Job Description:
Senior developer with the following skills and experience. Strong communication and collaboration skills key for working in DevOps culture with ability to guide team members, when needed. Growth mindset.
Essential Skills:
Core AWS Services: Proficiency / understanding of key AWS services listed below:-
S3
Athena
Glue- Lambda
DynamoDB
OpenSearch
CloudFormation
API Gateway
ECS
CloudWatch
Programming and Core Services
• Fluency in Kotlin/Java, NodeJS, TypeScript
• SQL
Databases:
Experience with SQL, and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
Security – strong understanding of security principles within the AWS environment,
including RBAC and the principle of least privilege, storing credentials securely using
Secrets Manager/KMS, and handling sensitive data such as email addresses and
tokens securely.
CI/CD – Building and managing continuous integration and delivery pipelines is a
key skill. Experience with Git and GitHub Actions
Workflow Management – Understanding of services like Amazon Step Functions to
implement complex workflows – Desirable
Containers – experience of working with Docker and ECS
Good understanding of DevOps / DevSecOps concepts
Other Skills
Monitoring and debugging – familiarity with tools like Datadog
Familiarity with Angular framework

Hybrid - 2 days per week in Newcastle/London

This is an opportunity for a Lead Java Backend Engineer to shape the Back End technical direction, bring teams together, and introduce modern engineering practices that support scalable, secure, and high-performing systems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead key engineering initiatives and introduce modern best practices (design patterns, new languages, modern architecture approaches)
• Guide Back End architecture and ensure high standards in performance, security, and reliability
• Support engineers through pair programming, technical guidance, and resolving high-priority issues
• Drive solution architecture and influence major technical and design decisions
• 30-40% hands-on, 60% leadership/strategy
• Mentor engineers, run design reviews, and foster continuous improvement

Top Priority Skills

• Java (11+)
• Spring Boot
• Solution architecture experience
• Strong communicator able to influence decisions

Tech Stack & Environment

• Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, microservices
• Kafka & event-driven systems
• AWS (preferred), Kubernetes, containers
• SQL & NoSQL databases
• CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, modern deployment practices

If this sounds like the right next step for you, get in touch today to find out more.

Build the future of cyber defence, before threats even exist. The Opportunity What if the code you wrote did not just power applications, but actively protected critical infrastructure across the world? This is an opportunity to work on a platform where performance, resilience, and security are not optional. They are essential. The Role We are looking for a Mid-Level Golang Backend Developer to join a team building a next-generation cyber security platform designed to safeguard industrial control systems. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, cares deeply about secure software development, and wants their work to have real-world impact. What You Will Be Doing In this position, you will take ownership of developing and maintaining backend services written in Go. You will be working within a modern microservices architecture, designing systems that are scalable, reliable, and secure by design. Collaboration is key. You will work closely with engineers across disciplines to shape the platform's architecture and ensure everything integrates seamlessly. Security at the Core Security is at the core of everything you will do. You will embed DevSecOps principles into the development lifecycle, ensuring that security is not an afterthought but a built-in feature. From implementing automated checks in CI/CD pipelines to identifying vulnerabilities through testing and analysis, your work will directly contribute to strengthening the platform. You will apply secure coding practices, enforce access controls, and ensure data is protected both at rest and in transit, all while aligning with recognised industry standards. Quality and Reliability Beyond development, you will play an active role in maintaining quality and reliability. Writing tests, debugging issues, and working alongside QA teams will be part of your day-to-day work. You will also contribute to documentation, helping ensure that both technical and security requirements are clearly defined and understood. What You Bring This role suits someone with solid experience in Golang and a strong understanding of backend development within a microservices environment. You should be comfortable working with Docker, familiar with both relational and NoSQL databases, and confident tackling challenges in distributed systems. Just as important is your mindset. You should be curious, collaborative, and always thinking about how to build systems more securely and efficiently. Nice to Have Experience in cyber security or DevSecOps would be a strong advantage, as would contributions to open-source projects or familiarity with frameworks such as OWASP, CIS Benchmarks, or ISO standards. However, what matters most is your willingness to learn and your drive to build secure, high-quality software. What You Get In return, you will be part of a team working on genuinely cutting-edge technology, in an environment that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The role offers a competitive salary of £55,000 to £70,000, along with performance-based bonuses and opportunities for professional growth. Location and Requirements The position is based in South West London on site 5 days per week, non negotiable, and you will need to be able to commute or relocate before starting. Applicants must also have the right to work in the UK and be able to share examples of previous work, such as a GitHub portfolio. Why Apply If you are looking for a role where your work has real impact, where security and engineering meet, and where you can continue to grow as a developer, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

About Synechron:

Synechron is a leading digital transformation consulting firm dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions within banking, financial services, and insurance. We thrive on engineering excellence, collaboration, and a passion for cutting-edge technologies.

