• Romsey, Hampshire (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 remote, flexible)
• £45,000 - £50,000 + Benefits
• OOP, PHP, Laravel

My client build innovative SaaS solutions that help organisations monitor, manage, and optimise critical infrastructure. Following recent growth and their migration to AWS, they’re investing heavily in modernising their platform and building new products.

I’m now looking for a Backend Developer to join their agile team and play a key role in shaping the future of their technology.

The Role

This is a hands-on backend role with real ownership. You’ll work across both:

• Stabilising and improving existing Laravel-based systems
• Designing and building new SaaS products using a modern tech stack

You’ll act as the backend authority within a small, collaborative team, working closely with a Frontend Developer and Senior UX/UI Designer.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design & Development

• Build and maintain scalable SaaS applications
• Develop clean, well-structured backend systems using modern Laravel
• Design and implement robust RESTful APIs for a React frontend

Architecture & Ownership

• Own backend architecture and code quality
• Design multi-tenant database structures
• Apply best practices (service patterns, Eloquent optimisation, clean architecture)

System Optimisation

• Improve performance and reliability of legacy systems
• Handle complex data migrations
• Proactively enhance system security

Cloud & DevOps

• Help modernise systems using AWS managed services
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Support automated, reliable deployments

Collaboration

• Work closely with frontend and UX on product development
• Contribute to product discovery and backlog shaping
• Participate in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies (Jira)

Key Technical Requirements

• 3+ years commercial experience in backend development
• Strong PHP (8.x) and deep Laravel expertise
• Solid PostgreSQL experience (schema design, optimisation)
• Experience building APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks (ideally React)
• Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM and TDD

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS and infrastructure modernisation
• CI/CD pipeline design and management
• Exposure to AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude)
• Experience with agentic AI systems
• Familiarity with Figma workflows

Interested in this position? Send your CV to or give me a call on 02380 765 808

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Full Stack Developer X2 (Mid-Level - React.js, Node.js) - Product Development (Remote, UK-based)

£50k - £60k

Full Stack Software Developer required to join our client’s growing Product Development team. This is a unique opportunity to work remotely in the UK, contribute to modern digital platforms, and shape the future of our products in a collaborative and progressive tech environment.

As part of their team, you’ll help rebuild and enhance our web platform, Back End systems, and APIs, as well as maintain and improve internal and customer-facing applications already in production.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new software products and features using modern engineering practices
• Maintain and improve existing applications and services
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code
• Collaborate closely with other developers through paired or mob programming
• Contribute to a microservices-based architecture

They work with a variety of technologies. You’ll ideally have experience with some of the following, or be open to learning:

• JavaScript: React, Node.js, Jest, Cypress
• Ruby (non-Rails environment) - nice to have
• AWS: EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, SQS
• Databases: MongoDB & PostgreSQL

They are looking for someone who is:

• Proactive, collaborative, and adaptable
• Approachable and supportive of colleagues
• A strong communicator with empathy for others

In return, our client can offer:

• Fully remote work within the UK
• A key role in a growing, successful team
• A chance to make a tangible impact with your ideas
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Exposure to modern tech practices in a progressive environment

Please send through your CV to ARC IT Recruitment for consideration today!

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

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer
Fulham (2/3 days on-site)
60,000 - 80,000 + Private Healthcare & Benefits

This is an excellent opportunity for a Mid-to-Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer to join a start-up in a role where you will play a major part in future developments.

This company is a Series A startup, breaking down barriers and making the world more accessible for everyone. Originally founded within the UK transport sector, they have developed award-winning, innovative solutions that prioritise dignity, safety, and inclusion for millions of users.

