1 to 25 of 47 Contract Software Engineering Jobs in the South East

Senior Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£50.79 - 68.55 per hour + Inside IR35
programme in the Simulation & Training function Typical duties include (but are not limited to): • Apply a breadth of knowledge, skills and Knowledge of Systems Engineering and company approaches, techniques and governance to design and develop solutions and resolve engineering issues and problems for a range of products … engineering situations, compiling technical reports and accompanying presentations as required • Apply the Systems Engineering principles of ISO 15288 to the design and build of systems through the entire engineering lifecycle from requirement definition to system integration and customer acceptance into system support and disposal • Apply the Systems ...

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Line Up Aviation
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£52.17/hour
client has an opportunity for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to join them on a contract basis. Reporting to the System Design Manager, you will be responsible for the management and day-to-day activities of the software team, collaborating with other disciplines and managers … areas of the business. Role : Senior Software Engineering Manager Location : Farnborough - fully onsite Hours : 37 per week Hourly Rate : £52.17 per hour via Umbrella, inside IR35 Clearance : BPSS required before starting What you'll be doing: Team Leadership: Lead the day to day activities of the software ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 per day
Senior Software Engineer (Generative AI Platform) - 6-Month Contract - £650/day (Outside IR35) Location: Europe (Remote-first) Rate: £650/day Duration: 6 months (high likelihood of extension) A cutting-edge engineering team is building a next-generation GenAI platform that empowers autonomous software-engineering … exceptional engineers to join them. If you want to work at the forefront of AI , in a space evolving daily, and help define how engineering teams across the world write and ship code in the future... this is the contract for you. What You'll Be Working On Designing ...

Avionics Software Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45 - £52/hour
Skills: + Understand Software Lifecycle + C/Python + Aerospace standards including DO-178C Job purpose: We are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead our expanding software team. Reporting to the System Design Manager, you will be responsible for the management … activities of the software team, collaborating with other disciplines and managers in all areas of the business. Responsibilities: Team Leadership: Lead the day to day activities of the software team, taking responsibility for delivering the agreed team goals. Skills Development: Develop the team's personal and professional skills ...

Embedded ADA Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - 68 per hour
Embedded ADA Software Engineer Bristol – Full Time Onsite £68.00 per hour 12-Month Contract (Extension Possible) Must be able to obtain SC Overview of the Department Join a team working at the forefront of European missile system design, delivering safe, secure and highly reliable products to customers. The department … develops advanced safety-critical software within a rigorous, standards-driven engineering environment. The Role You will work across the full software engineering lifecycle, from engaging with Systems teams on requirements discussions and change requests through to integration, qualification and software release. This is a hands ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 per day
Senior Software Engineer (Generative AI Platform) - 6-Month Contract - £650/day (Outside IR35) Location: UK or Europe (Europe preferred - remote-friendly) Rate: £650/day Duration: 6 months (strong extension potential) A high-performance engineering group is building a next-generation Generative AI platform designed to enable … autonomous software-engineering agents and fully agentic workflows . This is a rare opportunity to operate at the frontier of AI-for-coding , working with emerging tools and shaping what engineering will look like in the next decade. If you're excited by LLM-powered development, agentic ...

Senior Java Developers (x2) - Contract | Remote-First

Hiring Organisation
Lord Search & Selection
Location
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Details Engagement: Contract (urgent start) Location : Remote-First/Hybrid (UK-based) What You'll Do Build and maintain efficient, reliable, and high-performance software in line with team coding standards and best practices. Contribute to the design of software components and systems to ensure solutions are robust … scalable, and maintainable. Participate across the full software development lifecycle: requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and support. Champion software best practices, coding standards, and continuous integration/delivery across project work. Develop and maintain test automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and technical documentation as needed. Optimise ...

