Great opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to work for a retail company near Manchester at the beginning of a digital transformation.

You’d report to the Head of Engineering and would work as part of a team of Principal Software Engineers responsible for collaborating with Architects and Product Owners to lead the re-architecture of existing platforms to a cloud-native, event-driven, microservices architecture.

Whilst there is no line management, you’d have full technical overview for your product domain including technology vision, strategy, workload and quality governance of the squads within it.

Skills:

• TypeScript, Node, React
• AWS, Lambdas
• Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Observability
• CI/CD

The money is good too - up to £90k plus benefits including 10% annual bonus, pension, private healthcare and flexible working.

If you’re interested in this opportunity and would like to know more, please apply through this advert and I will contact you ASAP.

Prestigious opportunity with a world leading Global Investment Management company for a Technical Lead for our Applications Engineering - Marketing Technology area. Key to the development and running of the European websites, onboarding and servicing of our professional investors, we are inviting you to join our success story, based in our Manchester office 3 days a week. As our Technical Lead, you will work with exciting and leading technologies within a microservice architecture including Angular, Node JS, HTML, JavaScript, Java, CSS and infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD best practices and an incline towards test driven development (TDD). You will be responsible for:- Providing expert level technical direction for complex MarTech projects involving AEM, AEP, Adobe Target, and related integrations. Leading design, development, and implementation efforts across multiple platforms. Leading services and direction, providing technical expertise and completing complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities. Ensuring the viability of IT deliverables. Identifying potential solutions and approving technical solutions proposed by team members. Working closely with marketing teams, consultants, and technology partners to deliver scalable solutions. Creating and maintaining detailed technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, integration guides, and operational procedures. Ensure documentation is clear, accurate, and accessible Identifying opportunities to enhance marketing technology capabilities through new tools, methodologies, and automation Conducting code reviews, testing, and validation to ensure functionality, security, and compliance with IT and Information Security policies If you possess a combination of the following skills, then LETS TALK! Full stack development background with Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL and modern frameworks Familiarity with microservice architecture, API design, and integration patterns Knowledge of AWS services and cloud-based deployment models Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub), OOP/SOLID, Agile methodologies, and test-driven development Excellent documentation skills and ability to create clear technical standards Preferred expertise in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), and Adobe Target Preferred experience in Python programming language Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities effectively In return, you will be rewarded with an enviable working environment in our luxurious City Centre office, an extensive benefits package encompassing a 25% bonus and partnership payment. 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. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk TPBN1\_UKTJ

Job title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Locations: Manchester or Haywards Heath (hybrid working)

Role overview

Markerstudy Group are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to help take leading-edge and novel insurance risk modelling and pricing techniques and participate in creating fully automated machine learning pipelines.

Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1 billion. Most of Markerstudy’s business is written as the insurance pricing provider behind household names such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s, O2, Halifax, AA, Saga and Lloyds Bank to list a few.

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will use your skills to:

Tune machine learning methods to best leverage our state-of-the-art processing capabilities

Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in a DevOps / MLOps based machine learning environment

Create robust high-quality code using test-driven development (TDD) techniques and adhering to the SOLID coding standards

Your work will enable sustained improvements to products, prices and processes giving Markerstudy a critical advantage in the increasingly competitive insurance market by minimizing the development to deployment and monitoring stages of the ML lifecycle through automation.

You will also be responsible for refining, tuning, deploying and maintaining machine learning methods in our machine learning pipeline by using robust test-driven development (TDD) approaches to maximise performance and robustness, and improve company performance and our customer-centric offerings across Motor, Home and Commercial Lines businesses. The successful candidate will also enjoy opportunities for leading, coaching, and mentoring more junior ML Engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

Report and communicate with Senior Stakeholders, such as the Head of Data Science and Machine Learning and Director of Technical Underwriting

Propose, proof-of-concept, develop, and deliver novel machine learning processes that automate current manual processes, and leverage DevOps and MLOps software.

Work in a collaborative environment with data science to help deploy machine learning methods that are state-of-the-art, robust, and future extensible.

Tune machine learning methods for optimal performance.

Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in our machine learning pipeline using robust test-driven development (TDD) coding approaches, using the SOLID software development principles.

