Overview Do you want to apply data science to one of the most important challenges in health research: enabling safe use of sensitive data at scale? In this role, you'll develop privacy and security controls that protect participants while helping researchers generate insights faster and more safely. Our Future Health is an ambitious collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors, designed to help people live healthier lives for longer through better prevention, earlier detection and improved treatment of diseases. We will speed up the discovery of new methods of early disease detection, and the evaluation of new diagnostic tools, to help identify and treat diseases early, when outcomes are usually better. With over 2.5M volunteers across the UK, we're now the world's biggest health research programme of its kind, and our volunteer group is also more diverse than other, similar health research programmes. Technology and data are central to our mission. Our systems power websites, clinics across the UK, secure analytics and research systems, pipelines that process highly sensitive health and genetic data, and we are continuing to grow our data science capability to support this ambition. To realise our ambition safely, we need to continue developing world-class approaches to data privacy, data security and responsible access to health data. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist specialising in privacy, security and risk modelling, to help design, build and scale data-driven controls that protect participants while enabling cutting-edge research. What you'll do Develop data-driven approaches to disclosure control and safe outputs review, supporting the scaling of our TRE (Trusted Research Environment) Airlock. This may include building algorithms and automated review tools to classify outputs, detect potentially disclosive content, identify patterns of risk, and provide explainable decision support for human reviewers. Work directly with Airlock reviewers and operational users to understand where automation can help, where human judgement is essential, and how tools should be designed to support consistent, auditable and proportionate decisions. Contribute to our approach to de-identification and re-identification risk assessment, helping us assess how privacy risk changes across datasets, access models and analytical outputs. Help us develop our approaches to safe AI using health data, including how we assess and manage privacy risks associated with trained models. Explore and develop approaches to synthetic data generation, assessing how synthetic data can be used safely and usefully, and how to evaluate the privacy, fidelity and utility trade-offs of different approaches. Collaborate with our Information Security team on data-driven security control assessment, threat detection and monitoring approaches, including identifying signals of risky behaviour, anomalous activity or misuse of data access environments, and cyber risk quantification. Build prototypes and production-quality code, working with engineers to turn promising approaches into robust, maintainable and auditable tools. Work closely with governance, legal, ethics and operational colleagues to ensure technical controls fulfil their requirements. Keep up with emerging methods in statistical disclosure control, privacy-enhancing technologies, AI security, synthetic data, de-identification and privacy-preserving computation. This role will be fully hybrid with the expectation we get together in our Holborn, London office at least once per month. Eligibility and qualifications We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria, so if you have most of the below, we'd like to hear from you: Significant experience applying data science, machine learning, statistical modelling or advanced analytics to complex real-world datasets. Strong applied statistical expertise, including the ability to quantify risk and uncertainty, evaluate assumptions, design validation approaches, interpret imperfect or incomplete evidence, and communicate the limitations of statistical or machine learning models. Strong Python skills and experience writing maintainable, production-quality code. Experience working in cross-functional teams with software engineers, data engineers or platform teams to design and deliver data products, pipelines, analytical services or decision-support tools. A user-focused approach to technical delivery: you are comfortable working with people who operate, review, govern or depend on data systems, and can translate their needs into technical requirements. Applied machine learning experience and understanding of common privacy attacks against data and models, such as memorisation, membership inference, attribute inference, model inversion or leakage through model outputs. Exposure to privacy-preserving machine learning, privacy-enhancing technologies or adjacent research areas (e.g. federated learning, secure aggregation, differential privacy, or confidential computing) Experience working with sensitive, confidential or regulated data and a strong understanding of privacy, confidentiality or information security risks. Ability to translate ambiguous operational, governance or security problems into clear data science questions and practical technical requirements. Good communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-specialist stakeholders. A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset It would be a bonus if you have any of the following experience: Working with health data or biomedical research data, electronic health records, and ideally genomic data. Developing models, algorithms or rule-based systems that support human decision-making, ideally where explainability, auditability and risk management are important. Anomaly detection, behavioural analytics, security monitoring or detection engineering. Risk quantification methods from fields such as actuarial science, epidemiology, operational research, or cyber risk. Familiarity with UK data protection, research governance or health data access expectations. Experience with PETs or privacy-preserving ML frameworks such as Flower, Opacus, TensorFlow Federated or similar. Cloud platforms, containerisation, CI/CD, MLOps or production ML systems. Experience evaluating synthetic data using both utility and privacy metrics. Hiring Process We feel hiring should be transparent and give you a real sense for what Our Future Health is like. Here's what you can expect: Initial chat with our Talent team (30 min) to get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions you have. 1st interview with our Head of Data Operations (25 min) - this is an opportunity to meet your potential line manager and for you both to align on role expectations. Technical interview with 2-3 members from our tech and data teams (60 min). This will include a short task you'll need to prepare in advance of the interview and is designed to get a sense for how you'd approach the real-world responsibilities of this role. Final stage competency interview (60 min) with a small cross-functional panel of your potential new stakeholders. This will focus on how you collaborate, work with stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity and challenges in real-world projects. Competitive base salary from £80,000 Generous Pension Scheme - We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12% 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays - Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you Enhanced Parental Leave - Supporting you during life's biggest moments Cycle to Work Scheme - Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice Home & Tech Savings - Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice EV Scheme - Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus - Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board! Wellbeing Support - Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family A Great Place to Work - We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements Join us - let's prevent disease together. We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early. At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at
11/07/2026
Full time
Overview Do you want to apply data science to one of the most important challenges in health research: enabling safe use of sensitive data at scale? In this role, you'll develop privacy and security controls that protect participants while helping researchers generate insights faster and more safely. Our Future Health is an ambitious collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors, designed to help people live healthier lives for longer through better prevention, earlier detection and improved treatment of diseases. We will speed up the discovery of new methods of early disease detection, and the evaluation of new diagnostic tools, to help identify and treat diseases early, when outcomes are usually better. With over 2.5M volunteers across the UK, we're now the world's biggest health research programme of its kind, and our volunteer group is also more diverse than other, similar health research programmes. Technology and data are central to our mission. Our systems power websites, clinics across the UK, secure analytics and research systems, pipelines that process highly sensitive health and genetic data, and we are continuing to grow our data science capability to support this ambition. To realise our ambition safely, we need to continue developing world-class approaches to data privacy, data security and responsible access to health data. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist specialising in privacy, security and risk modelling, to help design, build and scale data-driven controls that protect participants while enabling cutting-edge research. What you'll do Develop data-driven approaches to disclosure control and safe outputs review, supporting the scaling of our TRE (Trusted Research Environment) Airlock. This may include building algorithms and automated review tools to classify outputs, detect potentially disclosive content, identify patterns of risk, and provide explainable decision support for human reviewers. Work directly with Airlock reviewers and operational users to understand where automation can help, where human judgement is essential, and how tools should be designed to support consistent, auditable and proportionate decisions. Contribute to our approach to de-identification and re-identification risk assessment, helping us assess how privacy risk changes across datasets, access models and analytical outputs. Help us develop our approaches to safe AI using health data, including how we assess and manage privacy risks associated with trained models. Explore and develop approaches to synthetic data generation, assessing how synthetic data can be used safely and usefully, and how to evaluate the privacy, fidelity and utility trade-offs of different approaches. Collaborate with our Information Security team on data-driven security control assessment, threat detection and monitoring approaches, including identifying signals of risky behaviour, anomalous activity or misuse of data access environments, and cyber risk quantification. Build prototypes and production-quality code, working with engineers to turn promising approaches into robust, maintainable and auditable tools. Work closely with governance, legal, ethics and operational colleagues to ensure technical controls fulfil their requirements. Keep up with emerging methods in statistical disclosure control, privacy-enhancing technologies, AI security, synthetic data, de-identification and privacy-preserving computation. This role will be fully hybrid with the expectation we get together in our Holborn, London office at least once per month. Eligibility and qualifications We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria, so if you have most of the below, we'd like to hear from you: Significant experience applying data science, machine learning, statistical modelling or advanced analytics to complex real-world datasets. Strong applied statistical expertise, including the ability to quantify risk and uncertainty, evaluate assumptions, design validation approaches, interpret imperfect or incomplete evidence, and communicate the limitations of statistical or machine learning models. Strong Python skills and experience writing maintainable, production-quality code. Experience working in cross-functional teams with software engineers, data engineers or platform teams to design and deliver data products, pipelines, analytical services or decision-support tools. A user-focused approach to technical delivery: you are comfortable working with people who operate, review, govern or depend on data systems, and can translate their needs into technical requirements. Applied machine learning experience and understanding of common privacy attacks against data and models, such as memorisation, membership inference, attribute inference, model inversion or leakage through model outputs. Exposure to privacy-preserving machine learning, privacy-enhancing technologies or adjacent research areas (e.g. federated learning, secure aggregation, differential privacy, or confidential computing) Experience working with sensitive, confidential or regulated data and a strong understanding of privacy, confidentiality or information security risks. Ability to translate ambiguous operational, governance or security problems into clear data science questions and practical technical requirements. Good communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-specialist stakeholders. A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset It would be a bonus if you have any of the following experience: Working with health data or biomedical research data, electronic health records, and ideally genomic data. Developing models, algorithms or rule-based systems that support human decision-making, ideally where explainability, auditability and risk management are important. Anomaly detection, behavioural analytics, security monitoring or detection engineering. Risk quantification methods from fields such as actuarial science, epidemiology, operational research, or cyber risk. Familiarity with UK data protection, research governance or health data access expectations. Experience with PETs or privacy-preserving ML frameworks such as Flower, Opacus, TensorFlow Federated or similar. Cloud platforms, containerisation, CI/CD, MLOps or production ML systems. Experience evaluating synthetic data using both utility and privacy metrics. Hiring Process We feel hiring should be transparent and give you a real sense for what Our Future Health is like. Here's what you can expect: Initial chat with our Talent team (30 min) to get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions you have. 1st interview with our Head of Data Operations (25 min) - this is an opportunity to meet your potential line manager and for you both to align on role expectations. Technical interview with 2-3 members from our tech and data teams (60 min). This will include a short task you'll need to prepare in advance of the interview and is designed to get a sense for how you'd approach the real-world responsibilities of this role. Final stage competency interview (60 min) with a small cross-functional panel of your potential new stakeholders. This will focus on how you collaborate, work with stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity and challenges in real-world projects. Competitive base salary from £80,000 Generous Pension Scheme - We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12% 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays - Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you Enhanced Parental Leave - Supporting you during life's biggest moments Cycle to Work Scheme - Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice Home & Tech Savings - Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice EV Scheme - Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus - Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board! Wellbeing Support - Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family A Great Place to Work - We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements Join us - let's prevent disease together. We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early. At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at
Application deadline: We accept submissions until 16 January 2026. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage early submissions. The opportunity Join our new AGI safety monitoring team and help transform complex AI research into practical tools that reduce risks from AI. As a Full Stack Engineer, you'll work closely with our CEO, monitoring engineers and Evals team software engineers to build tools that make AI agent safety accessible at scale. We are building tools that monitor AI coding agents for safety and security failures. You will join a small team and will have significant ability to shape the team & tech, and have the ability to earn responsibility quickly. You will like this opportunity if You care about building tools that genuinely make AI agents safer and you thrive in high-paced environments and enjoy closely working with researchers. Tool Development Collaborate with the team lead to refine tool requirements, and translate them into technical specifications and architectures Design, develop, and maintain features across the full stack, from responsive front-end interfaces (e.g. using React) to scalable backend services in Python Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that meets our high standards for security and performance. Talk to users to understand their use-cases and needs Back-End Development Design and implement scalable backend services that can process and analyze large volumes of AI agent logs Implement RESTful APIs and data processing pipelines for AI agent logs Implement secure API endpoints that allow users to integrate our tools into their workflows Build monitoring and logging systems to ensure reliability and performance Front-End Development Build intuitive user interfaces that help users understand and act on AI agent safety & security evaluations Develop interactive data visualizations that effectively communicate complex AI behaviors, e.g. hour-long coding agent trajectories Ensure responsive design and cross-browser compatibility for users Implement authentication, authorization, and other security measures to protect sensitive users data Collaboration & Communication Work side-by-side with our researchers and software engineers. We're "our own customer" since our researchers use our tools Participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality Document technical decisions and implementations to facilitate knowledge sharing Contribute to technical discussions about architecture, technology choices, and implementation approaches Help the monitoring team grow by sharing your own knowledge, offer thoughtful feedback and participate in trade off discussions Job Requirements 3+ years experience as a Full Stack Engineer building production applications Strong proficiency in front-end development, e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript or ReactSolid Python experience for backend development with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django Experience designing RESTful APIs and working with databases, e.g. using SQL Familiarity with cloud services and containerization technologies, e.g. Docker, AWS, Google Cloud Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly Bonus Has taken a product from 0 to 1, from conception to production Has been responsible for the development of a tool, e.g. leading engineer Familiarity with ML/AI concepts or developer tools for AI applications Experience with evaluation frameworks for AI systems Previous work on developer tools or APIs, e.g. B2B SaaS tools Experience building data streaming, data processing or observability tools Experience building software for security use cases. What you'll accomplish in your first year Develop and scale at least one monitoring tool. We have an MVP of our AI agent safety & security monitoring tool and now want to scale it from 0.5 to 1 and beyond. Build scalable, production-ready infrastructure for processing and analyzing AI agent trajectories, ensuring our systems can handle high throughput from our users, in a secure and stable manner. Create intuitive visualizations and dashboards that translate complex AI safety metrics into actionable insights for technical (e.g. CISOs) and non-technical stakeholders alike. Representative Project AI agent real-time monitoring system: AI agents are already deployed at scale. Often they are not or only barely monitored, missing critical failures. The natural response to this is to build monitors that constantly scale agent outputs and alert developers and/or security teams about potential risks. We will cover hundreds of failure modes in AI safety and security and build out many kinds of monitors (e.g. hierarchical, ensembles, agentic). Benefits Salary: 100k - 180k GBP ( 135k - 245k USD) Flexible work hours and schedule Unlimited vacation Unlimited sick leave Lunch, dinner, and snacks are provided for all employees on workdays Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business trips, and relevant conferences A yearly $1,000 (USD) professional development budget Logistics Start Date: Target of 2-3 months after the first interview Time Allocation: Full-time Location: The office is in London, and the building is next to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) offices. This is an in-person role. In rare situations, we may consider partially remote arrangements on a case-by-case basis. Work Visas: We can sponsor UK visas Equality Statement Apollo Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
11/07/2026
Full time