In this varied role, you will move beyond feature development to focus on the stability, performance, and observability of the core Rails ecosystem. You will act as a trusted backend partner for Product and Platform teams, stabilising third-party integrations, improving background job efficiency, and utilising architectural documentation like C4 models to ensure long-term scalability.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned Ruby on Rails developer with deep expertise in PostgreSQL and background processing via Sidekiq and Redis. You should be highly proficient in building RESTful APIs, managing JSON serialisation, and implementing secure authentication methods like JWT or SSO. Beyond coding, you will possess knowledge of Docker and AWS, alongside the communication skills required to translate complex technical risks into clear operational priorities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a purpose-led business during a period of international scaling. You will have the autonomy to own multiple backend systems, reduce operational risk across global integrations, and play a pivotal role in shaping the architectural future of a platform recognised for its excellence in accessibility and safety.

The Role:

• Lead the evolution of core Ruby on Rails operational platforms.
• Optimise PostgreSQL performance and Sidekiq background job efficiency.
• Manage secure third-party integrations and RESTful API design.
• Partner with Platform teams on AWS and CI/CD reliability.

The Person:

• Deep experience with Ruby on Rails and OOP.
• Expert in PostgreSQL tuning and complex query optimisation.
• Proficient with Docker, AWS, and containerised deployment workflows.
• Strong communicator, capable of leading production incident responses.

Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.

The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.

Our client, a prominent entity within the Defence & Security sector, is currently searching for a dedicated and skilled DevOps Systems Engineer (Systems Solutions Engineer) to join their team in Wiltshire.

This is more than a job - it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, contributing to the vision of designing, delivering, and transforming collective training for the UK forces.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing, deploying, and supporting integrated system and application solutions across physical, virtual, and cloud environments through CI/CD pipelines
• Translating operational and technical requirements into implementable system architectures and solution designs
• Supporting the deployment, configuration, and integration of systems and applications within development and operational environments
• Ensuring system solutions meet performance, reliability, security, and interoperability requirements across platforms and environments
• Acting as the technical liaison between engineering teams and supply chain partners
• Reviewing technical proposals and assisting with integration planning
• Coordinating with engineering and supply chain teams to ensure delivered components and systems meet required technical and operational specifications
• Supporting system testing, validation, and troubleshooting to ensure successful deployment and operational readiness
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams including software engineers, network engineers, architects, and programme teams
• Integrating third-party technologies and vendor solutions into the broader systems architecture
• Developing and maintaining technical documentation
• Maintaining awareness of emerging technologies and tools

Job Requirements:

We are looking for individuals who have a mission focus and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You should be able to collaborate effectively with defence organisations. The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

• Engineering background with a degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and supporting integrated systems and application solutions across hybrid environments (cloud and on-premise)
• Strong understanding of systems integration principles across software, infrastructure, and networking layers
• Ability to translate operational and technical requirements into practical system architectures and deployment plans
• Experience supporting technical deployments within structured delivery environments (e.g. Agile or SAFe)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with experience diagnosing complex system issues
• Understanding of system security principles and governance requirements
• Experience designing and deploying containerised solutions using orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling (e.g. GitHub, ArgoCD, Helm, Maven, SonarQube, Quay or equivalent)
• Experience using monitoring and observability platforms (e.g. Prometheus, Fluentd, ELK stack, Grafana)
• Experience integrating and supporting database solutions (e.g. MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
• Experience deploying and operating systems within cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Experience supporting system testing, validation, and troubleshooting during deployment and operational phases

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with Red Hat OpenShift and Ceph storage platforms
• Programming experience (e.g. Python, JavaScript)
• Experience working with event streaming and data pipeline technologies (e.g. Kafka, Apache NiFi, Apache Spark)
• Experience delivering multi-system integration projects within defence, government, or highly regulated environments
• Experience implementing and configuring training simulation technologies across Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environments
• Experience working with external suppliers and vendors to deliver integrated technical solutions
• Experience supporting procurement or supply chain teams by translating technical specifications and integration requirements
• Understanding of interoperability standards or integration frameworks used within enterprise or defence systems

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, with an option to buy and sell up to 5 days
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• Flexible Benefits scheme including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture:

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role or job requirement
• Early finish on Fridays, starting the weekend at 1.30pm
• Remote, hybrid, and site-based working opportunities
• A flexible working culture that is output focussed
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year

If you are a capable and committed DevOps Systems Engineer (Systems Solutions Engineer) looking for a new opportunity to develop your career within the Defence & Security sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client’s dynamic and talented team in Wiltshire.

