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Developer - 6 months - Outside IR35 - Hybrid Working Day Rate - Up to £480 Harvey Nash's public sector client are currently looking to recruit a Developer to join their team based remotely/Edinburgh for an initial 6 month period. Assignment description: The organisation is looking for an experienced developer with solid commercial experience of building web applications and REST APIs using Spring Boot in an OpenShift environment is required to accelerate the organisations delivery of new and improved digital services to customers. Essential Skills: Significant commercial experience in the following technology: Java 17/21 js 18/22 Spring Boot microservices Spring Security and OAuth 2.0 JavaScript and TypeScript development Modern Front End frameworks, particularly React and Next.js OpenShift RabbitMQ PostgreSQL CI/CD tooling, including Jenkins Pipelines and GitLab Runners Significant and demonstrable commercial experience in the following areas: Delivering high-quality software collaboratively within high performing, cross-functional development teams. Designing, socialising, achieving consensus on, and implementing technical solutions for software development projects. Developing solutions in line with Digital First and GDS standards and best practices. Designing, developing, and maintaining modern, accessible, and responsive web applications using React and Next.js. Building reusable UI components and leveraging design systems and pattern libraries to deliver consistent and maintainable user experiences. Creating and maintaining comprehensive end-to-end UI test suites using Playwright, covering critical user journeys, functional validation, regression testing, and cross-browser compatibility. Designing and implementing service-oriented and event-driven architectures. API design, development, and integration. Using Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Pair Programming to deliver high-quality, maintainable code. Implementing Consumer-Driven Contract Testing to validate system behaviour and integration points. Adopting modern DevOps practices and Continuous Delivery approaches. Using cloud monitoring, observability, telemetry, and analytics tools, particularly Grafana and Kibana/OpenSearch. Incrementally modernising and replacing enterprise Legacy systems. Working within Agile delivery environments, particularly Kanban. Using code quality, monitoring, telemetry, and analytics tools to support software reliability and performance. Designing and developing solutions with both relational and NoSQL databases, particularly PostgreSQL and MongoDB. Desirable Skills/Experience Knowledge of the Scottish Land Registration process Renovate, S3, Aurora/Postgres, Grafana, SonarQube, Software Vulnerabilities Management Typescript, Playwright Python 2.7/3.x This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.

Who You Will Be Working WithYou will be part of the Data Platforms team within the Insights and Data Global Practice, which has seen strong growth and continued success across a variety of projects and sectors. Data Platforms is home to API Engineers, Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Solutions Architects and Business Analysts focused on driving our customersdigital and data transformation using modern cloud platforms. We specialise in the latest frameworks, reference architectures and technologies across AWS, Azure and GCP, including API/microservices patterns and data platforms such as AWS-native analytics services and Snowflake.As an AWS API Engineer / Data Architect at Capgemini, you will design and deliver secure, scalable API and microservices architectures across multiple client applications and services. You will define integration patterns and standards, shape data and document-store designs, and take ownership from solution design through build, deployment and production support, ensuring services are observable, reliable and cost-effective on AWS.You will design and deliver secure, scalable, well-integrated APIs and microservices across multiple client applications and services, supporting system and data integration across distributed environments.Security Clearance: To be successfully appointed to this role, must be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC)clearance.To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.The Focus of Your RoleYou will be an integral part of teams delivering modern digital services on AWS, with primary responsibility for API and microservices architecture and system integration. You will design RESTful APIs and service boundaries, define integration standards, and collaborate with product, delivery and cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure secure access patterns, strong observability, and smooth deployments and cutovers. Where required, you will also contribute to data architecture decisions (e.g., PostgreSQL and document stores) to enable robust end-to-end solutions.Key responsibilities (API & data architecture):Design and implement serverless and microservices-based API architectures on AWS (e.g., Lambda, API Gateway) aligned to product roadmaps.Define and apply RESTful API design patterns and integration standards; support API lifecycle management, documentation and versioning.Support system and data integration across distributed services, including event-driven patterns where appropriate.Assess and address technical debt, recommending pragmatic modernisation approaches.Support deployment planning, cutover activities and post-go-live stabilisation.Contribute to document store and data architecture design (e.g., PostgreSQL and document stores) and collaboration with data engineering teams.Collaborate with cybersecurity and delivery teams to ensure secure, observable solutions (logging, monitoring, audit)Integrate applications with identity providers and enforce secure access patterns (e.g., IAM, token-based authentication).What You'll BringYou will bring strong, hands-on experience delivering API and integration solutions within complex environments, with an understanding of regulatory obligations and the need for trusted, mission-critical services. You will be able to design secure, scalable and well-governed RESTful APIs and microservices on AWS, applying consistent standards for identity, access control, observability, auditability and operational resilience. You will be comfortable collaborating with stakeholders to translate outcomes into pragmatic architectures and delivery plans, and you will bring strong engineering discipline, documentation and teamwork skills to help teams deliver sustainable capabilities end-to-end.Required skills & experience (API & architecture):Strong experience designing and building APIs and microservices architectures.Hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway).Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, integration patterns and distributed systems; exposure to GraphQL is a plus.Experience working across the full delivery lifecycle, from design through deployment and production support.Ability to communicate architecture decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.Experience:Minimum 5+ years of experience as an AWS API Engineer / Data Architect, designing and delivering APIs and microservices in production environments.Strong expertise in AWS services used for API and platform delivery (e.g., Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, IAM, VPC, Route 53, ECR) and experience applying security and networking fundamentals.Experience with deployment and operations practices (CI/CD, release planning, cutover, post-go-live stabilisation) and observability tooling (e.g., CloudWatch and/or ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python) with strong software engineering practices (Git, code review, unit testing, CI/CD) and an ability to troubleshoot production issues.A continuous learning mindset, ideally with progress toward AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Developer Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate) or equivalent experience.Relevant certifications (desirable): AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, and/or AWS Certified Security Specialty.Technologies you may work with:Amazon Web Services (AWS): Lambda, API Gateway, Aurora RDS, EC2, Route 53, ECR, STS, VPC, S3.API, Integration & Security: RESTful APIs, Apollo GraphQL; AWS IAM, token-based authentication, external identity providers.Data & Messaging: PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, document stores.Engineering & Operations: CI/CD pipelines; ELK stack; Prometheus, Grafana.Additional InfoHybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)What we'll offer youYou will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini's 'learning for life' mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard Manage Mentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.Why we're differentAt Capgemini, we help organisations across the world become more agile, more competitive, and more successful. Smart, tailored, often ground-breaking technical solutions to complex problems are the norm. But so, too, is a culture that's as collaborative as it is forward thinking. Working closely with each other, and with our clients, we get under the skin of businesses and to the heart of their goals. You will too.Capgemini is proud to represent nearly 130 nationalities and its cultural diversity. Our holistic definition of diversity extends beyond gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, race, age, and religion. Capgemini views diversity as everything that makes us who we are as an organization, including our social background, our experiences in life and work, our communication styles and even our personality. These dimensions contribute to the type of diversity we value the most: diversity of thought.

Company DescriptionDepop is a peer-to-peer circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover secondhand fashion. Our mission is simple: to make fashion circular by making secondhand as exciting and rewarding as buying new.Founded in 2011, Depop's diverse community has helped move resale into the mainstream, where buying secondhand is no longer an alternative, but how people of different ages now engage with fashion. Today, more than 56 million registered users come to Depop to find great value, express their own personal style and give clothes a longer life. We believe that everything you want already exists, and our role is to help people discover it.Powered by a team of over 500 people, our company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York. In 2021, Depop became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy - the global marketplace for unique and creative goods - and continues to operate as a standalone company. For more information, visit aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they're from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users.We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We're continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.AI Disclosure: We use AI tools (Google Gemini) to help our team source and review applications for roles with a high volume of applications. These tools assist our recruiters in identifying great talent but do not replace human decision-making. At Depop, every hiring decision is made by a human.If, due to a disability, you need adjustments to complete the application, please let us know by sending an email with your name, the role to which you would like to apply, and the type of support you need to complete the application to is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Software Engineer to join us within our Platform Pillar, working on the team that owns and evolves Depop's core APIs and services.The Platform Pillar is part of Depop's enablement function, responsible for building and running the internal foundations that help Depop engineers ship software safely, confidently, and efficiently.Rather than focusing primarily on user-facing features, Platform teams create and maintain the systems, tools, infrastructure, and engineering capabilities that other teams rely on every day.This team owns and manages Depop's core application, which sits at the heart of the platform and is responsible for managing critical user and product data. It is a foundational part of Depop's technology estate, supporting many of the experiences used by buyers, sellers, and internal teams across the business.The RoleThis is a unique opportunity to help shape the technical direction of one of Depop's most important backend systems.You'll be working on highly impactful platform problems, improving scalability and reliability, reducing technical risk, and helping define how Depop's core systems evolve for years to come.You'll be building and improving backend services, influencing architectural direction, and working with a collaborative, supportive team that values good engineering and good people in equal measure.ResponsibilitiesAs a Senior Backend Engineer within this team, you can expect to:Work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Platform