Mindera

We are seeking an experienced SAP Infrastructure Architect to support and evolve a complex SAP on-premise estate , primarily centred around SAP ECC . This role will focus on maintaining and optimising the current infrastructure environment while contributing to the strategic programme to migrate core financial functions to SAP S/4HANA . The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the stability, security, and performance of the SAP landscape. They will also help shape improvements in infrastructure processes, particularly around security patching and operational resilience , while operating within a delivery environment largely managed by an external systems integrator. This is a hands-on architecture role suited to someone comfortable operating in a maintenance-heavy environment , while still identifying opportunities to improve, modernise, and influence the future direction of the platform. This is an initial 6 month contract with 3 days a week in Paddington, London. Key Responsibilities Provide infrastructure architecture oversight for a large SAP ECC on-premise landscape supporting critical business functions. Maintain and optimise the SAP infrastructure estate , ensuring stability, reliability, and performance of the environment. Review and improve security patching processes , increasing both effectiveness and patching cadence across the SAP infrastructure stack. Work closely with operational teams and third-party suppliers to ensure best practice infrastructure management and governance . Operate within a supplier-led delivery model , collaborating with and challenging existing delivery partners where appropriate. Identify adjacent improvement opportunities across the SAP platform, including infrastructure optimisation, automation, and resilience enhancements. Provide infrastructure input into the programme migrating core finance capabilities from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA . Ensure SAP infrastructure designs align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and long-term transformation goals . Act as a key technical advisor to stakeholders across infrastructure, SAP applications, and programme teams. Required Experience & Skills Strong SAP infrastructure architecture experience , ideally supporting SAP ECC environments . Deep understanding of SAP on-premise estates , including architecture, hosting, networking, storage, and integration dependencies. Demonstrated experience improving infrastructure security patching processes and governance . Comfortable operating in complex, operationally heavy environments where stability and maintenance are critical. Experience working alongside large systems integrators or managed service providers within enterprise delivery models. Ability to influence technical direction while navigating supplier-dominated delivery environments . Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, suppliers, and business leadership. Understanding of SAP S/4HANA migration programmes , particularly infrastructure implications. Desirable Experience Experience supporting large-scale SAP landscapes in enterprise organisations . Exposure to SAP infrastructure transformation or modernisation initiatives . Familiarity with hybrid infrastructure models (on-premise with cloud integration). Experience improving automation, operational maturity, or infrastructure governance within SAP estates. Competitive day rates Opportunity to work with a leading British multinational retailer Be part of an exciting transformation project

A leading British multinational retailer seeks an experienced SAP Infrastructure Architect to support a complex SAP on-premise estate. This role involves maintaining and optimising the infrastructure while contributing to a migration to SAP S/4HANA. The successful candidate will ensure stability and security, shape improvements in processes, and work closely with operational teams. This is a hands-on role suited to someone comfortable in a maintenance-heavy environment, offering competitive day rates.

