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Software Engineering Manager Location: London (Hybrid) Rate: (Apply online only)/day Inside IR35 Duration: 3-month rolling contract Overview We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams delivering modern digital products within a fast-paced environment. This … role combines strong technical leadership with people management, delivery oversight, and engineering strategy. You'll work closely with product, design, data, and engineering teams to build scalable, reliable, and high-quality software solutions. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader with experience managing engineering ...

Head of Software Engineering A well-established software business delivering specialist solutions to customers worldwide is seeking an experienced Head of Software Engineering to lead its engineering function during a key period of change and improvement. Reporting directly to senior leadership, you will take … ownership of a multi-site engineering team, driving improvements across delivery, engineering quality, team performance, and operational processes. This role requires a hands-on leader who can quickly assess challenges, improve accountability, reduce delivery backlogs, and help create a more unified engineering culture. Key Responsibilities Lead ...

Interim Head of Software Engineering 3-Month Contract Initially | C £700 pd Inside IR35 | Hybrid London A prestigious London-based organisation is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Software Engineering to provide operational leadership cover during a period of transition and organisational change and recruitment … permanent Head of Software Engineering. This is a senior leadership role focused on maintaining operational stability, supporting multidisciplinary technical teams and ensuring continuity across a broad enterprise technology estate whilst a permanent appointment is made. The environment is complex, stakeholder-heavy and operationally critical, requiring a calm, resilient ...

Interim Head of Software Engineering Contract | Inside IR35 | London/Hybrid We are supporting a large, complex organisation undergoing significant technology transformation in the search for an experienced Interim Head of Software Engineering . This is an initial 3-6 month interim assignment focused on providing … stability, technical leadership, and engineering oversight during a period of substantial change and ongoing delivery. This role is less about owning every aspect of a traditional permanent Head of function remit, and more about ensuring the engineering operation continues to run effectively, supporting strategic initiatives, and providing senior ...

Interim Head of Software Engineering 3-Month Contract Initially C £700 pd Inside IR35 Hybrid London A prestigious London-based organisation is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Software Engineering to provide operational leadership cover during a period of transition and organisational change and recruitment … permanent Head of Software Engineering click apply for full job details ...

Salary: - € per year Requirements: Several years of software engineering experience (3 years or more) Strong expertise in systems programming, infrastructure, or backend development using languages like Python, C/C++, Rust, and Go Experience building and deploying scalable, production-grade software using modern languages and tools Deep … understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales Ideal background: engineers who have built production systems at companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, or similar high-scale organizations; graduates from strong ...

Digital Systems Engineer Contract Role | 12 Months | Hybrid Working Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Digital Systems Engineer to provide professional Systems Engineering support across complex digital, data, and software-driven engineering programmes. This role focuses on systems engineering for information management and digital systems … requirements definition and concept development through implementation, integration, verification, and operational support. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring robust systems engineering practices are applied across digital and software solutions, supporting the delivery of assured, compliant, and validated systems within a highly regulated engineering ...

Software Engineering Manager Location: London (Hybrid) Rate: (Apply online only)/day Inside IR35 Duration: 3-month rolling contract Overview We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing engineering teams delivering modern digital products within a fast-paced environment click ...

support complex integrations between enterprise applications, ServiceNow, ERP platforms, and emerging AI-enabled technologies. This role requires a unique blend of enterprise architecture, software engineering, systems troubleshooting, and integration expertise. You will be responsible for enabling interoperability between business-critical applications, developing custom integration solutions where … modern and legacy technology environments. The successful candidate will bring deep technical expertise, strong architectural thinking, and a proven ability to solve challenging enterprise software problems. Key Responsibilities Design and develop enterprise integration solutions between ServiceNow and ERP applications using REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, and other industry-standard protocols. ...

