Full Stack Java Software Engineer - Java, Spring, TypeScript, Node.js, RESTful APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/ CD - Remote (Warrington) - £70-80k

My client has an urgent need for a Full Stack Java Software Engineer to join a rapidly-expanding and talented Engineering team. You will play a key role in the design and build of scalable, cloud-native applications across the full stack, working with microservices and automated delivery pipelines.

Full Stack Java Software Engineer Role and Responsibilities:

• Design and build high-quality, scalable, full stack Java-based software solutions

• Build Java/ Spring microservices and backend APIs for a variety of customer needs

• Develop both frontend and backend services using TypeScript, Node.js

• Build suitable infrastructure using Terraform/ CloudFormation and implement cloud-native and serverless architectures

• Build reliable and robust database solutions using both SQL and NoSQL

Full Stack Java Software Engineer Skills and Experience:

• In-depth software development expertise with Java and Spring/ Spring Boot

• Substantial experience building services using TypeScript and Node.js

• Detailed, hands-on knowledge of building microservices architecture and RESTful APIs

• Strong database experience within both SQL and NoSQL environments

• A thorough knowledge of both IaC (Terraform/ CloudFormation) and CI/ CD pipelines

• Experience with Golang, Rust and/ or Python would be ideal.

My client has an outstanding engineering culture and a focus on outcomes and you will work in cross-functional teams with leading-edge ways of working and an enlightened view of collaboration. This role is based remotely with very occasional (optional) visits to the companys headquarters to meet the rest of the team

Full Stack Java Software Engineer - Java, Spring, TypeScript, Node.js, RESTful APIs, SQL, NoSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/ CD - Remote (Warrington) - £70-80k

Essential Recruitment is a specialist Tech recruitment business with an in-depth understanding of the rapidly-changing nature of the Tech market. We build long-term relationships with our clients and candidates based on our core values of Trust, Integrity and Delivery

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We are seeking a proactive Test Engineer - Data to join our Data Finance team. In this role, you will partner with engineers and product managers to enhance the quality, reliability, and trustworthiness of financial data flows and data products. You will not just test for the team, but with the team, coaching engineers to own their quality outcomes.

Location:Manchester(2 Days per week in the office)

Duration: 6 Months

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Coaching: Set a strong testing strategy in line with organizational quality standards and coach teams on data testing practices.
• Data Validation: Design and implement effective validation for data pipelines, APIs, and services to ensure data is correct, complete, and timely.
• Observability: Drive observability using monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to validate behavior and data quality in production.
• Compliance: Operationalize requirements from regulated environments (e.g., SOX, GDPR/PII, DMA) into daily test strategies and documentation.
• Automation: Design test approaches covering unit, component, contract, and integration levels, ensuring validation is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Data Testing: Proven experience testing data-intensive backend systems, ETL/ELT processes, and financial data feeds.
• SQL Mastery: Strong proficiency in relational databases, ideally Microsoft SQL Server, including writing and optimizing complex SQL for data investigation.
• Technical Ecosystem: Experience with modern engineering tools such as Git, $CI/CD$, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or similar cloud platforms).
• Regulatory Knowledge: Experience working in or around regulated environments (SOX, GDPR, DMA) or a strong willingness to learn.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to explain technical testing and data quality concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Problem Solving: Ability to use structured root-cause analysis (e.g., “5 whys”) to debug complex data issues.

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Great opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join a private equity backed tech company in Manchester as they scale in 2026.

You’d join a product-based squad within a larger engineering department and would be given the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the systems you work on, from design through to deployment and supporting them in production.

Each squad decides the methodologies and practices they use, as the business has created an experimental culture, following a build, measure and learn approach to get quick feedback and deliver valuable increments.

The existing group are very open minded; they value teamwork over individual heroics and focus on engineering best practice like TDD, CI/CD and Pair Programming.

Skills:

C#, .NET, React

REST APIs, Microservices, Event Driven Systems

AWS, Terraform, Docker

CI/CD, TDD, Pair Programming

The money is good too – up to £75k plus benefits including hybrid working (2 days per week in Manchester).

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

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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Contract: 6 months (likely extension)

Rate: £476 per day (Inside IR35)

Location: Manchester 1 day per week onsite

Start Date: 1st April

Interview Process: 2 stages

Project: Large-scale public sector programme

Overview We are looking for experienced Java Software Developers to support a major digital transformation programme within the public sector. The role involves building secure, scalable services and contributing to a high-performing Agile delivery team.