Embedded Software V&V Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Certain Advantage
Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£70 per hour, Benefits Overtime Rate
World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit an ADA Embedded Software V&V Engineer subcontractor on an initial 6 month contract. A defence or aerospace industry background would be great. Rate: £70.00 per hour Location: Stevenage Hybrid/Remote working: Full time on site (occasional work from … quarter Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Interview process: 1 stage video interview Embedded Software V&V Engineer Job Description: The department create the complex, highly reliable real-time software that powers missile systems and their components, ensuring ...

Senior Java Engineer - AWS, API - (2 days on site)

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
week on site (mandatory Tues, Wed) Start: ASAP My new client is looking for 2 highly skilled Senior Java Engineers to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong engineering discipline, independent problem-solving ability, and a commitment to building robust, scalable systems. … will work across modern cloud-native architectures, contribute to API and microservices development, and help drive best practices across the engineering organisation. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java applications using Spring Boot. Build and optimise RESTful APIs and contribute to GraphQL service development. Develop cloud-native ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £300 to £340 per day
modern development practices. Experience with mathematical optimization tools, containerization, and message-queue technologies will be considered a significant advantage. Your Responsibilities Python Development & Software Engineering Develop, optimize, and maintain software using core Python features including iterators/generators, exception handling, file handling, type hints, OOP, and data ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
JAM Recruitment Ltd
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £68.55 per hour
Senior Software Engineer x 2 Portsmouth £68.55 Inside IR35 12 month contract About the Role We are seeking 2 highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineers to join a growing engineering team. This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that support national security, advanced … next-generation technologies. As a senior member of the team, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and delivering high-integrity software solutions within a secure and collaborative environment. What you'll be doing: Designing, reviewing, developing, testing, documenting, configuring and delivering software products ...

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MarkIT Placements
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £700 per day
services you build. Support compliance readiness (ISO 27001, GDPR) through secure-by-default design. Cross-functional and process Collaborate closely with the engineering team, product and leadership to scope, sequence, and deliver outcomes. Translate product requirements into technical plans, breaking work into milestones with measurable success criteria. Mentor engineers … backend design, API ergonomics. Qualifications,experienceand skills SC Clearance or the ability to obtain SC (and later DV). Proven experience in professional software engineering, with a strong focus on backend development in Python and with event-driven architectures. Proven experience designing and operating production REST APIs with ...

AI Instructor

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
training programme focused on modern agentic development. You will help developers adopt advanced AI-driven coding workflows and shape how teams across multiple software businesses build, test, and ship software using cutting-edge agent tools. The Company They are a global software group delivering a large-scale … instructor-led Agentic Coding Workshop to technical teams worldwide. Their organisation works across a broad portfolio of software businesses and is investing heavily in advancing AI-enabled engineering practices. They value hands-on expertise, pragmatic problem-solving, and the ability to guide mixed-skill developer groups through transformative ...

Tech lead - AWS Connect AI - Luton, UK

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
Luton, Bedfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
features and emerging technologies in automation and AI, applying best practices to drive continuous improvement. Supervisory/Managerial responsibilities Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Proven experience in software engineering with a focus on automation and AI applications. Hands … code. Experience with cloud security and data governance. Core skills: Devops/Platform Team interaction models Product-aligned Team Structures SRE and platform engineering concepts ...

Embedded Software V&V Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - 70 per hour + Inside IR35
client is seeking Embedded Software V&V Engineers for contracts, based in either Stevenage or Bristol (full time needed on-site) The team creates complex, highly reliable real-time software that powers missile systems and their components, ensuring that they provide the performance and functionality users require when … firings and the move into production and service. Responsibilities: You will be responsible for the verification and validation activities on real-time systems application software for the next generation of Missile Systems. The role requires taking requirements, developing them into robust test cases, preparing and executing tests, capturing data ...

Databricks Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day
building and maintaining large-scale, real-time data pipelines that power analytics, machine learning, and operational systems across the business. You'll collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and analytics teams to ensure the platform delivers reliable, high-quality, and compliant data at scale. This is a hands … engineering role that blends software craftsmanship with data architecture expertise. Key responsibilities: Model complex data sets using DBT Build and maintain scalable backend systems in Python or Scala, following clean code and testing principles. Develop tools and frameworks for data governance, privacy, and quality monitoring, ensuring full compliance ...

