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A rapidly scaling enterprise AI platform in the financial services sector seeks a Senior Backend Engineer. This role focuses on designing and developing backend systems for an AI platform in regulated environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend engineering, particularly in Python and PostgreSQL, with a strong emphasis on security and compliance. The position offers competitive salary, equity opportunities, and the chance to work on impactful systems within a fast-growing team.

A leading recruitment agency seeks a talented Python + React Developer for a remote position in the UK. You will design and develop modern applications, collaborate with engineering teams, and drive technical excellence. Essential skills include strong Python experience and proficiency in React. The role requires adaptability and a proactive approach to overcome challenges in a dynamic environment. This position offers a competitive day rate and a contract duration of 6 months.

A leading technology consulting firm is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer for a 6-month contract, working in a hybrid model between London and Sheffield. The role involves developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, optimising the performance of containers, and automating VM lifecycle operations. Candidates should have hands-on experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and OpenShift. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

DevOps SME Location: London / Sheffield (Hybrid - 10 days per month onsite) Contract: 6 months Day Rate: £510 Inside IR35 The Role We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. You need to have good hands on experience in maintaining CI/CD pipelines using standard tools. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute automated tests to ensure application quality and performance. Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Monitor and optimise resource utilisation for both containers and virtual machines in OpenShift. Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot virtual machines and workloads in OpenShift Virtualisation (OCPV). Automate VM lifecycle operations including provisioning, scaling, migration, backup, and recovery within OCPV. Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to integrate testing, deployment, and virtualisation processes. Troubleshoot and resolve issues in CI/CD, testing, container, and virtualisation environments. Ensure security, compliance, and best practices for both container and VM workloads. Document processes, configurations, and best practices. Essential/Desirable Skills Hands on experience with Jenkins and GitLab CI for continuous integration and delivery. Proficiency in automated testing tools: Selenium (UI testing), JMeter (performance testing), and Postman (API testing). Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift CLI for container orchestration and management. Practical knowledge of OpenShift Virtualisation (OCPV) for VM deployment, migration, and management. Familiarity with scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) for automation and troubleshooting. Understanding of hybrid cloud concepts and integrating VMs with containerised workloads. Good problem solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment. Strong communication and documentation skills.

AI Engineer - Remote (Barcelona) €100,000 About the Role We are looking for a hands on AI Engineer to own and evolve the core "brain" service that drives a cutting edge AI product. This role spans architecture, development, optimization, and production operations of real time, multi agent LLM systems. Role Overview As an AI Engineer, you will design, build, and operate low latency, real time text and voice agent systems. You will be responsible for multi agent orchestration, advanced reasoning approaches, RAG engineering, and evaluation driven development to ensure production grade quality and performance. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate low latency real time text and voice agent systems Implement multi agent orchestration patterns (planner-executor-critic, routing, shared memory) Apply advanced reasoning methods (ReAct, Chain of Thought, Tree /Graph of Thoughts where appropriate) Lead RAG engineering with strong grounding, evaluation, and observability Drive evaluation based development with monitoring, tracing, and CI/CD gating Ship production grade Python services using FastAPI under strict latency and quality requirements Minimum Qualifications 5+ years of experience in ML or backend engineering in production environments Deep expertise in Python, FastAPI, asyncio, and production observability Experience with low latency text and/or voice systems (LiveKit, Pipecat, WebRTC, or similar) Hands on experience with LLM systems, agent patterns, and evaluation driven workflows Prior startup experience Tech Stack Highlights Python, FastAPI, asyncio, Redis, Postgres, vector databases, WebRTC/LiveKit, SIP gateways, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, DeepEval, GCP What We Offer Work on state of the art real time AI agent technology in healthtech Highly collaborative, senior technical team Fully remote role based in Barcelona Fun off sites and strong developer ergonomics If you are interested please email your CV to for immediate consideration.