Key Responsibilities Develop, enhance, and maintain Java-based applications and microservices.

Work within cross-functional Agile teams (Developers, BAs, QAs, DevOps).

Contribute to API development, integration, and backend service build.

Deliver clean, testable, maintainable code aligned with best practices.

Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and continuous improvement.

Collaborate closely with architects and technical leads to ensure robust designs.

Support release processes and CI/CD pipelines.

Essential Skills & Experience Strong commercial experience in Java (8 or 11+) .

Hands-on experience with Spring / Spring Boot frameworks.

Experience building RESTful APIs and microservices.

Good understanding of AWS, Azure, or similar cloud platforms .

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, etc.).

Experience with TDD/BDD and unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).

Background in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.

Ability to work within secure, complex, large-scale government / enterprise settings.

Desirable Skills Experience with public sector or GDS-aligned projects.

Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or containerised environments.

Exposure to messaging technologies (Kafka, SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ).

Understanding of monitoring/logging tools (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus).

Additional Information Role is Inside IR35 payable via umbrella.

Onsite requirement: 1 day per week in Manchester .

Must be eligible to work in the UK and pass standard BPSS checks.

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Join a team at the heart of the global economy! The Department for Business and Trade (‘DBT’) bring an exciting opportunity for Senior Platform Engineers to work on critical platforms that support how digital services are built and operated across the organisation. You will contribute to scaling a major AWS global product platform and provide development teams with the tools they need to build, deploy and operate services effectively. £63,824 - £83,778 (dependant on location) plus 29% pension contribution and other excellent Civil Service benefits. Flexible, hybrid working from 7 UK locations.

About DBT

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. The Government Digital and Data (GDaD) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country.

Aout role

DBT have now successfully completed the migration of DBT services from GOV.UK PaaS to a new developer platform in AWS. Now, they’re entering the next phase: evolving this platform into a full Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.

Are you ready to help shape the future of digital delivery at DBT?

We’re looking for Platform Engineers to help DBT build the most performant, secure and feature-rich hosting environment possible, one that puts developer experience front and centre. This is your chance to be part of something transformative, where your work will directly impact how digital services are built and run across government.

If you would like to find out more about the role, the Platform Engineering team and what it’s like to work at DBT, we are holding a Hiring Manager Q&A session for this role where you can virtually ‘meet the team’ on Tuesday 17th February at 12:30pm.

Follow application page for instructions to book your virtual seat.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will work to give development teams the tools for their job, including application performance monitoring, exception, log and metrics aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery) pipelines.

You’ll evangelise product teams about service-level indicators, objectives, and error budgets, and negotiate them. You’ll help build and scale our global product platform and participate in an on-call rota for which you will receive an additional allowance.

Specific projects the team are working on include rolling out an observability tool to enhance system monitoring and incident response, streamlining deployment processes to reduce downtime and speed up feature delivery, and developing a CLI tool to automate tasks and boost developer productivity.

Tech stack includes:

• Amazon Web Services
• Azure
• AWS CodePipelines and AWS CodeBuild
• Terraform & AWS Copilot (CloudFormation)
• Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
• ElasticSearch/OpenSearch
• Python and Django framework
• PostgreSQL as a service (Amazon RDS)
• Sentry
• Redis/Elasticache

Essential experience

• Cloud experience with either Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud
• Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems - IaC (e.g. Terraform, AWS Copilot, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
• Experience and fluency in one or more programming languages to write clean and effective code (e.g. Python/Django/Java)
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking
• Ability to see user impact in the infrastructure and platform changes, including a drive to improve the Developer Experience at every turn
• Exposure to code testing / knowledge of TDD
• Experience working in an Agile environment and designing solutions to complex technical problems independently

Desirable experience

• Experience in designing and implementing Docker images through containerisation
• Experience in prototyping through reuse of existing Open-Source components

Benefits

In return, you can expect a planned, transparent progression with learning and development tailored to your role, an environment with flexible working options and a culture encouraging inclusion and diversity, plus the following benefits:

• An excellent Civil Service pension scheme starting at 28.97% employer contribution
• Flexible, hybrid working from London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham & Salford including options for condensed hours. Minimum 40% office based.
• Best-in-class training and development tailored to your role with study days and certifications expensed
• Annual leave starting at 26 days per annum plus statutory bank holidays rising to 33 days with service

Salary

Salary is dependent on location and technical skills as assessed at interview.

