Are you a Senior Python Developer looking to help shape the future of how schools use technology to empower learners across the UK? We are searching for a Senior Python Developer / Lead Python Developer who can guide a talented engineering team and push the boundaries of what cloud-native EdTech can be. You will be working with technologies such as Python, Flask, Vue and AWS. This is a fantastic opportunity to come in and revamp the future of technology in education.

Fancy taking ownership over building scalable Python applications, driving Agile delivery, and designing robust AWS-based systems using modern Infrastructure-as-Code approaches?

Role: Senior Python Developer, Python Software Engineer, Python Developer, Lead Python Developer

Location: 100% work from home / Remote

Salary: £55k - £62k base plus great benefits

What you will bring to the role:

You will champion engineering excellence, define best practices, inspire and mentor developers, and keep innovation at the heart of everything you do – from microservices and RESTful APIs to CI/CD pipelines and containerised deployments. With a strong background in Python development and deep knowledge of AWS, containers and automation, you’ll bring both technical expertise and the confidence to steer a team through rapid growth. Experience with serverless, AI, or EdTech is a bonus, but passion and leadership are essential. You must bring experience of full stack development, including Flask framework and Vue.

Keen to join a group that cares about delivering real change in education. CLICK APPLY and send through a copy of a CV.

Are you a pragmatic, innovative, and self-motivated problem solver with a passion for building scalable, high-performing software? We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer, with strong skills in Node and React, to join a high-performing product team working on a global, high-traffic eCommerce platform handling thousands of transactions daily.

You’ll play a key role in designing and developing end-to-end solutions, collaborating closely with both technical and business teams to deliver new features that drive growth and enhance the customer experience.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain robust, scalable applications across the full stack (Node/React/TypeScript)
• Collaborate in an agile team environment to deliver clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Influence architectural decisions and technology choices
• Optimise Front End and Back End performance to ensure fast, seamless user experiences
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts, introducing new ideas and technologies

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer or similar role
• Expertise in React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles
• Strong understanding of Back End technologies and best practices
• Passion for writing clean, well-tested code
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain technical ideas clearly
• A mindset focused on scalability, maintainability, and continuous learning
• Must be proficient in Node and React

Nice to Have

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience in eCommerce sectors
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Work on a product with global reach and real-world impact
• Have a voice in how things are built - your ideas matter
• Collaborative, forward-thinking engineering culture
• Flexible working environment with opportunities for growth