• Romsey, Hampshire (Hybrid - 3 days office / 2 remote, flexible)
• 45,000 - 50,000 + Benefits
• OOP, PHP, Laravel

My client build innovative SaaS solutions that help organisations monitor, manage, and optimise critical infrastructure. Following recent growth and their migration to AWS, they’re investing heavily in modernising their platform and building new products.

I’m now looking for a Backend Developer to join their agile team and play a key role in shaping the future of their technology.

The Role

This is a hands-on backend role with real ownership. You’ll work across both:

• Stabilising and improving existing Laravel-based systems
• Designing and building new SaaS products using a modern tech stack

You’ll act as the backend authority within a small, collaborative team, working closely with a Frontend Developer and Senior UX/UI Designer.

What You’ll Be Doing

Design & Development

• Build and maintain scalable SaaS applications
• Develop clean, well-structured backend systems using modern Laravel
• Design and implement robust RESTful APIs for a React frontend

Architecture & Ownership

• Own backend architecture and code quality
• Design multi-tenant database structures
• Apply best practices (service patterns, Eloquent optimisation, clean architecture)

System Optimisation

• Improve performance and reliability of legacy systems
• Handle complex data migrations
• Proactively enhance system security

Cloud & DevOps

• Help modernise systems using AWS managed services
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Support automated, reliable deployments

Collaboration

• Work closely with frontend and UX on product development
• Contribute to product discovery and backlog shaping
• Participate in Agile/SCRUM ceremonies (Jira)

Key Technical Requirements

• 3+ years commercial experience in backend development
• Strong PHP (8.x) and deep Laravel expertise
• Solid PostgreSQL experience (schema design, optimisation)
• Experience building APIs and integrating with frontend frameworks (ideally React)
• Strong understanding of Agile/SCRUM and TDD

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS and infrastructure modernisation
• CI/CD pipeline design and management
• Exposure to AI tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude)
• Experience with agentic AI systems
• Familiarity with Figma workflows

Interested in this position? Send your CV to (url removed) or give me a call on (phone number removed)

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

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

What are the benefits?

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

What are your key responsibilities?

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

What are we looking for?

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

Apply now to be part of our growing team!

The Touch team is developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.

The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that arent capable of supporting todays technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible. We’re building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients’ investments entirely through their Smartphone.

The day to day responsibilities

• Engage in the full software development lifecycle: requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production.
• Work as part of a distributed team made up of self-motivated and collaborative individuals.
• Iteratively make improvements to a new product while aligning to our mutually agreed design and architectural principles.
• Always looking for ways we can improve our product, processes and practices. We dont like friction and waste.
• Automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment. We are huge proponents of automation.
• Working outside of your specialism when needed. While all our team members have a specialism, we dont let that restrain us. Our engineers jump in to help get things done even in technologies out of their core competency.

Your skills and attributes

• Excellent programming and problem solving skills
• Understanding of relevant software design patterns and paradigms, such as OOAD, DDD, MVC, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
• Experience in creating performant, scalable, secure and well tested code.
• You take ownership of tasks and problems, clearing roadblocks and pulling in other people to help when needed.
• Experience working with Investment or Pensions platforms would be an advantage

Our tools and technologies

The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful foundation when joining our team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:

• Flutter (including Dart) - we can provide training to experienced native iOS or Android engineers who havent used Flutter before.
• Firebase, Riverpod with Hooks, Provider, Deeplinking
• gRPC/proto
• PostgreSQL
• Docker

Other technologies we use include:

• TypeScript and Vue
• Go

About AJ Bell

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 644,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £103.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK’s 'Best 100 Companies to Work For forsix consecutive yearsand in 2024 and 2025 named a Great Place to Work.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

What we offer

• Competitive starting salary
• Starting holiday entitlement of 25, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan provided by Simply Health
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That’s why we offer a hybrid working model, where youll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office, including one day a month in our Bristol office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we’d love to speak to you.