Job Location: London (Hybrid - 3 days in the office)

About the role:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Java Developer with over 10 years of hands-on Java development experience and extensive exposure to AI/ML-driven systems. The ideal candidate will design, build, and scale enterprise-grade applications while integrating modern AI capabilities such as machine learning models, generative AI, and intelligent automation into Back End systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable Java applications using modern frameworks.
• Architect and implement AI-enabled solutions, integrating ML/AI models into Java-based platforms.
• Collaborate with data scientists and AI engineers to productionize machine learning and generative AI models.
• Build and maintain RESTful and event-driven APIs for AI-powered services.
• Lead technical design discussions, perform code reviews, and mentor junior developers.
• Optimize application performance, security, and reliability in cloud and distributed environments.
• Implement best practices for CI/CD, DevOps, and MLOps pipelines.
• Work closely with product, architecture, and business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies in AI, cloud computing, and Java ecosystems.

Job Requirements

Core Java & Backend Development

• 10+ years of experience in Java (Java 8+) and enterprise application development
• Strong experience with Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience with REST APIs, messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases

AI/Machine Learning Experience

• Hands-on experience integrating AI/ML models into Back End applications
• Strong understanding of machine learning concepts, model life cycle, and inference
• Experience working with Generative AI/LLMs (eg, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain)
• Familiarity with Python-based ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) for integration purposes
• Experience with model deployment, monitoring, and versioning (MLOps)

Cloud & DevOps

• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
• Understanding of cloud-native AI services

Diversity Statement

Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Scala Developer with solid functional programming understanding is sought on a remote basis by an international software house based in the UK.

This Scala Developer would be joining the innovation arm of the business tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions utilised worldwide to deliver critical infrastructure. As such experience working on enterprise level applications would be a plus.

This Scala Developer will be joining a collaborative, continuous improvement focussed environment working within a mature estate but with scope to upskill in modern automation & containerisation technology.

With a real commitment to employee wellbeing and personal development this Scala Developer can expect long term commitment to remote, flexible working and a clearing defined progression path with 2 self promotion opportunities a year alongside companywide commitment to wellbeing by providing a best in class physical and mental wellbeing program.

This Scala Developer should have most of the following key skills:

• At least three years commercial scala programming
• Strong framework experience (Akka, Play etc)
• Relational database experience - PostgreSQL - MongoDB, NoSQL
• RESTful API design and integration experience
• Solid unit test understanding - Spec2, scalaTest etc
• Experience working in a TDD/ BDD driven environment
• Containerization experience - Docker, Kubernetes etc
• Awareness of cloud technologies would be useful

This Scala Developer will receive:

• Starting salary of up to £80,000
• Long term remote working
• Company ownership shares
• electric company car scheme
• long term hybrid working
• Flexible working hours
• 2 promotion and salary review opportunities each year
• Best in class physical & mental wellbeing scheme
• Private pension scheme
• Training and personal development budget and time allocation
• Wellbeing protection (death in service, critical illness cover, income protection)
• Extensive career progression opportunities
• 25 days holiday plus bank holiday with holiday buy & sell scheme
• Choice of technology

So if you are a Senior Scala Developer who likes the idea of building enterprise applications within a well-established friendly team then please apply now to be considered and for further details.

Scala Developer
Up to £80,000
Scala, REST Api, NoSQL, TDD/ BDD, functional programming, CI/CD, Play, Akka

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

What you will do
In this role, you will lead the end-to-end architecture of our Endur (Openlink) energy trading platform, partnering closely with traders,

product owners, market experts, and engineering teams to deliver solutions that are technically robust and aligned with business ambition.

You will help modernise our trading technology by applying contemporary design patterns, cloud-native engineering principles, and architecture

governance that supports performance, scalability, resilience, and future growth. You will provide architectural leadership across internal teams

and vendor partners, ensuring alignment through the full delivery lifecycle. You will also play a central part in shaping trading capabilities

across front-, middle-, and back-office workflowsensuring that every component, from deal capture to optimisation,

scheduling, settlement and reporting, works seamlessly together.

Key areas of focus

Architecture & Design

• Own the target architecture for Endur-enabled trading capabilities, document key decisions, and make thoughtful trade-offs.
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions designed for real-world trading conditions (availability, latency, resiliency).

Endur / ETRM Platform Leadership

• Lead architecture and design across Endur programmes (new capabilities, upgrades, integrations, and platform modernisation).
• Define integration patterns between Endur and surrounding systems (market data, scheduling/optimisation, risk, settlements, reporting, data platforms).