Engineers, Security Engineers, Data Engineers, and other backend teams to understand problems and design effective solutions.Produce high-quality code that is well-structured, reliable, maintainable, and simple to understand, supporting systems used by millions of Depop users.Take ownership of platform and product development, from technical discovery and problem definition through to the breakdown of work and implementation.Contribute to high-level architectural thinking, helping to set the long-term technical direction for Depop's core application and associated platform services.Improve the scalability, reliability, observability, and operational safety of critical backend systems.Work on foundational platform capabilities, including core backend systems, service-to-service communication, authentication, infrastructure architecture, messaging, database scalability, deployment tooling, and internal engineering enablement.Help evolve Depop's core application so it remains safe, performant, and fit for future product and engineering needs.Communicate clearly with stakeholders across engineering, product, security, data, and infrastructure, translating technical complexity into shared understanding and actionable plans.Support applications end to end, including production incident management, debugging, monitoring, and continuous improvement.Embrace agile methodologies, user-centred thinking, and a pragmatic approach to solving real business and engineering problems.Engage in a culture of continuous improvement by participating in blameless post-mortems, architecture reviews, engineering guild sessions, and technical strategy discussions.Collaborate daily with fellow engineers in a cross-functional environment to solve complex problems and write high-quality code.Mentor and support the growth of colleagues, identifying opportunities to share knowledge and strengthen team skill sets.Own your code, workflows, services, and data through their entire lifecycle.Must HavesSolid software engineering experience, with strong evidence of the ability to learn and work effectively in the team's Scala and Python stack.A strong backend engineering background, including experience designing, building, testing, and operating production services.Willingness to work across multiple paradigms and languages, including backend, platform, and data-oriented work.Strong technical and non-technical communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to different audiences.Proficiency in testing solutions at different levels, including unit and integration testing.Experience with relational or non-relational databases.Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration technologies.Experience working on production systems where reliability, scalability, and maintainability are critical.Ability to proactively identify and solve complex technical problems independently, while knowing when to seek guidance or collaborate with peers.Desired ExperienceExperience writing high-quality backend code in Scala, TypeScript, Python, or another JVM language. We are looking for a polyglot engineer who is motivated by the problem being solved, not just the language being used.Experience working with large, business-critical backend applications or platform systems.Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or DynamoDB.Experience building scalable web applications or backend systems handling significant traffic and data volume.Experience improving reliability, scalability, observability, and operational maturity in production systems.Experience working in a DevOps culture, including CI/CD pipelines, observability, incident response, and production ownership.Experience working on platform capabilities that support other engineering teams, such as shared services, deployment tooling, infrastructure abstractions, or internal developer workflows.A product-oriented and platform-minded approach, with a focus on solving real engineering and business problems rather than over-engineering solutions.Bonus PointsExperience with the Play Framework.Experience working on platform engineering, internal developer platforms, or core infrastructure systems.Experience with large monoliths, service extraction, or modernisation of legacy backend systems.Experience with eCommerce or marketplace platforms.Experience with event-driven architectures, preferably using Kafka.Experience using production AWS infrastructure, ideally with Terraform.Experience with data engineering.Experience with service-to-service authentication, internal platform security, or cloud cost management.Experience enabling AI platform capabilities or building guardrails for safe AI adoption.Additional InformationHealth + Mental WellbeingPMI and cash plan healthcare access with BupaSubsidised counselling and coaching with Self SpaceCycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute InitiativeEmployee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential supportMental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signpostingWork/Life Balance:25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days1 company-wide day off per quarterFlexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options role dependantAll offices are dog-friendlyAbility to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countriesFamily Life:18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employeesIVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leaveLearn + Grow:Development discussions to support continuous learning and professional growth.Upskilling our employees with company wide training workshops, materials and resourcesYour Future:Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)Pension matching up to 6% of full base salary with Aviva

Location Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London, Salford About the job Job summary The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has a clear mission - to grow the economy. Our role is to help businesses invest, grow and export to create jobs and opportunities right across the country. We do this in three ways. Firstly, we help to build a strong, competitive business environment, where consumers are protected and companies rewarded for treating their employees properly. Secondly, we open international markets and ensure resilient supply chains. This can be through Free Trade Agreements, trade facilitation and multilateral agreements. Finally, we work in partnership with businesses every day, providing advance, finance and deal-making support to those looking to start up, invest, export and grow. The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate develops and operates tools and services to support us in this mission. About the role As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (DevOps), you will play a key role in designing, building and running reliable, scalable and secure platform services that underpin critical DBT digital products. Working in multidisciplinary, agile teams, you'll help ensure development teams have the tools and support they need, from observability and monitoring through to CI/CD pipelines so services are resilient, performant and centred around user needs. You'll champion good engineering practices, helping teams use data and insight to continuously improve how services are delivered and operated. This is a hands-on role where you'll spend much of your time building and improving platform capabilities directly. You'll work closely with product managers, architects and engineers to improve reliability and reduce operational burden, while also supporting and mentoring others across the engineering community. You'll contribute to building and scaling our global platform, support live services through an on-call rota, and play an active role in initiatives such as enhancing observability and streamlining deployment processes to improve service quality and delivery outcomes. Job description You will: Build and maintain shared service products enabling developers to be more efficient. Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code to support platform and tooling development. Work closely with development teams to provide and improve platform tooling, including monitoring, logging, metrics, dashboards and CI/CD pipelines. Build, maintain and improve reliable, secure and scalable cloud-based infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code approaches. Support teams to adopt SRE practices, including Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets. Contribute to observability across services, helping teams better understand performance, reliability and user impact. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, frequent and low-risk delivery of changes. Collaborate with product, delivery and architecture colleagues to ensure platform services meet user and business needs. Support live service operations, including incident response, troubleshooting and problem management, with a focus on learning and continuous improvement. Share knowledge and provide coaching and mentoring to colleagues, contributing to a supportive and inclusive engineering community. Contribute to improving security, resilience and compliance practices within the platform. What tech will you be using? Python and Django framework PostgreSQL as a service (Amazon RDS) Redis/Elasticache AWS and Azure GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipelines/CodeBuild Terraform Docker, Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Container Registry (ECR) ElasticSearch/OpenSearch Datadog and Logstash Person specification It is essential that you have: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. Ability to build code-defined, reliable and well-tested infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking. Strong communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This great climate client based in Newcastle are looking for a sharp, proactive Python Full Stack Developer to bridge the gap between complex engineering models and beautiful, high-performance web applications. Working across our entire modern tech stack, you won't just be writing code-you will have a seat at the table, a voice in our architecture, and the autonomy to bring your own ideas to life. The role is 1/2 days in the office Why You'll Love This Role Real-World Impact: Your code directly supports offshore wind and renewable energy projects worldwide. Autonomy & Trust: We don't micromanage. You are empowered to use your initiative, voice your opinions, and shape our engineering culture. Full-Stack Ownership: From optimizing PostgreSQL database models to crafting fluid, responsive UIs with Jinja2 and vanilla JS, you'll touch it all. Growth Environment: As a fast-growing company, your role will evolve alongside your ambitions. We highly support continuous professional development (CPD) and certifications. What You'll Be Doing (Key Responsibilities) Architect & Deploy: Build, maintain, and deploy commercial-grade, cloud-native web applications directly on AWS. Bridge the Stack: Develop new features from scratch, seamlessly connecting Python/Flask backends with interactive frontends. Elevate the UX: Partner with our core engineering team to turn complex scientific data and models into slick, intuitive user experiences. Champion Code Quality: Drive technical excellence by conducting constructive, high-quality code reviews and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines. The Tech Stack You'll Leverage Backend: Python (Flask), SQLAlchemy, MVT Architecture, Multi-threading/Multi-processing. Frontend: Jinja2, HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JavaScript (jQuery, DataTables, AJAX), NPM. Data & Cloud: PostgreSQL, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, etc.), Docker. DevOps: Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD. Who You Are The Essentials The Toolkit: You have a proven track record of building web apps using Python frameworks (ideally Flask ) through professional, academic, or standout personal projects. The Foundations: You possess a strong degree (2:1 or higher) in Computer Science, Software Development, Maths, Engineering, or a highly relevant analytical field. The Mentality: A "can-do" team player who thrives in a collaborative environment, values honesty and integrity, and is comfortable navigating the exciting pivot points of a growing business. The Right to Work: Currently hold the right to work in the UK. The Awesome Extras (Highly Desirable / Desirable) (Don't worry if you don't check every box-if you possess a few of these, we want to talk to you!) Experience with GIS Mapping or OpenLayers . Familiarity with Kubernetes , parallel computing, or microservices. Knowledge of other frameworks or languages (like .NET Core ). Prior experience or a passionate interest in Net-Zero engineering, marine operations, or offshore wind . What We Offer Competitive Salary & Benefits package. A supportive environment that invests heavily in your professional development (AWS/Python certifications). The chance to work with brilliant, mission-driven minds in a flexible, collaborative culture.