Location: London

Salary: £80k/per annum

Trainee AI Engineer – No Experience Needed Future-proof your career in Artificial Intelligence – starting today. Looking for a career change? Currently employed but want something better? Or maybe you’re between jobs and ready for a fresh start? ITOL Recruit’s AI Traineeship is designed to get you into one of the fastest-growing industries with zero experience required. Train online at your own pace and land your first AI Engineer role in 1-3 months. Please note this is a training course and fees apply Job guaranteed - complete the programme and get a job or get your money back. Our candidates earn £30,000-£45,000. Why AI? AI is reshaping every industry you can think of. Healthcare, finance, retail, and manufacturing – they’re all scrambling for skilled professionals. The demand far outstrips supply, which means excellent salaries, flexible working arrangements, and genuine job security. How It Works Step 1 – AI Engineering Fundamentals Start with the basics of AI, including neural networks and large language models, to build a solid foundation in AI engineering. Step 2 – Data Fundamentals Understand the data workflow, from collection to cleaning, and learn how to prepare data for AI applications. Step 3 – Notebooks & IDEs Get hands-on with industry-standard tools like Jupyter Notebooks and VS Code to develop AI systems. Step 4 – Python Programming Master Python, covering everything from the basics to object-oriented programming (OOP). Step 5 – Python Streamlit Project Apply your Python skills by building a car price prediction app using Python and Streamlit. Step 6 – Python for Data Learn essential Python libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Matplotlib for data manipulation and visualisation. Step 7 – AI Sentiment Analysis Project Work with Hugging Face to build a sentiment analysis classifier using real-world AI techniques. Step 8 – AI Prompt Engineering Master prompt engineering, learning how to craft effective prompts for controlling AI outputs. Step 9 – Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Learn how to integrate external knowledge into AI systems using RAG techniques and vector databases. Step 10 – AI Specialised Customer Service Chatbot Project Combine prompt engineering and RAG to build an AI-powered customer service chatbot, delivering intelligent responses using vector databases and knowledge bases. Step 11 – Machine Learning Fundamentals Understand machine learning principles and algorithms, and how to train and test models using scikit-learn. Step 12 – Machine Learning Project Put your machine learning knowledge into practice with a hands-on project. Step 13 – AI & Data Ethics Study the ethical considerations in AI, including issues of bias, fairness, and data privacy. Step 14 – Oral Exam Complete a virtual oral exam to assess your understanding and ability to apply your learning. Step 15 – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Finish with the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner course and exam to gain essential cloud computing knowledge. What You Get · 100% online, self-paced training · Microsoft AI-900 certification included · 1-to-1 tutor and recruitment support · Real-world project experience · Job guarantee – get a job or your money back · Starting salary of £30,000–£45,000 We Get You Hired! We’re not new to this. ITOL Recruit has 15+ years of experience and has placed over 5,000 people into new roles. Our job programmes include certified tutors, UK-accredited qualifications, and one-on-one support from a recruitment adviser focused on placing you. We don’t believe in empty promises. Complete our programme, follow the process, and if you don’t land a job, you get your money back. “Five months from complete beginner to AI engineer. Best decision I ever made.” – Jamie W., now working as a Junior AI Engineer in London Ready to Start? If you’re motivated, curious, and excited about technology, we’ll help you turn that into a career you can be proud of. Apply now, and one of our expert Career Advisors will be in touch within 4 working hours to guide you through your next steps

Senior DevOps Engineer / Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Fully Remote working for candidates based in the UK Salary to £90k + Benefits

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer that has strong C# code knowledge combined with strong knowledge of DevOps tools like Kubernetes (EKS or AKS) and Azure or AWS Cloud platforms. We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with a strong understanding of C# code combined with experience of monitoring tools like DataDog, Grafana and Prometheus to join a growing global Cloud Infrastructure team supporting SaaS products.

Our client are a Global Digital SaaS Software Company have a fantastic fully remote opportunity for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their UK Cloud Infrastructure team.

Site Reliability Engineers at this company are responsible for keeping the SaaS products running properly. Using concepts of software and systems engineering, they work to improve the reliability of all cloud systems while keeping levels of manual work low. DevOps are expected to be experienced in software engineering principals, operational discipline, and automation.

The Cloud and DevOps team work on a fully remote basis and work in conjunction with their US and Australian teams as well. This company are a market leader in Student community management software, this company s unique SaaS platform is an essential platform in the life of millions of University students across the globe.

In this role, you will apply your Software Engineering experience to enhance system performance and reliability, as well as building internal systems and capabilities that eliminate manual work through automation. You’ll be joining our Platforms teams with globally-dispersed Site Reliability and Platform Engineers in a “follow the sun” model to operate our products on a multi-region cloud platform.

Role Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within the team through knowledge sharing sessions, pair programming, code reviews and solution design
• Identify and implement technical solutions to improve platform reliability, including the creation of mitigation strategies and operational playbooks.
• Implement and maintain monitoring/alerting/logging systems to identify and respond to incidents
• Ensure scalability and efficiency of cloud infrastructure and systems to handle traffic and data growth
• Conduct performance tests to identify and remediate bottlenecks
• Develop and maintain platform solutions, automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and management tasks using Infrastructure as Code.
• Monitor, review and tune databases to ensure high availability and performance
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to design/build fit-for-purpose and observable software

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in a SR DevOps / Site Reliability Engineering role and having strong code development experience in C# or similar OO development language.
• Experience of supporting .Net applications as a DevOps Engineer is a big bonus in this role
• Production experience operating containerization technologies - ideally with Kubernetes and/or Docker. Strong preference for AKS or EKS experience as well.
• Proficiency with one or more public cloud providers such as Azure, AWS or GCP
• Proficiency using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform (preferred), Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with monitoring, observability and logging tools such as DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
• Proven track record of maintaining highly-available and performant production environments.
• Ability to identify and implement effective mitigation strategies and operational playbooks.