Actively contribute to creating a culture of coding and data excellence

Implement efficient solutions across a range of markets, including Private Motor, Commercial Vehicle, Bike, Taxi, and Home

Lead and mentor junior machine learning engineers and share best practices

Key Skills and Experience:

Previous experience in tuning and deploying machine learning methods

Experience with some of the following predictive modelling techniques; Logistic Regression, GBMs, Elastic Net GLMs, GAMs, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Neural Nets and Clustering

Experience in DevOps and Azure ML, or other MLOps and ML Lifecycle technology stacks, such as AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, etc.

Experience with deploying services in Docker and Kubernetes

Experience in creating production grade coding and SOLID programming principles, including test-driven development (TDD) approaches

Experience in programming languages (e.g. Python, PySpark, R, SAS, SQL)

Experience in source-control software, e.g., GitHub

Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written

Experience in data and model monitoring is a plus

Behaviours:

A high level of professional/academic excellence, educated to at least a master’s level in a STEM-based or DS / ML / AI / or mathematical discipline

Collaborative and team player

Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude

Passion to innovate and improve processes

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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

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.

Software Engineer (Golang / AWS) Our client based in Greater Manchester is currently looking for skilled Golang Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain secure, high-performance software solutions in AWS. You will work closely with architects, front-end developers, QA, and product teams to deliver scalable services. This includes developing microservices, RESTful APIs, and leveraging serverless technologies while applying engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain robust, scalable backend solutions using Go.

Develop serverless applications in AWS (Lambda, SST).

Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

Build and document APIs using OpenAPI standards.

Work with NoSQL data stores, including DynamoDB.

Apply strong security principles in all software design.

Collaborate in Agile squads to deliver solutions efficiently.

Explore GenAI tools to accelerate development.

Skills & Experience:

Proven experience developing software using Go.

Experience with AWS serverless architecture.

CI/CD and automated testing expertise.

RESTful API and microservices development.

Familiarity with DynamoDB or similar NoSQL databases.

Comfortable communicating complex technical issues clearly.

Knowledge of Agile/Lean methodologies.

What We Offer:

Hybrid working to balance remote and on-site time.

Career growth opportunities in a high-impact fintech environment.

Competitive benefits including pension, 2328 days holiday, wellness and charity days, birthday and wedding leave.

Interested? Please Click Apply Now!Software Engineer (Golang / AWS)

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Principal Cloud Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - £98,000 + Benefits + Unlimited Training Budget

Active SC Clearance is required for this role.

Principal Cloud Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - £98,000 + Benefits + Unlimited Training Budget

Active SC Clearance is required for this role.

Are you a Cloud Engineering leader ready to shape strategy, influence large-scale platforms, and drive engineering excellence? We’re seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to lead the design and evolution of secure, enterprise-grade cloud environments for a major UK government programme in Manchester.

This hybrid role offers flexibility across home, office, and client site, while placing you at the centre of high-impact, mission-critical delivery.

The Opportunity

As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you’ll operate at the forefront of technical leadership-setting direction, defining standards, and guiding multiple Cloud Pods. You’ll combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking, ensuring platforms are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term organisational goals.

This role goes beyond delivery-you’ll influence architecture, mentor senior engineers, and play a key role in shaping the future of cloud engineering within the organisation.

What You’ll Be Doing

Defining and driving cloud architecture strategy across multiple teams and platforms

Leading the design of scalable, secure, and reusable cloud solutions using a code-first approach

Establishing best practices across Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, and platform engineering

Providing technical leadership and mentorship to senior and mid-level engineers

Collaborating with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business and programme outcomes

Driving innovation, continuous improvement, and adoption of emerging technologies

Overseeing and enhancing CI/CD, automation, and cloud governance frameworks

Acting as a key decision-maker on complex technical challenges and architecture

What We’re Looking For

Extensive experience in Cloud / Platform Engineering , with time spent in a senior or principal capacity

Deep expertise in AWS and/or Azure at an architectural level

Advanced proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)

Strong experience with Git-based workflows (e.g. GitHub)

Proven track record of designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices at scale

Expertise in Kubernetes, containerisation , and automation tools such as Ansible

Strong understanding of networking, security, and enterprise architecture principles

Experience leading teams, influencing stakeholders, and setting technical direction

Background working in Agile environments with cross-functional teams

Why Join?

