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Role: Lead Backend Software Engineer Location: London/Newcastle – Hybrid Office & Home Who Are We? mkodo builds world class apps, middleware and digital products in the global lottery, betting, and gaming space. We have an open, supportive, dynamic culture where talented people are trusted to contribute to the team and company by carrying out their roles in a professional, collaborative, and skilled manner. We value the expertise of our team members and offer opportunities for personal development and career progression within the company. Acquired in February 2020, by Pollard Banknote Limited (PBL), a major supplier to the global lottery industries, brought mkodo strong financial security, access to resources and clients at a global level. About the role: Reporting to a Software Engineering Manager or Head of Engineering, we are seeking a Lead Backend Software Engineer to be the go-to authority for backend engineering, setting the technical vision, guiding architecture, and driving improvements in tools, processes, and delivery practices. You’ll remain hands-on for critical work, but your greatest impact will come from technical leadership, enabling teams to deliver robust, scalable, and secure services. With a strong foundation in backend technologies, including Java and Spring Boot, and event-driven systems such as Kafka, you’ll influence systems well beyond your own code, ensuring architectural integrity and high engineering standards across multiple teams. You’ll play a pivotal role in aligning technical strategy with business goals and ensuring our backend capabilities are future-ready. Main responsibilities are: Technical Leadership • Define and evolve backend architecture to ensure scalability, maintainability, and performance., • Set coding standards and champion secure development practices (e.g. OWASP)., • Influence technology choices, frameworks, and tools to support engineering excellence., • Oversee improvements to CI/CD pipelines, build processes, and operational workflows., • Can clearly and confidently articulate risk of technical problems to non technical stakeholders (e.g legal, product owner, designer), • Leads projects and features to good outcomes, ensuring appropriate engineering decisions are made to factor in technical debt, systems design, stability/reliability, monitoring/observability and business need. Hands-On Guidance • Contribute to key backend systems when your expertise is needed., • Review and refine critical code, ensuring alignment with architectural goals and best practices., • Provide technical oversight for major initiatives, ensuring architectural soundness. Mentoring & Collaboration • Coach, mentor, and develop engineers, raising capability across the backend discipline., • Facilitate design discussions, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving sessions., • Build consensus for architectural and technical decisions across teams and stakeholders. Continuous Improvement • Identify and proactively resolve technical debt., • Introduce new backend technologies and approaches that improve reliability and delivery speed., • Promote engineering practices that support scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. Community & Advocacy • Proactively stays up to date with technology trends in their area, and uses this knowledge to contribute thoughts on engineering strategy., • Share knowledge through presentations, workshops, and internal forums., • Support recruitment by assessing candidates and promoting a strong engineering culture., • Ensure backend systems comply with relevant standards such as ISO27001 and PCI. Key Skills & Attributes: • Strong backend engineering experience, ideally including Java (Java 11+) and Spring Boot., • Proven ability to design and lead backend architectures for complex systems., • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)., • Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka., • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed system design., • Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases., • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment practices., • Skilled mentor with the ability to influence technical direction across teams., • Strong problem-solving skills, balancing technical, product, and delivery considerations., • Comfortable in agile environments using Git-based SCM and tools like Jira or Redmine., • Awareness of compliance frameworks such as ISO27001 and PCI. We encourage growth and progression because we value our colleagues and know that we best succeed when achieving and developing together. Benefits: mkodo is a great place to work, with excellent benefits comprising: • Hybrid/Flexible Working, • Quarterly team events, • Birthday Holiday, • Christmas Day-Off, • Generous Holiday Allowance, • Tech Loan Scheme, • Performance bonus & profit share scheme, • Cycle to Work scheme, • Life insurance and income protection, • Travel Loan scheme, • Supplies of fresh fruits, cereals, biscuits, nibbles, etc. in the offices, • Relevant training and training budget., • Digital Nomad Policy, • Generous refer a friend scheme

