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Lead Solutions Architect Bristol / Edinburgh / Leeds (Hybrid – 2 days per week in the office) A leading financial services organisation is seeking a Lead Solutions Architect to play a critical role in shaping the architecture behind large-scale digital transformation initiatives. This position sits at the heart of a major platform responsible for delivering colleague and customer services across insurance, pensions, and investment products. This is not a maintenance-focused architecture role. It is an opportunity to define architectural direction, modernise legacy capability, and help build scalable, intelligent platforms that support the organisation’s long-term digital strategy. You will work closely with Product Owners, Engineering teams, and Enterprise Architecture to design and deliver complex, high-impact solutions across a distributed engineering landscape spanning the UK and international teams. Key Responsibilities • Define and lead target solution architectures across APIs, microservices, colleague platforms, CCaaS telephony, robotics, and AI-enabled automation, • Drive the modernisation and simplification of service-driven architectures, enabling scalable and resilient digital platforms, • Shape the data strategy to support actionable intelligence and improved decision-making at scale, • Guide engineering teams in implementing secure, reliable, and scalable architectures, • Work across multiple feature teams to balance delivery speed with long-term architectural strategy, • Support the transformation of back-office operations and customer service capabilities through modern technology and automation, • Collaborate with architecture and engineering leadership to establish standards, patterns, and best practices Key Experience Required • Proven experience leading architecture across complex, multi-system transformation programmes, • Deep knowledge of API-led architectures and microservices, including event-driven and publish/subscribe patterns, • Strong understanding of web architecture, security, and scalable distributed systems, • Experience designing systems with authentication, single sign-on (OAuth), and encryption (in transit and at rest), • Demonstrated ability to define architectural standards, frameworks, and patterns, • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence engineering and product teams Desirable Experience • Cloud platform experience (GCP preferred, though Azure or AWS is also valuable), • Experience with contact centre / CCaaS platforms such as Genesys Cloud, NICE, or AWS, • Leadership or mentoring of other architects, • Experience experimenting or prototyping new approaches across different technology stacks, • Familiarity with content management frameworks and digital experience tooling Working Environment • Hybrid working model with two days per week in the office, • Locations available in Bristol, Edinburgh, or Leeds, • Agile and flexible working options, including hybrid arrangements and job share opportunities Benefits • Generous pension contribution of up to 15%, • Annual performance bonus, • Share schemes including free shares, • 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, • Flexible lifestyle benefits and wellbeing initiatives, • Strong parental leave policies and family support programmes This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact digital transformation programmes, influence architectural strategy across large platforms, and help shape the future technology landscape of a major financial services organisation. If you would like to learn more, please apply or reach out for a confidential discussion.

Location • Remote, but requirement to meet up once a month for in-person collaboration day, • UK based About Akixi Akixi is a leading provider of SaaS analytics solutions for cloud-based communication platforms, helping service providers and enterprises gain actionable insights from their telephony and collaboration data. Our solutions span Microsoft Teams, Cisco BroadWorks, Webex Calling, and CRM integrations — delivering real-time and historical analytics that improve customer experience and business performance. We are expanding our platform to include advanced AI capabilities — voice and chat assistants, intelligent analytics, and predictive insights — and are seeking an AI Engineer to define and deliver this vision. Job Summary & Purpose Own and drive Akixi’s AI and ML strategy — from concept and architecture through hands-on prototyping and deployment — to embed intelligence into Akixi’s products and analytics platforms. As the AI Engineer, you will define and execute Akixi’s AI roadmap, combining leadership of architecture and engineering practice with hands-on development of prototypes and production features. You’ll partner with Product, Data, and Platform Engineering to design and integrate AI-driven capabilities such as voice/chatbots, natural-language analytics, and predictive models. This role balances strategic technical direction with hands-on implementation, ensuring Akixi’s AI initiatives deliver tangible business and customer outcomes. Key Responsibilities • Lead the definition and delivery of Akixi’s AI strategy and technology roadmap., • Architect scalable AI solutions integrated into Akixi’s SaaS analytics platform., • Prototype, develop, and integrate AI-driven components such as chatbots, voice assistants, ML models, and LLM-based analytics., • Apply prompt engineering and model-tuning techniques to optimize chatbot and LLM behaviour., • Conduct research, proof-of-concepts, and feasibility studies for emerging AI technologies., • Collaborate with Product Management to scope AI features and align them with business goals., • Partner with Data Engineering to operationalize models, manage training data, and implement monitoring and retraining pipelines., • Work closely with Development, DevOps, and QA teams to ensure smooth CI/CD integration and deployment of AI components., • Establish standards for AI code quality, ethics, and data governance., • Mentor engineers working on AI-related projects, fostering technical excellence and innovation., • Evaluate external AI vendors, tools, and frameworks for adoption or integration., • Stay ahead of developments in AI/ML, LLMs, and applied analytics, translating trends into practical opportunities for Akixi. Required Skills & Experience • 4+ years in software engineering, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML or data-driven product development., • Proven expertise in developing and integrating AI solutions such as chatbots, voicebots, ML models, or LLM-based analytics., • Strong proficiency in Python (preferred) and/or JavaScript/TypeScript., • Hands-on experience with AI frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch and/or LangChain) and LLM APIs (e.g. Azure OpenAI, OpenAI API, Anthropic and/or AWS Bedrock)., • Experience with Microsoft Bot Framework, Dialogflow, or similar conversational-AI platforms., • Deep understanding of prompt engineering and fine-tuning of large language models., • Strong grounding in ML concepts — supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning., • Familiarity with cloud AI/ML services (e.g. Azure Cognitive Services, AWS SageMaker, and/or GCP Vertex AI)., • Experience deploying and monitoring AI workloads in CI/CD environments (e.g. Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and/or AWS)., • Ability to design data pipelines, APIs, and microservice integrations supporting AI features., • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills., • Proven ability to lead technically while remaining hands-on in design and coding. Advantageous Skills & Experience • Experience with call/contact-centre analytics, Microsoft Teams Graph API, or telephony platforms (e.g. BroadWorks, Webex Calling)., • Knowledge of data governance, model ethics, and MLOps practices., • Exposure to data visualization and predictive analytics for customer-experience metrics., • Advanced degree in AI, ML, Data Science, or related discipline. Why Akixi At Akixi, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming how businesses understand and act on communication data. You’ll define and deliver the intelligence layer of a platform used by thousands worldwide — in an environment that values innovation, experimentation, and technical depth. We offer a collaborative culture, hybrid flexibility, and the opportunity to lead meaningful, high-impact AI initiatives from vision to production.