Forward Deployed Engineer Passionate about solving complex problems and enabling organizations to innovate? We're seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in the UK to build impactful workflows embedded into clients' data environments. Collaborate with top organizations to deliver tangible, real-world solutions that drive business value in a fast-paced, dynamic setting. What You'll Do: Work directly with clients to understand their key challenges. Design and develop applications leveraging large datasets. Create operational workflows that users rely on daily. Iterate quickly from concept to deployment and support client implementations. Travel as needed (10-33%) within the UK and abroad. Required Skills: Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities. Proficiency in Python and/or Typescript. Experience with large datasets in production environments. Ability to work independently and collaboratively. Willingness to travel and work hybrid onsite/remote. Nice to Have: Experience with Foundry, ML, LLMs, React, Spark. Relevant degrees in Computer Science or related fields. If you're eager to build solutions that make a real impact, apply now and help us reshape enterprise data workflows across industries.

A tech-focused company in Sheffield is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance their Jenkins Shared Library, ensuring efficient multi-language builds. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of engineering experience and at least 3 years in CI/CD processes. Responsibilities include mentoring teams, optimizing pipelines, and maintaining supply-chain integrity. This role offers a hybrid work model, requiring 3 days in the office each week.

DevOps Engineer Location: Sheffield - Hybrid (3 days in office per week) Rate: Market rate (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 months The Role We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to own and evolve our Jenkins Shared Library, powering multi-language builds across Java/Maven, Node/NPM, Python, Helm, Terraform, and containers. The successful candidate will deliver fast, secure, provenance-rich pipelines in line with SLSA standards, strengthen supply chain integrity, and mentor teams on best practices. Key Responsibilities Design, maintain, and enhance Groovy pipeline steps for build, test, package, scan, and deployment processes. Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest validation, and security scan aggregation (SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, SAST/Container). Optimise pipeline performance using parallel builds, caching, scope reduced BOMs, and dependency prefetching. Ensure artifact integrity through correct SHA1/SHA256 mapping, reproducible builds, and evidence modelling. Refactor and modernise legacy scripts, removing global state, consolidating hashing, and standardising templates. Document CI/CD configuration standards, ci config.yaml usage patterns, and pipeline conventions. Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply chain security practices. Troubleshoot, resolve, and prevent pipeline incidents and bottlenecks. Essential Skills & Experience 7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years in CI/CD platforms or DevSecOps. Strong expertise in Jenkins Shared Libraries and Groovy scripting. Advanced Python automation, including JSON/YAML processing and tooling scripts. Deep understanding of Maven, NPM, and Python packaging; exposure to Helm, Terraform, and container image metadata. Knowledge of supply-chain security, including SLSA, CycloneDX SBOMs, and digests. Experience with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, container and SAST scanning. Proven skills in pipeline performance tuning, including caching, parallelisation, and dependency pruning. Awareness of compliance and security standards relevant to CI/CD pipelines. Desirable Skills Experience with artifact signing and attestations (e.g., cosign, OCI). Familiarity with Terraform module and Helm chart publishing patterns. Experience in GitOps or release automation workflows. Exposure to GCP or AWS cloud environments.

Python + React Developer Location: UK (Remote) Day Rate: Market Rate (Inside IR35) Contract Duration: 6 months Overview We are seeking a talented Python + React Developer to join a fast-paced engineering team supporting ongoing digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will be adaptable, collaborative and proactive, with a passion for delivering high-quality solutions. The Role You will design, develop and support modern applications using Python and JavaScript frameworks, working with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions. You will play a key role in helping drive technical excellence, unblock delivery challenges and contribute to continuous improvement across the engineering landscape. Key Responsibilities (Examples you can pick from-no duplication) Collaborate with Solution Architects to shape technical solutions and contribute to design decisions Work closely with engineering teams to build, test and deliver high-quality software Lead and participate in planning, delivery and execution of internal and cross-functional projects Act as a technical expert for platforms and services under development Keep abreast of platform changes, tooling enhancements and industry trends Champion modern development practices, automation and engineering standards Identify and remove technical blockers to ensure steady delivery progress Troubleshoot and resolve technical and security-related issues Build and maintain strong working relationships with technology, product and operational teams Identify performance bottlenecks and recommend practical improvements Candidate Profile Essential Skills & Experience Strong commercial experience with Python Proficient in JavaScript frameworks, ideally React (Angular also considered) Comfortable working in dynamic environments undergoing change Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within distributed teams Experience supporting modern digital delivery within agile environments Desirable Skills & Experience Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Familiarity with API design and microservices Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker/Kubernetes)

A leading technology staffing agency is looking for a Senior GCP Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design and build scalable cloud architecture in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in GCP, Terraform, and DevOps practices, along with hands-on skills in Kubernetes. This position offers a competitive salary of £80,000-£95,000 and opportunities for professional growth in a collaborative culture that values inclusivity.