Application deadline: We accept submissions until 16 January 2026. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage early submissions. The opportunity Join our new AGI safety monitoring team and help transform complex AI research into practical tools that reduce risks from AI. As a Full Stack Engineer, you'll work closely with our CEO, monitoring engineers and Evals team software engineers to build tools that make AI agent safety accessible at scale. We are building tools that monitor AI coding agents for safety and security failures. You will join a small team and will have significant ability to shape the team & tech, and have the ability to earn responsibility quickly. You will like this opportunity if You care about building tools that genuinely make AI agents safer and you thrive in high-paced environments and enjoy closely working with researchers. Tool Development Collaborate with the team lead to refine tool requirements, and translate them into technical specifications and architectures Design, develop, and maintain features across the full stack, from responsive front-end interfaces (e.g. using React) to scalable backend services in Python Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that meets our high standards for security and performance. Talk to users to understand their use-cases and needs Back-End Development Design and implement scalable backend services that can process and analyze large volumes of AI agent logs Implement RESTful APIs and data processing pipelines for AI agent logs Implement secure API endpoints that allow users to integrate our tools into their workflows Build monitoring and logging systems to ensure reliability and performance Front-End Development Build intuitive user interfaces that help users understand and act on AI agent safety & security evaluations Develop interactive data visualizations that effectively communicate complex AI behaviors, e.g. hour-long coding agent trajectories Ensure responsive design and cross-browser compatibility for users Implement authentication, authorization, and other security measures to protect sensitive users data Collaboration & Communication Work side-by-side with our researchers and software engineers. We're "our own customer" since our researchers use our tools Participate in code reviews to maintain high code quality Document technical decisions and implementations to facilitate knowledge sharing Contribute to technical discussions about architecture, technology choices, and implementation approaches Help the monitoring team grow by sharing your own knowledge, offer thoughtful feedback and participate in trade off discussions Job Requirements 3+ years experience as a Full Stack Engineer building production applications Strong proficiency in front-end development, e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript or ReactSolid Python experience for backend development with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django Experience designing RESTful APIs and working with databases, e.g. using SQL Familiarity with cloud services and containerization technologies, e.g. Docker, AWS, Google Cloud Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly Bonus Has taken a product from 0 to 1, from conception to production Has been responsible for the development of a tool, e.g. leading engineer Familiarity with ML/AI concepts or developer tools for AI applications Experience with evaluation frameworks for AI systems Previous work on developer tools or APIs, e.g. B2B SaaS tools Experience building data streaming, data processing or observability tools Experience building software for security use cases. What you'll accomplish in your first year Develop and scale at least one monitoring tool. We have an MVP of our AI agent safety & security monitoring tool and now want to scale it from 0.5 to 1 and beyond. Build scalable, production-ready infrastructure for processing and analyzing AI agent trajectories, ensuring our systems can handle high throughput from our users, in a secure and stable manner. Create intuitive visualizations and dashboards that translate complex AI safety metrics into actionable insights for technical (e.g. CISOs) and non-technical stakeholders alike. Representative Project AI agent real-time monitoring system: AI agents are already deployed at scale. Often they are not or only barely monitored, missing critical failures. The natural response to this is to build monitors that constantly scale agent outputs and alert developers and/or security teams about potential risks. We will cover hundreds of failure modes in AI safety and security and build out many kinds of monitors (e.g. hierarchical, ensembles, agentic). Benefits Salary: 100k - 180k GBP ( 135k - 245k USD) Flexible work hours and schedule Unlimited vacation Unlimited sick leave Lunch, dinner, and snacks are provided for all employees on workdays Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business trips, and relevant conferences A yearly $1,000 (USD) professional development budget Logistics Start Date: Target of 2-3 months after the first interview Time Allocation: Full-time Location: The office is in London, and the building is next to the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) offices. This is an in-person role. In rare situations, we may consider partially remote arrangements on a case-by-case basis. Work Visas: We can sponsor UK visas Equality Statement Apollo Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Role Summary We areseekinga skilled and passionate Threat Researcher with deepexpertiseinWindows basedthreatbehaviors, particularly having a strong understandingonmemory-resident threats. In this role, you will be at the forefront of detecting and understanding emerging attack techniques, developing behavioral-based protection strategies, and enhancing our real-time protection capabilities. Your insights and contributions will directlyimpact onthe security posture of millions of users worldwide. What You Will Do Analyze malware behaviors aligned with MITRE ATT&CK TTPs (and beyond), covering the full attacklifecycle,including initial access vectors, executiontechniques,payload delivery-with a strong focus on in-memory techniques, fileless malware, and evasive behaviors. Research andidentifybehavioral techniques employed by novel and sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) andtranslate these insights into effective behavioral protection rules to enhance prevention capabilities. Drive protection coverage for zero-day malware and novel attack techniques. Work independently with minimal supervision while managing priority protection tasks. Review and provide actionable feedback on detection logic and code developed by fellow researchers. Collaborate with the team to define clear protection priorities and deliver updates to customersin a timely manner. Produce quality threat analysis reports for both internal and external audience. What You Will Bring Proven hands-on experience in Windows based malware analysis using both static and dynamic analysis tools such as usingIDAProandWindbg. Deep understanding of behavioral techniques, memory injection methods, persistence mechanisms, and evasion tactics. Ability to write robust, high-quality behavioral protection rules. Demonstrated programming experience, preferably Python, Lua. Experience working in a fast-pacedthreatresearch or security operations environment. Strong communication skills and the ability to provide technical mentorship to peers. Proactive, self-driven mindset with the ability to lead in criticalincidentor zero-day response scenarios. In Canada, the base salary for this role ranges from $129,000 to $215,000. In addition to base salary, we offer additional compensation including bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate's specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Ready to Join Us? At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back -we encourage you to apply. What's Great About Sophos? Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship. Our people - we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing Our Commitment To You We're proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. Data Protection If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos' data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered Sophos
11/07/2026
Full time
Role Summary We areseekinga skilled and passionate Threat Researcher with deepexpertiseinWindows basedthreatbehaviors, particularly having a strong understandingonmemory-resident threats. In this role, you will be at the forefront of detecting and understanding emerging attack techniques, developing behavioral-based protection strategies, and enhancing our real-time protection capabilities. Your insights and contributions will directlyimpact onthe security posture of millions of users worldwide. What You Will Do Analyze malware behaviors aligned with MITRE ATT&CK TTPs (and beyond), covering the full attacklifecycle,including initial access vectors, executiontechniques,payload delivery-with a strong focus on in-memory techniques, fileless malware, and evasive behaviors. Research andidentifybehavioral techniques employed by novel and sophisticated Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) andtranslate these insights into effective behavioral protection rules to enhance prevention capabilities. Drive protection coverage for zero-day malware and novel attack techniques. Work independently with minimal supervision while managing priority protection tasks. Review and provide actionable feedback on detection logic and code developed by fellow researchers. Collaborate with the team to define clear protection priorities and deliver updates to customersin a timely manner. Produce quality threat analysis reports for both internal and external audience. What You Will Bring Proven hands-on experience in Windows based malware analysis using both static and dynamic analysis tools such as usingIDAProandWindbg. Deep understanding of behavioral techniques, memory injection methods, persistence mechanisms, and evasion tactics. Ability to write robust, high-quality behavioral protection rules. Demonstrated programming experience, preferably Python, Lua. Experience working in a fast-pacedthreatresearch or security operations environment. Strong communication skills and the ability to provide technical mentorship to peers. Proactive, self-driven mindset with the ability to lead in criticalincidentor zero-day response scenarios. In Canada, the base salary for this role ranges from $129,000 to $215,000. In addition to base salary, we offer additional compensation including bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits package. A candidate's specific pay within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including job-related skills, training, location, experience, relevant education, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Ready to Join Us? At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back -we encourage you to apply. What's Great About Sophos? Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship. Our people - we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing Our Commitment To You We're proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we're committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. Data Protection If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos' data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered Sophos
Cambridge, UK Full-time Permanent Hybrid We will also consider part-time applications for this role. Please indicate your preferred working schedule in your cover letter. About us Riverlane's mission is to master quantum error correction (QEC) and unlock a new age of human progress. From advances in material and climate science, to complex chemistry simulation for new drug design, quantum computers will help humanity solve some of its most important challenges. But without QEC, the industry's defining technical challenge, such breakthroughs can never be achieved. Riverlane is the world leader in QEC technology. QEC is a complex problem that requires a range of skills, talent and passion. Having raised more than $125M in funding to date to accelerate our cutting edge R&D in quantum error correction (QEC), Riverlane partners with many of the world's leading quantum hardware providers and government agencies to make fault tolerant quantum computing a reality. We are making remarkable progress and growing fast. About the role Deltakit is Riverlane's open source software development kit (SDK) for QEC which is designed to help researchers build, test and run QEC workflows as the field of quantum computing rapidly evolves. You'll sit right at the heart of Deltakit, working closely with users, partners and cross functional teams to deeply understand real world challenges and translate them into a compelling product direction. You'll use a blend of user insight, product data and market context to cut through complexity and focus on what matters most. You'll own and evolve Deltakit's strategy and roadmap, bringing together engineering, research, business development and marketing around a shared vision. You'll strike the balance between bold, long term ambition and what's realistically achievable today, helping us build for the future of quantum computing while delivering value right now. Beyond the roadmap, you'll play a key role in bringing Deltakit to life for the community. From supporting launches to engaging directly with users, you'll shape how we show up, tell our story, and communicate the product's value in a way that excites and inspires people to build with it. What you will do Engage with users, partners and the open source community to gather insight and feedback Analyse product usage, developer behaviour and the broader ecosystem to inform priorities Define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmap Prioritise features and improvements to drive developer adoption and engagement Align cross functional teams and guide product and technical trade offs Develop product collateral, and ensuring strong documentation and onboarding experiences Monitor delivery progress and adapt plans as needed Drive community engagement and identify opportunities for growth and new use cases What we need Experience working in a B2B product role, or a closely related position with ownership of product direction and prioritisation Experience operating in a deep tech environment with complex, evolving problems A degree in engineering or science, or equivalent practical experience Confidence going technically deep to understand product capabilities, limitations and real world usage The ability to navigate complex trade offs and shape product strategies that balance user value with feasibility High emotional intelligence, with strong active listening, critical thinking and creative problem solving skills The ability to work cross functionally, influencing without authority and building trusted relationships Comfort working in ambiguity and adapting direction in a fast paced, evolving environment Excitement for building a product in a new space within technology Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills, with the ability to tailor to your style to different audiences A proactive mindset, able to identify opportunities and take initiative to drive improvements Even better if you have Experience working on open source software products Experience building software products that interface with hardware products Experience shipping developer tools (SDKs, libraries, APIs, or CLIs) What can you expect from us A comprehensive benefits package that includes an annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, and a contributory pension scheme Equity, so that our team can share in the long term success of Riverlane 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave A diverse work environment that brings together experts in many fields (including software and hardware development, quantum information theory, physics and maths) and over 20 different nationalities A learning environment that encourages individual, team and company growth and development, including a regular programme of learning events and training and conference budgets Everyone is welcome at Riverlane. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from eligible and suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity. Women and other underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a role unless they meet all or nearly all of the requirements. If this applies to you, we still encourage you to apply - you may be a great fit, even if you don't meet every single qualification. We'd love to hear from you. If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, please let us know. We will be happy to help. GDPR notice: Riverlane collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If you are a European Job Applicant see the privacy notice for further details.
11/07/2026
Full time
Cambridge, UK Full-time Permanent Hybrid We will also consider part-time applications for this role. Please indicate your preferred working schedule in your cover letter. About us Riverlane's mission is to master quantum error correction (QEC) and unlock a new age of human progress. From advances in material and climate science, to complex chemistry simulation for new drug design, quantum computers will help humanity solve some of its most important challenges. But without QEC, the industry's defining technical challenge, such breakthroughs can never be achieved. Riverlane is the world leader in QEC technology. QEC is a complex problem that requires a range of skills, talent and passion. Having raised more than $125M in funding to date to accelerate our cutting edge R&D in quantum error correction (QEC), Riverlane partners with many of the world's leading quantum hardware providers and government agencies to make fault tolerant quantum computing a reality. We are making remarkable progress and growing fast. About the role Deltakit is Riverlane's open source software development kit (SDK) for QEC which is designed to help researchers build, test and run QEC workflows as the field of quantum computing rapidly evolves. You'll sit right at the heart of Deltakit, working closely with users, partners and cross functional teams to deeply understand real world challenges and translate them into a compelling product direction. You'll use a blend of user insight, product data and market context to cut through complexity and focus on what matters most. You'll own and evolve Deltakit's strategy and roadmap, bringing together engineering, research, business development and marketing around a shared vision. You'll strike the balance between bold, long term ambition and what's realistically achievable today, helping us build for the future of quantum computing while delivering value right now. Beyond the roadmap, you'll play a key role in bringing Deltakit to life for the community. From supporting launches to engaging directly with users, you'll shape how we show up, tell our story, and communicate the product's value in a way that excites and inspires people to build with it. What you will do Engage with users, partners and the open source community to gather insight and feedback Analyse product usage, developer behaviour and the broader ecosystem to inform priorities Define and communicate product vision, strategy and roadmap Prioritise features and improvements to drive developer adoption and engagement Align cross functional teams and guide product and technical trade offs Develop product collateral, and ensuring strong documentation and onboarding experiences Monitor delivery progress and adapt plans as needed Drive community engagement and identify opportunities for growth and new use cases What we need Experience working in a B2B product role, or a closely related position with ownership of product direction and prioritisation Experience operating in a deep tech environment with complex, evolving problems A degree in engineering or science, or equivalent practical experience Confidence going technically deep to understand product capabilities, limitations and real world usage The ability to navigate complex trade offs and shape product strategies that balance user value with feasibility High emotional intelligence, with strong active listening, critical thinking and creative problem solving skills The ability to work cross functionally, influencing without authority and building trusted relationships Comfort working in ambiguity and adapting direction in a fast paced, evolving environment Excitement for building a product in a new space within technology Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills, with the ability to tailor to your style to different audiences A proactive mindset, able to identify opportunities and take initiative to drive improvements Even better if you have Experience working on open source software products Experience building software products that interface with hardware products Experience shipping developer tools (SDKs, libraries, APIs, or CLIs) What can you expect from us A comprehensive benefits package that includes an annual bonus plan, private medical insurance, life insurance, and a contributory pension scheme Equity, so that our team can share in the long term success of Riverlane 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave A diverse work environment that brings together experts in many fields (including software and hardware development, quantum information theory, physics and maths) and over 20 different nationalities A learning environment that encourages individual, team and company growth and development, including a regular programme of learning events and training and conference budgets Everyone is welcome at Riverlane. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from eligible and suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity. Women and other underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a role unless they meet all or nearly all of the requirements. If this applies to you, we still encourage you to apply - you may be a great fit, even if you don't meet every single qualification. We'd love to hear from you. If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, please let us know. We will be happy to help. GDPR notice: Riverlane collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. If you are a European Job Applicant see the privacy notice for further details.
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
City, Newcastle Upon Tyne
*SC or Eligible for SC* Senior User Researcher 12 months + contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid based - Newcastle or London or Leeds or Manchester or Blackpool or Sheffield - Flexible Rate - £Market Rates p/d via Umbrella We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a number of Senior User Researcher's on a long term program of work. As a Senior User Researcher, you will play a critical role in shaping digital public services by ensuring they are grounded in genuine user needs. You will lead the design, planning, and execution of research programmes across complex services, working within Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working. You will operate across multiple phases of delivery - Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live -providing actionable insights that influence service design, policy decisions, and delivery priorities. You will collaborate closely with designers, product managers, business analysts, and technical teams to ensure user-centred design is Embedded within agile workflows. Key Responsibilities: * Plan and design comprehensive user research programmes, testing both high-level concepts and detailed service interactions * Conduct research across all phases: Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live, ensuring continuous user insight * Lead contextual research and discovery phase activities, including ethnographic research and field studies * Apply a broad range of qualitative and quantitative research methods (eg, usability testing, surveys, interviews, analytics) * Analyse and synthesise research findings to produce clear, actionable insights and recommendations * Work within GDS standards, ensuring research outputs meet government service assessment criteria * Embed user-centred design practices within agile, multidisciplinary teams * Collaborate with stakeholders to influence product strategy, service design, and policy decisions * Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring services meet diverse user needs * Communicate findings effectively through reports, presentations, workshops, and stakeholder engagement * Mentor and support junior researchers and contribute to wider research community practices * Ensure research is conducted ethically and in compliance with data protection and governance standards Key Skills & Experience: * Strong experience working as a Senior User Researcher within Central Government, with deep understanding of GDS ways of working * Proven ability to plan and deliver end-to-end user research programmes * Demonstrable expertise in a wide range of user research methods * Strong experience conducting contextual and discovery research * Proven experience of both qualitative and quantitative data analysis * Experience working across all phases of service delivery: Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live * Strong understanding of user-centred design principles and how to embed them into agile delivery * Experience working within multidisciplinary agile teams * Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills * Ability to translate complex research findings into clear, actionable insights Desirable skills/knowledge/experience: * Holding Active SC Clearance, previously held clearance, or SC eligible * Experience in large-scale government transformation programmes * Familiarity with service design and accessibility standards (eg, WCAG) * Experience contributing to service assessments and governance processes * Knowledge of analytics tools (eg, Google Analytics) and data-driven research methods * Experience mentoring or leading research teams * Ability to work effectively in hybrid and distributed team environments This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.