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. We are seeking an experienced Java Engineer with strong expertise in IBM Sterling Order Management System (OMS) and Sterling Intelligent Promising (SIP) to join our crew! The role combines backend development and product extension work, enabling intelligent fulfilment, sourcing optimisation, and seamless integration across order channels. You will partner with functional configuration experts and business teams to translate complex fulfilment logic into scalable, maintainable Java components - supporting both Sterling OMS core flows and the SIP decision engine. Please note: this is a six month contract that sits outside IR35. You will be required to work in Paddington 3 days a week. We are looking for someone who is a: Hands on engineer with a deep technical understanding of Sterling OMS and SIP. Comfortable collaborating with both technical and functional teams - bridging configuration and customisation. Analytical and detail-oriented, with strong debugging and optimisation skills. Enthusiastic about improving automation, integration, and reliability in fulfilment systems. Able to work in complex enterprise environments, balancing speed and quality. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain custom Java components that extend IBM Sterling OMS and SIP functionality. Implement and customise workflows, sourcing rules, and fulfilment logic that determine how and where orders are fulfilled. Integrate OMS and SIP with external systems and data sources via APIs, queues, and event driven interfaces. Enhance inventory visibility and sourcing optimisation through SIP configuration and Java based customisation. Develop and maintain automated test frameworks (Cucumber/Java) for validation of order flows and sourcing outcomes. Support continuous integration and delivery pipelines, contributing to the migration from Jenkins to GitHub Actions. Troubleshoot performance, integration, and workflow issues within Sterling OMS and SIP environments. Collaborate with functional configuration teams to align custom code with business rules and system configuration. Core Technical Skills Java (Core and Enterprise) - solid, hands on engineering experience. XML, XSLT, JSON, SQL - for data handling, configuration, and integration. Sterling OMS - deep understanding of architecture, workflows, data models, and extensibility points. Sterling Intelligent Promising (SIP) - working knowledge of configuration, sourcing logic, and integration with OMS. Cucumber (Java) or equivalent test automation tools. CI/CD: Jenkins and GitHub Actions for automated build, test, and deployment. Version control: Git/GitHub. Desirable Skills Experience with SIP features such as real time inventory availability, promise logic, and capacity constraints. Familiarity with API based orchestration between OMS, SIP, and external fulfilment or inventory systems. Exposure to containerised deployments (Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud hosting environments (Azure or AWS). Understanding of monitoring, alerting, and observability tools (New Relic, PagerDuty). Experience with agile delivery and collaboration across distributed teams. Benefits Competitive Rates Friendly and welcoming team Opportunity to work with one of the UK's leading multinational retailers

Mindera is looking for an experienced Java Identity Engineer in London to design and develop secure authentication solutions. The ideal candidate should have extensive Java backend engineering experience and knowledge of IAM, OAuth2, OIDC, and API security. You will collaborate closely with various teams to implement scalable identity solutions and work onsite in Paddington three days a week. Competitive rates and an inclusive team are offered.

We are seeking an experienced Java Identity Engineer to design, develop, and support secure authentication and authorisation solutions across enterprise applications and APIs. The ideal candidate will have strong Java backend engineering experience combined with deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SSO, and API security. You will work closely with architects, security teams, DevOps engineers, and application developers to implement scalable identity solutions and modern authentication frameworks. The successful applicant will need to be onsite in Paddington 3 days a week. Key Responsibilities Design and develop secure identity and access management solutions using Java technologies. Implement and support OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, JWT, and Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations. Develop and maintain authentication and authorization services for enterprise applications and APIs. Integrate IAM platforms such as Keycloak, Okta, ForgeRock, Ping Identity, Auth0, or Azure AD. Build secure RESTful APIs using Java/Spring Boot. Configure and maintain API security policies and token management. Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure compliance with security standards and best practices. Troubleshoot authentication, authorization, and federation issues across distributed systems. Support CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployments. Produce technical documentation, implementation guides, and operational procedures. Participate in code reviews, security reviews, and architectural discussions. Technical Skills Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot. Hands-on experience with OAuth2 and OpenID Connect (OIDC). Knowledge of SAML 2.0, JWT, MFA, RBAC, and identity federation. Experience with Spring Security and API security frameworks. Familiarity with IAM/SSO platforms such as: Keycloak Okta ForgeRock Ping Identity Auth0 Azure Active Directory Experience developing REST APIs and microservices. Understanding of secure coding principles and cybersecurity best practices. Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases. Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Experience with Git, Jenkins, Maven/Gradle, and CI/CD pipelines. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to work independently and within Agile teams. Strong documentation and troubleshooting capabilities. Competitive rates Inclusive team

Mindera is looking for an experienced Java Engineer to join the team in Greater London. This role requires strong expertise in IBM Sterling Order Management System and Sterling Intelligent Promising. The responsibilities include designing and developing custom Java components, implementing workflows, and integrating OMS with external systems via APIs. This is a six-month contract requiring in-office work three days a week, offering competitive rates and the chance to collaborate with leading retailers in the UK.