Domain Advisory (Gas & Power)

• Act as a trusted advisor on physical energy trading processes (front-to-back lifecycle), ensuring designs reflect how trading actually operates.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with developers, data engineers, product teams, UX, vendors, and consultants; guide design reviews and drive consistency across teams.
• Reinforce Agile/DevOps ways of working, CI/CD practices, and operational readiness.

What you will need to be successful

Required (must-have)

• Significant hands-on Endur (Openlink) experience delivering and shaping solutions in a production energy trading environment.
• Strong experience in physical Gas and/or Power trading, including lifecycle processes such as deal capture, scheduling/nomination, optimisation, settlements/invoicing, risk/PnL and reporting.
• Proven track record leading architecture on complex trading programmes, including governance, design authority, and stakeholder management.
• Strong understanding of non-functional requirements for trading platforms: performance, resiliency, security, auditability, and operational support.
• Experience with modern architecture patterns: microservices, messaging/event-driven design, caching, and API strategy.
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal, visual) and ability to work across business and technology teams.

Technical capability (expected)

• AWS cloud services (strongly preferred) and cloud-native patterns
• C# or Java
• Containerisation (Kubernetes / Docker / OpenShift)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Integration and messaging (APIs, JSON/Swagger/OpenAPI, AMQ or similar)
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling; Git-based workflows

Nice to have

• Endur modernisation experience (e.g., upgrades, cloud migration, platform re-architecture)
• React familiarity for UI collaboration
• Data architecture experience supporting transactional + analytical models, reconciliation, real-time reporting, distributed caching, and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB)
• Experience working with vendor-led delivery and multi-team programmes

Why join us?
Youll influence one of bps most critical trading platforms and shape how we build technology that supports real-time decision-making in fast-moving markets. Youll work closely with traders, market experts, and engineering teams to deliver high-impact capabilitiesbalancing modern architecture with the realities of live trading operations.

Travel Requirement

No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is not available for remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Business modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Data design, Digital Analytics, Emerging technology monitoring, Information Assurance, Integration, IT Management, IT strategy and planning, Network Design, Requirements definition and management, Risk Management, Service operations and resiliency, Solution Architecture, Systems Development Management, Technical specialism, User Experience Analysis

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Our client is a globally recognised organisation with a dedicated innovation function responsible for building cutting-edge applications that transform the working lives of finance and tax professionals. Their mission is to rapidly prototype ideas, gather meaningful user feedback and scale the solutions that deliver the biggest impact.
They are now seeking a Senior Manager / Technical Lead to drive technical excellence, guide a high-performing Scrum team, and help deliver products used across their worldwide network. This is a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where your technical leadership directly shapes real-world outcomes.
The RoleIn this senior leadership position, you will:

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary Scrum team, fostering a high-performance engineering culture.
• Architect and implement scalable, resilient technical solutions.
• Collaborate with designers, BAs, product owners and QA to deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Act as the Technical Lead for key product areas, solving complex problems with pragmatic, modern engineering approaches.
• Work closely with Product to shape backlogs, prioritise features and plan sprints.
• Support rapid prototyping to accelerate time-to-value.

About YouYou are an experienced engineering leader with:

• Strong commercial experience leading development teams.
• Recent hands-on development experience and the ability to guide technical decision-making.
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, databases, CI/CD, automated deployments and Agile development.
• Experience with automated testing (TDD/BDD) and Git-based version control.
• A humble, empathetic, adaptable approach to leadership.

Desirable (not essential):

• Angular, Java, cloud (AWS/Azure) and NoSQL experience.

What’s on Offer

• A genuinely supportive, people-focused culture with strong emphasis on continuous learning.
• Opportunities to work on global, high-impact digital initiatives.
• Hybrid working with flexibility.
• A chance to advance your career within a highly innovative technology environment.

How to ApplyIf you’re a technical leader who loves building impactful products and wants to join a world-class innovation team, we’d love to hear from “Apply Now” or contact Juliann Deegan at Hays Technology for a confidential conversation.

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Skills:
Technical Lead Java Angular

Benefits:
Competitive

Job Title: Python Software Engineer

Job Type: Full-time, permanent, Manchester
Salary: Up to £65,000 + 10% Bonus

About the business

This Manchester based organisation are one of the UK’s fastest-growing AI scale up comany’s who are on a mission to beacome the market leader in both their specilaist B2B and B2C offerings. They build internal scalable, cutting-edge AI technology that powers a niche area to be the best that it can be. Join them to work on high-impact projects in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment.

Role Overview

They are looking for a passionate and experienced Python Software Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain robust Back End systems and APIs. You’ll work closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable Back End services using Python.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Front End engineers to ensure seamless delivery.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python software development.
• Strong knowledge of Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (eg, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes is a plus).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and test-driven development.
• Exposure to asynchronous programming (eg, asyncio, Celery).
• Familiarity with Front End technologies (React, Vue.js) is a bonus.