This is a rare opportunity to operate at a principal level-where your decisions shape platforms, teams, and outcomes. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering culture that values innovation, leadership, and continuous growth.

If you’re ready to lead at scale and make a lasting impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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Data Engineer Opportunity, DV-cleared only

London Manchester Bristol

A progressive, leading-edge UK consulting and technology organisation is hiring Data Engineers to deliver mission-critical work across defence and security programmes, building modern data platforms and production-grade pipelines that enable better decisions at pace. Active DV clearance is essential, we are seeking DV cleared candidates only.

The role
You’ll design and deploy production-grade data pipelines, from ingestion through to consumption, within a modern big data architecture. Work is delivery focused and delivered using agile engineering practices.

Typical responsibilities
Build and operate robust pipelines across ingestion, processing, and consumption
Use scripting, APIs, and SQL to extract, transform, and curate data
Process large structured and unstructured datasets, integrating multiple sources
Collaborate with stakeholders and delivery teams to drive outcomes
Core skills (indicative)
Production pipeline design and deployment experience
Strong engineering capability with Python, SQL, plus big data tooling (e.g., Spark, and Java/Scala where relevant
AWS, Azure, GCP

Working pattern

Hybrid working, with the team on client site or in the office a minimum of two days per week. Actual time and location will vary by role or assignment.

Technical Lead - Digital & Technology Consulting

A leading global innovation and transformation consultancy is looking for an experienced Technical Lead to join its growing technology practice. This role suits someone who enjoys solving complex problems, leading engineering teams, and delivering high-impact digital solutions across diverse industries.

What youll be doing as a Technical Lead:

• Leading the technical delivery of complex, cloud-based solutions
• Acting as a hands-on technical authority across architecture, development and troubleshooting
• Mentoring engineers and promoting modern engineering best practices
• Working closely with clients to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
• Driving continuous improvement across the full software delivery lifecycle

What they are looking for in a Technical Lead:

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Senior engineer
• Strong software engineering and system design background
• Experience delivering enterprise applications on AWS, Azure or GCP
• Proficiency in JavaScript, Java or .NET
• Agile delivery experience (Scrum / Kanban)
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and modern testing practices
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Whats on offer:

• Flexible working with autonomy over schedule
• Competitive salary and performance-related bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus buy options
• Excellent pension, healthcare and wellbeing benefits
• Purpose-led work with clear career progression

Ok I’m in what’s next?

Apply now with your latest CV.

Lynx Recruitment are partnered with a leading global consultancy to source an experienced Cloud Security Engineer to join a high-performing cloud and cybersecurity team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on enterprise-scale cloud environments, driving security best practices and implementing cutting-edge cloud-native application protection solutions.

The Role

You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and managing cloud security controls across large-scale AWS environments, with a strong focus on policy-as-code and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and manage CNAPP policies using Wiz for continuous cloud posture assessment and remediation
• Develop and maintain policy-as-code frameworks using OPA/Rego
• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows using Terraform
• Collaborate closely with DevOps and Cyber Security teams to remediate non-compliant resources
• Monitor and enhance cloud governance and policy effectiveness
• Embed security into the SDLC through CI/CD pipelines (eg GitLab Runners), including vulnerability scanning and compliance checks

Key Requirements

• Strong experience with AWS (essential)
• Hands-on experience with Wiz (including custom rule development, graph rules, or configuration policies)
• Expertise in OPA/Rego for policy-as-code
• Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure and security automation
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Experience working within DevSecOps environments and implementing shift-left security
• Degree in an IT or technology-related subject with a minimum of a 2:1 (or equivalent)

Company Description

Detectronic, based in Nelson, Lancashire, is a UK specialist in wastewater and sewer network monitoring systems. The company designs, manufactures, and installs flow, level, and water-quality monitoring equipment used by water utilities and industrial customers to prevent flooding, reduce pollution, and improve environmental compliance

Job Description

Software Development Lead
Hybrid with Travel to Nelson
Permanent, full-time
Competitive salary, Bonus plus benefits

We are seeking an experiencedSoftware Development Lead with deep expertise in IoT systems, cloud-native development on AWS, data ingestion pipelines, and API development. You will design and build the backend services that support our connected IoT devices-managing secure device communication, high-volume data ingress, and the APIs that power our applications and customer experiences.