We have an exciting opportunity for experienced Java developers to join our team! You will have a passion for software development and an excellent understanding of how to define and deliver solutions iteratively and collaboratively. You will be involved in all areas of delivery, with the technical gravitas to mentor and inspire the development team; playing an integral part in helping them continuously improve by sharing your own knowledge, experience and insights. You will be confident in challenging business requirements to ensure you are continuously delivering the best possible outcome, harnessing innovation and driving the adoption of new technologies to deliver business value. Your vision and ambition will contribute to shaping our online technology roadmap, influencing our future technical direction and balancing passion with precision to deliver exceptional online service and solutions for our customers. This is an initial six month contract that sits outside IR35. Please note, you'll be required to work onsite in Paddington, London, for 3 days a week. Expert understanding of Java, knowledge of other JVM languages such as Kotlin is a plus Modern Build Tools including Gradle and Maven Comfortable in designing and Implementing Event Driven / Asynchronous Systems using technologies such as RabbitMQ and Kafka Modern Web Frameworks such as Spring or JavaEE and others Using GIT and other Version Control Software Master of Testing and ensuring quality, performant code using techniques including TDD and BDD and technologies such as Mockito, JUnit, Gatling and Cucumber. Deploying and Running Cloud Based Technologies using providers such as AWS, Azure or GCP using Infrastructure as code techniques using tools like Ansible, Terraform or CloudFormation, Containerization using Docker and Orchestration with Kubernetes Knowledge and Experience of common agile frameworks and practices, including Scum and Kanban Able to work in a DevOps style of working and mentor a team towards it using CI/CD, Automated Testing, Observability, Monitoring and tracing Understands the right data for the right job, can work with Relational (such as Postgres) and Non-relational (DynamoDb, MongoDb) data stores and is at ease when working with JSON and XML technologies We Offer Growth opportunities including access to Udemy Flexible and autonomous working Competitive salary Annual bonus 25 days holiday + bank holidays. After 2 years you are entitled to 1 additional day/year up to 30 days Private Medical Healthcare with Vitality Enhanced pension scheme (up to 8% matched) Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave and pay Conference Budget Annual company team-building trip and Christmas party Retail Discounts Scheme At our office in Leicester we have a wide range of snacks and drinks to keep you fed and healthy About Mindera At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of with people we love. Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world. You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment. Check out our Blog: and our Handbook: Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal Aveiro, Portugal Coimbra, Portugal Leicester, UK San Diego, USA Chennai, India Bengaluru, India Cluj, Romania Blumenau, Brazil Mindera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.

A leading technology company is looking for experienced Java developers to join their team in London. You'll be involved in all delivery areas, mentoring a team and driving innovation. The role requires expertise in Java and cloud-based technologies, with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement. This is an initial six-month contract, requiring onsite work three days a week. The position offers growth opportunities, a competitive salary, and various benefits including medical and pension schemes.

Mindera is looking for an EPOS & SCO Platform Engineer to build, configure, and support in-store point of sale and self-checkout platforms across the estate. You will own the full lifecycle of the systems, ensuring secure and resilient services. Key responsibilities include designing infrastructure, managing environments, and automating deployments. Strong troubleshooting skills and experience with Windows and Linux are essential. This hybrid role requires 3 days at the office in Bracknell with a competitive day rate.

Mindera is seeking a Senior SRE/DevOps practitioner to design and operate cloud platforms for AI-driven products. The role entails defining reusable infrastructure patterns, managing deployment, and ensuring reliability. Applicants should have substantial experience with AWS, Terraform, and AI workload management. Responsibilities include developing platform architecture, maintaining infrastructure, and improving service reliability. Competitive day rates available.