London based range: £67,575 to £83,778

National range: £63,824 to £80,158

Further information:

• Apply at your earliest convenience, no later than 12pm (noon) 23rd February.
• This role requires you to undergo SC clearance where the requirement is to have been present in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.
• DBT does not hold a UK Visa & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker License sponsor and are unable to sponsor any individuals for Skilled Worker Sponsorship.

If you are an experienced Platform or a DevOps Engineer with the ability to build reliable and well tested infrastructure on top of cloud computing systems and looking to impact a function that will make a real difference to the UK economy, then apply today or contact Zymante Gintalaite (Zee) at Inspire People in complete confidence for further information.

We are looking for an AWS enthusiast, someone who doesn’t just manage infrastructure but lives for optimizing and securing cloud environments. This role is based on site at our Old Trafford office, perfect for a collaborative engineer who wants a clear, accelerated promotional ladder within a fast-growing Technology department.

The ideal candidate will own the design, automation, and security of our AWS cloud infrastructure. And will be the primary driver for scalable CI/CD pipelines and modular Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Core Technical Stack

Cloud (AWS): EC2, IAM, ECS/Fargate, VPC, Route53, S3, Lambda, and RDS.

IaC: Advanced Terraform (modular/reusable code).

Containers: Docker lifecycle management, ECR, and EKS orchestration.

CI/CD: Pipeline architecture via GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.

Linux: Ubuntu administration, system hardening, and patching.

Networking: DNS, Load Balancing, VPNs, and Firewalls.

AWS DevOps Engineer Experience & Requirements

Experience: 1+ years in DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering.

Security: Container scanning, AWS security tools, and environment validation.

Collaboration: Troubleshooting infrastructure issues across cross-functional teams.

Preference Given To

Scripting: Proficiency in Python or Go.

AWS Security Suite: GuardDuty, Security Hub, and AWS Config.

Advanced Ops: Terraform Cloud, HashiCorp Platform, and AWS Systems Manager.

Certification: AWS Solutions Architect, Developer, or Security Specialty.

Apply now to avoid disappointment

AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Old Trafford

Salary £40,000 to £45,000 + Excellent Benefits

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A fantastic opportunity for a Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer to support highly available, scalable production systems within a fast-growing technology environment, working across cloud platforms, DevOps, networking and operational resilience.

If youve also worked in the following roles, wed also like to hear from you: DevOps Engineer, Operations Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Production Engineer

SALARY: up to £70,000 per annum (depending on experience) + Benefits

LOCATION: Remote and Hybrid Working Options Available. You can either work remotely of if you prefer Hybrid working from home and the office in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, North West England

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer to join a growing technology team focused on delivering reliable, scalable and resilient platforms and services.

As a Site Reliability Engineer/ Systems Engineer you will act as the vital link between operations, end users and backend development teams, ensuring system availability, performance optimisation and effective incident management across live environments.

This Site Reliability Engineer/ Systems Engineer role offers the chance to work with modern cloud technologies, containerisation, observability tools and automation practices, while influencing long-term reliability improvements across business-critical systems.

APPLY TODAY

Ready to make your next career move? Apply Now for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Site Reliability Engineer / Systems Engineer include:

Incident Triage and Ownership: Acting as first-line technical escalation for live production issues through to resolution or handover

System Monitoring and Availability: Maintaining high availability, performance and scalability of production platforms and services

Observability Implementation: Managing logging, monitoring, alerting and metrics to proactively identify and resolve issues

Reliability Improvements: Collaborating with development teams to translate operational insights into long-term platform resilience

Automation and Resilience: Supporting automation, incident response and continuous improvement practices

New Service Support: Ensuring new products and features are operable, reliable and scalable from day one

Cross-Team Collaboration: Working with network engineering, operations and support teams to diagnose service issues

Documentation and Reporting: Creating and maintaining runbooks, escalation guides and incident reports

Incident Prioritisation: Balancing customer impact with long-term system health and stability

Security and Compliance: Supporting compliance with security, availability and regulatory frameworks

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

Previous experience in a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Systems Engineer or Operations Engineer role

Experience supporting production services at scale within a DevOps or SRE environment

Strong working knowledge of ISP-related networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, PPPoE, RADIUS and IPv4/IPv6

Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or Splunk

Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

Cloud platform experience, ideally Google Cloud Platform, including automation and scaling practices