Company Overview At SmartResilience, we are driving the future of climate adaptation by helping organisations reduce their climate risk and improve resilience through data-driven solutions. Our clients, including industry leaders in food, healthcare, manufacturing who trust us to provide clear, actionable insights that help them navigate the complex landscape of climate change adaptation. As we continue to grow, we are looking for individuals who are passionate about technology and climate action to join our forward-thinking team. Our company culture is built on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to making a positive impact on the environment. Position Overview We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer with a strong focus on Python, AWS, microservices, and ideally, experience working within React-based environments. This role will be instrumental in building and maintaining the backend services that power our climate risk models and resilience solutions. You will work closely with software development and climate science colleagues to create scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems that deliver seamless client experiences. The ideal candidate should be based in UK or Spain. The role is fully remote but with team gatherings quarterely Key Responsibilities • Take full ownership of the design, delivery, and performance of core backend services powering our climate risk and resilience platform., • Architect, build, and scale secure, production-grade microservices in Python on AWS, ensuring reliability, resilience, and long-term maintainability., • Drive technical decision-making across system design, infrastructure, and deployment patterns, shaping the evolution of our architecture as the platform grows., • Work autonomously in a fast-paced, evolving environment, balancing speed with engineering rigour while adapting to shifting priorities and new client requirements., • Partner closely with data scientists to productionise climate models, translating complex analytical outputs into scalable, high-performance APIs and services., • Collaborate cross-functionally with frontend engineers (React) to deliver seamless end-to-end functionality and an exceptional client experience., • Own system reliability in production — implementing monitoring, observability, testing frameworks, and proactive performance optimisation., • Identify bottlenecks, technical debt, and architectural risks early, and take initiative to design pragmatic, scalable solutions., • Champion engineering best practices, high coding standards, and AI-assisted development workflows that increase velocity without compromising quality., • Contribute to a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and shared ownership across the engineering team. Qualifications & Experience • Proven experience (3-5 years) as a backend developer with proficiency in Python, AWS services (Lambda, S3, RDS, etc.), and microservices architectures., • Familiarity with frontend frameworks, especially React, and how they integrate with backend services., • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and data management using SQL/NoSQL databases., • Experience in deploying and managing cloud-based applications, including working with CI/CD pipelines., • Familiarity with serverless architectures and designing highly scalable backend solutions., • Ability to write well-tested, clean, and efficient code, and experience working in an Agile development environment. Key Competencies • Problem-solving mindset with an ability to work independently or collaboratively., • Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to non-technical team members., • Attention to detail with a focus on delivering reliable and scalable solutions., • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment. At SmartResilience, we pride ourselves on our inclusive, collaborative, and mission-driven culture. We believe in empowering our team members to bring fresh ideas to the table and supporting their professional growth through continuous learning. We embrace flexibility, encourage innovation, and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can contribute to our goal of helping businesses adapt to the changing climate. • Be part of an innovative company shaping the future of climate adaptation., • Flexible working hours and remote work options., • A supportive and open-minded work environment that encourages creativity and problem-solving., • Help build solutions that have a meaningful impact on businesses and the environment., • Professional development opportunities with a focus on upskilling and learning new technologies., • Competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for growth.

Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows. We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded Best Specialist Technology Service at the Professional Adviser Awards 2025. Backed by leading investors including Puma Private Equity, and commercially supported by Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide Building Society, we previously completed one of Scotland’s largest Series A rounds. Since then, we’ve continued to grow rapidly as adoption of AI in financial services accelerates, and we’re now scaling our team to meet that demand. The Role We’re looking for a Senior AI Engineer (FinLLM / NLP) to help drive the next generation of AI systems powering financial services. This role focuses on developing, fine-tuning and deploying advanced language models that operate at production scale within highly regulated environments. You’ll work alongside our NLP team, software engineers, and product leaders to build cutting-edge solutions that transform how financial organisations use AI. This is a hands-on role where you’ll shape both the technical direction and practical deployment of large language models and NLP systems within our platform. What You’ll Do • Build and optimise LLM-powered systems, • Architect, fine-tune and optimise machine learning models including LLMs and classical ML approaches, • Experiment with modern architectures such as Transformers and Mixture-of-Experts, • Apply efficient training and fine-tuning techniques including LoRA and parameter-efficient methods, • Develop robust evaluation approaches to measure model quality and reliability, • Develop scalable AI systems, • Build and deploy production-grade NLP pipelines and services, • Ensure models operate efficiently with low latency and high availability, • Integrate models into scalable cloud infrastructure and real-world applications, • Data strategy and model training, • Lead the acquisition, processing and governance of large structured and unstructured datasets, • Apply exploratory data analysis and validation techniques to improve training pipelines, • Ensure data privacy and governance standards suitable for financial services, • Engineering best practices, • Contribute to DevOps and MLOps pipelines, • Implement robust version control, testing and CI/CD workflows, • Support reliable deployment and monitoring of models in production environments, • Technical leadership, • Mentor engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team, • Work closely with product, engineering and data teams to deliver AI solutions, • Stay at the forefront of AI and NLP research, applying new approaches where they add value What We’re Looking For Essential experience • Significant experience building, training and deploying machine learning models, • Strong Python skills with experience using NumPy, Pandas, SciPy and modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, • Experience working with large-scale unstructured data, • Experience building and deploying production-ready NLP systems, • Familiarity with API integrations and data acquisition pipelines, • Experience implementing software engineering best practices including Git and agile development, • Experience working with cloud environments (preferably AWS) Nice to have • Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes, • Experience with frameworks such as vLLM or NeMo, • Knowledge of financial services NLP applications, • Experience designing evaluation methodologies for LLM outputs, • Experience building intelligent agents or multi-agent systems, • Skills and mindset, • Strong analytical problem-solving skills, • Ability to design scalable, production-ready AI systems, • Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, • Passion for AI innovation and continuous learning, • Leadership and mentoring capability Qualifications • MSc or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Data Science Join Us in Making a Difference At Aveni, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We’ve built our business to ensure an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. If you’re passionate about technology and its ability to drive positive change for the future of financial services, we’d love to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet 100% of requirements, we’d like to hear from you anyway if you believe you’d fit in. Apply now to join us on our mission to transform the financial services industry through AI. Benefits at Aveni What you’ll love: • Remote-first working across the UK, • Work abroad policy, • Co-working spaces available, • 34 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays) and your birthday off, • Company-wide off-sites, • Optional Personal Development Plan, • Flexible benefits platform, • Protection essentials including Life Insurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness cover, and Pension (up to 5% matched employer contribution with optional increased contributions), • Private health and dental care, • Potential share options, • Enhanced family leave