What They Offer

• Competitive salary and bonus
• Flexible hybrid working model.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous holidays.
• Professional development budget.
• A collaborative and inclusive team culture.

Lead Developer - C# .NET / AWS / Angular - Hybrid - Nottingham - £60,000 - £70,000

The Role

An exciting and innovative software house is looking for a Lead Developer to join their growing technology team.

This is a true 50/50 role, combining hands-on engineering with people leadership. You’ll remain close to the codebase, designing and building modern applications, while also leading, mentoring, and developing a mature team of engineers.

You’ll play a key role in shaping technical direction, driving best practices, and ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions are delivered globally. Alongside dedicated time for out-and-out coding, you’ll take ownership of team performance, support career development, and maintain a strong engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on development using C# .NET, Angular, AWS and NoSQL
• Lead and mentor a team of developers (1-to-1s, coaching, performance support, managerial admin)
• Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and delivery standards
• Support Agile delivery and continuous improvement
• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design

Requirements

• Strong experience with C# ASP.NET / .NET (9/10)
• AWS (Azure may be considered)
• TypeScript & Angular (18+)
• NoSQL databases
• Proven experience in a technical leadership in a lead developer role (or demonstratable experience leading others in a Senior position)
• Experience mentoring developers and conducting 1-to-1s
• Strong experience working in Agile environments

Desirable Skills

• Messaging systems (RabbitMQ / MassTransit)
• Experience with TDD / DDD principles
• Microservices architecture
• Maths or Physics background

The Company

The company is a leading software development firm creating nuanced solutions for the manufacturing sector. With ongoing investment in modernisation and cloud technologies, engineers are empowered to shape and drive technical delivery.

They have performed well throughout a turbulent economy, continuing a steady rate of growth and keeping the business moving forward. Tech is central to what they do so you will be given a range of tools and resources with full backing to go and determine what is the best development process on certain projects.

The salary for this role is between £60,000 - £70,000. This is a hybrid position offering 3 days WFH per week, alongside an excellent benefits package including a 5% matched pension scheme, life and critical illness cover, salary-sacrifice options, free parking, flexi time, plus 25 days holiday (increasing with service) plus bank holidays plus more.

Apply Now

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Apply now and don’t miss out!

Lead Developer - C# .NET / AWS / Angular - Hybrid - Nottingham - £60,000 - £70,000

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Lead Developer - C# .NET / AWS / Angular - Hybrid - Nottingham - £60,000 - £70,000

The Role

An exciting and innovative software house is looking for a Lead Developer to join their growing technology team.

This is a true 50/50 role, combining hands-on engineering with people leadership. You’ll remain close to the codebase, designing and building modern applications, while also leading, mentoring, and developing a mature team of engineers.

You’ll play a key role in shaping technical direction, driving best practices, and ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions are delivered globally. Alongside dedicated time for out-and-out coding, you’ll take ownership of team performance, support career development, and maintain a strong engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities

Hands-on development using C# .NET, Angular, AWS and NoSQL

Lead and mentor a team of developers (1-to-1s, coaching, performance support, managerial admin)

Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and delivery standards

Support Agile delivery and continuous improvement

Contribute to architectural decisions and system design

Requirements

Strong experience with C# ASP.NET / .NET (9/10)

AWS (Azure may be considered)

TypeScript & Angular (18+)

NoSQL databases

Proven experience in a technical leadership in a lead developer role (or demonstratable experience leading others in a Senior position)

Experience mentoring developers and conducting 1-to-1s

Strong experience working in Agile environments

Desirable Skills

Messaging systems (RabbitMQ / MassTransit)

Experience with TDD / DDD principles

Microservices architecture

Maths or Physics background

The Company

The company is a leading software development firm creating nuanced solutions for the manufacturing sector. With ongoing investment in modernisation and cloud technologies, engineers are empowered to shape and drive technical delivery.

They have performed well throughout a turbulent economy, continuing a steady rate of growth and keeping the business moving forward. Tech is central to what they do so you will be given a range of tools and resources with full backing to go and determine what is the best development process on certain projects.

The salary for this role is between £60,000 - £70,000. This is a hybrid position offering 3 days WFH per week, alongside an excellent benefits package including a 5% matched pension scheme, life and critical illness cover, salary-sacrifice options, free parking, flexi time, plus 25 days holiday (increasing with service) plus bank holidays plus more.

Apply Now

If you’re a Lead Developer, or Senior Developer looking to step up, who enjoys balancing hands-on coding with team leadership and wants to play a key role in delivering complex systems, this is a fantastic opportunity.

Apply now and don’t miss out!