This role is ideal for an engineer passionate about building scalable systems that bridge the physical and digital worlds.

More about the role:

IoT Platform Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services that support large fleets of IoT devices.
• Work extensively with AWS IoT Core, MQTT messaging, Device Shadow, and secure device provisioning.
• Build and optimise IoT communication flows including telemetry, event handling, command/control, and device state management.

Data Ingress & Telemetry Pipelines

• Architect and operate real-time IoT data ingestion pipelines handling telemetry, logs, and events from thousands of devices.
• Implement processing workflows using Kinesis, Lambda, SQS, Kafka, Step Functions, or similar.
• Ensure data quality, schema governance, and reliability across ingestion and downstream data consumers.

API Development

• Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs supporting device management, device data retrieval, and user-facing features.
• Ensure APIs are secure, highly available, and performant at scale.
• Define API standards and patterns for internal and external consumers.

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Design cloud-native systems using AWS services such as API Gateway, DynamoDB, Timestream, S3, ECS/EKS, and CloudFormation/CDK.
• Implement observability across all IoT workloads using CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, or related tools.
• Drive cost optimisation and reliability across IoT cloud infrastructure.

Security & Device Trust

• Implement strong IoT security practices including certificate-based auth, encryption, least-privilege IAM, and secure onboarding flows.
• Support secure OTA updates, fleet management, and device lifecycle operations.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead architecture discussions and mentor mid-level and junior engineers.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and cross-functional roadmap planning.
• Collaborate closely with product, firmware/embedded teams, and data engineering.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Backend or platform engineering experience, ideally with IoT or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in AWS, especially AWS IoT Core, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SQS, API Gateway.
• Proficiency in languages such as Python, Node.js, Go, or Java.
• Hands-on experience with MQTT and event-driven IoT architectures.
• Proven ability to build and scale data ingestion pipelines.
• Experience building secure, high-performance APIs for internal and external use.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud design patterns, and microservices.

Nice to Have

• Experience with edge/embedded integrations (e.g., AWS Greengrass).
• Familiarity with time-series databases (Timestream, InfluxDB, Timescale).
• Knowledge of digital twins, device simulation, or industrial IoT protocols.
• Containerization experience with Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes/EKS.
• Exposure to OTA update workflows, remote diagnostics, or fleet management tools.

Additional Information

What we can offer you:

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave
• Company pension
• Life assurance scheme (x4 salary)
• Medicare Cash Plan (includes cash payments towards dental, medical, therapeutic treatments) with the option to add up to 4 dependants
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee assistance programme (access to GP appointments and mental health support)
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and career progression opportunities

Adler and Allan are committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We proudly embrace equal opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. If you require any support with your application, whatever the circumstance, please let us know.

AWS Solution Architect Up to £95K + Bonus

Were working with a global technology consultancy delivering secure, large-scale digital transformation programmes across multiple industries.

Theyre looking for an AWS Solution Architect to join a growing engineering and architecture team, designing and delivering modern, cloud-based solutions across enterprise environments.

This role is ideal for someone who wants to shape cloud strategy, design scalable architectures, and work alongside senior engineers and technical leads on enterprise-scale AWS programmes.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Designing secure, scalable AWS architectures
• Defining cloud solutions across microservices, data, and integration layers
• Supporting migration and modernisation initiatives
• Working within Agile delivery teams
• Contributing to CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• Ensuring solutions meet security, governance, and compliance standards
• Collaborating with developers, DevOps engineers, and stakeholders

What Theyre Looking For:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS solution design
• Experience architecting cloud-native solutions
• Understanding of microservices and modern application patterns
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Ability to translate business requirements into secure technical architectures
• Passion for cloud innovation and best practices

Nice to Have:

• AWS Associate or Professional certification
• Experience with containers (Docker/Kubernetes)
• CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
• Knowledge of security architecture and IAM
• Experience with data platforms or analytics solutions

Security Clearance Requirement:

Due to client project work, candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC).