Useful / Bonus Skills to have:

• Experience in CI/CD tooling: Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) and DevOps practices (e.g., Certified Kubernetes Administrator) are a plus
• Experience in database management/performance tuning, particularly MSSQL.

Employee benefits:

• Opportunity to be a part of a 30+ year well-established, high-performance SaaS company.
• Excellent Company Pension scheme and Life Insurance,
• Excellent holiday allowance.
• A supportive team environment with emphasis on learning and development opportunities
• Working with a team of caring, high-performing, and passionate people who have fun supporting our vision, innovation, and continuous improvement.

This Senior Site Reliability Engineer role is working for a market leading global software company and this job is part of a large program of change and improvement in their Cloud SaaS products over the coming years. If you are looking for an interesting SRE role with a forward-thinking global organisation, then this would be a tremendous career opportunity to consider.

Please apply with your CV to find out more.

Role: Python Developer - Team Lead

Location: Remote

Salary: 55,000 - 62,000

Benefits:

• Pension Scheme
• Car scheme
• Cycle scheme
• Eye care scheme
• Mental health first aid
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee recognition scheme
• Trav

Role:

As the Senior Python Developer - Team Lead, you’ll play a key role in taking products from their design stages through to fully implemented, production-ready systems. You’ll collaborate closely with product designers, learning technologists, and architects to translate concepts into robust, scalable, cloud-native solutions. This is a hands-on leadership position - you’ll write code, set standards, and mentor a skilled team, all while ensuring that our development practices and infrastructure align with the highest levels of quality and reliability. Your deep experience with AWS and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) will be essential in building and maintaining our next generation of learning products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Head of Engineering, Product owners and Stakeholders to shape technical solutions that bring product designs to life.
• Lead the Agile Sprint cycle with accountability, fostering collaboration among key stakeholders to drive alignment and ensure seamless execution.
• Build and maintain high-quality, scalable Python applications that form the backbone of our learning ecosystem.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of developers, encouraging technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Establish and enforce best practices in software development, testing, and delivery.
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based systems in AWS using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Ensuring infrastructure is secure, automated, and aligned with DevOps principles.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to ensure development aligns with business goals.
• Stay current with new technologies and contribute ideas for innovation and technical growth.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential Technical Skills

• 6+ years of professional experience in Python development, including at least 2 years in a senior or leadership role.
• Proven experience deploying and managing applications in AWS.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices using tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Proficiency in designing and developing RESTful APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and version control (Git).
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Demonstrated experience leading development teams and fostering collaboration.
• Extensive experience operating within Agile environments, with a strong track record of managing sprint deliverables to ensure timely and high-quality outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills, able to work effectively with designers, product managers, and technical peers.

INDIT

Planet Recruitment acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Planet Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Planet Recruitment. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information.

Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted after application, if you do not hear back from us within 7 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Are you passionate about bridging development and operations to deliver seamless software solutions?

Do you thrive in creating automated CI/CD pipelines and managing cloud infrastructure?

What are the benefits?

• Competitive salary
• Career development opportunities
• Become a member of an Employee-owned trus
• Cycle to work scheme
• Option to buy additional leave

What are your key responsibilities?

• Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable releases
• Develop scripts and tools (e.g., Ansible) to automate operational tasks and infrastructure provisioning
• Implement monitoring and alerting systems to ensure application health and performance
• Manage infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments (AWS, Azure)
• Ensure security compliance and implement best practices for applications and infrastructure
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to streamline development and deployment
• Troubleshoot technical issues and provide support during incidents
• Continuously improve processes and adopt DevOps best practices

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
• Strong Linux system administration and networking skills
• Experience with Docker and containerised deployments
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL database management and performance tuning
• Knowledge of backup/DR, load testing, and server hardening

Apply now to be part of our growing team!