Lead Developer - C# .NET / AWS / Angular - Hybrid - Nottingham - £60,000 - £70,000

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Our exciting client is seeking an Engineering Lead to build and lead small, high-performing Agile teams (4-8 engineers) delivering secure, scalable solutions within the UK National Security (NatSec) domain

Engineering Lead - AI, Cloud & National Security

Package - £110,000 - £120,000 + dv bonus + excellent package

Location - Cheltenham - Hybrid

Clearance - eDV Clearance Required

Overview

This is a hands-on leadership role combining architecture, software engineering, and team leadership, with a focus on Software, AI, data platforms, and cloud-native systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Agile engineering teams, driving high-quality, rapid delivery (DevSecOps)
• Own solution architecture, designing for secure and constrained environments.
• Lead the implementation of the “underpinning tech” for AI, including data pipelines.
• Act as a trusted advisor to UK Government stakeholders.
• Define technical roadmaps and support cloud transformation (AWS/Azure)

Core Skills

• Background in UK National Security / Defence / Government.
• Strong leadership experience in software engineering teams.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java (+ TypeScript/Node.js desirable)
• Expertise in AWS or Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)
• Strong grounding in SQL (Postgres) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DynamoDB)
• Experience with CI/CD, microservices, TDD/BDD.
• Knowledge of secure system design.

Desirable (AI & Data)

• Vector DBs: Milvus, Weaviate, Pinecone
• Data orchestration: Airflow, Prefect, Dagster
• Search: ElasticSearch / OpenSearch
• AI frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face
• MLOps: MLflow, Kubeflow

If you are looking for an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems at the forefront of UK National Security? Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.

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If you are a Full Stack Developer with strong UI experience, we have a new 1-year FTC we’d like to discuss with you. This role would be ideal for someone with 3-5 years’ experience and requires 3 days per week onsite in The City of London.

About the Company

A leading global financial services firm specialising in electronic trading and liquidity solutions is undergoing a significant technology transformation. With an established presence across major financial hubs, the business works with top-tier institutional clients and is investing heavily in modernising its trading platforms and infrastructure.

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing, collaborative technology team working on cutting-edge, real-time systems within a fast-paced environment.

The Role

We’re looking for a mid-level Full Stack Developer with strong front-end expertise to play a key role in delivering next-generation trading applications.

You’ll join a small Agile team, working closely with both technology and business stakeholders on greenfield and enhancement projects, with a particular focus on real-time UI development.

This role would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys building high-performance, user-centric applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate user stories into scalable, high-quality technical solutions
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Design, build, test, and deploy applications within a microservices architecture
• Develop responsive, real-time front-end interfaces for trading workflows
• Build proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and UI prototypes to support business requirements
• Write and maintain integration tests as part of the development lifecycle
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver key milestones
• Provide support for production systems when required

Technical Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Strong experience with Next.js, React, and TypeScript
• Solid front-end engineering experience, ideally within real-time or trading environments
• Experience with WebSockets or SignalR for real-time communication
• Backend development experience with .NET (C#) and/or Python
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture
• Experience with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ or Kafka)
• Knowledge of caching technologies (e.g. Redis)
• Experience with Azure DevOps / CI/CD pipelines / Git
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)

Desirable:

• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of financial systems or trading platforms
• Exposure to FIX protocol
• Understanding of asset classes such as FX, derivatives, or similar

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 2-3 years’ experience in full stack or front-end development
• Prior experience working on data-driven or real-time UI applications preferred
• Exposure to Agile delivery environments

Key Attributes

• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Strong attention to detail and quality
• Effective problem solver with a pragmatic approach
• Collaborative team player with strong communication skills

• Senior Engineer/Architect
• Leading Technology AI Brand
• SaaS - Platform based Technology Services
• London/City
• £70-100k salary + equity package

Our client a global technology leader is currently looking for a Senior/Lead Data Engineer to work with the dev team to guide the provision of Software Development for an exciting new AI product.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Architect and build scalable data pipelines and infrastructure
• Design and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and storage architectures for operational and AI workloads.
• Develop and manage batch and Real Time data pipelines.
• Build and optimize systems for vector search, retrieval, and ML data pipelines.
• Ensure data reliability, security, and governance across the platform.
• Collaborate with AI and Back End engineering teams to support training, inference, and product features.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and data quality frameworks.

Core Experience:-

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering or Back End engineering roles.
• Strong experience designing and building data pipelines and distributed data systems.
• Experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred, but MySQL or similar is acceptable).
• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• Experience with vector databases used in modern AI systems.
• Strong programming experience in Python.

Frameworks/Infrastructure:-

• Apache Spark
• Apache Airflow
• Kafka
• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Senior Back-End Engineer Remote / UKUp to £70k per annum

Summary:
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a company that enables brands to gather, analyse, and act on customer feedback at scale. You ll build scalable APIs, integrate AI and third-party tools, and help shape the platform s architecture. This is a hands-on role where your work will directly impact how global brands understand and engage with their customers. The role is primarily remote, but candidates must be UK-based and able to attend the Midland office occasionally.

