client has over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And have a deep expertise in a number of areas not limited to but including consumer and manufacturing, defence financial services and transport. With teams that operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, the US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Why consider joining the Digital & Data community

• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesnt align with what you want to do.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same

Tech stack required ideally:

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, you can expect to work with the following technologies to ensure scalable, high-performance applications:

• Programming Languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#
• Frameworks: Vue/Angular/React/Node/Next, Spring/Spring Boot, .NET/ASP.NET
• Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• CI/CD:Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep
• Pragmatic and safe usage of AI through the SDLC (e.g. using MCP to combine tools in interesting and effective ways)

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• Experience in managing and technically leading a software engineering team
• Soft-skills to interact with clients, demonstrating credibility in technology and overall delivery
• Proven capability in shaping the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases.
• Ability to implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies.
• Enhance system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times.
• Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event-driven architecture and platform migration.
• Experience providing technical subject matter expertise to shape bids and client proposals. Can present proposed approaches and discuss technical implementation with prospective clients during the sales process

You are required to be able to work in the UK full time without restriction and be eligible forSC clearance.If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Job Title: Data Engineer (HealthTech) Location: Manchester (Hybrid/Remote options available) Day Rate: £500–£550 per day (Outside IR35) Contract Length: 6 months initial (extensions likely) Overview Chapman Tate Associates are seeking an experienced Contract Data Engineer to join an innovative HealthTech organisation delivering data-driven solutions that improve patient outcomes and healthcare services. This is an exciting opportunity to work on meaningful projects, building scalable data platforms that support clinical insights, product development, and operational efficiency. Key Responsibilities \* Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes \* Integrate data from a variety of sources including clinical systems, APIs, and third-party providers \* Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product teams to deliver high-quality datasets \* Ensure data quality, security, and compliance with healthcare regulations (e.g. GDPR) \* Support the development of data platforms in cloud environments \* Optimise data workflows for performance, scalability, and reliability Required Skills & Experience \* Proven experience as a Data Engineer in a fast-paced environment (HealthTech, MedTech, or related sectors preferred) \* Strong SQL and Python (or similar programming languages) \* Hands-on experience with modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift) \* Experience working with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP) \* Solid understanding of data modelling, warehousing, and pipeline development \* Experience handling sensitive or regulated data Desirable Experience \* Experience working with healthcare data standards (e.g. FHIR, HL7) \* Exposure to real-time data processing or streaming tools (e.g. Kafka) \* Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance frameworks in healthcare \* Experience supporting analytics or machine learning workloads Apply Now If you’re a contract Data Engineer looking to work on meaningful HealthTech projects, apply now with your latest CV

Senior Software Engineer in Test Contract | Inside IR35 | £400 per day Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week) Contract End Date: March 2027 I'm currently working with a large, well‑established enterprise client who are continuing to grow their digital engineering capability in Manchester. They are looking to engage an experienced Senior Software Engineer in Test on a long‑term contract to support the delivery of high‑quality, scalable, cloud‑based digital platforms. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior‑level test professional to join a collaborative, agile environment where quality, automation, and engineering best practice are taken seriously. The role offers strong delivery stability with a contract running until March 2027. The Role You'll join a multi‑disciplinary digital engineering team, working closely with developers, SREs, and other engineers to embed quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The focus is on automation‑led testing, CI/CD integration, and driving a continuous testing culture. You will also play a role in mentoring and supporting more junior engineers in test. Key Responsibilities Define and deliver automated testing strategies for cloud‑native systems, platforms, and APIs Design, implement, and maintain test automation frameworks Embed test stages and quality gates within CI/CD pipelines Support defect investigation, root‑cause analysis, and resolution Collaborate with engineering and SRE teams to meet defined SLAs and SLOs Define testing, release, and quality assurance processes Set and track quality metrics and measurable outcomes Promote continuous testing and quality‑first engineering practices Provide mentoring and coaching to junior engineers in test Required Experience 5+ years' experience in automated software testing within agile and DevOps environments Strong understanding of the Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) Hands‑on experience with tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Robot Framework, or Postman Strong programming capability in Java, Python, or another OO language Experience testing enterprise‑scale, cloud‑native applications Good knowledge of APIs, microservices, and distributed architectures Experience with version control systems (Git) and modern CI/CD pipelines Confident communicator with a collaborative mindset Nice to Have BDD experience and Gherkin syntax Exposure to observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog) Experience with Kubernetes or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Experience with relational or NoSQL databases Working Pattern & Rate £400 per day (Inside IR35, via umbrella) Hybrid working: 2-3 days per week onsite in central Manchester Long‑term contract running through to March 2027If this sounds like a role you'd like to discuss, or if you'd like further details on the client, project, or interview process, please get in touch