SharePoint Content Migration Strategy Manager Remote First Working – UK Wide. Financial Services Lorien’s leading global banking client is seeking a senior SharePoint Content Migration Strategy Manager to join a major enterprise‑wide transformation programme. This is a high‑impact role responsible for designing and building the content migration strategy from scratch, securing Board‑ and ExCo‑level buy‑in, and leading both the strategy phase and Phase 2 delivery of the migration to SharePoint Online. You will combine strong technical SharePoint platform expertise with senior stakeholder influence, acting as a trusted advisor while driving the migration from concept through to successful execution. The role is UK‑wide, operated in a remote‑first model, and engaged via umbrella. Key Skills and Experience • Design, build, and own the end‑to‑end content migration strategy from inception, defining the target approach for migrating legacy platforms to SharePoint Online., • Assess, evaluate, and recommend migration approaches, tooling, and architectural options, producing materials for approval via formal governance and decision‑making forums., • Influence, manage, and engage senior stakeholders up to Board and Executive Committee level, confidently selling the strategy, securing sponsorship, and driving alignment., • Develop and maintain a detailed migration roadmap, covering milestones, risks, dependencies, assumptions, and mitigation strategies., • Define the overall migration and SharePoint delivery framework, including process, platform design, data quality standards, governance, security, and compliance considerations., • Own Phase 2 delivery, transitioning from strategy into execution and ensuring the migration is delivered in line with the approved roadmap., • Provide technical leadership across the SharePoint Online platform, leveraging deep hands‑on experience to shape design decisions, solution architecture, and migration outcomes., • Define resourcing and capability requirements, supporting onboarding and mobilisation of delivery teams where required., • Lead and coordinate multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver the migration effectively, on time, and to quality standards., • Work closely with business, technology, and programme stakeholders to ensure content is migrated accurately, securely, and in line with regulatory and business requirements., • Ensure alignment with the wider transformation programme, managing interdependencies across parallel workstreams., • Deliver clear progress reporting and insight to programme governance, steering committees, and senior leadership forums., • Translate complex technical architecture and migration detail into clear, executive‑level communication for non‑technical stakeholders. Skills & Experience Required • Proven experience building and owning content migration strategies from scratch, through to successful delivery., • Strong, hands‑on technical experience designing and building SharePoint Online platforms within enterprise environments., • Demonstrated delivery of large‑scale SharePoint or content migration programmes, ideally within regulated or complex organisations., • Proven ability to influence senior leaders, engaging confidently with Board‑ and ExCo‑level stakeholders., • Experience selling strategic recommendations and driving consensus across competing priorities., • Background leading delivery teams through Phase 2 execution, not just strategy and design., • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge deep technical detail and executive decision‑making., • Comfortable operating in a remote‑first, UK‑wide delivery model., • Banking or financial services experience is highly desirable. IND_PC3

The Opportunity We are seeking a talented, hands on MEP engineer wishing to take on a leadership role and eager to make a real impact on Trident, our exceptional client base and on the sector more widely. Trident BC is not only one of the leading national building consulting businesses with a client base envied by even our largest competitors. We are a proud Employee-Owned B Corp business and a Gold accredited “Investor in People” with a commitment to delivering net zero. We place our Employee Owners at the heart of everything we do and have a created a culture that embraces inclusion, flexibility, wellbeing and collaboration, as well as technical excellence and innovation. And we are on a mission to change real estate for good; to create resilient assets that make a positive environmental and social impact. Key to delivering on this ambition will be the growth and development of our sustainability MEP advisory services. The Purpose The MEP Consulting Lead presents a significant opportunity for Trident; and we hope for you too. The purpose is to develop a sustainability led MEP solution that supports our clients from initial assessments to feasibility studies, design and through to practical completion. Responsibilities The MEP Consulting Lead presents a significant opportunity for Trident; and we hope for you too. The purpose is to develop a sustainability led MEP solution that supports our clients from initial assessments to feasibility studies, design and through to practical completion. • Service delivery: Delivering high quality advice and support to our clients:, • Assessments: Support condition surveys, asset and portfolio reviews and vendor reports with MEP inspections and advisory surveys, • Feasibility & MEP Strategies: Develop MEP and decarbonisation strategies and feasibility studies to support clients commercial and sustainability objectives, • Design: Oversee, review and support the development of practical, low carbon and innovative MEP designs for existing portfolios, refurbishments and development projects, • Delivery: Coordinate with project teams, monitoring progress, costs & quality, providing solutions to construction challenges to support delivery., • Handover: Oversee the commissioning and handover of MEP systems to clients and ensure compliance with industry standards, local codes, safety regulations and client requirements, • Service development: Establish our propositions, processes, tools and marketing materials in partnership with our business development teams to support the growth of our MEP services, • Relationship & business development: Establish relationships across Trident and with our clients to identify and develop MEP