What You ll Be Doing:

• Build and maintain backend APIs for new platform products and features
• Design standalone systems with clean separation from legacy infrastructure
• Integrate third-party services, AI/LLM tools, video infrastructure, and analytics platforms
• Support AI-powered features including LLM-based data processing and automated workflows
• Collaborate directly with product and UX teams, including attending user interviews to understand real customer needs
• Make architecture and technical decisions, taking ownership of the solutions you build

Requirements:

• Significant experience in backend API development (REST / JSON-RPC)
• Strong database design and architecture knowledge (SQL and/or NoSQL)
• Experience integrating third-party services, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), or other APIs
• Comfortable collaborating with product and UX teams to deliver features end-to-end
• Ability to take ownership of technical decisions and work in a fast-paced environment

Beneficial / Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Exposure to AI / LLM integrations or AI-powered features
• Familiarity with modern agentic engineering tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot)
• Experience with video platforms or analytics systems

Benefits:

• Competitive salary (up to £70K) and stock options
• Flexible remote working
• Recognition for ownership and delivery
• Fast-moving, innovative, collaborative culture

Interested in this role? If so, please apply now to

Glasgow (2-3 days p/w on site)

• £80,000 p/a

Overview

An excellent opportunity to join a well-regarded Ed-Tech organisation with a strong presence in Glasgow. You will have the opportunity to shape and build solutions used by students across the globe. Build and evolve a cloud-based product used at meaningful scale. This is a senior, hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys shaping technical direction, raising engineering standards, and helping multiple squads deliver reliably without stepping away from the code.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain production services and customer-facing features, from early discovery through to release and operation.
• Provide technical leadership across multiple squads: clarify goals, reduce ambiguity and help teams converge on pragmatic solutions.
• Partner closely with Product and Design to turn outcomes into shippable increments, keeping communication crisp and expectations aligned.
• Set a high bar for engineering quality: architecture, code health, testing discipline, observability and operational readiness.
• Work with reliability/operations colleagues to improve uptime, performance, incident response and capacity planning.
• Own and improve delivery ways of working: estimation approaches, planning, prioritisation, and predictable execution against epics.
• Continuously modernise existing systems; simplify, automate, and remove friction to increase delivery speed.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap for your domain, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term platform evolution.
• Collaborate on cross-cutting initiatives such as security, data and applied AI where they improve product outcomes.

Required Experience

• Significant commercial software engineering experience, operating at a senior/staff level.
• Comfort leading through influence: you can align teams, coach engineers, and drive decisions without relying on hierarchy.
• A strong sense of ownership and follow-through. You should be comfortable being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks.
• A bias for action paired with good judgement: you can move quickly while managing risk in production systems.
• Evidence of improving how teams work (quality, delivery, reliability, developer experience) and challenging the status quo constructively.
• Clear communicator who can tailor detail for different audiences: engineers, product partners and leadership.
• Deep capability in at least one mainstream programming language and ecosystem, with the range to be effective in others.
• Practical experience designing and running cloud-native services, including infrastructure, deployment and operational tooling.
• Confidence diagnosing complex issues in distributed systems (performance, reliability, tricky production defects).
• Strong grasp of data storage and access patterns, with hands-on experience across relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Comfort working with modern engineering practices: automated testing, code review, CI/CD, observability and secure-by-design thinking.
• Curiosity about emerging approaches (including applied and agentic AI) and the ability to adopt them responsibly where they add value.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

GenAI Full Stack Engineer - Managing Consultant

Salary: 77,000 - 88,000 pa + 8,000 Bonus plus benefits, perks and healthcare options

Job Type: Permanent - Hybrid / 2 x days per week - Travel to client site

Base Locations: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow

Overview:

We’re looking for a GenAI Full Stack Engineer who is passionate about solving real-world challenges through technology. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders both internally and within key clients to create GenAI strategies that translate business issues into relevant technical solutions and competitive propositions that are scalable, secure, and sustainable.

Your Role:

• Collaborate with the team to develop GenAI proof-of-concepts (POCs) for clients using technologies like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and intelligent agents.
• Scale existing POCs to production-ready solutions for customer use.
• Design and develop Full Stack applications for both GenAI and non-GenAI projects.
• Support the development of infrastructure to enable robust end-to-end solutions.
• Grow your skills by exploring and experimenting with emerging technologies, including GenAI.