Strong Linux administration skills with scripting capability in Bash, Python or similar

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and source control tools such as GitHub Actions

Understanding of security frameworks and operational resilience best practices

DESIRABLE

Experience within ISP, MSP or telecommunications environments

Familiarity with enterprise IT architectures including OSS and BSS systems

Knowledge of information security frameworks such as ISO27001, NIST or GDPR

Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Ansible

BENEFITS

Smart casual dress code

Free access to gym facilities

Access to a financial wellbeing platform (on successful completion of probationary period)

Access to an employee assistance programme, Virtual GP and Elderly Care support (on successful completion of probationary period)

Access to cycle to work, childcare, and electric vehicle schemes after six months

Brand new office with excellent transport links

Supportive team culture, growth and career progression

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CVs of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS) Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid, with travel as required) Salary: Competitive + benefits An organisation operating at national and international scale is looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS) to support and evolve a large, security-critical AWS environment as part of a major cloud transformation programme. You'll work closely with infrastructure, security, and development teams to design, build, and operate highly available, compliant, and cost-effective AWS services. Key responsibilities: Build, maintain, and optimise AWS infrastructure and services Support migrations from on-prem to AWS Implement and maintain security, monitoring, logging, and DR controls Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code Support AWS networking, WorkSpaces, and cost management Key requirements: 5+ years' hands-on AWS engineering experience AWS Associate certification (or equivalent experience) Strong knowledge of core AWS services, networking, and security best practices Experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or Terraform) Strong Linux skills scripting experience desirable Nice to have: ISO27001 experience Containers (ECS, Kubernetes, Docker) ITIL / structured service management experience This is a great opportunity to work on a large-scale, impactful cloud platform with real-world significance. ? Apply now for a confidential discussion. InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. TPBN1\_UKTJ

Great opportunity for a Software Engineer to join a private equity backed tech company in Manchester as they scale in 2026.

You’d join a product-based squad within a larger engineering function and would be given the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the product you work on, from ideation through to deployment and maintenance.

Each squad decides the methodologies and practices they use, and the business has created an experimental culture, following a build, measure and learn approach to get quick feedback and deliver valuable increments.

The existing group are very open minded, they value teamwork over individual heroics and focus on engineering best practice like TDD and Pair Programming.

Skills:

C#, .NET Core, React

REST APIs, Microservices

AWS, Terraform, Docker

CI/CD, TDD, Pair Programming

The money is good too – up to £50k plus benefits including hybrid working (3 days per week in Manchester).

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

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

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DevOps Engineer - Manchester - 2-3 days onsite Are you feeling stuck maintaining systems rather than improving them? Looking for a role where you can shape infrastructure, influence decisions, and work across modern cloud and data platforms? We're working with a growing technology company focused on delivering secure, scalable data solutions. As they expand, theyre building a dedicated DevOps capability to strengthen their platform and improve delivery speed, security, and stability. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work closely with developers and data engineers, contribute to infrastructure decisions, and build mature, automated systems. The Role As the DevOps Engineer, you'll take ownership of the infrastructure supporting a data-driven product. Your work will enable reliable deployments, support high availability, and allow the team to deliver features quickly and confidently. Responsibilities include: Managing Kubernetes clusters for production and staging environments Migrating infrastructure to an Infrastructure as Code setup using tools like Terraform Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments Supporting infrastructure for tools such as Airbyte, dbt, and Python-based data workflows Writing scripts in Python and Bash to automate operational tasks and monitor system health Technical Environment Docker, Kubernetes Terraform (or equivalent IaC tools) GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Python, Bash scripting Azure cloud services Familiarity with data tools like Airbyte, dbt, Snowflake connectors What Were Looking For Youre able to work independently and take ownership of your work You prioritise reliability, repeatability, and security in how systems are built Youre collaborative and comfortable working closely with developers and data engineers Why Join Be involved in shaping infrastructure and process as the team scales Work across both web and data platforms for broader technical exposure 2-3 days a week (Manchester or Cardiff) Join a team that values openness, flexibility, and professional development If you're looking for a role where you can have a real impact on how things are built and delivered, wed like to hear from you. TPBN1\_UKTJ