Senior Software Engineer - C# The role will be based from my clients office 4 days per week. As part of our Enterprise Shared Component team, you'll: Design and develop containerised services in a service-oriented architecture using Docker, Kubernetes, REST APIs, and Azure. Contribute across the full stack, including distributed event-driven systems. Collaborate in a high-performing scrum team to deliver robust, high-quality solutions. Mentor junior engineers and influence architectural and delivery practices.Your responsibilities will include (but not limited to): Build and enhance cloud and on-premises services that power healthcare solutions. Design and implement APIs and microservices with a focus on scalability, compatibility, and performance. Contribute to full-stack development, from modern web UIs to backend services and data solutions. Improve CI/CD pipelines and work with Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure DevOps to streamline delivery. Apply cross-functional skills in development and test automation to ensure high-quality solutions. Collaborate, share knowledge, and drive innovation that makes a difference for healthcare professionals and patients.The right stuff: Experience of working with Agile delivery processes - understanding of SAFe framework and agile practices Strong technical communication skills, and the ability to influence others with articulation and insightRequired experience: Bachelor's degree in computer science (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with .NET (C#) and modern frameworks. Strong skills in building APIs and microservices (REST, gRPC) and working with databases (PostgreSQL). Frontend experience with Angular, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3. Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar). Familiarity with open-source tools, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation. Understanding of software design patterns, asynchronous programming, and event-driven systems. Bonus: experience in regulated industries (healthcare preferred), cybersecurity best practices, and observability tools.Services advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business. We will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website

About the Role:
We are seeking talented Software Engineers at various experience levels to join our UK-based software development team. The successful candidates will design, implement, and maintain high-quality software solutions in an agile environment. You will work primarily in C++ using modern tools and open source frameworks, contributing to innovative software for advanced navigation and important systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Capture and evaluate technical requirements, estimating delivery timescales and milestones.

Design, implement, and maintain software across back end, communication infrastructure, and client-server applications.

Develop front-end graphical user interfaces.

Conduct software testing, including unit tests and simulations; document results.

Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and processes to maintain high standards of software quality.

Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of projects.

Essential Skills & Experience:

Proficiency in C++ and object-oriented programming.

Strong debugging, fault isolation, and problem-solving abilities.

Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.

Experience with code configuration management systems (e.g., Subversion).

Understanding of network programming, data serialization, and database design/administration.

Front-end UI design and development experience.

Familiarity with component-based development concepts (e.g., SOA, UI plugins).

Ability to develop communication links to third-party sensors or software applications (e.g., cameras, radar trackers).

Effective collaboration within agile (SCRUM) teams; ability to work with initiative.

Commitment to continuous learning and keeping up to date with new technologies.

Desired Technologies:

C++, Qt Framework, QML, STL, XML, ACE, POCO, GStreamer.

Network programming (UDP/TCP).

PostgreSQL or similar database systems.

Cross-platform build tools (MPC, CMake).

Operating systems: Windows, Linux.

Experience with publish-subscribe middleware architectures such as DDS.

Education:

Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Benefits:

Salary range: £50,000-£70,000 per year.

Company pension and life assurance.

Private medical insurance.

25 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays.

Flexible working hours and hybrid/remote options.

Professional development and training opportunities.

Flexible benefits including electric vehicle, cycle-to-work scheme, and tech vouchers.