Mindera is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer who enjoys working closely to the business and solving real operational problems. If you're comfortable working with ambiguity and don't need everything perfectly defined before you start, this role will be perfect for you. We are looking for someone who enjoys building agentic AI and automation solutions, but you're also happy upskilling others to build their own as well as being motivated by outcomes and adoption rather than demos or proofs of concept. This is a contract position where 2-3 days per week on site in Central London are expected. What you'll be doing Working alongside business teams to understand their processes, pain points, and constraints Designing and building agentic AI solutions using Copilot Studio, AI Foundry, Power Automate, and Power Apps Building end to end solutions directly for departments or cross functional, enterprise wide use cases Supporting business department champions who are self building their own agents, apps, and automation flows Identifying, designing, and implementing integrations and connectors to internal systems and external services Selecting appropriate integration approaches, including out of the box connectors, custom connectors, or APIs Combining agents, automation, and apps into reliable, production ready workflows Deploying and supporting solutions in production Power Platform environments Providing guidance, reviews, and practical support to non technical business champions Staying accountable for adoption, performance, and real world impact What you'll bring Hands on experience building agentic AI solutions using Copilot Studio and AI Foundry Strong experience with Power Automate, including event driven and long running workflows Experience building Power Apps to support operational processes Proven ability to design and build integrations and custom connectors using APIs, authentication, and data mapping Experience working directly with business stakeholders, including non technical users A practical, delivery focused mindset and comfort working with ambiguity The ability to balance hands on delivery with supporting and enabling others to build safely Experience with AI governance, safety, or evaluation in enterprise environments is a bonus Familiarity with RAG, semantic search, or LLM enabled workflows is a bonus Competitive day rate

Mindera is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work closely with business teams in London. The role involves designing AI solutions, particularly utilizing Copilot Studio and Power Automate. Candidates should have strong experience in AI governance and the ability to support non-technical users in building their own automation solutions. The position requires 2-3 days on-site work per week and offers a competitive day rate.

We're looking for an EPOS & SCO Platform Engineer to build, configure, and support the in-store point of sale and self-checkout platforms across the estate. You'll own the full lifecycle of Travel Money Kiosks, EPOS and Hospitality infrastructure, including till hardware, self-checkout units, peripherals, and backend systems-ensuring services are secure, compliant, resilient, and consistently deployed at scale. You'll automate provisioning, configuration, updates, and monitoring so stores benefit from reliable transaction processing, seamless customer journeys, and minimal downtime. Success means stable retail operations, predictable performance, and confidence from store colleagues, product owners, and operations teams. This is a hybrid role where 3 days per week are expected on site in Bracknell. Role Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain EPOS and SCO infrastructure (Tills, Self-Checkouts, peripherals, controllers) across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux environments. Own the full lifecycle from initial design and requirement capture to deployment, configuration, and ongoing 3rd level support. Create and manage non-production environments to validate changes, patches, and new features before estate-wide rollout. Standardise and automate till provisioning, configuration management, and software deployments across the estate using VBS and PowerShell. Patch and maintain the OS and application layers, ensuring systems are hardened and aligned with security and architectural principles. Drive proactive monitoring and observability, using data to identify and fix issues before they impact the customer checkout experience. Lead Disaster Recovery (DR) validation, maintaining and periodically testing recovery procedures to ensure business continuity across all stores. Skills Essentials Strong troubleshooting and retail support experience. Proven experience designing and supporting scalable, resilient EPOS and SCO platforms. Strong administration skills across Windows 10, Windows 11, and Linux (Ubuntu/Debian or similar). Proficiency in scripting for automation using VBScript and PowerShell. Ability to capture requirements and translate them into formal design and test documentation. Experience managing the full deployment lifecycle, including patching and configuration management. Competitive day rate