10/07/2026
Contractor
*SC or Eligible for SC* Senior User Researcher 12 months + contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid based - Newcastle or London or Leeds or Manchester or Blackpool or Sheffield - Flexible Rate - £Market Rates p/d via Umbrella We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a number of Senior User Researcher's on a long term program of work. As a Senior User Researcher, you will play a critical role in shaping digital public services by ensuring they are grounded in genuine user needs. You will lead the design, planning, and execution of research programmes across complex services, working within Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working. You will operate across multiple phases of delivery - Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live -providing actionable insights that influence service design, policy decisions, and delivery priorities. You will collaborate closely with designers, product managers, business analysts, and technical teams to ensure user-centred design is Embedded within agile workflows. Key Responsibilities: * Plan and design comprehensive user research programmes, testing both high-level concepts and detailed service interactions * Conduct research across all phases: Discovery, Alpha, Beta, and Live, ensuring continuous user insight * Lead contextual research and discovery phase activities, including ethnographic research and field studies * Apply a broad range of qualitative and quantitative research methods (eg, usability testing, surveys, interviews, analytics) * Analyse and synthesise research findings to produce clear, actionable insights and recommendations * Work within GDS standards, ensuring research outputs meet government service assessment criteria * Embed user-centred design practices within agile, multidisciplinary teams * Collaborate with stakeholders to influence product strategy, service design, and policy decisions * Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring services meet diverse user needs * Communicate findings effectively through reports, presentations, workshops, and stakeholder engagement * Mentor and support junior researchers and contribute to wider research community practices * Ensure research is conducted ethically and in compliance with data protection and governance standards Key Skills & Experience: * Strong experience working as a Senior User Researcher within Central Government, with deep understanding of GDS ways of working * Proven ability to plan and deliver end-to-end user research programmes * Demonstrable expertise in a wide range of user research methods * Strong experience conducting contextual and discovery research * Proven experience of both qualitative and quantitative data analysis * Experience working across all phases of service delivery: Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live * Strong understanding of user-centred design principles and how to embed them into agile delivery * Experience working within multidisciplinary agile teams * Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills * Ability to translate complex research findings into clear, actionable insights Desirable skills/knowledge/experience: * Holding Active SC Clearance, previously held clearance, or SC eligible * Experience in large-scale government transformation programmes * Familiarity with service design and accessibility standards (eg, WCAG) * Experience contributing to service assessments and governance processes * Knowledge of analytics tools (eg, Google Analytics) and data-driven research methods * Experience mentoring or leading research teams * Ability to work effectively in hybrid and distributed team environments This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world's most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance. A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience. Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: User Researcher - Active SC Clearance Duration: 6 months Location: Telford 2 days on site Rate:380BP/Day(Inside IR35) Job Description: Team description This role is responsible for the vision, definition and quality of complex, business critical products and services, for the CIP team. Role description CIP user researchers plan, design and carry out research activities with over 2000 internal users that help us gain a deep understanding of the people that use CIP's data services. This research informs how the proposition, service, content and interaction design is shaped so that services work well for users and achieve the policy's intent. The services that we build are designed to last and to be reusable across multiple policies/user groups. Add a note on working with existing user research and take it forward. Desired behaviours Be proactive Prioritise people over processes Drive lean results (bring change gradually and continuously); understand the value Be evidence driven Advocate for doing the right thing Help others understand your work through co-participatory design, pairing, demos and documentation Make complex look and sound simple Proactive listening Be kind and convincing Knowledge & experience Experience working as a User Researcher in a fast paced commercial environment. Essential Planning research sessions and defining research roadmaps Research Operations: facilitating recruitment and incentives and advising on software and tooling when required Analysing data and communicating actionable insights to the team and stakeholders Demonstrating the value of user research: engaging sceptical clients and team members and helping immature teams to embed user research practices into their agile workflow Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to set objectives and hypotheses for research Comfortable working with remote teams. Desirable Prior experience working in projects related to data-driven decision making. Skills Analysis and synthesis. You understand how to apply basic techniques for the analysis of research data and synthesis of findings. You know how to involve your team in analysis and synthesis. You can present clear findings that colleagues can understand and use. (Relevant skill level: working) Inclusive research. You understand the diversity of internal users of government services and the need to make services usable and accessible for everyone. You can work with colleagues to include many kinds of users in appropriate research activities. (Relevant skill level: working) Research skills. You understand and have experience of basic user research methods including qualitative and quantitative methods. You know when to use those methods and how to apply them correctly. You know how to involve your team in research activities. (Relevant skill level: working) Usability testing. You can define test scripts and facilitate usability tests, gather data and analyse it to create recommendations to improve user experience. Society and technology. You understand the social and technological context for government services. You can align user research activities to help your team understand changing user behaviour. (Relevant skill level: working) Strategic insight. You understand what problem the team is trying to solve. You can align user research activities to inform decision making and action. (Relevant skill level: working) Technical understanding. You have some knowledge of the technologies used to build and operate digital services. You understand the different technical roles in a digital team. (Relevant skill level: working) Agile practices. You know how to work with colleagues to plan and do continuous user research in a multidisciplinary team working on agile delivery teams. (Relevant skill level: working) User-centred: You understand and have experience of a range of user-centred practices. You are able to bring the insight from those practices to delivery teams and work with them to continuously improve the user's experience of our products and services. You understand the difference between user-centric and user-led. (Relevant skill level: working) If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
10/07/2026
Contractor
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: User Researcher - Active SC Clearance Duration: 6 months Location: Telford 2 days on site Rate:380BP/Day(Inside IR35) Job Description: Team description This role is responsible for the vision, definition and quality of complex, business critical products and services, for the CIP team. Role description CIP user researchers plan, design and carry out research activities with over 2000 internal users that help us gain a deep understanding of the people that use CIP's data services. This research informs how the proposition, service, content and interaction design is shaped so that services work well for users and achieve the policy's intent. The services that we build are designed to last and to be reusable across multiple policies/user groups. Add a note on working with existing user research and take it forward. Desired behaviours Be proactive Prioritise people over processes Drive lean results (bring change gradually and continuously); understand the value Be evidence driven Advocate for doing the right thing Help others understand your work through co-participatory design, pairing, demos and documentation Make complex look and sound simple Proactive listening Be kind and convincing Knowledge & experience Experience working as a User Researcher in a fast paced commercial environment. Essential Planning research sessions and defining research roadmaps Research Operations: facilitating recruitment and incentives and advising on software and tooling when required Analysing data and communicating actionable insights to the team and stakeholders Demonstrating the value of user research: engaging sceptical clients and team members and helping immature teams to embed user research practices into their agile workflow Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to set objectives and hypotheses for research Comfortable working with remote teams. Desirable Prior experience working in projects related to data-driven decision making. Skills Analysis and synthesis. You understand how to apply basic techniques for the analysis of research data and synthesis of findings. You know how to involve your team in analysis and synthesis. You can present clear findings that colleagues can understand and use. (Relevant skill level: working) Inclusive research. You understand the diversity of internal users of government services and the need to make services usable and accessible for everyone. You can work with colleagues to include many kinds of users in appropriate research activities. (Relevant skill level: working) Research skills. You understand and have experience of basic user research methods including qualitative and quantitative methods. You know when to use those methods and how to apply them correctly. You know how to involve your team in research activities. (Relevant skill level: working) Usability testing. You can define test scripts and facilitate usability tests, gather data and analyse it to create recommendations to improve user experience. Society and technology. You understand the social and technological context for government services. You can align user research activities to help your team understand changing user behaviour. (Relevant skill level: working) Strategic insight. You understand what problem the team is trying to solve. You can align user research activities to inform decision making and action. (Relevant skill level: working) Technical understanding. You have some knowledge of the technologies used to build and operate digital services. You understand the different technical roles in a digital team. (Relevant skill level: working) Agile practices. You know how to work with colleagues to plan and do continuous user research in a multidisciplinary team working on agile delivery teams. (Relevant skill level: working) User-centred: You understand and have experience of a range of user-centred practices. You are able to bring the insight from those practices to delivery teams and work with them to continuously improve the user's experience of our products and services. You understand the difference between user-centric and user-led. (Relevant skill level: working) If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
OUP's digital products serve researchers, teachers and learners across educational and academic institutions. They include a broad range of digital, content and data-centric platforms, learning & assessment services, online journals, research platforms and integration with web and eCommerce application as well as a range of mobile product apps. The Press's enterprise Book Publishing applications and services manage the end-to-end content lifecycle of this digital content and data. The Technical Product Owner (TPO) works in close collaboration with divisional and group Product Management team(s) and is accountable for the implementation of the approved product roadmap and strategy. The TPO works in collaboration with Product Managers and/or Owners, Key Users and delivery teams to transform product roadmaps into detailed requirements. Breaking concepts down from epics to features and user stories, ensuring clarity of well-defined deliverables to meet product and business goals. Varying by division, business unit and type of product, the TPO creates, owns, manages, and prioritises the product backlog for technical delivery. The TPO works closely with delivery teams to plan iterations, provides day-to-day input, ensures that velocity is maintained as well as reviewing and being accountable for acceptance of technical outputs from teams. Where appropriate, the TPO is an empowered decision maker at the delivery team level, often working as the key OUP contact with third party delivery partners. Key responsibilities in this role will include: Understand, align with, and contribute to the delivery of roadmaps and associated non-functional requirements (e.g. performance, security, UX, accessibility, legal, and development, business processes, and standards). Ensure that all epics, features and stories meet OUP standards so that features and functions meet the required quality standards and non-functional requirements. Based on the roadmap and PIs, create and manage the backlog of work for the product Manage the backlog of work through the delivery team and be accountable (with the Product Manager and/or Product Owner) for the acceptance of work Participate in regular product ceremonies, such as stand-ups, sprint demos, sprint planning, retrospectives and system demos so that customer and business needs are continuously reflected to the delivery team. Engage with other teams to ensure that dependencies are understood, and planning takes place as part of regular agreed alignment processes to ensure that dependencies on other teams do not delay product delivery. Be available to team(s) outside of your team when required Monitor and track progress to roadmap and PIs. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. About You To be successful in this role, you will ideally have: Experience of working as a product owner or similar role (e.g. project manager, business analyst, platform manager, product manager). Experience of working with third party suppliers. Deep understanding of digital product development and delivery, including customer and market knowledge relevant to the product area. High-level technical understanding, including and software development methods and practises (technical coding skills not required). Expert knowledge of methodologies associated with digital product development and delivery, in particular Agile, specifically Scrum, delivery approaches and tooling. Strong knowledge of product and development management tools. Strong knowledge of user-centred design principles. We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment. Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information. We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
10/07/2026
Full time
OUP's digital products serve researchers, teachers and learners across educational and academic institutions. They include a broad range of digital, content and data-centric platforms, learning & assessment services, online journals, research platforms and integration with web and eCommerce application as well as a range of mobile product apps. The Press's enterprise Book Publishing applications and services manage the end-to-end content lifecycle of this digital content and data. The Technical Product Owner (TPO) works in close collaboration with divisional and group Product Management team(s) and is accountable for the implementation of the approved product roadmap and strategy. The TPO works in collaboration with Product Managers and/or Owners, Key Users and delivery teams to transform product roadmaps into detailed requirements. Breaking concepts down from epics to features and user stories, ensuring clarity of well-defined deliverables to meet product and business goals. Varying by division, business unit and type of product, the TPO creates, owns, manages, and prioritises the product backlog for technical delivery. The TPO works closely with delivery teams to plan iterations, provides day-to-day input, ensures that velocity is maintained as well as reviewing and being accountable for acceptance of technical outputs from teams. Where appropriate, the TPO is an empowered decision maker at the delivery team level, often working as the key OUP contact with third party delivery partners. Key responsibilities in this role will include: Understand, align with, and contribute to the delivery of roadmaps and associated non-functional requirements (e.g. performance, security, UX, accessibility, legal, and development, business processes, and standards). Ensure that all epics, features and stories meet OUP standards so that features and functions meet the required quality standards and non-functional requirements. Based on the roadmap and PIs, create and manage the backlog of work for the product Manage the backlog of work through the delivery team and be accountable (with the Product Manager and/or Product Owner) for the acceptance of work Participate in regular product ceremonies, such as stand-ups, sprint demos, sprint planning, retrospectives and system demos so that customer and business needs are continuously reflected to the delivery team. Engage with other teams to ensure that dependencies are understood, and planning takes place as part of regular agreed alignment processes to ensure that dependencies on other teams do not delay product delivery. Be available to team(s) outside of your team when required Monitor and track progress to roadmap and PIs. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. About You To be successful in this role, you will ideally have: Experience of working as a product owner or similar role (e.g. project manager, business analyst, platform manager, product manager). Experience of working with third party suppliers. Deep understanding of digital product development and delivery, including customer and market knowledge relevant to the product area. High-level technical understanding, including and software development methods and practises (technical coding skills not required). Expert knowledge of methodologies associated with digital product development and delivery, in particular Agile, specifically Scrum, delivery approaches and tooling. Strong knowledge of product and development management tools. Strong knowledge of user-centred design principles. We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days' holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment. Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information. We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.