Your skills and experience:

• Backend Development: Experience in building microservices using either Python with FastAPI, or TypeScript with Express or equivalent
• Frontend Development: Experience in building React applications using TypeScript, leveraging frameworks such as Next.js or Vite.
• GenAI Frameworks: Familiarity with tools like LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or Vercel AI (in Python or JavaScript).
• LLM experience: Practical experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, or Llama, and tools like Ollama.
• Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in AWS or Azure for hosting and deployment.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Docker Compose.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Exposure to tools like Terraform.
• Monitoring Tools: Familiarity with LLM monitoring tools like Langsmith, Langfuse, or similar.
• CI/CD: Experience with continuous integration and deployment tools such as GitLab, GitHub, or Jenkins.
• Vector Databases: Experience with and (but not limited to) ChromaDB, Pinecone, PGVector, MongoDB , Qdrant etc.
• NoSQL: Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB preferred).
• SQL: Experience working with SQL databases like PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Git and version control platforms like GitHub, GitLab, etc.

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.

Role Overview We are seeking a skilled Full-Stack Software Engineer with exclusive expertise in React for frontend development and Python for backend development. The role focuses on building scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications while working closely with product, design, and platform teams. Key Responsibilities Frontend (React) Design and develop responsive, modular, and accessible user interfaces using React Build reusable React components, shared libraries, and frontend design systems Manage complex client-side state and optimize frontend performance Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs Ensure high standards of UX, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility Backend (Python) Design and implement scalable backend services using Python Develop RESTful APIs using Python frameworks such as Django / FastAPI / Flask Handle authentication, authorization, and secure data flows Work with relational and/or NoSQL databases Implement logging, monitoring, and error-handling mechanisms to ensure reliability System & Collaboration Collaborate with cross-functional teams on requirements, design, and architecture Write clean, testable, maintainable, and well-documented code Participate in code reviews and CI/CD pipelines Support production systems and troubleshoot issues as needed

Are you ready and looking for a role that you can make your own, taking the autonomy to set out what and how you do it?

As we have grown, we have accumulated a diverse database infrastructure, including PostgreSQL, Maria DB, InfluxDB and MongoDB systems.

The timing is ripe for an experienced Administrator to take ownership, mature, upgrade and manage our database servers, while supporting development teams and business operations.

Key Accountability & Responsibilities

Work with teams across the Technology department to install, configure, maintain, and upgrade our database servers across development, testing, and production environments.

Monitor database health and perform routine maintenance tasks including index optimisation, table maintenance, and schema modifications.

Work with Development and Data engineering teams to optimise performance & cost of data pipelines

Manage database capacity planning and storage allocation to ensure adequate resources for current and future needs.

Proactive management of databases, ensuring application and operational performance needs are met.

Implement and maintain high availability solutions including replication, clustering, and failover configurations.

Document database architectures, configurations, procedures and policies.

Implement appropriate security controls to ensure databases and data are protected.

Ensure database backup, validation and disaster recovery capabilities are in place and rehearsed.

Provide insight and recommendation on the adoption and consolidation of database related technologies.

Be part of the on 24x7 on call rota to provide out of hours support for our critical systems.

Knowledge & Skills

Proven expertise managing PostgreSQL and MariaDB/MySQL databases

Experience with NoSQL databases.

Experience with cloud database services (AWS).

Deep understanding of relational database concepts, normalisation, and SQL optimisation.

Proficiency in SQL and query optimisation across multiple database platforms.

Experience with database replication, clustering, and high availability configurations.

Familiarity with backup and recovery tools specific to each database platform.

Understanding of database security principles and access control mechanisms.

Experience with monitoring tools and performance analysis techniques.

Knowledge of version control systems (Git) for managing database code and scripts.

Experience with database automation, CI/CD pipelines and tooling.

Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

Staff rewards, benefits and opportunities

We foster a collaborative, engaging culture that empowers staff to grow and maximise their skills. We want to challenge our people in a fair environment where hard work is rewarded and a path for progression is open to all.

• Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution
• Income protection & life assurance
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!
• Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice
• Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System
• Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition
• Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions
• Flexible working environment
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events

Our approach is to work guided by our mission, vision and values.

Our Mission - Empowering communities with brilliant broadband

Our Vision - Connected Communities

Our Values - Own it, Find the Right Way, Work Together, Win Together

Data Architect
6 month contract
Glasgow 2-3 days per week
700 per day

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect who can define, govern, and deliver GDPR compliant enterprise data architectures across relational (Oracle), NoSQL, unstructured data platforms, and Data Warehouse. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in data integration, migration, and centralisation initiatives, ensuring privacy by design across complex, distributed data landscapes.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Architecture & Modelling:

• Define enterprise data architecture aligned with GDPR and organisational data strategy.
• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for relational databases (e.g., Oracle), NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB), and unstructured data.
• Establish standards for data classification, metadata, and ownership across structured and unstructured data.
• Ensure data models support traceability, lineage, and regulatory reporting.