Salary: - € per year Requirements: Several years of software engineering experience (3 years or more) Strong expertise in Python with deep knowledge of frameworks, tooling, and best practices for building production-grade software Experience building full-stack applications and deploying scalable software using modern languages and tools … Deep understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales Ideal background: engineers who have built production systems at high-scale organizations (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta) or graduates from top CS programs ...

Senior Engineering Manager (AI) Growing people, teams, and modern engineering capability in an AI-enabled world We're looking for a Senior Engineering Manager (AI) to support, grow, and enable high-performing engineering teams , with a strong focus on AI-assisted development, engineering acceleration … modern ways of working . This is a senior, people-focused leadership role for someone who brings deep credibility from a software engineering background and is ready to lead through coaching, influence, and judgement rather than hands-on delivery. You'll play a key role in shaping ...

Salary: - € per year Requirements: Several years of software engineering experience (3 years or more) Strong expertise in building full-stack applications using Python and JavaScript (React, Node.js), able to work across backend and frontend codebases Experience deploying scalable, production-grade software using modern languages and tools Deep … understanding of software architecture, design, development, debugging, and code quality/review assessment Excellent oral and written communication skills for clear, structured evaluation rationales Ideal background: experience building production systems at high-scale engineering organizations (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta) or strong graduates from leading programs (Harvard ...

company that is looking for a Senior ML Platform Engineer to join their team in London. This is a hands-on platform engineering role, focused on owning the software, tooling, web UI, and infrastructure layer used by data operators, ML engineers, and robotics engineers. You will be responsible … hardware-adjacent platform tooling* Improve testing, CI, observability, reliability, and performance across concurrent and IO-heavy systems Essential Skills You must have: * Senior-level software engineering experience, ideally 5+ years* Strong production Python experience* Experience with typing, async/await, threading, multiprocessing, and concurrent workloads* FastAPI or another ...

Senior AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer Build and operate modern software systems where AI meets production reality We're looking for a Senior AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer to join a growing engineering capability working on complex, important software systems that increasingly embed AI to improve delivery, decision-making … operational effectiveness . This is a hands-on senior engineering role for someone who enjoys operating across software development, DevOps, and modern cloud platforms . You won't be a people manager, but you will be a trusted senior engineer, shaping technical approaches, raising engineering standards ...

change how their Application Security is Delivered within the SDLC. Early Phases of the Programme have already defined the Target Architecture, Threat Model & Prompt Engineering Strategy . The Next Stage is to Transform this Foundation into a Production - Grade Capability Used Daily by Engineering Teams , enabling Developers … Real Time Receive AI-Assisted Remediation Guidance & Fix Suggestions Reduce Cost , Time & Friction Associated with Securing Code at Scale This is a Hands - On Engineering Leadership role . You will own the End-to-End Technical Implementation & Evolution of the Platform , working closely with Application Security, Platform Engineering ...

Software Engineer (Python/React) Cheltenham Area - on site Contract: Inside IR35, 12 months+ The Opportunity We are seeking talented Software Engineers to join a cutting-edge programme supporting UK Intelligence customers. These roles focus on building modern, cloud-native applications and services that enable the operational … still being finalised, the mission, technology stack, and innovation culture make this a highly compelling opportunity. What You'll Be Doing As a Software Engineer, you will: Develop user-facing applications, APIs, and backend services Build solutions using technologies such as: Python FastAPI React Enable the integration and operational ...

enterprise services to the roadmap planned for each platform. The Integration Lead acts as a hands-on technical leader and subject matter expert, ensuring engineering excellence, operational integrity, and alignment of delivery with enterprise architectural direction and business objectives. Key Responsibilities Provide delivery leadership across the Engineering, Agile … understand the roadmap of work Work closely with Product Owners/Architects to implement and test the capabilities within the platforms Drive high-quality software engineering practices across the team, including code reviews, test automation, CI/CD pipelines, performance monitoring, and observability. Ensure delivered solutions align with ...