Bolton As a data engineer specialising in generative AI ; this role will see you working in a developing international and transversal structure. You will have the responsibility to evaluate, build and maintain data sets for internal customers whilst ensuring they can be maintained. Salary: Circa £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification Security Clearance: British Citizen Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team. What we can offer you: Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year) Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14% Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…The opportunity: The MBDA IM GenAI delivery Office department is looking for an experienced data engineer able to evaluate design, deploy, improve and support MBDA data sets. You will ensure MBDA data pipelines are designed to be resilient, secure and responsive. You will use your data engineering expertise to collaborate with different internal customers regarding their data, ensuring they are optimised and secured for their needs. You will provide your knowledge in data management and data quality to guarantee compliance to MBDA data governance. A key part of this role is keeping up to date with new technology, where you will provide insight on our technology roadmap and deliver cutting edge solutions to our internal customers. What we’re looking for from you: SQL technologies skills (e.g. MS SQL, Oracle…) noSQL technologies skills (e.g. MongoDB, InfluxDB, Neo4J…) Data exchange and processing skills (e.g. ETL, ESB, API…) Development (e.g. Python) skills Big data technologies knowledge (e.g. Hadoop stack) Knowledge in NLP (Natural Language Processing) Knowledge in OCR (Object Character Recognition) Knowledge in Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) would be advantageous Experience in containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker) would be advantageous Knowledge in the industrial and / or defence sector would be advantageousOur company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom. We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more… We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information. #LI-RM1

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As a data engineer specialising in generative AI ; this role will see you working in a developing international and transversal structure. You will have the responsibility to evaluate, build and maintain data sets for internal customers whilst ensuring they can be maintained.
Salary: Circa £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification
Security Clearance: British Citizen
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more

The opportunity:
The MBDA IM GenAI delivery Office department is looking for an experienced data engineer able to evaluate design, deploy, improve and support MBDA data sets.

You will ensure MBDA data pipelines are designed to be resilient, secure and responsive. You will use your data engineering expertise to collaborate with different internal customers regarding their data, ensuring they are optimised and secured for their needs.

You will provide your knowledge in data management and data quality to guarantee compliance to MBDA data governance. A key part of this role is keeping up to date with new technology, where you will provide insight on our technology roadmap and deliver cutting edge solutions to our internal customers.
What we’re looking for from you:

• SQL technologies skills (e.g. MS SQL, Oracle )
• noSQL technologies skills (e.g. MongoDB, InfluxDB, Neo4J )
• Data exchange and processing skills (e.g. ETL, ESB, API )
• Development (e.g. Python) skills
• Big data technologies knowledge (e.g. Hadoop stack)
• Knowledge in NLP (Natural Language Processing)
• Knowledge in OCR (Object Character Recognition)
• Knowledge in Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) would be advantageous
• Experience in containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker) would be advantageous
• Knowledge in the industrial and / or defence sector would be advantageous

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

Lead Software Engineer - MongoDB / Node.js / JavaScript As a Lead Engineer, youll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of the product. Youll guide a talented squad of engineers, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that directly impact thousands of users.

This is a hands-on leadership role where youll balance technical excellence with mentorship, collaboration, and strategic thinking.

What Youll Be DoingTechnical Leadership Set the technical direction and lead architectural decision-making

Mentor and support junior and senior engineers

Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering best practices

Backend Engineering Build and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs

Design and optimise MongoDB database solutions

Improve and maintain existing backend infrastructure

Troubleshoot production issues and implement robust solutions

Collaboration & Delivery Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful customer outcomes

Participate in technical interviews and help grow the engineering team

Drive improvements in processes, tooling, and development practices

Core Technical Skills Youll thrive if you have experience with:

MongoDB (data modelling, indexing, aggregation, performance tuning)

Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem

Express.js and/or Fastify

RESTful API design

AWS or similar cloud platforms

Microservices architecture

Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.)

CI/CD pipelines & DevOps practices

GitHub workflows

Observability tools (e.g., DataDog)

Docker / Kubernetes

Tech Stack Youll Be Working With Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript

Express.js, Fastify

MongoDB

AWS

Vue.js, Nuxt.js

Nice to Have AI Experience Not essential, but a big bonus:

Integrating AI/ML models

Working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)

Prompt engineering

AI workflow tools (LangChain, Flowise)

Building internal AI automation tools

Benefits This company genuinely invests in its people. Youll enjoy:

Remote-first working with offices in London, Manchester

Flexible hours

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days

Option to purchase an extra week off

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As a Technical Lead, youll work directly with the founder to shape the technical vision and execution of a high-growth startup backed by a larger, established group. Youll lead a talented engineering squad, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that support thousands of users-all while influencing the strategic direction of the product.