Senior Backend Engineer London Company Overview: Our client is a rapidly scaling enterprise AI platform operating in the financial services sector. The business builds workflow automation and AI driven systems used by large, regulated financial institutions to streamline complex, data intensive processes. Backed by top tier investors, the company is in a high growth phase and expanding its engineering team to support increasing enterprise adoption. Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help design, build, and scale backend systems that underpin an enterprise AI platform used in regulated financial environments. The role focuses on high performance backend services, large scale data processing, and secure system design. You will work closely with machine learning, product, and infrastructure teams to productionise AI workflows, ensure system reliability, and support enterprise grade security and compliance requirements. This is a hands on senior role with influence over technical direction and system architecture. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs Build and optimise data pipelines for large, structured financial datasets Ensure systems meet security and regulatory standards (SOC 2, GDPR, FCA) Collaborate with ML engineers to deploy and integrate machine learning models Optimise PostgreSQL schemas and queries for performance and scale Implement caching, messaging, and asynchronous processing patterns Participate in technical design reviews and support less experienced engineers Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and improve reliability Contribute to coding standards, documentation, and engineering best practices Required Experience 7+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments Strong Python expertise and experience with modern frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django) Advanced PostgreSQL knowledge, including performance tuning and scaling Experience with Redis and caching strategies Background in asynchronous task processing (Celery or similar) Experience with message brokers and event driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, etc.) Solid understanding of REST APIs and microservices architectures Cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP acceptable) Experience with Docker and Kubernetes Strong understanding of security best practices and data protection Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and Git Strong communication skills and experience working cross functionally Package & Benefits Competitive salary plus equity Opportunity to work on complex, high impact systems in a regulated environment High level of technical ownership and influence Fast growing engineering team with clear progression opportunities Additional Information This is a demanding role within a fast moving environment. The client is looking for engineers who are comfortable with ambiguity, evolving requirements, and taking ownership in a scaling organisation.

A leading technology firm in the UK is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer passionate about solving complex problems. This role involves working with clients to design and develop applications using large datasets, creating operational workflows, and iterating from concept to deployment. Applicants should have strong problem-solving skills and be proficient in Python and/or Typescript. Travel may be required (10-33%) within the UK and abroad, emphasizing a hybrid work model.

A leading technology firm in Greater London is looking for a Principal Administrator specializing in Azure infrastructure. The role requires exceptional skills in cloud management and strategic vision to lead enterprise cloud services. Candidates should possess in-depth knowledge of Azure Cloud, automation tools, and security protocols. This position is onsite for 3 days a week and involves mentoring teams and driving innovation in a collaborative environment. Join us to make a significant impact in the cloud domain.

Stott and May are excited to be working with an innovative software business that is disrupting the Smart Homes Space. They help customers by making buildings more climate-friendly, more comfortable, and more affordable using Smart connected devices (IoT), simple products and high processing and service quality. Due to continued growth, we're hiring a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to join the Platform team. You'll help design, build, and operate Thei AWS- and Kubernetes-based platform, supporting product teams through reliable, scalable infrastructure. What you'll do Design, operate, and improve our AWS + Kubernetes platform (including hybrid/on-prem integrations) Own key areas such as Kubernetes, observability, networking, or infrastructure as code Run production AWS environments and Kubernetes clusters (upgrades, security, reliability) Build and maintain GitOps workflows with Argo CD and contribute to CI/CD patterns Operate and evolve our observability stack (Prometheus, Thanos, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry) Define meaningful SLOs, dashboards, and alerting Work on Kubernetes networking, ingress, traffic routing, and Envoy-based components Build and maintain Terraform modules; migrate existing infrastructure to IaC Collaborate with the Platform team on design, incidents, and on-call Support product teams with clear platform interfaces and documentation Experience 10+ years in infrastructure, platform, or DevOps roles Strong AWS production experience, including: Multi-account environments, networking (VPC, subnets, routing, LB), IAM and security best practices Landing Zones and large-scale AWS setups Strong Kubernetes production experience: Operating clusters (EKS or similar), workloads, autoscaling, upgrades, and lifecycle management Observability experience with tools such as: Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana Loki, Tempo or similar logging/tracing systems OpenTelemetry for metrics, logs, and traces Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, HTTP, routing, VPNs, firewalls, load balancing Envoy (or Envoy-based systems), Ingress controllers, API gateways, SD-VPNs Infrastructure as Code expertise: Terraform and Terragrunt at team or org scale (modules, state, remote backends) GitOps experience: Argo CD, app-of-apps patterns, environment promotion, RBAC/ABAC Nice to have Crossplane in production Experience in Platform / Enablement teams Argo Workflows or similar orchestration tools AWS Control Tower / Account Factory German language skills (B2) What's on offer A modern environment with flat hierarchies. Colleagues often highlight our great spirit in achieving their goals. The company is a place to be yourself, aim high, take care of each other and grow without limits. Additionally, they offer the following benefits: Modern hardware and the opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies Besides our 100% remote work possibility Space and budget for personal growth Flexible working hours 30 days vacation Coffee, tea and water are free in our office JobRad-Leasing Events for employees to celebrate our achieved goals and great team-spirit Community of Practice and Knowledge Nuggets for improving your skills