Automated Intelligence SME

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600/day
data pipelines covering ingestion, preprocessing and feature engineering. Conduct testing, troubleshooting and performance monitoring to maintain system accuracy and reliability. Collaborate with data scientists, software engineers and IT teams to ensure seamless deployment. Produce clear technical documentation and performance reporting. Support contract discussions, stakeholder engagement and business risk considerations ...

Contract Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
SR2
Location
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£800/day
team of around five engineers, creating an environment where people feel supported to grow, challenge ideas and do their best work. You'll champion engineering best practice, encourage curiosity, and help embed a culture that's collaborative, commercially aware and outcome-focused. Working closely with product, design and third … party partners, you'll tackle complex technical challenges, reduce technical debt and raise the bar for engineering quality. What you'll bring: You're an engineering leader with strong technical foundations and a genuine passion for people. You know how to get the best from engineers ...

Go-Lang Backend Developer - Inside IR35 - Remote

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£649 - £650 per day
IR35 - Remote About the Role We are looking for an experienced Go Developer who is excited about working at the frontier of AI-assisted software development . This role is ideal for engineers who actively use AI coding tools and are comfortable building software in an environment where … frequently. Collaborate closely with engineers, AI specialists, and product teams to deliver innovative solutions. Evaluate and integrate new AI tools and frameworks that improve engineering productivity. Requirements Strong professional experience developing software in Go (Golang) . Experience working with AI-assisted coding tools or modern AI development workflows. ...

IT Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Saab UK
Location
Fareham, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. What you will be part of: Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create ...

2x Senior Data (Platform) Engineers (AWS/ SQL Server)

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £750 per day
Your new company Working for a globally renowned financial organisation Your new role We are seeking 2x Senior Software Engineer/Data Platform Engineer's to support the ongoing evolution of a large-scale financial data platform. Our environment combines long-established enterprise systems and legacy components with modern ...

Lead Android Developer (SDK, MVVM) - Hybrid - Sussex

Hiring Organisation
Salt
Location
East Sussex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
freelance basis. You will be responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of the mobile application on Android. This role combines hands-on engineering leadership with solution architecture responsibilities, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing mobile solutions. The individual will lead distributed teams, including offshore engineers, while collaborating … understanding of mobile architecture patterns (e.g. MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularisation) Experience designing and integrating with APIs, including REST and GraphQL (advantageous) Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices including TDD, CI/CD, and secure coding Experience building high-performance, scalable mobile applications with strong observability and logging ...

C# / .net Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550/day
C#/.net Software Engineer Milton Keynes - first few days for training then 1 site visit a month 6 Months Contract £550 per day We are looking for an experienced C# Software Engineer to join the team and support us on our journey in transforming our application landscape ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tiro Partners
Location
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £280 per day InsideIR35, hybrid working
Contract Software Engineer (Golang) Location: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite in Burgess Hill Rate: £280 per day (Inside IR35) Duration: 12 months Tech: Golang, Java, Git, REST, Jenkins, NoSQL, Postgres/ql We are hiring for a consulting tech agency partnered with a major fintech organisation. This … strong opportunity for a Golang Software Engineer to join a large-scale fintech programme delivering customer-focused digital solutions. We are looking for a Golang Software Engineer to work within a microservices architecture, building REST APIs and asynchronous messaging services such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. This Golang Software ...

Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow in Translational Genomic Info

Hiring Organisation
University of Southampton
Location
Southampton, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£45,000
high - quality research outputs that advance applied genomic diagnostics and build your growing research profile. - Collaborate closely across disciplines, including genomics, clinical medicine, statistics, software engineering, and compute infrastructure, to co - create impactful research solutions. - Contribute to the design and delivery of education and training in genomic data ...