This is a hands-on leadership role where youll combine deep technical expertise with mentorship, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-moving startup environment.

The RoleTechnical Strategy & Leadership

• Work alongside the founder to define and evolve the technical roadmap
• Lead architectural design and critical technology decisions
• Champion engineering best practices, code quality, and technical excellence
• Mentor, coach, and grow engineers at all levels
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation

Backend Architecture & Development

• Architect, build, and scale backend services and RESTful APIs
• Design, optimise, and maintain MongoDB database solutions
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Resolve complex production issues with robust solutions
• Implement microservices and modern backend patterns

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with Product, Design, and the founder to deliver high-impact outcomes
• Participate in hiring and technical interviews to grow the engineering team
• Drive improvements in processes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Ensure effective planning, estimation, and execution across initiatives

Core Technical Expertise

Youll thrive in this role if you have strong experience with:

• MongoDB (data modelling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning)
• Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
• Express.js and/or Fastify
• RESTful API design and distributed systems
• AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Microservices architecture
• Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• GitHub workflows
• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Docker and Kubernetes

Tech Stack

Youll be working with:

• Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Express.js, Fastify
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Vue.js, Nuxt.js

Nice to Have AI Experience

Not essential, but highly desirable:

• Integrating AI/ML models into production systems
• Working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
• Prompt engineering
• AI workflow tools (LangChain, Flowise)
• Building internal AI-powered automation tools

Why This Role is Exciting

• Work directly with the founder on a startup backed by a larger, established group
• Influence the technical and product direction from the ground up
• Hands-on leadership in a fast-moving, high-impact environment

Benefits

We genuinely invest in our people. Youll enjoy:

• Remote-first working (offices in London and Manchester)
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days
• Option to purchase an additional week of leave

Interested? Please Click Apply Now!Technical Lead - TypeScript / Node.js

Lead Software Engineer opportunity - 90k+Bonus+Equity - Fully Remote (Once a month meetup in Manchester or Leeds)

Morson Edge are seeking a skilled Lead Software Engineer with Golang experience to join a major replatforming and migration project focused on modernising existing software platforms and infrastructure. The role involves transforming Legacy systems to be cloud-ready, enabling on-demand deployment and delivery through a Docker and Kubernetes-based stack. You will work closely with DevOps and infrastructure teams, combining software engineering expertise with a strong operational mindset.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, contributing to a large-scale migration and replatforming effort with a strong DevOps feel.

Key Responsibilities

Replatform existing software and infrastructure to be cloud-ready and support on-demand deployment
Develop and maintain Golang applications with a focus on infrastructure and deployment automation
Collaborate with DevOps teams to build and optimise Docker and Kubernetes-based delivery pipelines
Support migration activities and ensure alignment with cloud-native best practices
Provide training and handover to permanent engineering teams at project completion
Contribute to infrastructure as code and CI/CD workflows to improve deployment efficiency

Skills

Strong experience in Golang development
Solid understanding of DevOps principles and infrastructure automation
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration
Experience with cloud platforms and making infrastructure cloud-ready
Familiarity with software replatforming and migration projects
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including permanent engineers
Experience with Scripting and automation tools
Nice to have: experience with C#/.Net development
Strong communication skills for training and knowledge transfer

The money is good too, up to 90k salary with a 10% bonus and equity in the business so that you can share in the success.

If youre interested in finding out more, apply through the link and Ill be in touch ASAP

InterQuest Group is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. InterQuest Group is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, religion/belief, race, marriage, civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity, sex or sexual orientation. Please make us aware if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Software Engineer II Hybrid: Manchester (1 day a week) Inside IR35: £500 Duration: 6 months Tech Stack: Java / Spring Boot, SQL Server, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD. Node.js/Python and SSIS experience is a bonus. A technology‑driven team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer II to support the design, build and operation of backend services within a financial data environment. This role is ideal for someone who values strong engineering practices, autonomy, and cross‑functional collaboration. You will help develop and operate backend systems that deliver accurate, timely financial data to critical enterprise processes. The role includes hands-on development, production support, and ensuring compliance with key regulatory frameworks such as SOX and GDPR/PII. Java / Spring Boot Python & Node.js Microsoft SQL Server, SQL optimisation SSIS (bonus) AWS Kubernetes, Docker CI/CD tooling Infrastructure as Code (TypeScript, AWS CDK) Exposure to Apache Spark is a plusIf this sounds like you, please apply. Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement. To find out more about Computer Futures please visit Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