The opportunity Data & Digital is a significant growth area for Social Finance, and we are now looking to grow our team to deliver on the ambitions of our impact strategy and contribute to scaling key impact portfolios. As a Manager, your work will be varied, from leading projects/products, to contributing to our data & digital strategy and shaping new opportunities, to coaching and mentoring colleagues. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about how data and technology can be used to solve social problems, and who has strong experience/interest in working to deliver programmes requiring a combination of technical, strategic and operational expertise. Salary: £56,500 Location: Hybrid, London Bridge SE1 Closing date: 31 July 2026 The Team Our UK Team comprises around 60 dedicated change makers, bringing together a wide range of skills and expertise to deliver better solutions to complex social problems. This role will anchor to the Data & Digital Community of Practice within our UK Team. As a Community of Practice, we bring multi disciplinary data & digital skills to solve complex problems and improve outcomes for people and communities. Our portfolio spans Social Finance's four key impact areas: Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Employment & Skills, and Housing & Homelessness. Across these, we focus on delivering programmes with the greatest potential for impact at scale, addressing a range of levers for systems change. Examples of key strategic programmes Developing National Social Care Data Standards: We have partnered with central government to shape the rules, data models and market conditions that enable key information to be shared and systems to interoperate at scale across children's and adult social care. This includes developing and governing data standards, contributing to improving analytics, identifying opportunities to support children as early as possible, and releasing time to care for social workers. Social Finance has an ongoing role convening strategy, design and implementation of these data standards, triangulating inputs from across technical, commercial, policy and operational domains. Scaling a Common Data Platform to Enable Regional Children's Services Analysis: We collaborated with local authorities to develop a secure data platform that facilitates regional analysis of children's services data, unlocking insights around critical areas to improve outcomes for children and families, from demand modelling to inform service planning, to analysing sufficiency of care placements. The work started in London in 2020, and the data platform is now used by c. 40% of local authorities. Delivering Digital Innovation Support Programmes in Health & Care: We have collaborated with foundation and government partners to deliver 6 digital innovation support programmes with national / international reach, supporting 200+ innovators across impact areas including Mental Health Data, Care Tech and Dementia Tech. Our support combines strategic support for funders with a comprehensive support offer for innovators, enabling teams to tailor their learning journey across technical, human centred design and scale & sustainability modules. The role We are looking for a manager with data and digital expertise to deliver programmes supporting public and social sector partners to improve outcomes for people and communities. We have a wide range of programmes spanning two key strategic objectives: Enabling better strategic and operational decision making by advancing data maturity: from improving data quality and standards, to setting up data sharing infrastructure, to data reporting and analysis. Scaling data & digital transformation through innovation programmes & partnerships: from partnering with funders to deliver data & digital challenge prizes and learning networks, to designing tailored apprenticeships to build data & digital skills across key impact areas. This breadth is intentional. Rather than trying to develop our own leadership in a single area, we are trying to achieve social change. We take on this wide variety of challenges because these are the levers needed to change systems. You will need to be excited by that breadth - and by the frequent need for teams to blend technical with policy and service delivery expertise to identify the right solution. Ultimately, social impact should be your driver rather than the use of cutting edge data science approaches or the latest technologies, as we are often constrained by the data, technology, and in house capability of our partners. This provides you with the opportunity to think of creative ways to work around those constraints and consider that to be part of the fun. Key responsibilities Manage delivery of data & digital projects/products, often spanning multiple organisations, sectors and delivery partners. Work with Directors to set project vision, and define a clear roadmap to coordinate distinct workstreams with different rhythms and stakeholders. Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and constraints, managing upwards effectively and coordinating with functional leads where appropriate (e.g. Information Governance, Legal, Finance). Build trusted working relationships with key stakeholders across partner organisations (e.g. government departments, foundations, local authorities, NHS Trusts, vendors and delivery partners). Communicate effectively with both technical and non technical stakeholders, acting as a bridge between individuals from different disciplines to triangulate a shared vision, and enable stakeholders to take important decisions. Foster a ' one team' approach with partner organisations to share knowledge and expertise so that partners can undertake similar work themselves in future. Programme team leadership and development Coordinate across a multi disciplinary programme team, fostering effective collaboration across disciplines (including e.g. software developers, data scientists, user researchers, service designers and operational or domain specialists). Deliver strong project management, providing clarity, structure and momentum for team members. Enable effective problem solving through influencing, coordinating and unblocking across teams, rather than directing. Contribute to a positive, inclusive team culture, and support staff development, morale and wellbeing. Working with specialist content as a generalist Operate confidently as a generalist engaging with specialist domains, without needing to be the technical expert. Across programmes, this can include for example: Ability to get up to speed quickly on an unfamiliar technical domain, asking the right questions rather than already knowing the answers. Triangulating product development decisions & prioritisation, drawing on input from multi disciplinary stakeholders. Ability to reason across technical, strategic and operational considerations to make strategic recommendations. Understanding information governance well enough to track dependencies, identify blockers and know when to engage internal IG experts. Use this understanding to inform programme delivery decisions and stakeholder discussions. Practice development and business contribution Contribute to the development of Social Finance's data and digital practice, including shaping approaches, tools and ways of working. Support business development by contributing to scoping and developing proposals for new project opportunities. Work with the senior team to shape our data & digital strategy across Social Finance's key impact areas. About you We are looking for an individual whose interests and experience align with the ambitions of our impact strategy to bring data & digital skills to delivering complex systems change. A clear and sustained interest in data & digital transformation, with motivation to work in this space long term. Experience managing data and digital projects/products, including working with multi disciplinary teams. Strong project management capability, including managing ambiguity, interdependencies, phased delivery and evolving scope. Familiarity with the product development lifecycle and approaches to navigate from ideation to final solutions. Ability to reason about and communicate technical concepts with a range of stakeholders, including helping non specialists to understand data and technology and take important decisions, from re designing services to choosing a coding language. Strong stakeholder management skills, with credibility engaging external partners across different roles and levels of seniority. Experience leading and developing teams, delivering impact through others. The following experience would be advantageous but is not required: Product management. Human centred design. Experience working in or for the public sector. Experience in one or more of Social Finance's impact areas (Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Employment & Skills, and Housing & Homelessness). Equity, Diversity & Inclusion We actively encourage applications from under representated and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer. Working at Social Finance The fixed salary for this position is £56,500 per annum. Working for a mission driven organisation is more than just what we pay though . click apply for full job details
10/07/2026
Full time
The opportunity Data & Digital is a significant growth area for Social Finance, and we are now looking to grow our team to deliver on the ambitions of our impact strategy and contribute to scaling key impact portfolios. As a Manager, your work will be varied, from leading projects/products, to contributing to our data & digital strategy and shaping new opportunities, to coaching and mentoring colleagues. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about how data and technology can be used to solve social problems, and who has strong experience/interest in working to deliver programmes requiring a combination of technical, strategic and operational expertise. Salary: £56,500 Location: Hybrid, London Bridge SE1 Closing date: 31 July 2026 The Team Our UK Team comprises around 60 dedicated change makers, bringing together a wide range of skills and expertise to deliver better solutions to complex social problems. This role will anchor to the Data & Digital Community of Practice within our UK Team. As a Community of Practice, we bring multi disciplinary data & digital skills to solve complex problems and improve outcomes for people and communities. Our portfolio spans Social Finance's four key impact areas: Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Employment & Skills, and Housing & Homelessness. Across these, we focus on delivering programmes with the greatest potential for impact at scale, addressing a range of levers for systems change. Examples of key strategic programmes Developing National Social Care Data Standards: We have partnered with central government to shape the rules, data models and market conditions that enable key information to be shared and systems to interoperate at scale across children's and adult social care. This includes developing and governing data standards, contributing to improving analytics, identifying opportunities to support children as early as possible, and releasing time to care for social workers. Social Finance has an ongoing role convening strategy, design and implementation of these data standards, triangulating inputs from across technical, commercial, policy and operational domains. Scaling a Common Data Platform to Enable Regional Children's Services Analysis: We collaborated with local authorities to develop a secure data platform that facilitates regional analysis of children's services data, unlocking insights around critical areas to improve outcomes for children and families, from demand modelling to inform service planning, to analysing sufficiency of care placements. The work started in London in 2020, and the data platform is now used by c. 40% of local authorities. Delivering Digital Innovation Support Programmes in Health & Care: We have collaborated with foundation and government partners to deliver 6 digital innovation support programmes with national / international reach, supporting 200+ innovators across impact areas including Mental Health Data, Care Tech and Dementia Tech. Our support combines strategic support for funders with a comprehensive support offer for innovators, enabling teams to tailor their learning journey across technical, human centred design and scale & sustainability modules. The role We are looking for a manager with data and digital expertise to deliver programmes supporting public and social sector partners to improve outcomes for people and communities. We have a wide range of programmes spanning two key strategic objectives: Enabling better strategic and operational decision making by advancing data maturity: from improving data quality and standards, to setting up data sharing infrastructure, to data reporting and analysis. Scaling data & digital transformation through innovation programmes & partnerships: from partnering with funders to deliver data & digital challenge prizes and learning networks, to designing tailored apprenticeships to build data & digital skills across key impact areas. This breadth is intentional. Rather than trying to develop our own leadership in a single area, we are trying to achieve social change. We take on this wide variety of challenges because these are the levers needed to change systems. You will need to be excited by that breadth - and by the frequent need for teams to blend technical with policy and service delivery expertise to identify the right solution. Ultimately, social impact should be your driver rather than the use of cutting edge data science approaches or the latest technologies, as we are often constrained by the data, technology, and in house capability of our partners. This provides you with the opportunity to think of creative ways to work around those constraints and consider that to be part of the fun. Key responsibilities Manage delivery of data & digital projects/products, often spanning multiple organisations, sectors and delivery partners. Work with Directors to set project vision, and define a clear roadmap to coordinate distinct workstreams with different rhythms and stakeholders. Identify and manage risks, interdependencies and constraints, managing upwards effectively and coordinating with functional leads where appropriate (e.g. Information Governance, Legal, Finance). Build trusted working relationships with key stakeholders across partner organisations (e.g. government departments, foundations, local authorities, NHS Trusts, vendors and delivery partners). Communicate effectively with both technical and non technical stakeholders, acting as a bridge between individuals from different disciplines to triangulate a shared vision, and enable stakeholders to take important decisions. Foster a ' one team' approach with partner organisations to share knowledge and expertise so that partners can undertake similar work themselves in future. Programme team leadership and development Coordinate across a multi disciplinary programme team, fostering effective collaboration across disciplines (including e.g. software developers, data scientists, user researchers, service designers and operational or domain specialists). Deliver strong project management, providing clarity, structure and momentum for team members. Enable effective problem solving through influencing, coordinating and unblocking across teams, rather than directing. Contribute to a positive, inclusive team culture, and support staff development, morale and wellbeing. Working with specialist content as a generalist Operate confidently as a generalist engaging with specialist domains, without needing to be the technical expert. Across programmes, this can include for example: Ability to get up to speed quickly on an unfamiliar technical domain, asking the right questions rather than already knowing the answers. Triangulating product development decisions & prioritisation, drawing on input from multi disciplinary stakeholders. Ability to reason across technical, strategic and operational considerations to make strategic recommendations. Understanding information governance well enough to track dependencies, identify blockers and know when to engage internal IG experts. Use this understanding to inform programme delivery decisions and stakeholder discussions. Practice development and business contribution Contribute to the development of Social Finance's data and digital practice, including shaping approaches, tools and ways of working. Support business development by contributing to scoping and developing proposals for new project opportunities. Work with the senior team to shape our data & digital strategy across Social Finance's key impact areas. About you We are looking for an individual whose interests and experience align with the ambitions of our impact strategy to bring data & digital skills to delivering complex systems change. A clear and sustained interest in data & digital transformation, with motivation to work in this space long term. Experience managing data and digital projects/products, including working with multi disciplinary teams. Strong project management capability, including managing ambiguity, interdependencies, phased delivery and evolving scope. Familiarity with the product development lifecycle and approaches to navigate from ideation to final solutions. Ability to reason about and communicate technical concepts with a range of stakeholders, including helping non specialists to understand data and technology and take important decisions, from re designing services to choosing a coding language. Strong stakeholder management skills, with credibility engaging external partners across different roles and levels of seniority. Experience leading and developing teams, delivering impact through others. The following experience would be advantageous but is not required: Product management. Human centred design. Experience working in or for the public sector. Experience in one or more of Social Finance's impact areas (Children & Young People, Health & Social Care, Employment & Skills, and Housing & Homelessness). Equity, Diversity & Inclusion We actively encourage applications from under representated and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer. Working at Social Finance The fixed salary for this position is £56,500 per annum. Working for a mission driven organisation is more than just what we pay though . click apply for full job details
User Researcher 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to 580 per day London based - hybrid working - 3 days a week onsite Must have current and active SC Clearance Government sector - Must have previous experience Key Responsibilities: Plan, lead, and deliver user research for public service in Discovery, Apply a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods-e.g. depth interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiry, surveys-to surface behavioural insights Synthesise research findings into clear, actionable outputs such as problem statements, user journeys, personas, and pain point maps Translate insights into backlog priorities and design recommendations that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions Collaborate with cross functional teams - Service Designers, Interaction Designers (UX / UI), Business Analysts and Technical leads to ensure solutions are insight driven. Communicate findings to varied audiences-through visual artefacts, research reports, presentations, and stakeholder playbacks Facilitate research workshops, playback sessions, and show-and-tells to drive cross-functional understanding and alignment Conduct generative user research to gather insights about user needs and behaviours. Skills: Must have Excellent experience advocating for and working within GDS service standards. Create engaging narratives and stories based on research findings to communicate insights effectively. Strong portfolio or case studies showing research that informed successful service or product outcomes Experience in user research or service design, even in non-specialist roles. Strong storytelling skills with an ability to present complex information clearly. Familiarity with creating user journey maps or E2E diagrams is a plus. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.
09/07/2026
Contractor
User Researcher 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to 580 per day London based - hybrid working - 3 days a week onsite Must have current and active SC Clearance Government sector - Must have previous experience Key Responsibilities: Plan, lead, and deliver user research for public service in Discovery, Apply a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods-e.g. depth interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiry, surveys-to surface behavioural insights Synthesise research findings into clear, actionable outputs such as problem statements, user journeys, personas, and pain point maps Translate insights into backlog priorities and design recommendations that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions Collaborate with cross functional teams - Service Designers, Interaction Designers (UX / UI), Business Analysts and Technical leads to ensure solutions are insight driven. Communicate findings to varied audiences-through visual artefacts, research reports, presentations, and stakeholder playbacks Facilitate research workshops, playback sessions, and show-and-tells to drive cross-functional understanding and alignment Conduct generative user research to gather insights about user needs and behaviours. Skills: Must have Excellent experience advocating for and working within GDS service standards. Create engaging narratives and stories based on research findings to communicate insights effectively. Strong portfolio or case studies showing research that informed successful service or product outcomes Experience in user research or service design, even in non-specialist roles. Strong storytelling skills with an ability to present complex information clearly. Familiarity with creating user journey maps or E2E diagrams is a plus. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.
Java Developer (SC Cleared) | Inside IR35 | up to £550 per day | 1 DAY IN HULL PER WEEK The Role We are looking for a hands-on, agile Java Developer (Software Engineer) to join an exciting, cross-system initiative known as Justice ID. Justice ID aims to enable secure, efficient, and trusted flows of data across the Criminal Justice System (CJS), directly addressing the challenges of fragmented Legacy systems and identity resolution. As a Software Engineer, you will join a small, multidisciplinary pathfinder team combining digital, data, policy, and operational expertise. Your immediate focus will be a fast-paced, 3-month proof of concept (PoC) and prototyping phase to test the operational and technical viability of the 'Identify and Manage an Offender' (IMO) service. You will take end-to-end ownership of development, working directly with frontline users and stakeholders to rapidly build, test, and iterate on working prototypes that pull data from police, prison, probation, and court APIs. Skills and Experience Required Java Backend Development: Proven experience building scalable, secure enterprise applications utilising Java and modern frameworks (eg, Spring Boot). Rapid Prototyping & Iteration: Experience working in a "test-and-learn" pathfinder environment, building "good enough" prototypes and iterating on them rapidly based on live, real-world user feedback. API Integration & Data Handling: Strong experience consuming existing RESTful APIs and connecting disparate data pools to handle identity matching and complex data presentation. Security & Access Control: Experience designing and implementing secure, role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure sensitive frontline data is securely managed. End-to-End Problem Solving: A proactive mindset with the ability to own technical discovery, automated testing, and active troubleshooting within live operational contexts. User-Centric Collaboration: Comfort working alongside user researchers and directly with frontline stakeholders (such as police or probation staff) to refine technical solutions. Technical Experience and Tooling Core Tech Stack: Deep proficiency in Java, microservices architecture, and database integrations. CI/CD & Testing: Solid experience with automated testing frameworks, containerisation (eg, Docker), and modern deployment pipelines to ensure rapid, stable iterations. Specific Deliverables/Artifacts Working prototypes and pilot products that demonstrate accurate identity matching and clear data presentation to frontline police forces. A robust technical approach and codebase for providing role-based access control to frontline users. Documented technical findings outlining feasibility, system constraints, and integration approaches encountered during the PoC. Working Arrangements One day per week in our Hull office, alongside remote work. Working arrangements may vary slightly by project life cycle needs.
09/07/2026
Contractor
Java Developer (SC Cleared) | Inside IR35 | up to £550 per day | 1 DAY IN HULL PER WEEK The Role We are looking for a hands-on, agile Java Developer (Software Engineer) to join an exciting, cross-system initiative known as Justice ID. Justice ID aims to enable secure, efficient, and trusted flows of data across the Criminal Justice System (CJS), directly addressing the challenges of fragmented Legacy systems and identity resolution. As a Software Engineer, you will join a small, multidisciplinary pathfinder team combining digital, data, policy, and operational expertise. Your immediate focus will be a fast-paced, 3-month proof of concept (PoC) and prototyping phase to test the operational and technical viability of the 'Identify and Manage an Offender' (IMO) service. You will take end-to-end ownership of development, working directly with frontline users and stakeholders to rapidly build, test, and iterate on working prototypes that pull data from police, prison, probation, and court APIs. Skills and Experience Required Java Backend Development: Proven experience building scalable, secure enterprise applications utilising Java and modern frameworks (eg, Spring Boot). Rapid Prototyping & Iteration: Experience working in a "test-and-learn" pathfinder environment, building "good enough" prototypes and iterating on them rapidly based on live, real-world user feedback. API Integration & Data Handling: Strong experience consuming existing RESTful APIs and connecting disparate data pools to handle identity matching and complex data presentation. Security & Access Control: Experience designing and implementing secure, role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure sensitive frontline data is securely managed. End-to-End Problem Solving: A proactive mindset with the ability to own technical discovery, automated testing, and active troubleshooting within live operational contexts. User-Centric Collaboration: Comfort working alongside user researchers and directly with frontline stakeholders (such as police or probation staff) to refine technical solutions. Technical Experience and Tooling Core Tech Stack: Deep proficiency in Java, microservices architecture, and database integrations. CI/CD & Testing: Solid experience with automated testing frameworks, containerisation (eg, Docker), and modern deployment pipelines to ensure rapid, stable iterations. Specific Deliverables/Artifacts Working prototypes and pilot products that demonstrate accurate identity matching and clear data presentation to frontline police forces. A robust technical approach and codebase for providing role-based access control to frontline users. Documented technical findings outlining feasibility, system constraints, and integration approaches encountered during the PoC. Working Arrangements One day per week in our Hull office, alongside remote work. Working arrangements may vary slightly by project life cycle needs.