We are looking for a senior SRE / DevOps practitioner to design, standardise, and operatecloud platforms that support multiple AI-driven products and services. This role focuses on buildingopinionated, reusable infrastructure patterns that enable teams to rapidly deliver AI workloads while maintaining high standards for reliability, security, and cost control. You will developplatform architecture across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring consistency in how services are deployed, integrated, and operated. This includes shaping how workloads are built, deployed, and monitored, as well as defining clear patterns for service communication, API exposure, and infrastructure provisioning. This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable makingstrong architectural decisions, reducing variability across teams, and balancing flexibility with standardisation in a fast-moving environment. Platform Architecture & Standardisation Define and implementopinionated architecture patternsfor cloud-native and AI-enabled services on AWS Establish reusable blueprints for these same services Drive consistency across multiple projects through shared modules, templates, and platform tooling Infrastructure as Code & Automation Build and maintainTerraform-based infrastructure, using modular and reusable design Define CI/CD patterns for: infrastructure deployment application and model delivery Enforce best practices through pipelines and automation rather than documentation Reliability, Observability & Operations Embed SRE principles across all services: monitoring, logging, tracing SLIs/SLOs and alerting Continuously improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency Operate API gateway/data plane technologies (e.g. Kong) Required Skills & Experience Strong experience operatingAWS-based platforms in production Proven experience withTerraform, including module design and CI/CD integration Hands-on experience withcontainer platforms (ECS preferred; EKS acceptable if adaptable) Experience operatingAPI gateways(Kong or equivalent) Solid understanding ofcloud networking and service discovery patterns Experience supportingmultiple teams or projects on a shared platform Strong troubleshooting and production operations experience AI / Data Platform Experience (Required) Practical experience running or supportingAI/ML workloads in production, such as: model inference services batch processing pipelines integration with LLM APIs or hosted models Understanding of: scaling characteristics of AI workloads cost considerations (compute-heavy workloads, GPU usage, etc.) Familiarity with tooling such as: model serving frameworks data processing pipelines or managed AI services on AWS Competitive day rate

A leading software firm in the UK is seeking a Software Deployment Engineer to deliver and configure software solutions across environments. This hybrid role requires you to be on-site in Bracknell three days a week. You will collaborate with various teams to ensure seamless software deployments, testing, and troubleshooting. Ideal candidates will have experience in deployment, CI/CD processes, and the ability to analyze logs and support distributed systems. Competitive day rate offered.

Mindera are currently looking for a Software Deployment Engineer to deliver, configure, test, and roll out software and device solutions across multiple environments. You'll work closely with software engineers, product teams, and platform specialists to ensure seamless deployments that support millions of customers and thousands of colleagues. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys hands on deployment, automation, configuration, testing, and troubleshooting across a wide technology landscape. This is a hybrid position where you will be expected to be onsite in Bracknell 3 days per week. Deployment & Configuration (Primary Focus) Deploy application releases across Dev, Test, UAT, Pre Prod, and Production environments. Configure applications, services, and devices according to environment needs. Automate deployment activities through CI/CD pipelines and scripting. Manage deployment schedules, releases, and environment readiness. Validate deployments via smoke tests, configuration checks, and post deploy verification. Testing & Quality Assurance Support integration, regression, and end to end testing. Test applications and retail devices (POS, handhelds, Android devices). Perform functional checks, logs analysis, and monitoring to validate successful releases. Work with QA/engineering teams to diagnose issues and ensure release quality. Operational Support Troubleshoot deployment failures, environment differences, and configuration issues. Analyse logs to identify bugs, misconfigurations, or integration problems. Support production systems using observability tools (Dynatrace). Maintain deployment documentation, configuration guides, and environment runbooks. What You Bring Experience deploying and configuring software across multiple environments. Strong understanding of CI/CD processes, pipelines, and release management. Practical experience testing applications and devices (web, Windows, Android). Ability to analyse logs, troubleshoot issues, and support distributed systems. Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating with backend services. Experience with Windows and Android platforms. Knowledge of POS systems, retail devices, or retail domain concepts (advantageous). Ability to read and understand code (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, shell scripts). Experience with containerised deployments (Docker/Kubernetes). Competitive day rate