Option to trade up to 5 days of annual leave

\* Exeter, Devon (Hybrid-working – x1 or 2 days in office) \* Up to £55,000 per year \* Plus excellent company benefits Private Healthcare, Pension, etc. The Opportunity: My client are a charity organisation currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer on a permanent basis. Working as the Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the digital platforms, from their main website to web-based tools and applications that support their beneficiaries and staff. You’ll work closely with communications, data, and project teams to ensure online presence is reliable, engaging, and inclusive. You will balance hands-on coding with strategic thinking, identifying opportunities to improve user journeys, accessibility, and the overall digital experience. Skills and Experience: \* Strong front-end development skills using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+). \* Experience with front-end JavaScript, vanilla/jQuery or frameworks such as React/Vue.js/Angular. \* Proficiency in PHP for building robust, secure, and maintainable applications. \* Understanding of database design and management (MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL). \* Experience with RESTful APIs and third-party integrations. \* Degree in Computer Science, Web Development, Software Engineering or equivalent experience. Role and Responsibilities: \* Design, build, and maintain user-friendly web applications and websites aligned with the charity’s goals. \* Develop and maintain APIs and integrations with third-party systems (e.g., CRMs, donation platforms). \* Ensure accessibility, security and performance standards are met across all digital products. \* Work collaboratively with non-technical colleagues to translate needs into practical digital solutions. \* Implement and manage hosting, deployment and version control processes (e.g., GitHub, Plesk, Linux). \* Troubleshoot, test and maintain existing systems to improve performance and reliability. Applications: Please contact John here at ISR to learn more about our client who are continuing to grow across the education sector here in Devon?

\* 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?

What you’ll be doing:

As a Senior Full Stack Developer (with front-end focus), you’ll be responsible for:

• Building solutions to problems (especially solutions with a heavy front-end focus)
• Design of the solution (in conjunction with Product Managers and/or other colleagues)
• Helping colleagues facing issues with front-end development

Day-to-day life on the Product Development team looks like:

• Most of your time will be spent designing and building solutions.
• For our tech stack we use:
  • Django/Django REST Framework/Postgres for backend,
  • Angular for our web application,
  • Flutter for our mobile application (replacing our current Ionic/Angular app later this year),
  • and for infrastructure we use AWS ECS/ECR, Aurora and Lambda.
• For design, it’s quick brainstorming, a bit of analysis, sketching on paper or Figma, and/or jotting down a short design doc in Google Docs
• A chunk of time is spent on understanding issues, users and our platform. This includes talking to ops colleagues. We take turns answering ops support requests

It’s fast paced. We’re light on overhead and don’t outsource quality to a QA team. Quality, maintainability and security start at the design stage and are everyone’s responsibility.

We run 2-week sprints. Each day starts with a daily 15-minute standup and then it varies a lot from there. The issues vary from sprint-to-sprint. It’s typically very user focused, but we do make time each quarter to do unsexy important stuff (refactor, pay down technical debt, database upgrades, etc).

It’s not a solo effort. While we maximise the time you must put your head down and get on with cracking a problem, we grab each other for help every day. And we do peer review of design and code, while building and deploying to production regularly.

If you like having a holistic view of the product (from idea to release to growth), rather than being highly specialised in one niche, you’ll probably enjoy this role.

What we’re looking for:

• General characteristics
  • You like solving real problems. When you make something, you make it to solve someone’s issue. You understand the issue and the person facing it. You put in a bit of extra effort to make it a good experience for the user
  • Uncertainty is a fun problem to figure out, rather than an annoying headache. When you don’t know the answer, you try something. You experiment. You dig.
  • You’re a clear concise communicator. When writing or speaking, you know which details to prioritise
  • KISS is important to you. You have an instinct for when a solution is too complicated for the problem
  • You know how to learn and skill up. When faced with a novel skill area, you can self- critique your level and push yourself to improve
  • You reside in the UK and don’t need visa sponsorship
  • If you don’t live near Oxford, you are able to travel and work in our office in Oxford for a few days each quarter
• Specific characteristics for this role
  • Taken multiple features from idea to release to growth
  • Having spent meaningful time as part of different teams (we’d prefer at least 6 years as a developer)
  • Deep front-end experience, including responsive design, for consumer facing businesses
  • Design sense for UX/UI. Not just writing code. May have done wireframes before.
  • Can look at an interface and tell if it is terrible or not
  • Some experience working on backend (e.g. building APIs, database design, etc)
  • Some experience with CI/CD or deployments in general
  • Ideally, some experience in an agency (for consumer facing apps) and/or early-stage consumer facing startup
  • Bonus points if you have experience of mobile development, whether native or through a cross-platform framework like Flutter/React Native/Ionic