Lancashire Permanent Hybrid
Competitive Salary

VIQU have partnered with a leading organisation seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Data and Platform Engineering team during an exciting period of cloud and data platform transformation. In this hands-on role, you will design, build, and deliver modern data platforms within a cloud-first, Data Mesh environment, work closely with product managers, architects, and engineers, take ownership of your projects, and mentor junior colleagues, making a real impact on both the technology and the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of cloud-based data platforms and data products as a Senior Data Engineer.
• Own the full data product lifecycle, from initial design through to decommissioning.
• Build and maintain robust ETL / ELT pipelines using SQL, Python, and modern tooling.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and engineers to solve complex technical and business challenges.
• Act as the go-to technical expert for junior engineers, providing mentorship, code reviews, and quality assurance.
• Produce clear, well-documented solutions for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support CI/CD, environment control (dev/test/prod), and effective change management practices.
• Contribute to cloud platform development, with a strong preference for GCP (BigQuery), within a Data Mesh architecture.

Key Requirements:

• 5+ years experience as a Data Engineer with a strong focus on ETL / ELT.
• Advanced SQL and Python development skills.
• Hands-on experience with DBT, GIT, Terraform, Docker, IAM, and Airflow (Composer).
• Proven experience working on cloud platforms ideally GCP (BigQuery), but Azure or AWS also considered.
• Strong understanding of Data Mesh, Test Driven Design, and Agile delivery.
• Experience with documentation, CI/CD pipelines, and multi-environment controls.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead by example within engineering teams.
• Experience supporting mergers, integrations, or large-scale organisational change is highly desirable.

Senior Data Engineer
London Permanent Hybrid
Competitive Salary

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Role: Senior DevOps Integration Engineer
Location: Hybrid - 60% onsite/40% remote - Cheshire
Contract Length: Until 30/11/2026
Rate: £600 to £630 per day

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Senior DevOps Integration Engineer to take ownership of designing, automating, and integrating modern CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and platform tooling.

This is a hands-on technical role focused on building scalable, resilient DevOps solutions that improve deployment speed, platform reliability, and engineering efficiency across multiple teams. If you like solving complex automation problems and making pipelines purr rather than scream, you’ll feel at home here.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines across multi-service environments
• Integrate build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows
• Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• Build and manage container platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE)
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting integrations
• Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and security teams to embed DevOps best practices
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, environment inconsistencies, and integration issues
• Drive continuous improvement, performance optimisation, and platform resilience
• Produce clear documentation, automation standards, and reusable tooling

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Solid cloud engineering experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Deep Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform highly preferred)
• Kubernetes and container orchestration experience
• Strong Scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Good understanding of DevSecOps practices (SAST, DAST, secrets management, code scanning)
• Excellent troubleshooting and systems integration skills

Nice to Have

• Cloud/DevOps certifications (Azure DevOps Engineer, AWS DevOps Pro, CKA)
• Experience with API integration, service automation, or event-driven pipelines
• Familiarity with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
• Experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux)

As a Technical Lead, you ll work directly with the founder to shape the technical vision and execution of a high-growth startup backed by a larger, established group. You ll lead a talented engineering squad, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that support thousands of users-all while influencing the strategic direction of the product.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you ll combine deep technical expertise with mentorship, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-moving startup environment.

The Role Technical Strategy & Leadership

• Work alongside the founder to define and evolve the technical roadmap
• Lead architectural design and critical technology decisions
• Champion engineering best practices, code quality, and technical excellence
• Mentor, coach, and grow engineers at all levels
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and innovation

Backend Architecture & Development

• Architect, build, and scale backend services and RESTful APIs
• Design, optimise, and maintain MongoDB database solutions
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability
• Resolve complex production issues with robust solutions
• Implement microservices and modern backend patterns

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with Product, Design, and the founder to deliver high-impact outcomes
• Participate in hiring and technical interviews to grow the engineering team
• Drive improvements in processes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Ensure effective planning, estimation, and execution across initiatives

Core Technical Expertise

You ll thrive in this role if you have strong experience with:

• MongoDB (data modelling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning)
• Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
• Express.js and/or Fastify
• RESTful API design and distributed systems
• AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Microservices architecture
• Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• GitHub workflows
• Observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Docker and Kubernetes

Tech Stack

You ll be working with:

• Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Express.js, Fastify
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Vue.js, Nuxt.js