Haystack is working with a direct employer on this opportunity

Junior Full-Stack Software Engineer (React / TypeScript)

💰 £35k - £55k DOE

📍 Hybrid – London or Remote (UK)

We’re working with a high-growth SaaS startup that’s scaling fast and looking for a Junior Full-Stack Engineer to join their product team.

This is a chance to work in an environment where ideas move quickly, code ships daily, and your work directly impacts thousands of users. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers, product designers, and founders who care deeply about great code, great culture, and building something that genuinely changes how people work.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain modern, responsive web applications using React + TypeScript.
• Work on Node.js microservices and contribute to scalable backend APIs.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to turn concepts into working features.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code across the full stack.
• Participate in code reviews, sprints, and product demos in a fast-paced, startup environment.
• Get hands-on exposure to AWS, Docker, GraphQL, and CI/CD pipelines.

What You’ll Bring

• 1+ year of experience (commercial or project-based) with React and TypeScript.
• Basic understanding of Node.js and MongoDB.
• Passion for building products end-to-end and learning modern frameworks.
• Curiosity, creativity, and a startup mindset — you enjoy solving real problems with real code.
• A collaborative, team-first attitude and eagerness to learn from senior engineers.

Why It’s a Great Move

🚀 Work directly with founders and engineers shaping the next big product in their industry.

🧠 Access to mentorship, code reviews, and a clear growth pathway.

🏡 Flexible hybrid working (office HQ in Newcastle, remote welcome).

📚 Personal development budget and the latest dev tools.

❤️ Culture built on trust, ownership, and speed — no bureaucracy, just great engineering.

If you’re a hands-on developer ready to learn fast, ship fast, and grow with a company that’s going places, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply now and join one of the UK’s most exciting early-stage tech teams.

Haystack is working with a direct employer on this opportunity.

Company

We are using AI Agents to transform customer experience for ecommerce brands. With a proprietary approach to agentic AI, we have a unique opportunity to become the undisputed leader in our industry. We’re looking for excellent candidates to join our dedicated, thoughtful, and hardworking team to help us achieve that goal. We are a global company with offices in London, New York, and people across the world.

Our customers include some of the biggest names in retail including On, Rapha, Air Up, Holland & Barrett, AllSaints, Honeylove, and Clarins.

Role

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to help us build our product. You will be working on the platform and backend services of the product and also the middle layer that sits between third party customer support tools and our proprietary AI platform. We value autonomy, excellence, pragmatism and impact.

Responsibilities include:

• Building microservices for our no-code platform, analytics, admin console, data management functionality and others
• Designing and implementing maintainable and scalable architecture for consuming and providing APIs
• Integrating with 3rd party systems

Required Experience

• Scala (3+ years of real, hands-on experience in Scala in a professional environment)
• Functional programming and hands-on experience with functional programming libraries
• Experience developing HTTP RESTful APIs
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL)
• Knowledge of Terraform (hands-on experience), Docker, AWS
• Experience building and deploying microservices-based architectures
• We use a functional Scala stack, primarily built on the Typelevel ecosystem, including: http4s, Circe, Cats, Cats Effect, FS2, Monix, and Slick.

Interview Process

• Our interview process is designed to be clear, fair, and human — just like how we work day to day.
• Intro Call (40 mins) — A relaxed chat to learn more about you and share what we’re building.
• Technical Stage — Show us how you think and solve problems, including a take-home challenge.
• Culture Stage — We’ll explore how you collaborate, communicate, and align with our team values.
• Final Chat — Meet a senior team member to discuss long-term goals and mutual fit.
• We keep things efficient and most candidates complete all stages within 2–3 weeks.

Benefits

🚀 Thrive in a dynamic start-up culture

💰 £80k - £100k annual salary depending on experience

📈 Stock options

🏝️ 34 days off — 25 annual + 8 public + your birthday!

🎳 Quarterly team socials & perks

💪 Stay fit with a $210 monthly fitness stipend or Third Space membership

🎉 Celebrate your birthday with a day off!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.