opportunities that will deliver on our shared decarbonisation goals, • Team development: Grow a high performing and collaborative team over time, • Partnership development: build on Trident’s excellent network of partners to and engage with industry to raise your and Trident’s profile. Skills and qualifications • Extensive MEP engineering & consulting capability, with deep technical expertise, • Relevant qualifications such as building services, mechanical or electrical engineering degrees, • Strong experience through the project lifecycle, from feasibility to detailed design and delivery, • Proficiency in relevant software and tools such as AutoCAD, Revit and IES, • Excellent project management, budgeting, cost control and problem-solving capabilities, • Excellent client management ability, with a strong track record of leading and winning bids, • Experience in developing low-carbon MEP solutions aligned to organisations’ net zero targets, • Experience in commissioning & handover, ensuring compliance with industry standards & regulations, • Strong team leadership, able to provide technical leadership and mentoring, • Strong communication skills, able to engage confidently with clients and internal stakeholders, • Integrity, a commitment to excellence, collaborative and a passion for addressing climate change. About Trident In June 2022 Trident proudly became an Employee Ownership Trust. Trident has recently been awarded “Investors in People” Gold accreditation, which demonstrates that our people are our most important asset. Trident’s culture embraces diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) across our offices and our team enjoy a healthy work life balance that supports physical and mental wellbeing. Trident are B Corp certified and were featured in the Sunday Times, Best Places to Work 2025! We have also partnered up with PREACH Inclusion to implement our DEI Framework. We've meticulously measured our carbon footprint and set a science-based target through SBTi (Science Based Targets Initiative), ensuring our goals are grounded in scientific consensus. Our network of national regional and offices work as a collaborative team to provide the highest level of Building Surveying and Project Management to our enviable client list. Our agile working policy has operated since 2019 and it recognises that work is not just performed “9 to 5” in the office, allowing our staff the flexibility to vary working hours and to work remotely although we encourage staff to attend the office regularly to help promote our core values of team working and collaboration. To Apply This is a rare opportunity for an exceptional leader to build a new MEP capability across the UK, and to work with some of the largest investors, developers and occupiers to transition towards a low carbon future. If you are looking for genuine autonomy and space to innovate within a collaborative environment; and with access to an exceptional client base, then please apply via LinkedIn.

Tech Delivery Lead (Agile Focus) We are seeking a high-energy Tech Delivery Lead to bridge the gap between technical execution and agile methodology. In this hybrid role, you will act as both a Scrum Master and a Delivery Lead , ensuring that our engineering teams are empowered, unblocked, and consistently delivering high-quality software. The ideal candidate isnt just a task-manager; you are an agile evangelist who understands the nuances of software development and knows how to foster a culture of continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Agile Facilitation: Lead all Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives. You will be responsible for keeping the team focused and maintaining a healthy sprint velocity. End-to-End Delivery: Own the delivery lifecycle for complex software projects. You will track progress against milestones, manage dependencies across teams, and ensure technical debt is balanced against feature delivery. Team Coordination & Mentorship: Act as the primary point of contact for the team, shielding them from external distractions while fostering a collaborative environment. You will coach team members on agile best practices and self-organization. Stakeholder Management: Translate technical progress and risks into clear, actionable updates for leadership. Youll manage expectations and ensure the product vision aligns with the teams output. Impediment Removal: Proactively identify and resolve "roadblocks"whether they are technical hurdles, resource constraints, or process bottlenecks. Required Experience Software Project Leadership: Proven track record leading software development projects from inception to deployment. You speak the "language" of developers and understand the SDLC. Scrum Mastery: Extensive experience serving as a Scrum Master for cross-functional teams. You should be comfortable navigating different agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe). Technical Literacy: While you may not be coding daily, you possess a strong technical background that allows you to contribute to architectural discussions and understand technical constraints. Core Competencies Process Optimization: A passion for "the how." You dont just follow processes; you analyze them to find efficiencies. Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to facilitate difficult conversations and drive consensus. Adaptability: The ability to pivot quickly in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment. Technical & Professional Qualifications Certifications: CSM (Certified Scrum Master), PMP-ACP, or equivalent agile certifications are highly preferred. Tools: Mastery of project management and collaboration tools such as Jira , Confluence , and Azure DevOps . Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). TPBN1_UKTJ