Data Governance:

• Architect privacy by design and privacy by default solutions.
• Define data retention, archival, anonymization, and deletion strategies across all data stores.
• Design architectures supporting DSAR, right to erasure, and consent management.
• Define security architecture including role-based access control (RBAC), column/row level security, data masking, tokenization, and encryption.
• Ensure compliance across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

GDPR & Regulatory Compliance:

• Architect solutions fully aligned to GDPR and applicable regulatory frameworks.
• Implement and operationalize key compliance capabilities: data retention & archival policies, right to erasure/data subject rights, data minimization, security & access controls, auditability, traceability & data lineage.
• Work with Risk and Compliance teams to translate regulatory needs into technical design.

Data Integration & Enterprise Connectivity:

• Design and govern enterprise data integration architectures using ETL/ELT frameworks, API-based integration, event-driven and streaming integration, message queues and middleware.
• Define integration patterns for real-time, near real-time, and batch processing.
• Ensure consistent data movement while preserving lineage, quality, and compliance.

Data Migration & Centralisation:

• Lead data migration initiatives from legacy and distributed systems to centralised platforms such as enterprise data warehouses, data lakes, and MDM.
• Define migration strategies including data profiling and cleansing, PII identification and remediation, and incremental and phased migrations.
• Ensure minimal business disruption and full GDPR compliance during migration.
• Validate post-migration data quality, security, and accessibility.

Collaboration & Oversight:

• Provide architectural leadership and guidance to Data Engineers and Platform teams.
• Work closely with Legal, Compliance, Security, and Risk teams.
• Support GDPR audits, regulatory assessments, and architectural reviews.
• Define and maintain architecture standards, patterns, and documentation.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 15+ years of overall IT experience, with at least 5+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise data architecture, design, governance, and implementation.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise-grade ETL/ELT data pipelines. Hands-on experience with tools such as SQL, NoSQL Datastores, Talend, Informatica, IBM DataStage, or equivalent platforms, Collibra, Data Lineage, Alfresco.
• Proven experience acting as an enterprise or lead data architect within a large, multinational organisation across the disciplines of metadata management, data quality, data warehousing, reporting & analytics, and data governance.
• Strong knowledge of data modelling techniques (conceptual, logical, and physical).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Solid understanding of SDLC methodologies including Agile, DevOps, rapid prototyping, and iterative delivery models.
• Ability to assess and estimate the financial impact of technology decisions.
• Capability to evaluate emerging technologies and understand their impact on business models.

\* 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?

Excellent opportunity opens for an experienced Developer strong on Golang with experience in AWS and Kubernetes to join a highly regarded Financial Services entity’s London office. You will act as the team lead and play a key role in building mission-critical financial applications that power trading, investment, and risk management systems across the firm.

If you are passionate about working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are eager to apply your technical expertise to the financial services industry, this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Back End services using GoLang to support financial applications and services, including trading platforms, investment systems, and risk management tools.
• Build and deploy cloud-based solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS), including services such as EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and Lambda to create scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure.
• Implement and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring seamless orchestration, scaling, and resilience in a cloud environment.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code while following best practices for financial systems development, focusing on performance and security.
• Collaborate with other development teams, business analysts, and stakeholders to define and refine requirements, and ensure that applications meet financial regulatory standards and business needs.
• Optimize the performance of Back End services, ensuring low-latency responses and high availability, critical for financial services.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and monitoring systems to ensure the reliability and stability of production systems.
• Proactively identify issues and bottlenecks in existing systems and propose solutions to improve the system’s performance and scalability.
• Stay updated with new tools, technologies, and industry trends in cloud computing, containerization, and financial systems to continuously improve development practices and outcomes.

Ideal Skills:

• Proven experience (2+ years) in GoLang Back End development, with a strong focus on performance optimization and building scalable systems for high-volume, high-frequency financial applications.
• Strong experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications in a cloud environment.
• Solid understanding of financial systems and services, particularly in areas such as trading platforms, investment management, and risk analytics.
• Experience in building microservices architectures and working with APIs (RESTful, gRPC, etc.) to integrate various systems.
• Strong knowledge of containerization (Docker) and continuous integration/deployment (CI/CD) practices.
• Experience with database systems (relational and NoSQL) and working with financial data.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools to streamline the development life cycle, such as infrastructure-as-code (eg, Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments, ensuring uptime and performance in high-pressure, mission-critical scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced financial environment.
• Experience with serverless computing (AWS Lambda, etc.) to create efficient and scalable solutions.
• Knowledge of financial industry regulations and standards, particularly around data security and privacy.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or message queues (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ) for Real Time data processing.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and continuous delivery tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
• Understanding of performance monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Datadog.

Interested? Please Apply!

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