Lead AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer Technical leadership at the intersection of software, platforms, and AI We're seeking a Lead AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer to join a growing engineering capability and play a central role in shaping how AI is embedded into real, production-grade software systems … through technical depth, architectural judgement, and delivery experience by setting direction, guiding teams, and making informed decisions as AI capabilities are integrated into modern software platforms. If you enjoy working where architecture, APIs, DevOps, and AI meet , and you care about building systems that are secure, operable, and genuinely ...

scientists to understand assay design and experimental logic Clearly communicate analytical choices, QC decisions and modelling approaches Build robust, documented and reusable scientific software Essential Skills Strong Python experience for scientific computing Experience with Pandas, NumPy, SciPy and visualisation libraries such as Matplotlib or Seaborn Experience analysing bioassay, assay … EC50/IC50 or similar Experience with QC, normalisation, data validation or plate-level statistics Experience building reproducible analytical pipelines or automated workflows Good software engineering habits, including Git, documentation and reproducibility Ability to work closely with wet-lab scientists and translate scientific requirements into computational workflows Nice ...

Freelance Product Security Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity based in Limerick. This role is focused on product security, application security, secure SDLC, software security and secure-by-design development within a regulated medical product environment. The successful contractor will work closely with software engineering, product … development, quality, regulatory and cybersecurity teams. The work will include security requirements, threat modelling, SAST, DAST, SCA, SBOM review, software composition analysis, vulnerability assessment, exploitability assessment, secure coding and remediation planning. This is not a SOC, SIEM, network security, cloud security or general infrastructure security operations role. Key responsibilities ...

What You'll Be Doing - Provide technical leadership across AI-enabled software and DevOps engineering teams - Set architectural direction for API-first design, system integration, and platform enablement for AI - Lead the evolution of legacy or existing applications towards modern, service-based and API-driven architectures - Define … solutions meet appropriate standards for security, resilience, performance, and operability - Anticipate and manage architectural and operational risks associated with AI-enabled systems - Champion strong engineering practices across software development, DevOps, and platform engineering Your Experience To succeed in this role, you will bring: - A strong background ...

About The Role FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Software Engineer to support our client within the Defence and Secure Technology sector. This is an initial 6-month contract with potential to extend, offered on a hybrid basis in London with two days per week … rapid prototyping. The role will contribute to the delivery of a Technology Readiness Level 3 proof of concept, demonstrating how security-first engineering and emerging technologies such as AI can enhance collaboration and information sharing in high-trust, defence-aligned environments. This opportunity is well suited to engineers ...

banking group. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, dynamic team within a leading financial services institution as they evolve their digital engineering capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in building the secure, scalable foundations that underpin critical banking services, transitioning from traditional cloud functions into … bespoke cloud and AI solutions, primarily focusing on Azure while expanding into Oracle Cloud and AWS. You will be the bridge between platforms and software engineering, applying rigorous discipline to deliver automated, sustainable patterns that meet complex regulatory and security standards. Your Key Responsibilities Design & Deliver: Architect ...

banking group. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, dynamic team within a leading financial services institution as they evolve their digital engineering capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in building the secure, scalable foundations that underpin critical banking services, transitioning from traditional cloud functions into … bespoke cloud and AI solutions, primarily focusing on Azure while expanding into Oracle Cloud and AWS. You will be the bridge between platforms and software engineering, applying rigorous discipline to deliver automated, sustainable patterns that meet complex regulatory and security standards. Your Key Responsibilities Design & Deliver: Architect ...

Responsibilities Design and build data products, with proficiency throughout the data lifecycle. Develop robust data models through close collaboration with business users and the engineering team. Partner with senior management, operational leads, and other stakeholders, coaching and supporting a data-driven culture, including KPI definition and reporting frameworks. Take … Ensure data quality and accuracy by implementing data validation, monitoring, and error-handling processes. Requirements At least 8 years experience in data analytics, data engineering, software engineering, or a similar role. Expertise in developing best practices for data engineering and analytics, with a strong background ...