An innovative software company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Platform / DevOps Engineer to join their Platform team. You will be responsible for designing, building, and operating their AWS- and Kubernetes-based platform. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of DevOps experience, strong skills in AWS and Kubernetes, and a passion for building scalable infrastructure. The company offers a modern work environment with flexible hours and extensive benefits.

Senior GCP Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Permanent £80,000-£95,000 Hybrid (2 days onsite) Locations: Bristol, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Edinburgh Are you a hands-on GCP Cloud Engineer with a passion for DevOps, automation and scalable cloud platforms? Join a large-scale enterprise environment delivering secure, cloud-native infrastructure at pace. What you'll do Design and build GCP infrastructure using Terraform / Terraform Cloud Develop automated workflows and pipelines using Python and CI/CD Engineer containerised platforms with GKE, Kubernetes and Istio Create reusable cloud products with embedded security and policy-as-code Standardise and modernise legacy infrastructure into scalable templates What you'll bring Strong experience in GCP cloud engineering and DevOps Expertise in Terraform, IaC and CI/CD tooling Hands-on Kubernetes (GKE) and container platforms Experience with GCP org policies, governance and security guardrails GCP and Terraform certifications (preferred) Why apply £80k-£95k base salary Hybrid working (2 days onsite) High-impact cloud transformation work Strong learning, development and progression opportunities Inclusive, flexible and collaborative culture If you are interested please email your CV to for immediate consideration.

Enterprise Cloud Services Principal Administrator - Azure Infrastructure Specialist 3 Days Onsite - London On Call - 1 in every 4 weeks Are you a skilled cloud expert ready to lead enterprise infrastructure? We're seeking a talented Principal Administrator to shape cloud strategies, mentor teams, and drive innovation. This role offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic, collaborative environment. What You Bring Expertise in Azure Cloud, including Networking, AD/Entra, and Policy Governance Experience with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, GitLab Strong knowledge of Microsoft, Linux, VMware, and enterprise networking Security expertise: PAM, IAM, ZTNA, load balancing Excellent troubleshooting, strategic thinking, and leadership skills Nice to Have Data Centre & WAN/LAN/WLAN experience Azure Certifications Cloud security protocols Ideal Candidate Proven Azure infrastructure specialist Proactive problem solver and team mentor Passionate about innovation and continuous improvement If you're ready to lead enterprise cloud initiatives and contribute to innovative projects, apply now to take your career to the next level!

A leading healthtech company is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to design and operate cutting-edge real-time AI agent systems. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend engineering, particularly with Python and FastAPI, and expertise in low-latency systems. This fully remote role offers a collaborative environment with a senior technical team and opportunities to work on innovative AI technology. Interested candidates should send their CVs to receive immediate consideration.

A financial services firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 6-month contract. The ideal candidate will have extensive analytical skills and experience in the UK life and pensions domain. Responsibilities include driving medium to complex change initiatives and effectively engaging with stakeholders. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and offers a hybrid work model with a daily rate of £460 inside IR35.

A reputable technology company is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to enhance deployment processes and manage cloud infrastructure effectively. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Microsoft Azure and experience in automating CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include optimizing cloud delivery and collaborating with teams to implement DevOps best practices. The role is office-based in Wokingham, paying £425 per day for a 6-month contract.