Why Apply?

• Work on large-scale enterprise cloud transformations
• Strong technical mentoring and career progression
• Hybrid working model
• Modern cloud-first engineering culture
• Excellent benefits package including private medical and additional volunteering leave

Ok, Im In Whats Next?

Please apply with your latest CV.

The Opportunity:

You ll join an experienced, collaborative consultancy team delivering greenfield, enterprise-scale digital services for high-profile public and private sector clients.

This opportunity is ideal for a practical, adaptable Geospatial Full Stack Engineer who enjoys working across disciplines and solving complex problems and challenges that will have a real-world impact.

Collaboration sits at the heart of how our client operates, so you ll be partnering closely with colleagues across Software Engineering, User-Centred Design, Delivery Management, Data Science and Live Services to deliver outcomes that genuinely make a difference in today s society.

As a consultancy, they are technology-agnostic by design, focusing on choosing the right tools for each problem, rather than forcing one stack everywhere.

Their teams regularly work with .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS and Azure, giving you genuine scope to broaden your skills and develop your career across a range of languages and platforms.

Many of their projects also involve Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and open-source geospatial technologies, helping clients unlock the value of location-based data through mapping, spatial analysis and data-driven decision making.

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• 3+ years experience in a Full Stack Engineering role
• Strong development skills in .NET, Java or Python, alongside modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries
• Experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD)
• Solid understanding of architectural and design patterns, including microservices and serverless
• Hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions on AWS or Azure
• Experience working with GIS systems or geospatial data, and familiarity with tools such as Leaflet, OpenLayers, QGIS, GeoServer, PostGIS, etc.
• A collaborative mindset and experience working in multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Experience working in a consultancy environment
• Exposure to public sector projects
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, Terraform)
• Awareness of the Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice, particularly in geospatial or public sector contexts

Role and Responsibilities:

This is a varied role suited to someone who enjoys the pace, responsibility and collaboration of consultancy.

You will be involved with the following types of activity:

• Design and deliver high-quality solutions: building, enhancing and maintaining software, infrastructure and deployment pipelines that are robust, secure and scalable. Projects may include solutions involving geospatial data, GIS platforms and open-source mapping tools.
• Work collaboratively across disciplines: partnering with Senior and Lead Engineers, Delivery Managers, Designers and Data Scientists to shape solutions, contribute to technical documentation and deliver against agreed plans.
• Apply standards and best practice: follow established engineering approaches, contribute accurate technical estimates and proactively identify and escalate risks or issues.
• Communicate clearly and build relationships: present ideas, prototypes and progress updates to stakeholders, while building strong working relationships with colleagues, clients and partner organisations.

Applications:

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?

The Opportunity:

Our client is looking for a seasoned Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership across high-value mission-critical digital services within the public sector.

This is a senior level position where you will be involved in hands-on development as well as team management to steer multi-disciplinary development teams for large-scale digital transformation programmes.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience leading Full Stack Engineering teams with advanced capabilities in .NET, Java, or Python, along with exposure to modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and elevating delivery quality through structured coaching.
• Strong client-facing acumen with the ability to advise on strategic technology direction.
• Delivery leadership within Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, TDD, etc.)
• Hands-on experience architecting scalable secure cloud solutions on AWS and/or Azure
• A consulting or software house background is also highly desirable

Role and Responsibilities:

• The Lead Full Stack Software Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership across high-value, mission-critical digital services within the public sector. This is a senior strategically influential role where you will take full accountability for complex solution architectures, steer multi-disciplinary delivery teams, and set the engineering agenda for large-scale digital transformation programmes
• Operating in a technology-agnostic environment you will leverage a broad modern tech stack across .NET, Java, Python, Node.js, AWS, Azure and contemporary JavaScript frameworks
• Provide coaching and leadership, supporting the long-term development of engineers across the business

Applications:

Please contact Edward here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?