User Researcher 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £580 per day London based - hybrid working - 3 days a week onsite Must have current and active SC Clearance Government sector - Must have previous experience Key Responsibilities: Plan, lead, and deliver user research for public service in Discovery, Apply a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods-eg depth interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiry, surveys-to surface behavioural insights Synthesise research findings into clear, actionable outputs such as problem statements, user journeys, personas, and pain point maps Translate insights into backlog priorities and design recommendations that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions Collaborate with cross functional teams - Service Designers, Interaction Designers (UX/UI), Business Analysts and Technical leads to ensure solutions are insight driven. Communicate findings to varied audiences-through visual artefacts, research reports, presentations, and stakeholder playbacks Facilitate research workshops, playback sessions, and show-and-tells to drive cross-functional understanding and alignment Conduct generative user research to gather insights about user needs and behaviours. Skills: Must have Excellent experience advocating for and working within GDS service standards. Create engaging narratives and stories based on research findings to communicate insights effectively. Strong portfolio or case studies showing research that informed successful service or product outcomes Experience in user research or service design, even in non-specialist roles. Strong storytelling skills with an ability to present complex information clearly. Familiarity with creating user journey maps or E2E diagrams is a plus. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.
09/07/2026
Contractor
User Researcher 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £580 per day London based - hybrid working - 3 days a week onsite Must have current and active SC Clearance Government sector - Must have previous experience Key Responsibilities: Plan, lead, and deliver user research for public service in Discovery, Apply a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods-eg depth interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiry, surveys-to surface behavioural insights Synthesise research findings into clear, actionable outputs such as problem statements, user journeys, personas, and pain point maps Translate insights into backlog priorities and design recommendations that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions Collaborate with cross functional teams - Service Designers, Interaction Designers (UX/UI), Business Analysts and Technical leads to ensure solutions are insight driven. Communicate findings to varied audiences-through visual artefacts, research reports, presentations, and stakeholder playbacks Facilitate research workshops, playback sessions, and show-and-tells to drive cross-functional understanding and alignment Conduct generative user research to gather insights about user needs and behaviours. Skills: Must have Excellent experience advocating for and working within GDS service standards. Create engaging narratives and stories based on research findings to communicate insights effectively. Strong portfolio or case studies showing research that informed successful service or product outcomes Experience in user research or service design, even in non-specialist roles. Strong storytelling skills with an ability to present complex information clearly. Familiarity with creating user journey maps or E2E diagrams is a plus. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.
Job description Made Tech wants to positively impact the country's future by using technology to improve society. We believe being design led can create positive outcomes in the public sector through critical services enabled by technology. We've built a community of designers and researchers to support the public sector's growing demand for a design led approach to service delivery. Key responsibilities Scope Responsible to a Lead Designer Hands on design to assure the successful design and delivery of public services through technology. Acts as a subject matter expert, facilitating the design process and communicating design decisions to teams and setting expectations with stakeholders. Takes an active role in the Service and Interaction Design community, leading on (as appropriate), developing, and sharing good practice. Actively supports retention, hiring, and team quality. Mentoring and coaching within the design community. Senior Designers at Made Tech are senior practitioners Able to develop new and novel approaches to highly complex design challenges, based on fundamental design principles. An expert practitioner in leading design tools, including but not limited to Figma, the GOV.UK prototyping kit, and Adobe InDesign. Advocate for the Interaction and Service Design practice internally and externally. Able to coach and mentor others, and define the interaction and service design standards which others will apply. Influences the organisation, clients, partners and peers on the contribution of interaction and service design. Develop a wide breadth of knowledge across the industry or business. Take the initiative and are fully responsible for their own outcomes Work is often self initiated. Able to define an approach from first principles, and propose alternative ways to deliver. Fully responsible for meeting their objectives on an engagement. Contribute to overall design outcomes of an engagement Understand the relationship between interaction and service design, other disciplines, and wider client organisational requirements. Defines what 'good' design looks like on an engagement, enabling and holding others to account for producing high quality outputs and deliverables. Establish milestones and have a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities. Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e. results, deadlines and budget. Supports client collaboration throughout all stages of work. Ensures users' needs are met consistently through each work stage. Highly accountable Comfortable with owning a problem and are committed to seeing it through to resolution. Actively look to deliver a positive outcome, even if they can't personally do it. Have a growth mindset Always willing to learn and develop. Candid but kind communicators Give feedback often. Understand that a balance of positive and constructive feedback is the most effective way to work. Comfortable having difficult conversation. Skills, knowledge and expertise Practice Create a shared understanding of problems to solve and ideas to test. Make things real through storytelling and uncovering the 'why'. Caring about design enough to make sure everyone can use public services. Make use of the Made Tech playbooks where they exist and support their development. Make public services simple to explain, understand, and use by removing unnecessary complexity and keeping designs focused on creating positive outcomes for people and society. Teamwork Introduce good habits for sharing and improving design work into teams. Community Support the hiring and onboarding of designers (contract and permanent). Help define Made Tech design principles through delivering effective public services. Represent and advocate for user centred design publicly and internally. Commercial Build relationships with clients, earning their trust and understanding their needs. Support the commercial team to win new work by contributing and reviewing bids relating to UCD. Contribute to marketing materials (blogs, case studies, talks). Key measures Case studies of how to design and deliver good public services and outcomes. Contributing to the growth and happiness of the UCD community at Made Tech. Deliver your project objectives on time and to the expected standard. Display the Made Tech values and behaviours reflected in feedback from colleagues and clients. Behaviours Client Focus - a need to put the most compelling offer possible in front of the client. Drive to Deliver - able to take ownership of the response, pushing it through the business inside the timeframes that we have been given. Learning and Mentoring - an appetite to grow fast and learn while passing on your own experience to your teams and colleagues. One team - contributing to the ongoing improvement of the function at Made Tech, sharing experiences and successes as well as learning points. Job benefits We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We're also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to. 30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays. Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work. Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options. Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff. Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice. If successful, you will be required to undertake an SC clearance.
09/07/2026
Full time
Job description Made Tech wants to positively impact the country's future by using technology to improve society. We believe being design led can create positive outcomes in the public sector through critical services enabled by technology. We've built a community of designers and researchers to support the public sector's growing demand for a design led approach to service delivery. Key responsibilities Scope Responsible to a Lead Designer Hands on design to assure the successful design and delivery of public services through technology. Acts as a subject matter expert, facilitating the design process and communicating design decisions to teams and setting expectations with stakeholders. Takes an active role in the Service and Interaction Design community, leading on (as appropriate), developing, and sharing good practice. Actively supports retention, hiring, and team quality. Mentoring and coaching within the design community. Senior Designers at Made Tech are senior practitioners Able to develop new and novel approaches to highly complex design challenges, based on fundamental design principles. An expert practitioner in leading design tools, including but not limited to Figma, the GOV.UK prototyping kit, and Adobe InDesign. Advocate for the Interaction and Service Design practice internally and externally. Able to coach and mentor others, and define the interaction and service design standards which others will apply. Influences the organisation, clients, partners and peers on the contribution of interaction and service design. Develop a wide breadth of knowledge across the industry or business. Take the initiative and are fully responsible for their own outcomes Work is often self initiated. Able to define an approach from first principles, and propose alternative ways to deliver. Fully responsible for meeting their objectives on an engagement. Contribute to overall design outcomes of an engagement Understand the relationship between interaction and service design, other disciplines, and wider client organisational requirements. Defines what 'good' design looks like on an engagement, enabling and holding others to account for producing high quality outputs and deliverables. Establish milestones and have a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities. Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work, i.e. results, deadlines and budget. Supports client collaboration throughout all stages of work. Ensures users' needs are met consistently through each work stage. Highly accountable Comfortable with owning a problem and are committed to seeing it through to resolution. Actively look to deliver a positive outcome, even if they can't personally do it. Have a growth mindset Always willing to learn and develop. Candid but kind communicators Give feedback often. Understand that a balance of positive and constructive feedback is the most effective way to work. Comfortable having difficult conversation. Skills, knowledge and expertise Practice Create a shared understanding of problems to solve and ideas to test. Make things real through storytelling and uncovering the 'why'. Caring about design enough to make sure everyone can use public services. Make use of the Made Tech playbooks where they exist and support their development. Make public services simple to explain, understand, and use by removing unnecessary complexity and keeping designs focused on creating positive outcomes for people and society. Teamwork Introduce good habits for sharing and improving design work into teams. Community Support the hiring and onboarding of designers (contract and permanent). Help define Made Tech design principles through delivering effective public services. Represent and advocate for user centred design publicly and internally. Commercial Build relationships with clients, earning their trust and understanding their needs. Support the commercial team to win new work by contributing and reviewing bids relating to UCD. Contribute to marketing materials (blogs, case studies, talks). Key measures Case studies of how to design and deliver good public services and outcomes. Contributing to the growth and happiness of the UCD community at Made Tech. Deliver your project objectives on time and to the expected standard. Display the Made Tech values and behaviours reflected in feedback from colleagues and clients. Behaviours Client Focus - a need to put the most compelling offer possible in front of the client. Drive to Deliver - able to take ownership of the response, pushing it through the business inside the timeframes that we have been given. Learning and Mentoring - an appetite to grow fast and learn while passing on your own experience to your teams and colleagues. One team - contributing to the ongoing improvement of the function at Made Tech, sharing experiences and successes as well as learning points. Job benefits We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, as do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan. We're also big on connection and have an optional social and wellbeing calendar of events for all employees to join should they choose to. 30 days Holiday - we offer 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays. Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work. Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options. Remote Working - we offer part time remote working for all our staff. Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice. If successful, you will be required to undertake an SC clearance.
Are you a current Elekta employee? Please click here to apply through our internal career site Find Jobs - Elekta . Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers - healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details! The Senior UX Researcher is responsible for leading and delivering hands-on user research and user testing activities to enable excellent user experiences (UXs) for Elekta's hardware and software products. This includes running usability testing for regulated medical devices and contributing to usability documentation, as part of the regulatory submission and approval process. Reporting to the Manager, UX Research, this role will collaborate closely with other UX Researchers and other UX&D teams - UX Strategy & Design, Industrial Design, UX Development - as well as stakeholders in Product Management and Engineering. Responsibilities: Leads and delivers hands-on UX research and usability testing activities to ensure an excellent user experience for Elekta hardware and software products. Defines usability strategy to meet program objectives and usability compliance. Works with Regulatory Affairs to align usability strategy with regulatory submission strategies. Leads the planning, timing, scoping, and execution of UX research activities to meet product and business needs and release timelines. Independently plans, conducts and documents contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Plans, facilitates and reports study results and workshop outcomes. Balances the right activities with the available resources, to meet business objectives. Networks and collaborates with different disciplines, including delivery leads, system engineers / systems architects, product managers and clinical experts, managing positive relationships with them. Acts as the subject matter expert on usability engineering within the product release team, attending meetings and reviewing and approving documents. Anticipates risks early and escalates issues when necessary. Adapts to challenging situations and changing priorities. Looks for improving ways of working in UX research and usability processes. Actively communicates the business value of UX activities in all interactions. Manages subcontracted agencies for usability testing, including participant recruitment. May create RfQs and review agency proposals. Participates in Agile ceremonies and PI-planning. Clearly communicates their plans, dependencies to other disciplines, and identified risks. Proficient in planning their capacity and what they can commit to in the next PI. Reviews the deliverables of other UX professionals. Provides feedback and coaches more junior team members. What You'll Bring: Master's degree in human factors engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, experimental psychology, User-Centred Design, or equivalent learning/training. Knowledge base acquired from 4+ years of experience as an individual contributor in human factors, usability, or UX research. Experience working in human factors/ usability engineering of regulated medical devices Proficiency in different UX research methods such as contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Ability to choose the appropriate method(s) in different contexts. Good understanding of medical device regulations and compliance. Good knowledge of usability engineering and risk management standards and guidelines (e.g. IEC 62366, FDA HF guidelines, ISO 14971). Comfortable with continuous learning and working with detailed clinical knowledge. Comfortable working in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment. Ability to adapt and remain curious and receptive to ideas and perspectives of others. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and common workshopping tools (like Miro, FigJam, LucidChart). Good understanding of agile principles and agile product development practices (Scrum, Kanban). Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and PI-planning practices is preferred but not essential. What you'll get: In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits. This is an office based role ( 4 days a week from our Crawley Hub ) Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays) Holiday Purchase Scheme Private Medical Insurance Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package Cycle to work scheme Life Assurance Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme) Hiring process: We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the "Apply" button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail. We are an equal opportunity employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
09/07/2026
Full time
Are you a current Elekta employee? Please click here to apply through our internal career site Find Jobs - Elekta . Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers - healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details! The Senior UX Researcher is responsible for leading and delivering hands-on user research and user testing activities to enable excellent user experiences (UXs) for Elekta's hardware and software products. This includes running usability testing for regulated medical devices and contributing to usability documentation, as part of the regulatory submission and approval process. Reporting to the Manager, UX Research, this role will collaborate closely with other UX Researchers and other UX&D teams - UX Strategy & Design, Industrial Design, UX Development - as well as stakeholders in Product Management and Engineering. Responsibilities: Leads and delivers hands-on UX research and usability testing activities to ensure an excellent user experience for Elekta hardware and software products. Defines usability strategy to meet program objectives and usability compliance. Works with Regulatory Affairs to align usability strategy with regulatory submission strategies. Leads the planning, timing, scoping, and execution of UX research activities to meet product and business needs and release timelines. Independently plans, conducts and documents contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Plans, facilitates and reports study results and workshop outcomes. Balances the right activities with the available resources, to meet business objectives. Networks and collaborates with different disciplines, including delivery leads, system engineers / systems architects, product managers and clinical experts, managing positive relationships with them. Acts as the subject matter expert on usability engineering within the product release team, attending meetings and reviewing and approving documents. Anticipates risks early and escalates issues when necessary. Adapts to challenging situations and changing priorities. Looks for improving ways of working in UX research and usability processes. Actively communicates the business value of UX activities in all interactions. Manages subcontracted agencies for usability testing, including participant recruitment. May create RfQs and review agency proposals. Participates in Agile ceremonies and PI-planning. Clearly communicates their plans, dependencies to other disciplines, and identified risks. Proficient in planning their capacity and what they can commit to in the next PI. Reviews the deliverables of other UX professionals. Provides feedback and coaches more junior team members. What You'll Bring: Master's degree in human factors engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, experimental psychology, User-Centred Design, or equivalent learning/training. Knowledge base acquired from 4+ years of experience as an individual contributor in human factors, usability, or UX research. Experience working in human factors/ usability engineering of regulated medical devices Proficiency in different UX research methods such as contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Ability to choose the appropriate method(s) in different contexts. Good understanding of medical device regulations and compliance. Good knowledge of usability engineering and risk management standards and guidelines (e.g. IEC 62366, FDA HF guidelines, ISO 14971). Comfortable with continuous learning and working with detailed clinical knowledge. Comfortable working in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment. Ability to adapt and remain curious and receptive to ideas and perspectives of others. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and common workshopping tools (like Miro, FigJam, LucidChart). Good understanding of agile principles and agile product development practices (Scrum, Kanban). Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and PI-planning practices is preferred but not essential. What you'll get: In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits. This is an office based role ( 4 days a week from our Crawley Hub ) Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays) Holiday Purchase Scheme Private Medical Insurance Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package Cycle to work scheme Life Assurance Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme) Hiring process: We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the "Apply" button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail. We are an equal opportunity employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others. Job Description Location: London, GB Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday). We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture. The Opportunity The New Yorker's Puzzles & Games offering is one of the most distinctive - and fastest-growing - corners of our digital portfolio. From the iconic crossword to newer games, it's a space where editorial personality, interaction design, and habit-forming product thinking all converge. Getting it right is genuinely hard and genuinely exciting. We're looking for a Product Design Lead to help us evolve and expand this offering: building on our existing portfolio, concepting new games, and creating a deeper ecosystem that drives habit, reward, and loyalty for our brands' users. This is a senior IC role with real creative scope - you'll work with autonomy, move at pace, and shape something that millions of people engage with every day. But this isn't just an execution role. We're in a period of deliberate transformation - in how we build, how we design, and how we use new tools and technology to raise our bar. We need someone who is part of how we move forward: a change agent who brings conviction, curiosity, and craft in equal measure. What you'll be doing Elevating and growing the game's experience. You own the design quality of the Puzzles & Games portfolio, optimising what exists, concepting what comes next, and building a habit-forming ecosystem around it. You bring a sophisticated understanding of gameplay mechanics, reward cycles, and the moments of delight that keep players coming back. You think as much about the ecosystem as the individual game: how touchpoints connect, how habits form, and how loyalty is built over time. Interrogating the brief, not just answering it. You ask "why this?" before "how." You connect feature work to the wider player experience and business opportunity, identify gaps that others miss, and elevate the ambition of the work beyond the initial ask. You're comfortable pushing back on a brief when the framing isn't right and proposing a better one. Mastering interaction, motion, and feedback. You're an expert in the craft that makes games feel alive, micro-interactions, motion, feedback states, and the precise timing that separates a satisfying experience from a frustrating one. You understand how every tap, transition, and animation contributes to the emotional texture of play, and you hold the bar high on all of it. Knowing your player deeply. You dig into data and research to understand what games players actually do, need, and feel, not just what they say. You run your own lightweight research and usability testing to pressure-test ideas and prototypes, and you partner closely with our UX Research and Analytics specialists to go deeper where it matters. You bring this understanding into every design decision, and you're as comfortable in a research debrief as you are in a design review. Designing a connected ecosystem. You think beyond individual games to the wider experience: onboarding, streaks, rewards, social moments, and the journeys that turn a casual player into a loyal one. You connect the dots across the portfolio, ensuring that touchpoints build on one another rather than existing in isolation. Closing the gap between design and delivery. You work closely with engineering at the implementation layer, not just handing off, but staying close to ensure design intent carries through to production. You're fluent in design tokens, comfortable reading a pull request, and use Figma and GitHub as tools of genuine collaboration, not just artefact management. Using AI as part of your practice. You use AI tools as a working part of how you design - for rapid prototyping, generative exploration, and closing the gap between concept and execution. You're not waiting to see what best practice looks like; you're helping to define it. Owning outcomes, not just outputs. You treat the experiences you design as products, not deliverables. You track how your work performs - using player data, retention metrics, and qualitative feedback to identify what to improve next. You operate with a founder-level sense of accountability for the quality and performance of what ships. Partnering across disciplines. You build trusted relationships across design, editorial, product, and engineering. You speak the language of Creative Directors and engineers with equal fluency, and you translate the brand's editorial personality into interaction systems and game experiences that feel unmistakably right for the brand. Championing design culture. You model craft, curiosity, and clarity through your work. You set the standard for what "good" looks like, mentor through example, and help raise the collective bar, not just within your team, but across the wider design organisation. You'll thrive in this role if You have a genuine love for puzzles and games - you understand what makes them compelling, habitual, and worth coming back to You care deeply about the role design plays in building loyalty and emotional connection, not just usability You're an expert in interaction, motion, and feedback - you have strong instincts for the details that make play feel satisfying You move easily between the individual moment and the wider ecosystem, understanding how they connect You're someone who interrogates briefs, questions assumptions, and brings a point of view - not just someone who executes what's asked You're technically fluent: comfortable in Figma, Cursor / Claude and GitHub, familiar with design tokens and front-end constraints, and able to engage engineers at the implementation level You've already changed how you work because of AI tools, and you're curious about what changes next You're outcome-oriented - you care about engagement, retention, and habit formation, not just how the work looks in a review You're a strong communicator: direct, open, and as comfortable receiving feedback as giving it You're a self-starter who doesn't need the path fully defined to move with confidence What success looks like In your first six months, you'll have built a perspective on the opportunities within puzzles and games, and established the cross-functional trust needed to move fast: with product, engineering, and editorial, and you'll have started to introduce new ways of working, including AI-assisted methods, that raise the pace and quality of the team's output. By the end of your first year, you'll have launched at least one game, and evolved others, with clear evidence of impact: engagement numbers and a demonstrable contribution to our loyalty metrics. You'll be a well-trusted, respected member of the team, someone people turn to. You'll have a considered, well-grounded point of view on the longer-term direction of Puzzles & Games, and the relationships to advocate for it. The new ways of working you introduced will be embedded, not experiments, but how the team operates. What we'd like to see We're looking for evidence that you can apply design craft, judgement, and systems thinking to real, interactive experiences. Your portfolio should show: Interaction and motion craft - examples of how you design for gameplay, feedback states, transitions, and micro-interactions that create delight and satisfaction Ecosystem thinking - how you've connected multiple features and moments to drive outcomes; how user touchpoints build on one another to create a wider experience Brand sensitivity - how you interpret and express a brand's identity and voice across interactive experiences and touchpoints Editorial and games experience - direct puzzles and games experience is preferred but not required; we're looking for someone who can create genuinely delightful interactive moments for our brands Implementation quality - evidence that your design intent carried through to production; how you've worked with engineers or used tools (Figma, configs, tokens) to protect fidelity Visual judgement - confident hierarchy, rhythm, motion, and composition, with a clear point of view on what "great" looks like Curiosity and progression - signs that you stay current, experiment with new tools and technologies (including AI), and push your craft forward Experience - 5+ years in product or interaction design roles. About Condé Nast Technology Condé Nast Technology builds the products, systems, and experiences that power our brands - from Vogue and The New Yorker to GQ, Wired, and Vanity Fair. Our mission is to enable creativity and business growth through next-generation publishing, loyalty, and commerce platforms. We're a global team of designers, engineers, product managers, and researchers, working across London, New York, and twelve other markets . click apply for full job details
09/07/2026
Full time
Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others. Job Description Location: London, GB Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday). We value diversity of background, views and cultures. We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture. The Opportunity The New Yorker's Puzzles & Games offering is one of the most distinctive - and fastest-growing - corners of our digital portfolio. From the iconic crossword to newer games, it's a space where editorial personality, interaction design, and habit-forming product thinking all converge. Getting it right is genuinely hard and genuinely exciting. We're looking for a Product Design Lead to help us evolve and expand this offering: building on our existing portfolio, concepting new games, and creating a deeper ecosystem that drives habit, reward, and loyalty for our brands' users. This is a senior IC role with real creative scope - you'll work with autonomy, move at pace, and shape something that millions of people engage with every day. But this isn't just an execution role. We're in a period of deliberate transformation - in how we build, how we design, and how we use new tools and technology to raise our bar. We need someone who is part of how we move forward: a change agent who brings conviction, curiosity, and craft in equal measure. What you'll be doing Elevating and growing the game's experience. You own the design quality of the Puzzles & Games portfolio, optimising what exists, concepting what comes next, and building a habit-forming ecosystem around it. You bring a sophisticated understanding of gameplay mechanics, reward cycles, and the moments of delight that keep players coming back. You think as much about the ecosystem as the individual game: how touchpoints connect, how habits form, and how loyalty is built over time. Interrogating the brief, not just answering it. You ask "why this?" before "how." You connect feature work to the wider player experience and business opportunity, identify gaps that others miss, and elevate the ambition of the work beyond the initial ask. You're comfortable pushing back on a brief when the framing isn't right and proposing a better one. Mastering interaction, motion, and feedback. You're an expert in the craft that makes games feel alive, micro-interactions, motion, feedback states, and the precise timing that separates a satisfying experience from a frustrating one. You understand how every tap, transition, and animation contributes to the emotional texture of play, and you hold the bar high on all of it. Knowing your player deeply. You dig into data and research to understand what games players actually do, need, and feel, not just what they say. You run your own lightweight research and usability testing to pressure-test ideas and prototypes, and you partner closely with our UX Research and Analytics specialists to go deeper where it matters. You bring this understanding into every design decision, and you're as comfortable in a research debrief as you are in a design review. Designing a connected ecosystem. You think beyond individual games to the wider experience: onboarding, streaks, rewards, social moments, and the journeys that turn a casual player into a loyal one. You connect the dots across the portfolio, ensuring that touchpoints build on one another rather than existing in isolation. Closing the gap between design and delivery. You work closely with engineering at the implementation layer, not just handing off, but staying close to ensure design intent carries through to production. You're fluent in design tokens, comfortable reading a pull request, and use Figma and GitHub as tools of genuine collaboration, not just artefact management. Using AI as part of your practice. You use AI tools as a working part of how you design - for rapid prototyping, generative exploration, and closing the gap between concept and execution. You're not waiting to see what best practice looks like; you're helping to define it. Owning outcomes, not just outputs. You treat the experiences you design as products, not deliverables. You track how your work performs - using player data, retention metrics, and qualitative feedback to identify what to improve next. You operate with a founder-level sense of accountability for the quality and performance of what ships. Partnering across disciplines. You build trusted relationships across design, editorial, product, and engineering. You speak the language of Creative Directors and engineers with equal fluency, and you translate the brand's editorial personality into interaction systems and game experiences that feel unmistakably right for the brand. Championing design culture. You model craft, curiosity, and clarity through your work. You set the standard for what "good" looks like, mentor through example, and help raise the collective bar, not just within your team, but across the wider design organisation. You'll thrive in this role if You have a genuine love for puzzles and games - you understand what makes them compelling, habitual, and worth coming back to You care deeply about the role design plays in building loyalty and emotional connection, not just usability You're an expert in interaction, motion, and feedback - you have strong instincts for the details that make play feel satisfying You move easily between the individual moment and the wider ecosystem, understanding how they connect You're someone who interrogates briefs, questions assumptions, and brings a point of view - not just someone who executes what's asked You're technically fluent: comfortable in Figma, Cursor / Claude and GitHub, familiar with design tokens and front-end constraints, and able to engage engineers at the implementation level You've already changed how you work because of AI tools, and you're curious about what changes next You're outcome-oriented - you care about engagement, retention, and habit formation, not just how the work looks in a review You're a strong communicator: direct, open, and as comfortable receiving feedback as giving it You're a self-starter who doesn't need the path fully defined to move with confidence What success looks like In your first six months, you'll have built a perspective on the opportunities within puzzles and games, and established the cross-functional trust needed to move fast: with product, engineering, and editorial, and you'll have started to introduce new ways of working, including AI-assisted methods, that raise the pace and quality of the team's output. By the end of your first year, you'll have launched at least one game, and evolved others, with clear evidence of impact: engagement numbers and a demonstrable contribution to our loyalty metrics. You'll be a well-trusted, respected member of the team, someone people turn to. You'll have a considered, well-grounded point of view on the longer-term direction of Puzzles & Games, and the relationships to advocate for it. The new ways of working you introduced will be embedded, not experiments, but how the team operates. What we'd like to see We're looking for evidence that you can apply design craft, judgement, and systems thinking to real, interactive experiences. Your portfolio should show: Interaction and motion craft - examples of how you design for gameplay, feedback states, transitions, and micro-interactions that create delight and satisfaction Ecosystem thinking - how you've connected multiple features and moments to drive outcomes; how user touchpoints build on one another to create a wider experience Brand sensitivity - how you interpret and express a brand's identity and voice across interactive experiences and touchpoints Editorial and games experience - direct puzzles and games experience is preferred but not required; we're looking for someone who can create genuinely delightful interactive moments for our brands Implementation quality - evidence that your design intent carried through to production; how you've worked with engineers or used tools (Figma, configs, tokens) to protect fidelity Visual judgement - confident hierarchy, rhythm, motion, and composition, with a clear point of view on what "great" looks like Curiosity and progression - signs that you stay current, experiment with new tools and technologies (including AI), and push your craft forward Experience - 5+ years in product or interaction design roles. About Condé Nast Technology Condé Nast Technology builds the products, systems, and experiences that power our brands - from Vogue and The New Yorker to GQ, Wired, and Vanity Fair. Our mission is to enable creativity and business growth through next-generation publishing, loyalty, and commerce platforms. We're a global team of designers, engineers, product managers, and researchers, working across London, New York, and twelve other markets . click apply for full job details
Are you a current Elekta employee? Please click here to apply through our internal career site Find Jobs - Elekta. Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers - healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details! The Senior UX Researcher is responsible for leading and delivering hands on user research and user testing activities to enable excellent user experiences (UXs) for Elekta's hardware and software products. This includes running usability testing for regulated medical devices and contributing to usability documentation, as part of the regulatory submission and approval process. Reporting to the Manager, UX Research, this role will collaborate closely with other UX Researchers and other UX&D teams - UX Strategy & Design, Industrial Design, UX Development - as well as stakeholders in Product Management and Engineering. Responsibilities: Leads and delivers hands on UX research and usability testing activities to ensure an excellent user experience for Elekta hardware and software products. Defines usability strategy to meet program objectives and usability compliance. Works with Regulatory Affairs to align usability strategy with regulatory submission strategies. Leads the planning, timing, scoping, and execution of UX research activities to meet product and business needs and release timelines. Independently plans, conducts and documents contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Plans, facilitates and reports study results and workshop outcomes. Balances the right activities with the available resources, to meet business objectives. Networks and collaborates with different disciplines, including delivery leads, system engineers / systems architects, product managers and clinical experts, managing positive relationships with them. Acts as the subject matter expert on usability engineering within the product release team, attending meetings and reviewing and approving documents. Anticipates risks early and escalates issues when necessary. Adapts to challenging situations and changing priorities. Looks for improving ways of working in UX research and usability processes. Actively communicates the business value of UX activities in all interactions. Manages subcontracted agencies for usability testing, including participant recruitment. May create RfQs and review agency proposals. Participates in Agile ceremonies and PI-planning. Clearly communicates their plans, dependencies to other disciplines, and identified risks. Proficient in planning their capacity and what they can commit to in the next PI. Reviews the deliverables of other UX professionals. Provides feedback and coaches more junior team members. What You'll Bring: Master's degree in human factors engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, experimental psychology, User-Centred Design, or equivalent learning/training. Knowledge base acquired from 4+ years of experience as an individual contributor in human factors, usability, or UX research. Experience working in human factors/ usability engineering of regulated medical devices. Proficiency in different UX research methods such as contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Ability to choose the appropriate method(s) in different contexts. Good understanding of medical device regulations and compliance. Good knowledge of usability engineering and risk management standards and guidelines (e.g. IEC 62366, FDA HF guidelines, ISO 14971). Comfortable with continuous learning and working with detailed clinical knowledge. Comfortable working in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment. Ability to adapt and remain curious and receptive to ideas and perspectives of others. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and common workshopping tools (like Miro, FigJam, LucidChart). Good understanding of agile principles and agile product development practices (Scrum, Kanban). Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and PI-planning practices is preferred but not essential. What you'll get: This is an office based role ( 4 days a week from our Crawley Hub ) Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays) Holiday Purchase Scheme Private Medical Insurance Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package Cycle to work scheme Life Assurance Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme) Hiring process: We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the "Apply" button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail. We are an equal opportunity employer: We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
09/07/2026
Full time
Are you a current Elekta employee? Please click here to apply through our internal career site Find Jobs - Elekta. Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives? We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers - healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities. We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details! The Senior UX Researcher is responsible for leading and delivering hands on user research and user testing activities to enable excellent user experiences (UXs) for Elekta's hardware and software products. This includes running usability testing for regulated medical devices and contributing to usability documentation, as part of the regulatory submission and approval process. Reporting to the Manager, UX Research, this role will collaborate closely with other UX Researchers and other UX&D teams - UX Strategy & Design, Industrial Design, UX Development - as well as stakeholders in Product Management and Engineering. Responsibilities: Leads and delivers hands on UX research and usability testing activities to ensure an excellent user experience for Elekta hardware and software products. Defines usability strategy to meet program objectives and usability compliance. Works with Regulatory Affairs to align usability strategy with regulatory submission strategies. Leads the planning, timing, scoping, and execution of UX research activities to meet product and business needs and release timelines. Independently plans, conducts and documents contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Plans, facilitates and reports study results and workshop outcomes. Balances the right activities with the available resources, to meet business objectives. Networks and collaborates with different disciplines, including delivery leads, system engineers / systems architects, product managers and clinical experts, managing positive relationships with them. Acts as the subject matter expert on usability engineering within the product release team, attending meetings and reviewing and approving documents. Anticipates risks early and escalates issues when necessary. Adapts to challenging situations and changing priorities. Looks for improving ways of working in UX research and usability processes. Actively communicates the business value of UX activities in all interactions. Manages subcontracted agencies for usability testing, including participant recruitment. May create RfQs and review agency proposals. Participates in Agile ceremonies and PI-planning. Clearly communicates their plans, dependencies to other disciplines, and identified risks. Proficient in planning their capacity and what they can commit to in the next PI. Reviews the deliverables of other UX professionals. Provides feedback and coaches more junior team members. What You'll Bring: Master's degree in human factors engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, experimental psychology, User-Centred Design, or equivalent learning/training. Knowledge base acquired from 4+ years of experience as an individual contributor in human factors, usability, or UX research. Experience working in human factors/ usability engineering of regulated medical devices. Proficiency in different UX research methods such as contextual studies, interviews, surveys, task and use error analyses, user reviews, heuristic evaluations, and usability testing. Ability to choose the appropriate method(s) in different contexts. Good understanding of medical device regulations and compliance. Good knowledge of usability engineering and risk management standards and guidelines (e.g. IEC 62366, FDA HF guidelines, ISO 14971). Comfortable with continuous learning and working with detailed clinical knowledge. Comfortable working in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment. Ability to adapt and remain curious and receptive to ideas and perspectives of others. Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and common workshopping tools (like Miro, FigJam, LucidChart). Good understanding of agile principles and agile product development practices (Scrum, Kanban). Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and PI-planning practices is preferred but not essential. What you'll get: This is an office based role ( 4 days a week from our Crawley Hub ) Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays) Holiday Purchase Scheme Private Medical Insurance Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package Cycle to work scheme Life Assurance Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme) Hiring process: We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English, via the "Apply" button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail. We are an equal opportunity employer: We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