Nice to Have AI Experience

Not essential, but highly desirable:

• Integrating AI/ML models into production systems
• Working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
• Prompt engineering
• AI workflow tools (LangChain, Flowise)
• Building internal AI-powered automation tools

Why This Role is Exciting

• Work directly with the founder on a startup backed by a larger, established group
• Influence the technical and product direction from the ground up
• Hands-on leadership in a fast-moving, high-impact environment

Benefits

We genuinely invest in our people. You ll enjoy:

• Remote-first working (offices in London and Manchester)
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days
• Option to purchase an additional week of leave

Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Technical Lead - TypeScript / Node.js

Senior Full-Stack Developer

My Client is a fast-growing technology company building high-performance, real-time digital products used at significant live and large-scale environments.

They are seeking a Senior Full-Stack Developer to play a key role in shaping and scaling their core platform.

This is a senior, hands-on position working closely with the CTO to architect, build and optimise systems that must perform reliably under substantial concurrent usage.

The Role

You will collaborate directly with the CTO (an experienced full-stack engineer) to design and deliver robust, scalable systems.

This role spans frontend, backend and infrastructure. It is ideal for someone who enjoys technical ownership, architectural input and solving complex engineering challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable cloud-based architectures using Infrastructure as Code
• Build and enhance high-performance, real-time web applications
• Develop systems capable of handling high-throughput, concurrent usage
• Improve performance, reliability and scalability across existing products
• Build new web applications, services and supporting infrastructure
• Implement comprehensive unit testing and conduct load/performance testing
• Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Improve developer experience and streamline onboarding processes
• Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions

About You

You are:

• 5+ years experience in full-stack development
• Strong in web fundamentals, networking concepts and security best practices
• Comfortable moving between frontend, backend and infrastructure
• Experienced designing and implementing AWS-based architectures using IaC
• Confident building scalable, low-latency real-time systems (e.g. WebSockets, event-driven systems)
• A collaborative team player who values paired programming and knowledge sharing
• An articulate communicator with strong analytical thinking
• Calm and solutions-focused when working under pressure

Tech Stack

You don t need experience in everything listed, but strong exposure to comparable technologies is expected.

Frontend: React, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS

Backend: Node.js, Redis, DynamoDB, MySQL
AWS services such as CloudFront, ECS, Lambda, S3 and EC2

Tools & Practices: Git, Infrastructure as Code, Vite, Webpack, Docker, CI/CD, Unit Testing

Bonus: Terraform

Benefits:

• MacBook Pro and modern equipment
• Remote-first (UK-based)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working (core hours 9:00 5:30)
• Supportive, high-trust culture

Interested? Please Click Apply Now! Senior Full-Stack Developer

Lead Software Engineer - MongoDB / Node.js / JavaScript

As a Lead Engineer, you ll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of the product. You ll guide a talented squad of engineers, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that directly impact thousands of users.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you ll balance technical excellence with mentorship, collaboration, and strategic thinking.

What You ll Be Doing Technical Leadership

• Set the technical direction and lead architectural decision-making
• Mentor and support junior and senior engineers
• Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering best practices

Backend Engineering

• Build and maintain scalable backend services and RESTful APIs
• Design and optimise MongoDB database solutions
• Improve and maintain existing backend infrastructure
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement robust solutions

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful customer outcomes
• Participate in technical interviews and help grow the engineering team
• Drive improvements in processes, tooling, and development practices

Core Technical Skills

You ll thrive if you have experience with:

• MongoDB (data modelling, indexing, aggregation, performance tuning)
• Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem
• Express.js and/or Fastify
• RESTful API design
• AWS or similar cloud platforms
• Microservices architecture
• Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.)
• CI/CD pipelines & DevOps practices
• GitHub workflows
• Observability tools (e.g., DataDog)
• Docker / Kubernetes

Tech Stack You ll Be Working With

• Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript
• Express.js, Fastify
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Vue.js, Nuxt.js

Nice to Have AI Experience

Not essential, but a big bonus:

• Integrating AI/ML models
• Working with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.)
• Prompt engineering
• AI workflow tools (LangChain, Flowise)
• Building internal AI automation tools

Benefits

This company genuinely invests in its people. You ll enjoy:

• Remote-first working with offices in London, Manchester
• Flexible hours
• 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays + 2 Christmas shutdown days
• Option to purchase an extra week off

Interested? Please Click Apply Now!