Prestigious opportunity with a world leading Global Investment Management company for a Technical Lead for our Applications Engineering - Marketing Technology area. Key to the development and running of the European websites, onboarding and servicing of our professional investors, we are inviting you to join our success story, based in our Manchester office 3 days a week.

As our Technical Lead, you will work with exciting and leading technologies within a microservice architecture including Angular, Node JS, HTML, JavaScript, Java, CSS and infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD best practices and an incline towards test driven development (TDD).

You will be responsible for:-

• Providing expert level technical direction for complex MarTech projects involving AEM, AEP, Adobe Target, and related integrations.
• Leading design, development, and implementation efforts across multiple platforms.
• Leading services and direction, providing technical expertise and completing complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensuring the viability of IT deliverables.
• Identifying potential solutions and approving technical solutions proposed by team members.
• Working closely with marketing teams, consultants, and technology partners to deliver scalable solutions.
• Creating and maintaining detailed technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, integration guides, and operational procedures. Ensure documentation is clear, accurate, and accessible
• Identifying opportunities to enhance marketing technology capabilities through new tools, methodologies, and automation
• Conducting code reviews, testing, and validation to ensure functionality, security, and compliance with IT and Information Security policies

If you possess a combination of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Full stack development background with Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SQL and modern frameworks
• Familiarity with microservice architecture, API design, and integration patterns
• Knowledge of AWS services and cloud-based deployment models
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (GitHub), OOP/SOLID, Agile methodologies, and test-driven development
• Excellent documentation skills and ability to create clear technical standards
• Preferred expertise in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), and Adobe Target
• Preferred experience in Python programming language
• Strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities effectively

In return, you will be rewarded with an enviable working environment in our luxurious City Centre office, an extensive benefits package encompassing a 25% bonus and partnership payment.

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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Asset Management
Location: Manchester
Working: 3 days onsite (Tues-Thurs)
Salary: £130k + extensive package (TC circa £200k)

The Role
Leading multiple teams of Data, DataOps & MLOps Engineers within a global asset manager’s European Data & Analytics function. You’ll own the data engineering strategy, driving the build of AI-ready, cloud-native data platforms that power analytics, data science and business decision-making across the UK & Europe.

This is a senior leadership role with a focus on strategy, delivery and team development (no hands-on work expected).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, scale and develop multiple data engineering teams
• Own and deliver largescale data platform and pipeline initiatives (ETL/ELT)
• Define and implement data architecture aligned to AI and analytics strategy
• Partner with senior stakeholders across business and technology
• Drive data quality, governance and engineering best practices
• Oversee planning, prioritisation and execution of data projects

Key Requirements

• Proven leadership of multiple engineering teams
• Strong Data Engineering / DataOps background
• Experience in large, dataheavy environments
• Python / PySpark for endto-end pipelines
• Strong AWS experience (design & deployment)
• Deep knowledge of data modelling, warehousing & lakehouse concepts
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  Agile delivery experience

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McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Asset Management
Location: Manchester
Working: 3 days onsite (Tues-Thurs)
Salary: £100k + extensive package (TC circa £150k)

The Role
Leading a team of Data, DataOps & MLOps Engineers within a global asset manager’s European Data function. You’ll drive delivery of scalable, cloud-based data solutions, supporting analytics, data science and business decision-making across the UK & EU.

This is a management role with a small amount of hands on work possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of data engineers
• Deliver largescale data pipelines (ETL/ELT)
• Design and optimise data architecture and workflows
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs
• Ensure data quality, governance and best practice

Key Requirements

• Strong leadership experience (5+ engineers)
• Solid Data Engineering / DataOps background
• Python / PySpark for data pipelines
• AWS experience (design & deployment)
• Strong data modelling & warehousing knowledge
• Agile (Jira / Azure DevOps) experience

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AWS Solution Architect (Integration Specialist)

Security Clearance:
BPSS & SC required (5 years continuous UK address history).

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity for an AWS Solution Architect (Integration Specialist) to join a leading global consultancy delivering cutting-edge cloud solutions to enterprise clients.

This AWS Solution Architect (Integration Specialist) role is ideal for someone passionate about integration, APIs, and modern cloud-native development.