SC Cleared User Researcher Location: Predominantly Remote (occasional travel required for user research activities) Rate: £492 per day (Umbrella) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance and BPSS required Your New Role We are currently recruiting for an experienced User Researcher to join a major public sector transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping digital services that are accessible, inclusive, and truly centred around user needs. Working within a multidisciplinary agile environment, you will lead and deliver user research across different stages of the service lifecycle, helping teams make evidence-based decisions that improve user outcomes and support wider organisational transformation. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working within the Public Sector and a strong understanding of Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working. What You'll Be Doing Planning and conducting user research activities using appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods. Understanding and applying a range of user research methods across different service lifecycle phases and advising teams on best practice. Synthesising and communicating user insights in a clear, impactful way to influence service design, policy development, and strategic decision-making. Establishing and embedding a strong user-centred design culture within agile delivery teams. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams including Product, Delivery, Service Design, Policy, Operations, and User-Centred Design professionals. Championing user-centred and inclusive design principles across the organisation. Researching diverse user groups to ensure digital services are accessible and inclusive. Influencing senior stakeholders and demonstrating the value of user-centred design through evidence-based recommendations. Ensuring ethical research standards are maintained and that participants' wellbeing and safeguarding requirements are upheld throughout research activities. Supporting the development of service strategies, transformation roadmaps, and future-state service propositions. What You'll Need to Succeed Active SC Clearance and BPSS clearance. Extensive User Research experience within UK Public Sector environments. Strong knowledge and practical application of GDS standards, service assessments, and user-centred design principles. Experience delivering research across multiple phases of the service lifecycle. Ability to analyse complex research findings and present actionable insights to a variety of audiences. Proven experience influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. Strong understanding of accessibility and inclusive design. Experience working within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills. Knowledge of research ethics, safeguarding, and participant wellbeing considerations. What You'll Get in Return Opportunity to contribute to high-profile public sector digital transformation programmes. Predominantly remote working arrangement. Collaborative and user-focused delivery environment. Competitive day rate of £492 per day. Chance to work alongside experienced digital, product, and design professionals delivering services that make a real impact. What You Need to Do Now If you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' to submit your application, or contact Hays Technology for a confidential discussion and further information. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
09/07/2026
Contractor
SC Cleared User Researcher Location: Predominantly Remote (occasional travel required for user research activities) Rate: £492 per day (Umbrella) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance and BPSS required Your New Role We are currently recruiting for an experienced User Researcher to join a major public sector transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping digital services that are accessible, inclusive, and truly centred around user needs. Working within a multidisciplinary agile environment, you will lead and deliver user research across different stages of the service lifecycle, helping teams make evidence-based decisions that improve user outcomes and support wider organisational transformation. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working within the Public Sector and a strong understanding of Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and ways of working. What You'll Be Doing Planning and conducting user research activities using appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods. Understanding and applying a range of user research methods across different service lifecycle phases and advising teams on best practice. Synthesising and communicating user insights in a clear, impactful way to influence service design, policy development, and strategic decision-making. Establishing and embedding a strong user-centred design culture within agile delivery teams. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams including Product, Delivery, Service Design, Policy, Operations, and User-Centred Design professionals. Championing user-centred and inclusive design principles across the organisation. Researching diverse user groups to ensure digital services are accessible and inclusive. Influencing senior stakeholders and demonstrating the value of user-centred design through evidence-based recommendations. Ensuring ethical research standards are maintained and that participants' wellbeing and safeguarding requirements are upheld throughout research activities. Supporting the development of service strategies, transformation roadmaps, and future-state service propositions. What You'll Need to Succeed Active SC Clearance and BPSS clearance. Extensive User Research experience within UK Public Sector environments. Strong knowledge and practical application of GDS standards, service assessments, and user-centred design principles. Experience delivering research across multiple phases of the service lifecycle. Ability to analyse complex research findings and present actionable insights to a variety of audiences. Proven experience influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership. Strong understanding of accessibility and inclusive design. Experience working within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills. Knowledge of research ethics, safeguarding, and participant wellbeing considerations. What You'll Get in Return Opportunity to contribute to high-profile public sector digital transformation programmes. Predominantly remote working arrangement. Collaborative and user-focused delivery environment. Competitive day rate of £492 per day. Chance to work alongside experienced digital, product, and design professionals delivering services that make a real impact. What You Need to Do Now If you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' to submit your application, or contact Hays Technology for a confidential discussion and further information. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk
. Senior Software Engineer I (JavaScript) About the team: ScienceDirect is the world's leading collection of science information on the web and Elsevier's flagship product. We are looking for talented engineers to contribute to a culture of technical excellence paired with strong collaboration and modern engineering practices.Our teams are increasingly adopting AI-assisted development workflows About the role: We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Frontend Software Engineer with strong skills in React and Node.js and a collaborative mindset.You will work as part of a cross-functional product development team building modern web applications used by millions of researchers worldwide.Our teams are actively adopting AI-assisted development practices You should be comfortable experimenting with AI to accelerate development while applying strong engineering judgement to ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance. We are not looking for engineers who rely uncritically on AI-generated output; we are looking for engineers who use these tools to improve the quality, speed, and effectiveness of software development. Key responsibilities: Work as part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional, agile product development team to develop modern responsive web applications Implement intuitive, interactive, and visually appealing user interfaces using React Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate design concepts into functional web applications Ensure applications are optimized for performance, accessibility, and responsiveness across devices and browsers Use AI-assisted development tools to help design, implement, refactor, and debug software. Critically evaluate, adapt, and validate AI-generated output to ensure it meets engineering and quality standards Help the team evolve effective AI-supported development workflows. Write well-tested, documented, and peer-reviewed code Work closely with Product Managers and QA to ensure software meets user and business requirements Contribute to engineering best practices, including testing, CI/CD, code review, and continuous improvement Support the growth of the London engineering team through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and participation in recruitment Requirements: Core Engineering Skills Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Experience building modern web applications using React Experience working with Node.js, Express, or related backend services Experience working with RESTful APIs Familiarity with agile development practices such as: + Test-Driven Development + Pair Programming + Continuous Integration + Automated testing and deployment Strong collaboration and communication skills with a positive and constructive approach to teamwork AI-Assisted Development Experience We are particularly interested in engineers who actively use AI tools as part of a software engineering workflow .Examples include: Experience using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools Comfort working in an AI-augmented development environment Ability to break work into well-scoped tasks that AI tools can assist with effectively Curiosity about how AI can improve developer productivity, experimentation, and software quality Enthusiasm for exploring and sharing effective ways of using AI in software engineering Experience with these tools is valued, but curiosity and enthusiasm to learn are equally welcome .Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. Working for you We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: Comprehensive Pension Plan Home, office, or commuting allowance. Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Family Care leave Flexible working hours Personal Choice budget Internal communities and networks Various employee discounts Recruitment introduction reward Employee Assistance Program (global) About the business - ScienceDirect is home to almost one-quarter of the world's peer-reviewed full-text scientific, technical, and medical content.More than 15 million researchers, healthcare professionals, teachers, and students rely on ScienceDirect as a trusted source of nearly 2,200 journals and 26,000 book titles .The platform supports research and education with rich interactive content, including video, graphs, datasets, and images, along with tools that help users discover and stay up to date with relevant research. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our or please contact 1-. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams . Please read our .We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: .Elsevier is a global leader in advanced information and decision support for science and healthcare. We believe that by working together with the communities we serve, we can shape human progress to go further, happen faster, and benefit all.We support continuous discovery and uphold the highest standards of content integrity, reliability, and reproducibility so the communities we serve can advance their field of science, healthcare or innovation with confidence. By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and
09/07/2026
Full time
. Senior Software Engineer I (JavaScript) About the team: ScienceDirect is the world's leading collection of science information on the web and Elsevier's flagship product. We are looking for talented engineers to contribute to a culture of technical excellence paired with strong collaboration and modern engineering practices.Our teams are increasingly adopting AI-assisted development workflows About the role: We are seeking a talented and self-motivated Frontend Software Engineer with strong skills in React and Node.js and a collaborative mindset.You will work as part of a cross-functional product development team building modern web applications used by millions of researchers worldwide.Our teams are actively adopting AI-assisted development practices You should be comfortable experimenting with AI to accelerate development while applying strong engineering judgement to ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance. We are not looking for engineers who rely uncritically on AI-generated output; we are looking for engineers who use these tools to improve the quality, speed, and effectiveness of software development. Key responsibilities: Work as part of a highly collaborative, cross-functional, agile product development team to develop modern responsive web applications Implement intuitive, interactive, and visually appealing user interfaces using React Work closely with UX/UI designers to translate design concepts into functional web applications Ensure applications are optimized for performance, accessibility, and responsiveness across devices and browsers Use AI-assisted development tools to help design, implement, refactor, and debug software. Critically evaluate, adapt, and validate AI-generated output to ensure it meets engineering and quality standards Help the team evolve effective AI-supported development workflows. Write well-tested, documented, and peer-reviewed code Work closely with Product Managers and QA to ensure software meets user and business requirements Contribute to engineering best practices, including testing, CI/CD, code review, and continuous improvement Support the growth of the London engineering team through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and participation in recruitment Requirements: Core Engineering Skills Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Experience building modern web applications using React Experience working with Node.js, Express, or related backend services Experience working with RESTful APIs Familiarity with agile development practices such as: + Test-Driven Development + Pair Programming + Continuous Integration + Automated testing and deployment Strong collaboration and communication skills with a positive and constructive approach to teamwork AI-Assisted Development Experience We are particularly interested in engineers who actively use AI tools as part of a software engineering workflow .Examples include: Experience using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools Comfort working in an AI-augmented development environment Ability to break work into well-scoped tasks that AI tools can assist with effectively Curiosity about how AI can improve developer productivity, experimentation, and software quality Enthusiasm for exploring and sharing effective ways of using AI in software engineering Experience with these tools is valued, but curiosity and enthusiasm to learn are equally welcome .Join our team and contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. If you are ready to advance your career and make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Work in a way that works for you We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals. Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive. Working for you We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer: Comprehensive Pension Plan Home, office, or commuting allowance. Generous vacation entitlement and option for sabbatical leave Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Family Care leave Flexible working hours Personal Choice budget Internal communities and networks Various employee discounts Recruitment introduction reward Employee Assistance Program (global) About the business - ScienceDirect is home to almost one-quarter of the world's peer-reviewed full-text scientific, technical, and medical content.More than 15 million researchers, healthcare professionals, teachers, and students rely on ScienceDirect as a trusted source of nearly 2,200 journals and 26,000 book titles .The platform supports research and education with rich interactive content, including video, graphs, datasets, and images, along with tools that help users discover and stay up to date with relevant research. We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click to access benefits specific to your location. We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our or please contact 1-. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. Learn more about spotting and avoiding scams . Please read our .We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. USA Job Seekers: .Elsevier is a global leader in advanced information and decision support for science and healthcare. We believe that by working together with the communities we serve, we can shape human progress to go further, happen faster, and benefit all.We support continuous discovery and uphold the highest standards of content integrity, reliability, and reproducibility so the communities we serve can advance their field of science, healthcare or innovation with confidence. By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and healthcare communities around the world. We offer a diverse range of opportunities across technology, commercial, business, and
hackajob is collaborating with Solirius Reply to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Role: Interaction Designer Location: London/Remote Contract/Perm: Perm Start Date: ASAP Clearances: Internal Background Check (DBS)/ Eligible for Security Clearance We're an independent digital transformation consultancy with clients across public and private sectors. We help our clients solve complex technical problems and provide human centred solutions that lead to positive outcomes. We do this with multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, developers, designers and analysts working closely alongside client stakeholders and end users. We operate as a flat organisation, and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently, making the most of their expertise. We believe in giving everyone an opportunity to continually learn and grow in the direction they choose, and we actively help people to shape the career they want. We take work life balance seriously, enabling people to work flexibly where possible and we strive to create a fun and relaxed working environment allowing our team to thrive. We believe diversity makes us a stronger company and we seek to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets, each able to contribute in unique ways. This diversity engenders a richer, more creative environment - one in which our people, clients and end users can all benefit. The role We're looking for an Interaction Designer to join our multidisciplinary team designing and delivering innovative, user centred digital public services for Government and Private Sector clients. You'll be a great listener and communicator with a creative, structured, and logical approach to understanding problems and designing inclusive, human centred experiences. We're specifically looking for a pragmatic team player with an appreciation of both business and user needs, who is keen to develop their 'T shaped' skills and is not afraid to take on new challenges. Skills And Experience Required Proven experience and knowledge of using GOV.UK Prototype Kit, design systems and design patterns Proven experience of understanding and ensuring usability, accessibility, and inclusivity, in line with WCAG and GOV.UK design guidelines. Demonstrates practical experience of working to the Government Service Standard, ideally with service assessment experience across all phases Designs simple, intuitive, and accessible digital services that meet user needs and business objectives. Takes an end to end view of services, creating effective, user centred interactions across channels. Participates in user research activities, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform design decisions and service improvements. Rapidly prototypes and tests designs using a range of methods, including paper, digital, and code based prototypes Produces clear interaction design artefacts, including sketches, user flows, scenarios, wireframes, journey maps, and prototypes. Captures and communicates design decisions clearly and confidently, influencing stakeholders and colleagues with a strong evidence base. Facilitates workshops, co design sessions, and user testing to explore problems, generate ideas, and validate solutions. Works collaboratively within agile, multidisciplinary teams alongside developers, researchers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver effective services. Contributes to design standards and design systems, maintaining consistency across services and interfaces. Supports service transformation by improving the efficiency, speed, and usability of public services. Communication and productivity Excellent verbal, written, and facilitation skills, able to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels. Strong technical literacy, able to understand high level technical processes, constraints, and concepts. Recognises and works within project constraints, supporting teams to deliver value to clients and users. Supports and coaches teams and stakeholders in user centred design and agile ways of working. Contributes to internal culture, tools, processes, and capability development. Company development Contributes to the development of the Design practice and the Interaction Design community of practice Mentors, coaches, supports and manages colleagues Supports thought leadership, case studies, and insights showcasing interaction design expertise Contributes to client proposals and presentations to help win new projects. The ideal candidate will share our values and ways of working. As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all stages of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and take assignments across different sectors. This provides a broad base of experience for building an outstanding career. Candidates should be open to working in different locations for different clients. While most work is remote, candidates should be happy to meet in our London office and travel as client needs dictate. Equality & Diversity Solirius Reply is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us. Benefits Competitive Salary Bonus Scheme Private Healthcare Insurance 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year Enhanced Parental Leave Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days) Statutory & Contributory Pension EAP with Gym Membership Benefits Flexible Working Annual Away Days/Company Socials
08/07/2026
Full time