Software Engineer Salary: circa £50k Location: Remote (UK-based with occasional team meetings) The Opportunity: Engineering for National Security Our client’s mission is to build and deliver secure, scalable collaboration solutions for the most security-conscious organisations in the UK. This is an environment where you can transform your individual talents into strengths within a creative, innovation-driven culture. Why This Role is Different This is not a place for rigid process followers. Our client actively embraces AI-augmented development, leveraging groundbreaking tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor to amplify engineering capabilities. You will be encouraged to use these tools effectively while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals and critical thinking. What You Will Be Doing • Design and Develop: Architect reliable and secure software systems using modern technologies like TypeScript, React, Next.js, Python, or Java., • Innovate with AI: Experiment with and evaluate new AI-powered development tools and practices, sharing those learnings with the wider team., • Collaborate Remotely: Engage with a distributed team through video, chat, and asynchronous documentation, valuing clarity and honesty in communication., • End-to-End Ownership: Take responsibility for software systems from initial conception and MVP through to live operation and decommissioning. What We Are Looking For • Technical Breadth: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP preferred) and containerisation tools such as Docker or Kubernetes., • Security Mindset: A security-conscious approach with an understanding of secure coding practices and how decisions impact security posture., • Professional Standards: A well-formatted CV that demonstrates your attention to detail and a career history focused on the IT sector., • Clearance Requirements: You must hold a British passport. While previous SC or DV clearance is a significant advantage, we simply need you to be clearable. Benefits and Culture • Flexible Working: A remote-first culture that has been distributed from the start, supporting different communication and collaboration preferences., • Continuous Learning: Dedicated time for experimentation, structured learning, and mentorship to help you master new approaches and technologies., • Inclusive Environment: A commitment to diverse thinking styles, offering reasonable accommodations throughout the application and employment process. If you’re a Software Engineer looking to do work with real impact, we’d love to tell you more. Click apply or reach out to for more information.

Hiring: Senior AI/Data Platform Architect Location: UK We’re supporting a large-scale transformation programme within a highly regulated environment, focused on building and scaling enterprise AI capability across a complex data landscape. This is a senior, strategic hire responsible for shaping AI platform architecture, driving standards, and aligning AI solutions to real business use cases. Key focus areas: • Design and evolve enterprise AI and data platform architecture, • Define governance, data modelling, and information architecture standards, • Lead selection and implementation of AI technologies (AWS stack including Bedrock, SageMaker, Amazon Q), • Partner with senior stakeholders across data, engineering, and business functions, • Guide a small team and work with external delivery partners We’re looking for: • Strong experience in enterprise AI/data platform architecture, • Deep understanding of AI lifecycle, deployment, and platform design, • Experience with cloud and hybrid environments (AWS preferred), • Background in data governance, metadata, and modelling, • Proven stakeholder leadership in complex organisations Nice to have: • Experience within pharma, life sciences, or other regulated industries, • Exposure to LLM / GenAI or multimodal systems, • Manufacturing or industrial AI use cases This is a high-impact role with real ownership across strategy and delivery. If you’re interested, feel free to reach out directly.

About the role: This is an exciting opportunity for a forward-thinking and innovative cloud engineering lead to join ROCK. The Principal Cloud & AI Engineer is a highly technical, hands-on role that provides both deep engineering expertise and architectural guidance as we embark on scaling our AWS and Azure services portfolio. The role requires leadership qualities to be able to coordinate and mentor engineers and delivery partners within the team. This individual will be directly responsible for designing, building, and optimising scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions. The role also offers the successful candidate to take a leading role in the definition and implementation of tooling, CI/CD pipelines operational processes, automation, and security practices to ensure ROCK’s cloud deployments are robust, efficient, and financially well-managed. Alongside daily engineering responsibilities, the Principal Cloud Engineer will shape technical best practices, drive continuous improvement, and mentor engineers, fostering a culture focused on growth, learning, and innovation that supports ROCK’s ambition to become an AWS Premier Partner. The role is instrumental in building and scaling the professional services and the operational cloud team, supporting the evolution from a single customer pod model to multiple delivery teams. A flavour of what you will be doing: Technical Solution Leadership • Provide hands-on leadership in designing, prototyping, deploying scalable solutions and PoCs across AWS, and ideally Azure., • Lead modernisation and migration of complex workloads, particularly Windows environments, to modern cloud platforms., • Architect secure, scalable, and cost-optimised cloud-native environments aligned with well-architected principles., • Act as technical SME, supporting presales initiatives and aligning technical solutions with client business goals., • Serve as technical design authority for AWS, guiding team architectural standards and decision making., • Support the delivery of AI/ML and Gen AI proof of concepts, leveraging cloud-native services. Cloud Strategy, Automation & Governance • Develop and refine cloud landing zones, infrastructure-as-code, and automation strategies across cloud platforms., • Lead the design and standardisation of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices across teams., • Support the review of migration readiness and modernisation assessments, using frameworks such as 7Rs., • Standardise tooling, and governance to improve technical efficiency and consistency across teams., • Stay current with and integrate emerging technologies (AI, ML, serverless) to maintain technical edge. People Leadership & Team Development • Provide technical mentoring for cloud excellence, focusing on best practices, CI/CD and operational excellence., • Foster continuous learning through knowledge sharing, peer mentoring, and structured training., • Drive adoption of standardised operating procedures while encouraging innovation and improvement. What we need: • Proven experience in implementing and designing cloud solutions in AWS (currently holds or is willing to pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional)., • Must have experience in Windows migration to AWS, Workspaces and monitoring and security services., • Extensive experience with landing zone development using Terraform IaC, CI/CD and git and GitOps., • Providing technical delivery experience and leadership through large complex projects and migrations., • Significant expertise in building AWS solutions, Azure experience, preferable but not essential., • Background in hybrid / on-premises integration (VMware, networking, storage), • Experience in supporting Cloud Operations / managed services., • Experience in delivering AI/ML and gen AI PoC’s advantageous. The ideal candidate: • Exemplary background in designing in AWS with AWS Pro certification. Azure certifications are also advantageous., • Continuous innovator, ability to support the success and implementation of new services and repeatable packaged solutions., • Strong leadership and communications skills with the ability to inspire., • Deep understanding of cloud operations frameworks, including well architected., • Exceptional communication skills for engaging both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders. This is an truly exciting opportunity as mentioned, to work across multiple projects and help define tooling as part of a fully remote and growing team. If interested, please apply or reach out to Jack directly!

Senior Software Engineer (Golang/Python) | Drug discovery Platform | Fully Remote, EU | Base Salary Up to £110,000, plus early equity+benefits I am currently partnering with an elite engineering team building a world-class platform for decentralised and federated computing. They are solving one of the most complex challenges in modern tech: how to process highly sensitive data across global organisations without ever compromising privacy. They are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to move beyond standard applications and help architect the infrastructure for the next generation of secure data collaboration. This is a high-autonomy role where you will own the technical design and lifecycle of production services used by some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical and data-intensive enterprises. Responsibilities for the Senior Software Engineer (Golang/Python) | Drug discovery Platform | Fully Remote, EU | Base Salary Up to £110,000, plus early equity+benefits • Design and evolve high-performance backend systems and APIs, primarily using Golang, with Python integrated for specific domain-driven logic., • Build and operate software that bridges the gap between Cloud and On-premise environments, utilising Docker and Kubernetes as the backbone for portable, secure workloads., • Take full-spectrum responsibility for features, from the initial architectural blueprint to production monitoring and scaling., • Enhance the observability, performance, and security of services running in distributed, resource-intensive environments where data integrity is paramount., • Work at the intersection of Engineering, ML, and Product to build cohesive, secure systems that enable "AI for good" on a global scale., • Actively experiment with AI-assisted workflows and emerging developer tools to maintain a peak-efficiency development lifecycle., • Lead by example through high-quality execution and active participation in rigorous code reviews to uphold engineering standards. Requirements for the role: • 4+ years of professional experience with a heavy emphasis on building resilient, production-grade backend systems., • Expert-level Golang skills and the ability to leverage Python effectively within complex problem domains., • A proven track record of deploying and debugging cloud-native workloads via Kubernetes and Docker., • Experience with AWS (or similar) and a comfort level working with the unique challenges of hybrid or on-premise deployments., • A strong practitioner of testing strategies, code maintainability, and secure API design., • You thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments where you can influence technical direction and navigate pragmatic trade-offs., • Fluency in English and a strong sense of accountability for technical outcomes and long-term maintainability. What is in it for you? • Competitive salary plus early-stage share options in a scaling deep-tech startup., • A remote-first culture allowing you to work from home or a local co-working space., • Comprehensive benefits including budgets for wellbeing, mental health, and home-office setups., • Dedicated stipend for co-working and a budget for continuous learning and development., • Generous holiday allowance., • Regular team summits held at their European headquarters or other international locations. If you think you are a good match for the Senior Software Engineer (Golang/Python) | Drug discovery Platform | Fully Remote, EU | Base Salary Up to £110,000, plus early equity+benefits - Drop over a CV and we will give you a call if we think you are a match!

Where purpose meets career Diverse Project Exposure: • End‑to‑end ownership of technical solution design and delivery for client engagements., • Design and delivery of client‑facing digital solutions, powered by AI including Agentic, and secure by design including the use of Sovereign components as required., • Responsibility for owning and driving technical delivery., • Mentoring junior team members as part of solution delivery. Professional Development: We prioritize career advancement within a collaborative team environment. Whether you are looking to move into leadership or deepen your technical expertise, we provide the support to help you achieve your career goals. About Atos Amplify We partner with business leaders to amplify impact and deliver measurable business outcomes with resilience and certainty - leveraging human experience, AI -powered insights, and deep industry expertise. Our consulting and advisory services support our customers confidently navigate a digital transformation journey to embrace a digital future beyond technology - delivering measurable value, operational efficiency that drives ROI and long-term impact. The Role We are seeking an experienced Consulting Solution Architect to join the Architecture practice within Atos Amplify UK&I. The role combines client architecture advisory, solution design, and technical delivery accountability across complex digital transformation programmes. You will lead technical workstreams, shape solution architectures, manage senior client relationships, and contribute to the growth of the practice. You will bring a strong passion for delivering digital transformation through architecture, designing solutions that can be successfully implemented within client contexts. You are an experienced problem‑solver who thrives in complex, ambiguous environments, works confidently in regulated industries, and engages senior stakeholders with clarity, credibility, and authority, supported by a strong interest in architecture development and emerging digital technologies. Skills we can’t do without: • Experience designing and delivering solutions on hyperscaler platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud., • Ability to design solutions encompassing applications, cloud, and integration architectures, including microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems., • Good understanding of AI concepts, architectures and integration patterns, including Agentic, MLOps and data pipelines., • Good understanding of security & compliance requirements including how they are applied to solution design and delivery., • Strong client-facing consulting skills, including workshop facilitation and hypothesis-led analysis., • Experience delivering digital transformation projects across waterfall and agile methods., • Experience with resolving complex technical challenges balancing architectural purity with delivery constraints, • Experience with TOGAF (or equivalent) and ArchiMate modelling, • Public sector delivery experience or experience within a regulated industry. Additional Requirements: • UK mobility required, with regular client-site engagement., • Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain higher clearance. Working Model: Hybrid working model with a balance of client site, office, and home working. Benefits: • Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10%, • Private medical cover, • Income Protection, • Life Assurance, • 25 days paid leave + National Holidays, • Flex benefits program

Lead AI Engineer Location: Flexible, Europe preferred Type: Full time Overview I am supporting a new AI venture backed by an established global technology platform in digital publishing and print infrastructure. The team is building an AI powered design editor that allows users to generate fully customised, print ready assets from natural language prompts. Unlike template based tools, this system creates original layouts, graphics, and structured outputs end to end. The Role You will operate at the intersection of backend engineering and applied AI, designing and building scalable systems that support production grade AI workflows. This is a hands on role with architectural ownership, focused on taking AI systems from concept through to reliable, high traffic deployment. Key Responsibilities • Design and build backend systems for AI driven content generation, • Develop and scale LLM pipelines, including orchestration and evaluation, • Build agent based workflows for structured content generation, • Architect APIs using Python, FastAPI, and Pydantic, • Ensure systems are robust, scalable, and optimised for production inference, • Collaborate with product and design teams to translate user prompts into structured outputs, • Own performance, reliability, and cost optimisation across AI services Requirements • Strong backend engineering experience with Python, • Proven experience building and deploying LLM based systems in production, • Experience with FastAPI, Pydantic, or similar frameworks, • Hands on experience with RAG, prompt engineering, or agent based systems, • Understanding of system design for high traffic, low latency environments, • Experience working across cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP, • Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor with ownership of architecture and delivery Nice to Have • Experience with generative design, graphics, or structured document generation, • Exposure to multimodal models or layout aware systems, • Background in building tools for creative or publishing workflows

Job Title: Principal DevOps Engineer II Industry: FinTech / Payments Technology Location: United Kingdom (Fully Remote) Salary: Up to £125,000 base + 9% bonus Type: Permanent, Full-time A rapidly growing global payments technology organisation is looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer II to help define and scale its enterprise DevOps platform. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on architecting and evolving the engineering delivery platform that supports both cloud and on-premise environments. You’ll work closely with engineering leadership, security teams, and developers to design scalable CI/CD architecture, improve developer experience, and implement platform standards across the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by driving automation, improving delivery performance, and shaping DevOps culture across a modern engineering environment. The Role: • Define and own the architecture of the organisation’s engineering delivery platform, covering CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, secrets management, and infrastructure provisioning., • Lead the migration and implementation of GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions, building reusable workflow frameworks and enforcing automated security and quality gates., • Architect and manage secrets and credential management strategies using HashiCorp Vault., • Develop and manage artifact repository strategies, including promotion pipelines, vulnerability scanning integration, and multi-language ecosystem support., • Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform and configuration management through Ansible to enable fully automated environments., • Establish containerisation standards using Docker and Docker Compose to support consistent development and production environments., • Manage Cloudflare infrastructure including DNS lifecycle automation, WAF rules, and Zero Trust access policies., • Improve developer experience by building standardised pipeline frameworks that accelerate service delivery and reduce time-to-production., • Champion self-service and inner-source practices, creating shared tooling, documentation, and pipeline libraries for engineering teams., • Implement delivery metrics and dashboards to monitor deployment frequency, lead time for changes, and platform performance., • Provide technical leadership across engineering teams, identifying systemic delivery challenges and implementing scalable solutions., • Mentor senior engineers and contribute to raising DevOps standards through technical design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing. Skills Needed: • 12+ years of hands-on technical experience with strong foundations in software engineering and DevOps practices., • Proven experience delivering organisation-wide platform initiatives such as CI/CD architecture redesigns or DevOps platform migrations., • Strong coding ability in a statically typed language such as C# or Java., • Expert experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions including reusable workflows and automated pipeline frameworks., • Advanced Terraform expertise including module design, remote state management, and infrastructure policy enforcement., • Strong experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible., • Strong experience with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and security integration., • Deep containerisation expertise using Docker and modern image optimisation practices., • Experience managing artifact repositories and CI/CD integration across multiple programming ecosystems., • Experience delivering infrastructure across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud) and on-premise environments., • Strong understanding of DevOps security practices including SAST, dependency scanning, container security, and supply chain security., • Excellent communication and technical leadership skills. Benefits • Fully remote working (UK-based), • 5 days paid holiday plus bank holidays, • £5,000 annual certification and professional development budget, • £60 per month work-from-home allowance, • Private healthcare, • Additional benefits and performance-based incentives Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they meet only 50–60% of the requirements, while women and other underrepresented groups often look for a 90–100% match. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every single box, please still apply. We’d love to hear from you.

Join ourAsset Intelligence team The Asset Intelligence team provides a range of proactive services to assist clients with managing their estate and software procurement. Success. The Softcat Way. Softcat is a £1billion+ technology solutions business and trusted partner to names like Apple, Microsoft and Adobe. Offering a growing portfolio of services including software licensing, cyber security and IT infrastructure, we give our technical teams the tools and support to make exciting things happen. This is where to achieve more for your career. You will work with customers to manage their cloud spend using the FinOps framework. You will work with several customers and will support them through regular reviews. Your goal is to help customers get the most value from The Cloud, improve and enhance the FinOps offering at Softcat, and to mentor and train the next generation of FinOps Analysts. As Senior FinOps Analyst, you'll beresponsible for: Forming trusted advisor relationships with enterprise scale clients. Acting as a SME for FinOps within Softcat. Setting long-term goals with customers, developing strategies to achieve them, and leading initiatives to drive FinOps adoption across the organization. Utilising industry-leading cloud management tooling and native tooling to proactively leverage FinOps data. Providing detailed reporting around cost visibility and optimisation, ensuring that insights reach the right stakeholders on the client side. Providing break/fix support around industry-leading cloud management solutions and leveraging the ticketing system (ServiceNow). Continuously improving FinOps processes and practices, including identifying areas for improvement, implementing best practices, and staying current with industry trends and development Developing and driving the service forward, proactively identifying efficiency opportunities within the team. Running 1 to 1s with members of the team. Mentoring junior staff. We'd love you to have ExtensiveFinOps knowledge FinOps Practitioner Certification is required (FinOps Certified Engineer desired) Knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP. Certified in: AZ900, AWS Certified Practitioner, AZ104 (desired), AWS Certified Solutions Architect (desired) Extensive experience around multi cloud cost optimisation. Experience with cloud cost management tooling (CloudHealth, Cloudability, Flexera, and native tools). Ability to build relationships with multiple stakeholders within an enterprise customer. Proactively use your own skillset and that of the team to solve problems and challenges whilst supporting more junior members of the team in the same way. Ownership of your learning and development. We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply we would love to hear from you! Work in a way that works for you We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns: • Hybrid working, • Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background. Join us To become part of the success story, please apply now. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Anyinformation you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and /jobs/our-culture/ Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authenticallyyouas possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self. JBRP1_UKTJ

Key Responsibilities: * Design our scalable, secure and cost-effective cloud hybrid data solution aligned with Omnia enterprise architecture and Army training objectives. * Design innovative data models and metadata systems to interpret and enhance business needs, promoting data as a strategic asset. * Develop transitional data architectures and road maps in alignment with Omnia digital transformation objectives, enabling the evolution of integrated training solutions. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partners to ensure data architectural integrity and alignment. * Translate complex technical concepts for a non-technical audience, fostering understanding and buy-in from stakeholders. * Support horizon scanning to identify and assess emerging technologies and determine their potential impact on leveraging data analytics to improve training delivery. * Membership and contribution to the Omnia Architecture Board(s) to review, define, refine and uphold data architectural principles, policies, and standards across Omnia Training. * Work with engineering teams to support and guide the implementation of a variety of solutions across multiple domains, in an agile environment. * Manage and lead prototyping and research activity as required to realise the best solutions. * Provide oversight and advice to engineers undertaking the design of data models and support the management of data dictionaries. * Ensure the security and compliance of data environments through the implementation of appropriate architecture principles, security controls and governance frameworks. * Author, review and contribute to technical documentation. * Produce High- and low-level design artifacts for data storage, processing, and retrieval systems. * Stay current with data technologies, making recommendations for use based on business value. Drive the adoption of these technologies. * Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Omnia Data Lakehouse, providing strategic guidance, technical oversight, and deep expertise in its architecture, implementation, and optimisation. Who we are looking for: The Data Architect will provide strategic and practical leadership across the data architecture landscape of the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). This role is pivotal in shaping and governing the enterprise data architecture to ensure it aligns with the ACTS vision and supports data as a mission-critical asset. Working closely with the Data Lead, Enterprise Architect and Chief Engineer, you will design, evolve, and maintain a secure, scalable, and interoperable data architecture, leveraging cloud services from AWS, Azure, and OCP where appropriate. This role requires a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to work across engineering teams in a complex and evolving environment. Essential Skills and Experience: * Proven experience designing and implementing scalable, secure, and interoperable data architectures in complex environments with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and cloud-native data services including use of services like S3, Lambda, Glue, Data Factory, etc. * Experience designing and supporting implementation of large-scale data pipelines, data warehousing and Lakehouse technologies. * Strong skills in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling using tools like ER/Studio, ERwin, or Sparx EA (preferred). Experience reverse engineering models from existing databases. * Proficiency in distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Hadoop). * Experience with API management and gateway tools and services. * Experience of RESTful APIs for ingesting and exposing data. * Proven track record with data governance, quality, lineage, and security practices. * Experience with real-time/streaming data technologies, data Ingestion / ETL (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Kinesis, Pub/Sub). * Experience in, or knowledge of, DevSecOps Tooling and Processes. * Self-starter with the ability to appropriately prioritise and plan complex work in a rapidly changing environment. * Strong critical thinker with problem solving aptitude. * A working knowledge of MoD or Government IT Security environments and requirements at various classifications. Desirable Skills and Experience: * Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift). * Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation). * Experience with BI/visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Elastic Stack). * Knowledge of compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA) and their impact on data systems. * Relevant Data and Architecture certification such as TOGAF, MODAF, AWS/Azure Certified Data Architect or Solutions Architect, DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) JBRP1_UKTJ

Title: Principal Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Customer-Facing Technical Leader Location: Remote Travel: Customer visits 4–5 days/month; occasional team gatherings Salary: Senior: €130–150k base + growth trajectory Principal: €160–200k base + package discussion Tech: Python, JavaScript, Azure, AWS, AI, LLM's, RAG Industry: AI Consultancy The Role We’re looking for talented engineers to join our customer-facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal-level AI technical leaders. You’ll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI-enabled solution lifecycles. This is a role for engineers who: • Enjoy building real software that makes a difference, • Are passionate about AI and its practical application, • Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement What You’ll Do Customer-Facing Leadership • Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders, • Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in high-stakes client meetings, • Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly, • Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production, • Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions, • Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops, • Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, • Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact, • Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate Who We’re Looking For For Senior Engineers: • 5–8+ years building robust, scalable software systems, • Full-stack development capability across modern technologies, • Client-facing experience or technical consulting skills, • 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade software, • Proven AI/ML expertise with production deployment experience, • Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering, • Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high-level AI strategy

IT Security Architect - AWS - Manchester An IT Security Architect with a PCI DSS & cloud background (AWS, GCP OR Azure) is required to join our global client's new UK cybersecurity team. The role is to lead the design and implementation of PCI DSS architecture on a global scale from their head office in central Manchester. Skills & Experience Required: • 5+ years of experience working in Cyber Security, PCI DSS within a cloud environment, • Have good Security architecture experience, ideally with a DevSecOps environment, • Excellent experience with PCI DSS and able to lead design, • Vulnerability management & Compliance, • Strong Security standard knowledge and experience, consulting on a range of security policies and standards such as GDPR, ISO, PCI, and NIST, • Confidence when speaking with stakeholders and clients, • Lead the design and implementation of PCI DSS architectures, ensuring compliance with the highest security standards., • Design and create secure Enterprise-Grade Architectures Across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-Prem Environments, • Conduct comprehensive risk assessments and threat modelling to proactively identify vulnerabilities and develop effective mitigation strategies Circle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Earn yourself a referral bonus if you refer somebody else who fills the role! We also offer an iPad if you refer a new client to us and we recruit for them. Follow us on Facebook - Circle Recruitment , Twitter - @Circle_Rec and LinkedIn - Circle Recruitment. JBRP1_UKTJ

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