What Youll Do

As an AWS Solution Architect (Integration Specialist), you will:

• Design and build AWS solutions using serverless, microservices, and containers
• Deliver scalable, secure, high-performance architectures
• Develop APIs and integration solutions (API Gateway, OAuth2, JWT)
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Implement event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS, Step Functions)
• Apply cloud security best practices (IAM, encryption, compliance)

What Youll Bring

• Strong AWS experience (Lambda, EKS/Kubernetes)
• Proven API & integration expertise
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud security
• Experience with Flask, FastAPI or similar
• Exposure to SAP, Salesforce, or Oracle (desirable)

Whats On Offer

• Competitive salary + benefits
• 30 days holiday + 3 charity days
• Car allowance + private medical
• Ongoing training and certifications
• Work on large-scale cloud transformation projects

Our client based in Greater Manchester is currently looking for skilled Golang Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain secure, high-performance software solutions in AWS. You will work closely with architects, front-end developers, QA, and product teams to deliver scalable services. This includes developing microservices, RESTful APIs, and leveraging serverless technologies while applying engineering best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust, scalable backend solutions using Go.
• Develop serverless applications in AWS (Lambda, SST).
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Build and document APIs using OpenAPI standards.
• Work with NoSQL data stores, including DynamoDB.
• Apply strong security principles in all software design.
• Collaborate in Agile squads to deliver solutions efficiently.
• Explore GenAI tools to accelerate development.

Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience developing software using Go.
• Experience with AWS serverless architecture.
• CI/CD and automated testing expertise.
• RESTful API and microservices development.
• Familiarity with DynamoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
• Comfortable communicating complex technical issues clearly.
• Knowledge of Agile/Lean methodologies.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid working to balance remote and on-site time.
• Career growth opportunities in a high-impact fintech environment.
• Competitive benefits including pension, 2328 days holiday, wellness and charity days, birthday and wedding leave.

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Senior Java Engineer Modern Stack | TDD & CI/CD | Complex Systems Remote First (office visit once a month) - you must live within 1hr 30 of South Manchester £60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits \*\*my client is not able to provide sponsorship We're working with a long-established tech company who are continuing to modernise a complex platform within a highly regulated domain. They've built a strong engineering culture around Agile and XP practices, and they're now looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join one of their Scrum teams. This is a role for someone who is genuinely hands-on, enjoys solving tricky problems, and cares about building software the right way - clean code, testing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The Opportunity You'll join a cross-functional team working on large-scale systems that have real-world impact. Engineering standards are taken seriously here, but it's not dogmatic - it's practical, delivery-focused, and built around doing things sustainably. The Senior role is almost entirely hands-on, but they're looking for someone with the experience and maturity to: \*\*mentor other engineers \*\*lead by example \*\*contribute to good engineering practices \*\*help the team deliver reliably Tech Stack & Practices The core platform is Java-based, supported by a modern mix of tooling: \*\*Java, Spring Boot \*\*TDD / automated testing \*\*CI/CD and modern delivery pipelines \*\*AWS (including serverless approaches in places) \*\*Docker, Kubernetes \*\*Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.) You don't need to tick every box - strong Java + good engineering habits are the priority. Exposure to AWS and DevOps tooling is a nice bonus. What They're Looking For \*\*Strong experience building backend systems with Java & Spring Boot \*\*Comfortable working with TDD and modern engineering practices \*\*Experience delivering production software in Agile teams \*\*Someone who enjoys mentoring and helping others grow \*\*Collaborative mindset - pairing, code reviews, shared ownership \*\*Bonus points for AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform, etc. What's In It For You? \*\*Remote-first working with minimal office travel \*\*Strong salary, bonus and excellent benefits \*\*A genuinely good engineering culture (not just "Agile" on paper) \*\*Meaningful work, complex systems, and long-term platform thinking \*\*Plenty of room to learn and grow Interested? Apply now or get in touch for more info - even if you don't have a CV ready, we're happy to chat. Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