hackajob is collaborating with Solirius Reply to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Role: Interaction Designer Location: London/Remote Contract/Perm: Perm Start Date: ASAP Clearances: Internal Background Check (DBS)/ Eligible for Security Clearance We're an independent digital transformation consultancy with clients across public and private sectors. We help our clients solve complex technical problems and provide human centred solutions that lead to positive outcomes. We do this with multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, developers, designers and analysts working closely alongside client stakeholders and end users. We operate as a flat organisation, and believe in trusting and supporting our team to operate independently, making the most of their expertise. We believe in giving everyone an opportunity to continually learn and grow in the direction they choose, and we actively help people to shape the career they want. We take work life balance seriously, enabling people to work flexibly where possible and we strive to create a fun and relaxed working environment allowing our team to thrive. We believe diversity makes us a stronger company and we seek to employ people with different ideas, styles and skill sets, each able to contribute in unique ways. This diversity engenders a richer, more creative environment - one in which our people, clients and end users can all benefit. The role We're looking for an Interaction Designer to join our multidisciplinary team designing and delivering innovative, user centred digital public services for Government and Private Sector clients. You'll be a great listener and communicator with a creative, structured, and logical approach to understanding problems and designing inclusive, human centred experiences. We're specifically looking for a pragmatic team player with an appreciation of both business and user needs, who is keen to develop their 'T shaped' skills and is not afraid to take on new challenges. Skills And Experience Required Proven experience and knowledge of using GOV.UK Prototype Kit, design systems and design patterns Proven experience of understanding and ensuring usability, accessibility, and inclusivity, in line with WCAG and GOV.UK design guidelines. Demonstrates practical experience of working to the Government Service Standard, ideally with service assessment experience across all phases Designs simple, intuitive, and accessible digital services that meet user needs and business objectives. Takes an end to end view of services, creating effective, user centred interactions across channels. Participates in user research activities, using qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform design decisions and service improvements. Rapidly prototypes and tests designs using a range of methods, including paper, digital, and code based prototypes Produces clear interaction design artefacts, including sketches, user flows, scenarios, wireframes, journey maps, and prototypes. Captures and communicates design decisions clearly and confidently, influencing stakeholders and colleagues with a strong evidence base. Facilitates workshops, co design sessions, and user testing to explore problems, generate ideas, and validate solutions. Works collaboratively within agile, multidisciplinary teams alongside developers, researchers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver effective services. Contributes to design standards and design systems, maintaining consistency across services and interfaces. Supports service transformation by improving the efficiency, speed, and usability of public services. Communication and productivity Excellent verbal, written, and facilitation skills, able to engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels. Strong technical literacy, able to understand high level technical processes, constraints, and concepts. Recognises and works within project constraints, supporting teams to deliver value to clients and users. Supports and coaches teams and stakeholders in user centred design and agile ways of working. Contributes to internal culture, tools, processes, and capability development. Company development Contributes to the development of the Design practice and the Interaction Design community of practice Mentors, coaches, supports and manages colleagues Supports thought leadership, case studies, and insights showcasing interaction design expertise Contributes to client proposals and presentations to help win new projects. The ideal candidate will share our values and ways of working. As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all stages of the development lifecycle, from strategy to implementation, and take assignments across different sectors. This provides a broad base of experience for building an outstanding career. Candidates should be open to working in different locations for different clients. While most work is remote, candidates should be happy to meet in our London office and travel as client needs dictate. Equality & Diversity Solirius Reply is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a work environment that supports, celebrates, encourages, and respects all individuals and in which all processes are based on merit, competence and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age, disability, ethnicity, marital status or any other protected characteristics. Should you require further assistance or require any reasonable adjustments be put in place to better support your application process, please do not hesitate to raise this with us. Benefits Competitive Salary Bonus Scheme Private Healthcare Insurance 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays Up to 10 days allocated for development training per year Enhanced Parental Leave Paid Fertility Leave (5 Days) Statutory & Contributory Pension EAP with Gym Membership Benefits Flexible Working Annual Away Days/Company Socials
About us. We're the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose is to help families get more out of life. If you're high performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. About the role. As a Senior Product Designer, you'll take the lead in designing intuitive, accessible, and impactful customer experiences across our digital products. Working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and UX Researchers, you'll own design solutions from discovery through to delivery, ensuring they meet user needs, business goals and technical constraints. You'll contribute to the evolution of our design system, lead design work across your squad or workstream, and collaborate on cross tribe initiatives. You'll play a hands on role in shaping the product experience, while also mentoring associated designers and role modeling best practices in accessibility, collaboration, and product thinking. Key Responsibilities Craft skill & methods Deliver high quality, accessible, and inclusive design across native mobile (iOS/Android) and responsive web platforms. Be skilled in discovery, journey mapping, prototyping, testing, and delivering polished UI design. Apply platform specific conventions (iOS HIG, Material Design) and consider mobile specific scenarios such as authentication, gestures, and screen constraints. Use data and user insights to iterate and inform decisions at pace. Evolve our design system through thoughtful pattern contribution and reuse. Balance usability, creativity and feasibility through close collaboration with engineers. Mentor associated designers on tools, techniques and craft best practices. Strategic focus & Product mindset Understand product strategy and translate it into clear design opportunities. Collaborate with Product Managers to shape roadmap decisions and priorities. Embed lean UX into day to day work, validate early and iterate quickly. Connect user needs with business impact and measure success through outcomes. Identify risks, challenge assumptions and ensure the "why" is clear in every design decision. Technical & business understanding Work fluently within agile product teams and understand development constraints. Build strong partnerships with engineers to ensure quality delivery. Advocate for accessibility and design with WCAG 2.2 AA standards in mind. Understand the role of performance, SEO, and platform requirements in product design. Contribute to team rituals, agile ceremonies and shared delivery goals. Leading, influencing & communication Lead workshops, design reviews and team rituals with confidence. Communicate design intent clearly to different audiences, from developers to stakeholders. Mentor and coach associate and mid level designers, supporting their growth. Help drive alignment across disciplines and keep focus on the user outcome. Be comfortable giving and receiving feedback in a constructive, respectful way. Collaboration & culture Work openly and collaboratively with cross functional teams. Participate actively in the design community, contributing to critiques, rituals, and culture. Role model inclusive design behaviours and accessibility principles. Champion diverse user perspectives and help ensure all voices are represented in design thinking. Self management Be organised and proactive - able to manage time across multiple workstreams. Make considered trade offs to balance speed, quality and constraints. Seek feedback, reflect on work, and pursue opportunities to learn and grow. Support team wellbeing and a psychologically safe team culture. About you Experience designing digital products in cross functional teams. A strong portfolio demonstrating end to end product design, from discovery to delivery. Expertise in UX, interaction, visual design and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA). Confident designing for both native mobile apps (iOS/Android) and responsive web. Familiar with platform conventions and mobile first design principles. Experienced in working with mobile engineers to deliver high quality app experiences. Proficient in Figma and modern product design tools and workflows. Comfortable working within and contributing to design systems at scale. Skilled in facilitating discovery, workshops, testing sessions and co design activities. Strong communicator - able to explain design rationale clearly and influence decision making. A user first mindset, grounded in commercial awareness and business impact. Benefits Flexible, hybrid working model. £1,000 flexible benefits allowance. 30 days holiday + bank holidays. LinkedIn learning access. Bonus potential (performance and business related). Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk. Matched pension up to 6%. Equal opportunities We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Diversity and inclusion We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview or perform a role, let us know. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine colleague networks, including DAWN and Think, that help make Very an even more inclusive place to work.
08/07/2026
Full time
About us. We're the team behind digital retailer Very. Our purpose is to help families get more out of life. If you're high performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. About the role. As a Senior Product Designer, you'll take the lead in designing intuitive, accessible, and impactful customer experiences across our digital products. Working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and UX Researchers, you'll own design solutions from discovery through to delivery, ensuring they meet user needs, business goals and technical constraints. You'll contribute to the evolution of our design system, lead design work across your squad or workstream, and collaborate on cross tribe initiatives. You'll play a hands on role in shaping the product experience, while also mentoring associated designers and role modeling best practices in accessibility, collaboration, and product thinking. Key Responsibilities Craft skill & methods Deliver high quality, accessible, and inclusive design across native mobile (iOS/Android) and responsive web platforms. Be skilled in discovery, journey mapping, prototyping, testing, and delivering polished UI design. Apply platform specific conventions (iOS HIG, Material Design) and consider mobile specific scenarios such as authentication, gestures, and screen constraints. Use data and user insights to iterate and inform decisions at pace. Evolve our design system through thoughtful pattern contribution and reuse. Balance usability, creativity and feasibility through close collaboration with engineers. Mentor associated designers on tools, techniques and craft best practices. Strategic focus & Product mindset Understand product strategy and translate it into clear design opportunities. Collaborate with Product Managers to shape roadmap decisions and priorities. Embed lean UX into day to day work, validate early and iterate quickly. Connect user needs with business impact and measure success through outcomes. Identify risks, challenge assumptions and ensure the "why" is clear in every design decision. Technical & business understanding Work fluently within agile product teams and understand development constraints. Build strong partnerships with engineers to ensure quality delivery. Advocate for accessibility and design with WCAG 2.2 AA standards in mind. Understand the role of performance, SEO, and platform requirements in product design. Contribute to team rituals, agile ceremonies and shared delivery goals. Leading, influencing & communication Lead workshops, design reviews and team rituals with confidence. Communicate design intent clearly to different audiences, from developers to stakeholders. Mentor and coach associate and mid level designers, supporting their growth. Help drive alignment across disciplines and keep focus on the user outcome. Be comfortable giving and receiving feedback in a constructive, respectful way. Collaboration & culture Work openly and collaboratively with cross functional teams. Participate actively in the design community, contributing to critiques, rituals, and culture. Role model inclusive design behaviours and accessibility principles. Champion diverse user perspectives and help ensure all voices are represented in design thinking. Self management Be organised and proactive - able to manage time across multiple workstreams. Make considered trade offs to balance speed, quality and constraints. Seek feedback, reflect on work, and pursue opportunities to learn and grow. Support team wellbeing and a psychologically safe team culture. About you Experience designing digital products in cross functional teams. A strong portfolio demonstrating end to end product design, from discovery to delivery. Expertise in UX, interaction, visual design and accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA). Confident designing for both native mobile apps (iOS/Android) and responsive web. Familiar with platform conventions and mobile first design principles. Experienced in working with mobile engineers to deliver high quality app experiences. Proficient in Figma and modern product design tools and workflows. Comfortable working within and contributing to design systems at scale. Skilled in facilitating discovery, workshops, testing sessions and co design activities. Strong communicator - able to explain design rationale clearly and influence decision making. A user first mindset, grounded in commercial awareness and business impact. Benefits Flexible, hybrid working model. £1,000 flexible benefits allowance. 30 days holiday + bank holidays. LinkedIn learning access. Bonus potential (performance and business related). Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk. Matched pension up to 6%. Equal opportunities We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Diversity and inclusion We're building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don't discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview or perform a role, let us know. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine colleague networks, including DAWN and Think, that help make Very an even more inclusive place to work.
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it's not just what we do that matters-it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. We are seeking a Quantitative AI Strategist to join our quantitative analytics team. This is a front-office role at the intersection of quantitative finance, AI, and product development - focused on building and evolving the firm's AI powered research and analytics platform. The platform helps traders, researchers, analysts, and risk managers move from questions to actionable insight by unifying analytics, data, and research. Your job is to make it indispensable - by working directly with trading desks to understand their workflows, building the quantitative and AI capabilities they need to generate better ideas and make better decisions, and partnering with software engineers to deliver them at production quality. You will have broad exposure across asset classes, desks, and problem types - from signal generation and backtesting to risk analysis and research analytics - while working at the frontier of applying AI to quantitative finance. The ultimate goal is to help the firm generate more revenue through AI assisted trading and research. The ideal candidate will be able to: Work directly with trading desks across asset classes and other stakeholders across the firm to identify high value use cases for the platform. Determine the right balance between AI autonomy and structured tooling - deciding what the AI should reason through on its own, what instructions and domain knowledge it needs, and what purpose built code it should call - and build accordingly. Work with front office stakeholders to turn desk needs into well defined quantitative problems/workflows, and collaborate with technology teams and quantitative researchers to deliver solutions. Key Responsibilities: Prototype and validate quantitative workflows end to end - from data retrieval and signal construction through to strategy evaluation, PnL simulation, testing, and risk/scenario analysis - while defining how the AI should interact with data sources, analytics libraries, desk specific tools, etc., and work with engineers to deliver them as production platform capabilities. Write high quality platform code and quantitative libraries - including code designed to be called and understood by AI, with clear interfaces, documentation, and instructions to AI. Enhance the platform's ability to reason about markets, interpret financial data, and produce reliable, contextually aware analysis across products and markets. Continuously evaluate how the platform is used, identify where it excels and where it falls short, and drive improvements that deliver measurable value to trading and research workflows. Engage with stakeholders across the firm - trading desks, risk management, researchers, new joiners, and others - to discover emerging use cases and adapt the platform's capabilities accordingly. Proactively identify new use cases and capabilities as AI technology evolves. Act as the first line of quantitative support for platform users - diagnosing issues, feeding insights back into platform development, and ensuring a high quality user experience. Qualification and Experience: Background in quantitative finance, financial engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, or a related technical field. 3-7 years' experience in a front office quant, strategist, or quantitative research role, ideally with exposure to multiple asset classes. Solid understanding of financial markets, pricing/risk methodologies, and PnL attribution. Experience building or contributing to internal analytics platforms or tools used by traders and researchers. Experience with signal generation, backtesting, or systematic strategy development. Strong programming skills in Python. Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows. Familiarity with AI technologies and their application to quantitative workflows is a strong plus. Experience building AI agents is a strong plus. Excellent communication skills - able to engage directly with trading desks to understand their needs, formalize them into quantitative specifications, and collaborate effectively with software engineers. Strong problem solving ability, intellectual curiosity, and comfort working across team boundaries in a fast paced trading environment. Strong ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies - particularly important given the rapid pace of development in AI. For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at
08/07/2026
Full time
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it's not just what we do that matters-it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. We are seeking a Quantitative AI Strategist to join our quantitative analytics team. This is a front-office role at the intersection of quantitative finance, AI, and product development - focused on building and evolving the firm's AI powered research and analytics platform. The platform helps traders, researchers, analysts, and risk managers move from questions to actionable insight by unifying analytics, data, and research. Your job is to make it indispensable - by working directly with trading desks to understand their workflows, building the quantitative and AI capabilities they need to generate better ideas and make better decisions, and partnering with software engineers to deliver them at production quality. You will have broad exposure across asset classes, desks, and problem types - from signal generation and backtesting to risk analysis and research analytics - while working at the frontier of applying AI to quantitative finance. The ultimate goal is to help the firm generate more revenue through AI assisted trading and research. The ideal candidate will be able to: Work directly with trading desks across asset classes and other stakeholders across the firm to identify high value use cases for the platform. Determine the right balance between AI autonomy and structured tooling - deciding what the AI should reason through on its own, what instructions and domain knowledge it needs, and what purpose built code it should call - and build accordingly. Work with front office stakeholders to turn desk needs into well defined quantitative problems/workflows, and collaborate with technology teams and quantitative researchers to deliver solutions. Key Responsibilities: Prototype and validate quantitative workflows end to end - from data retrieval and signal construction through to strategy evaluation, PnL simulation, testing, and risk/scenario analysis - while defining how the AI should interact with data sources, analytics libraries, desk specific tools, etc., and work with engineers to deliver them as production platform capabilities. Write high quality platform code and quantitative libraries - including code designed to be called and understood by AI, with clear interfaces, documentation, and instructions to AI. Enhance the platform's ability to reason about markets, interpret financial data, and produce reliable, contextually aware analysis across products and markets. Continuously evaluate how the platform is used, identify where it excels and where it falls short, and drive improvements that deliver measurable value to trading and research workflows. Engage with stakeholders across the firm - trading desks, risk management, researchers, new joiners, and others - to discover emerging use cases and adapt the platform's capabilities accordingly. Proactively identify new use cases and capabilities as AI technology evolves. Act as the first line of quantitative support for platform users - diagnosing issues, feeding insights back into platform development, and ensuring a high quality user experience. Qualification and Experience: Background in quantitative finance, financial engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, or a related technical field. 3-7 years' experience in a front office quant, strategist, or quantitative research role, ideally with exposure to multiple asset classes. Solid understanding of financial markets, pricing/risk methodologies, and PnL attribution. Experience building or contributing to internal analytics platforms or tools used by traders and researchers. Experience with signal generation, backtesting, or systematic strategy development. Strong programming skills in Python. Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows. Familiarity with AI technologies and their application to quantitative workflows is a strong plus. Experience building AI agents is a strong plus. Excellent communication skills - able to engage directly with trading desks to understand their needs, formalize them into quantitative specifications, and collaborate effectively with software engineers. Strong problem solving ability, intellectual curiosity, and comfort working across team boundaries in a fast paced trading environment. Strong ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies - particularly important given the rapid pace of development in AI. For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at