Senior Java Engineer Modern Stack | TDD & CI/CD | Complex Systems Remote First (office visit once a month) - you must live within 1hr 30 of South Manchester £60,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits \*\*my client is not able to provide sponsorship We're working with a long-established tech company who are continuing to modernise a complex platform within a highly regulated domain. They've built a strong engineering culture around Agile and XP practices, and they're now looking for a Senior Java Engineer to join one of their Scrum teams. This is a role for someone who is genuinely hands-on, enjoys solving tricky problems, and cares about building software the right way - clean code, testing, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The Opportunity You'll join a cross-functional team working on large-scale systems that have real-world impact. Engineering standards are taken seriously here, but it's not dogmatic - it's practical, delivery-focused, and built around doing things sustainably. The Senior role is almost entirely hands-on, but they're looking for someone with the experience and maturity to: \*\*mentor other engineers \*\*lead by example \*\*contribute to good engineering practices \*\*help the team deliver reliably Tech Stack & Practices The core platform is Java-based, supported by a modern mix of tooling: \*\*Java, Spring Boot \*\*TDD / automated testing \*\*CI/CD and modern delivery pipelines \*\*AWS (including serverless approaches in places) \*\*Docker, Kubernetes \*\*Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, etc.) You don't need to tick every box - strong Java + good engineering habits are the priority. Exposure to AWS and DevOps tooling is a nice bonus. What They're Looking For \*\*Strong experience building backend systems with Java & Spring Boot \*\*Comfortable working with TDD and modern engineering practices \*\*Experience delivering production software in Agile teams \*\*Someone who enjoys mentoring and helping others grow \*\*Collaborative mindset - pairing, code reviews, shared ownership \*\*Bonus points for AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform, etc. What's In It For You? \*\*Remote-first working with minimal office travel \*\*Strong salary, bonus and excellent benefits \*\*A genuinely good engineering culture (not just "Agile" on paper) \*\*Meaningful work, complex systems, and long-term platform thinking \*\*Plenty of room to learn and grow Interested? Apply now or get in touch for more info - even if you don't have a CV ready, we're happy to chat. Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

\* Leading Digital Transformation Consultancy \* Hybrid-working (Manchester + Home-based) \* c£60,000 to £75,000 per year (DOE) \* Plus an excellent company benefits package (including Private Healthcare, Bonuses, Professional Accreditations and Subscriptions, 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, etc.) The Opportunity: We are supporting a leading IT Consultancy operating at the forefront of digital services and transformation across the UK public sector are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in designing and delivering modern, scalable data platforms that support critical national services. Working within collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams, you will take ownership of end-to-end data engineering delivery across greenfield and transformation initiatives. You will influence technical direction, guide engineering best practice, and support the development of high-quality, robust data services that operate at enterprise scale. You will be consulting across modern cloud ecosystems and data technologies, with opportunities to deepen expertise in Python, SQL, cloud-native data tooling, orchestration platforms and streaming technologies across AWS, Azure and GCP. Skills and Experience: \* Proven experience delivering production-grade data engineering solutions within complex environments \* Strong Python skills for building, testing and operating scalable data pipelines \* Experience working with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) \* Strong SQL expertise and experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Microsoft SQL Server \* Experience working with NoSQL technologies such as DynamoDB, MongoDB or similar \* Hands‑on Kafka (or equivalent streaming) and workflow orchestration (Airflow) experience \* Strong understanding of data architecture patterns including data lakes, warehouses and event-driven architectures \* Experience of consulting across Agile delivery environments, implementing data quality, validation and monitoring frameworks Role and Responsibilities: \* Lead the design, build and delivery of data platforms and services across the full engineering lifecycle \* Own technical delivery of data pipelines, models and platform components, ensuring solutions are robust, scalable and maintainable \* Design, develop and deploy ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform and optimise large-scale datasets \* Build and operate event‑driven architectures (Kafka) and orchestrate workflows (Airflow) \* Apply strong data architecture principles across data lakes, warehouses and event-driven solutions \* Develop and maintain streaming pipelines using technologies such as Kafka \* Implement monitoring and observability solutions using tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana \* Ensure data quality, validation and governance processes are built into engineering workflows \* Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients and stakeholders (client-facing), translating business requirements into robust engineering solutions \* Support delivery planning activities, including estimation, risk identification and dependency management \* Mentor and support other engineers, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence Applications: Please contact Edward Laing here at ISR to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology?