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Dyson Farming is a family-owned business, with a vision to benefit future generations through a commitment to commercially viable and environmentally sustainable food production at scale. We strive to be industry leaders in efficient, high-technology agriculture, employing highly skilled, pioneering people and supported by research and development in an ever-closer partnership with our sister company, Dyson. We see the future of agriculture as an exciting opportunity to improve the nation's food security, health, and economic growth. Dyson Farming is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. The Property Lead will take ownership of the day-to-day management of Dyson Farming's diverse property portfolio, spanning agricultural buildings, residential properties, commercial units and estate infrastructure. Reporting to the Rural Asset Manager, you will ensure our assets are safe, compliant, well maintained and positioned to support the long-term needs of the business. You will work closely with tenants, colleagues, contractors and professional advisers to protect and enhance the estate and ensure its properties are managed safely, efficiently and to a high standard. • Lead the day-to-day management of the residential and commercial property portfolio, • Develop and deliver property maintenance and investment plans aligned with business priorities, • Coordinate property inspections, maintenance activity and the work of internal teams, contractors and external advisers to ensure assets are safe, compliant and well maintained, with accurate property and statutory records, • Supporting property budgets, expenditure and cost control, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time and within budget, • Procure and manage contractors, consultants and suppliers, maintaining strong performance and service standards, • Build effective relationships with tenants, agents, landowners, internal teams and other key stakeholders, • Contribute to the effective day-to-day management of the wider estate, including residential, rural and leisure operations where required, • A degree-level qualification in Property Management, Rural Estate Management, Surveying, Construction Management or a related discipline, • Significant experience managing a varied property or estate portfolio, • Strong working knowledge of property legislation, statutory compliance and health and safety requirements, • Experience of property compliance, inspections, maintenance coordination and working with contractors or professional advisers, • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage varied priorities, work independently and take ownership of tasks, • A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the portfolio, • Experience in agriculture, rural estates or another land-based organisation would be advantageous, • MRICS, FAAV or progress towards a relevant professional qualification would be desirable, • Knowledge of planning, development and environmental regulations, and experience of residential and commercial portfolios, would be beneficial, • Discretionary performance-related bonus, • Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, • Life assurance, • PPE and workwear provided, • On-site welfare facilities, including rest areas and changing rooms, • 24 days annual leave each year (plus bank holidays), • Annual summer and winter all-staff events, • Opportunities for learning and development, • Discounts on Dyson Farming products, • Dyson product discounts, • Retail discounts, • Free on-site parking, • Cycle2work scheme, • Enhanced family leave, • Employee assistance programme, • Free flu jab, • Mental health ambassadors across all locations, • Free eye tests and glasses discounts, • Discounted gym membership #J-18808-Ljbffr

As a Senior QA Engineer at Pixel Toys, you will lead our technical quality, stability, and performance efforts by combining hands‑on testing with test automation and tooling expertise. Working collaboratively across our production cycle, you will partner closely with Engineering, Production, DevOps, and Live Operations to establish comprehensive test strategies for new features. You will oversee functional, regression, exploratory, and risk‑based testing, ensuring our builds meet strong standards of stability and playability before reaching our community. A central focus of your role will be advancing our automated testing capabilities. You will design, expand, and maintain robust automated test suites following development best practices, turning manual test cases into efficient, repeatable workflows. Partnering directly with Engineering, you will integrate automated testing into our CI/CD pipelines, build custom utilities to enhance testing efficiency, and continuously refine test suites to ensure ongoing reliability across development branches. In addition to core testing, you will guide performance tracking and live operations support, utilising profiling tools like GameBench to run regular performance tests, investigate regressions, and troubleshoot player‑reported live issues. You will publish clear QA reports and dashboards that give production and studio leadership full visibility into defect trends and build health. On top of this, you will act as a dedicated mentor, sharing knowledge and supporting Junior team members in automation, scripting, and testing best practices. You will join us with experience in Games QA or Software QA, ideally with a focus on test automation. Experience working on mobile games is desirable. We would love to see experience across some of the following areas: • Test Strategy & Automation: Practical experience designing, executing, and maintaining manual and automated test cases using industry‑standard testing tools and frameworks., • Scripting & Tooling: Familiarity with a scripting or programming language (such as Python, C#, Java, or SQL), with an interest in developing or maintaining automated tests and supporting scripts., • Engine & Code Understanding: Exposure to C# and the .NET framework to support test automation, custom tooling, and debugging activities, including code reviews., • CI/CD & DevOps Integration: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing integration, and continuous delivery practices., • Advanced Testing Methods: Interest or experience in using device farms, test automation frameworks, or modern testing utilities to expand coverage., • Defect Management & SDLC: A working understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), QA methodologies, and Agile practices, paired with experience using tools like Jira to log and track issues effectively., • Analytical Problem‑Solving: Effective analytical skills to investigate technical issues, evaluate risk, and prioritize testing activities to support release decisions., • Mentorship & Collaboration: A supportive mindset with experience or interest in guiding junior team members to help build their technical and automation skills. At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees... Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On‑site massages and more), • Flexi‑time working hours Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile and VR gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we're now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we've done previously! As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers. We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! The Role: Join us as a QA Manager at Pixel Toys and lead our studio's QA function, defining the strategic vision and championing a strong culture of quality across the entire development lifecycle, with focus around mentoring and developing the internal QA team by fostering a supportive, high-performing environment. In this position, you will establish effective standards, processes, and testing methodologies that ensure our mobile free-to-play (F2P) title is exceptionally polished, fully compliant, and player-focused. Working at the intersection of studio operations, you will collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, Art, and Production to embed quality into every phase of development from early planning to live operations. You will coordinate resource allocation and testing coverage across internal team members, multiple time zones, and external QA partners to support efficient and scalable delivery. Overseeing functional, regression, integration, and performance testing, you will streamline bug triage and defect tracking while encouraging the adoption and expansion of automated testing frameworks and practices across the studio. As a key specialist on build health, you will play a crucial role during release cycles, providing clear risk assessments, QA metrics, and well-reasoned go/no-go recommendations to production and studio leadership. You will oversee all platform compliance requirements, ensuring smooth, successful submissions to the Apple App Store and Google Play. By establishing and monitoring key QA metrics (such as defect density and resolution trends) you will deliver data-informed insights that allow the team to evaluate risks early, resolve bottlenecks proactively, and deliver exceptional mobile experiences to millions of players. Possessing a rich background in QA leadership within the mobile or free-to-play (F2P) space, combined with a genuine passion for supporting people and elevating quality standards across the studio you will have a proven ability to guide distributed QA teams, mentor emerging leads, and build collaborative, productive relationships with external testing partners. You will also already excel at creating an environment where team members feel empowered to grow, refine their management skills, and deliver their best work together! Your technical expertise spans the full spectrum of software testing methodologies, from functional and regression to performance and platform compliance, complemented by practical experience scaling automated testing frameworks. You are comfortable and confident with tools like Jira and TestRail, and you possess a thorough working knowledge of certification requirements, ensuring smooth submission workflows for both the Apple App Store and Google Play. As a thoughtful and analytical communicator, you know how to turn raw metrics into clear, meaningful story points using reporting frameworks (in Jira, Power BI, or Excel). You excel at bridging the gap between technical details and overarching studio goals, serving as a trusted, collaborative voice during release readiness reviews. On top of this, you can articulate build health, technical risks, and quality considerations to non-technical partners in a way that is constructive, transparent, and always focused on delivering an exceptional player experience. Pixel Toys is a global developer and publisher of market leading digital games and entertainment, founded by industry veterans with a proven pedigree of delivering highly-rated multi-million selling games. At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees... Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more), • Flexi-time working hours, • Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit., • Training Provided, • Regular team and company events, • Free drinks, fruit or food, • Flexible working, • Private Medical/Dental healthcare, • Bonus/Reward Scheme, • Stock Options #J-18808-Ljbffr

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously! As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers. We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! As a Senior Server Engineer at Pixel Toys, you will be a technical guardian of our next-gen backends, building the high-performance infrastructure that powers our epic AAA mobile title. You will step into a position of significant influence, collaborating with your peers to set studio-wide standards, define robust processes, and drive our technology forward in an ever-evolving market. In our flexible and creative environment, you won't just follow a spec; you will contribute your own architectural vision to create sophisticated, efficient server systems that can handle the demands of a global player base. Your work will be the invisible backbone that allows our games to shine, as you work in lockstep with Designers, Artists, and client Developers to integrate and optimize critical game technologies. Taking full ownership of the planning and development for entire features and complex systems, you will confidently ensure that every line of code is as stable as it is performant. Much of your impact will come from your ability to create thorough technical designs that invite peer validation, ensuring that quality is baked into the product from day one. You will dive deep into profiling and optimising critical code, identifying performance bottlenecks and security risks before they ever impact the user experience. On top of this, you will serve as a vital mentor to junior team members, advocating for coding best practices and fostering a culture of continuous learning. By leveraging your years of experience to accurately estimate tasks and proactively mitigate risks, you will be the steady hand that ensures our sprint goals are met and our technical debt remains low. You will join us as a seasoned engineering veteran, ideally bringing years of professional server application development to the team. Your mastery of C# is matched by a deep, architectural understanding of coding patterns and methodologies that allow you to build for both scale and longevity. You will possess a diverse technical palette, with hands‑on experience across a wide variety of database solutions, including DynamoDB, Redis, and AWS RDS; along with a thorough knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS. You are also someone who values observability, bringing familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, Kibana, or PagerDuty, and have a firm grasp of CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Codebuild, or Spinnaker. In an Agile environment, you stand out as a creative problem solver who approaches every challenge with a proactive, "can‑do" attitude. As an exceptional communicator, you are capable of distilling complex server architecture into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders across all disciplines. Your commitment to technical quality is unwavering, and you take pride in your ability to troubleshoot and resolve intricate compatibility issues with precision. Above all, you are fueled by a genuine passion for the art of game making and a desire to stay at the cutting edge of C# .NET and server security. You are a self‑motivated team player who doesn't just deliver code, but excellence, helping to elevate the standard of the entire engineering department. At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more), • Flexi-time working hours #J-18808-Ljbffr

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously! As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers. We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! The Role: Working alongside our current Release Manager, act as the technical "air traffic controller" for our entire development pipeline! In this critical role you will deeply embed yourself with the engineering and product teams to understand exactly what is being delivered in every release cycle, managing complex code and branch merges to ensure that our client, server, data, and live operations deployments remain predictable, stable, and seamless. As the primary gatekeeper for version control, you will orchestrate merges across multiple development branches to prevent conflicts and regression, keeping a sharp eye on build health and ensuring our main deployment branches remain absolutely stable. You will strategically plan and coordinate with Production to schedule game updates, patches, hotfixes, and live ops content into a flexible, living release calendar that can adapt to both planned and unplanned changes. Through shepherding new features smoothly through the workflow, you will help guide them from initial scope lock all the way through QA approvals, platform submission, and post-release care while communicating daily priorities and branch dependencies to the wider game team. On the deployment front, you will be responsible for overseeing storefront operations for both iOS and Android platforms via App Store Connect and the Google Play Developer Console, tracking live client and server rollouts alongside player-impacting telemetry to guarantee absolute stability. Technical risks or blockers won't stand in your way. Instead, you will proactively identify and mitigate them, participating actively in critical go/no-go decisions before major milestones. If deployment issues arise, you will confidently coordinate rollback or hotfix plans to minimise player impact, subsequently leading postmortems to translate incident learnings into documented, automated, or refined release processes that continuously improve our deployment pipeline. About you: Join Pixel Toys as a seasoned deployment specialist with proven experience as a Release Manager, Deployment Manager, or Technical Project Manager working on live-service and free-to-play mobile games. Possessing a robust technical foundation in version control systems like Git and Perforce, with a sophisticated understanding of complex branching strategies, merge tracking, and dependency management. Your platform expertise features hands-on experience with build orchestration and automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, TestFlight, and the direct management of submissions via App Store Connect and the Google Play Developer Console. Beyond your logistical expertise, you are an autonomous self-starter with a proactive mindset, capable of confidently diving deep into technical specifications, speaking the same language as our engineering teams, and extracting exactly what is required for each build. You will also be an exceptional cross-functional communicator who excels at bridging the gap between highly technical issues and high-level business goals, smoothly translating complex merge challenges into clear, actionable risks for producers and product managers alike. What can Pixel Toys offer: At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees... Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more), • Flexi-time working hours Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile and VR gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike "anyTHING" we’ve done previously! As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers. We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! Join us as a Senior Programmer and drive the technical quality, stability, and performance of our games within the engineering department. Leveraging your deep technical expertise, you will own and drive the planning and architectural development of whole features and complex systems, with an initial primary focus toward audio-related systems. Working alongside other engineers and cross-functional discipline leads, you will translate creative intent into highly performant game systems, ensuring our titles sound as breathtaking as they look while running smoothly on mobile hardware. Your day-to-day will involve taking full ownership of profiling and optimising critical code, creating clear, thorough technical designs, and seeking feedback to guarantee feature quality and stability. You will act as a guardian of technical standards across the game, performing constructive code reviews, identifying performance bottlenecks, and mitigating technical risks long before they can impact production schedules. Working within Unity and C#, you will champion coding best practices and advocate for new engine technologies where beneficial, while continuously expanding your technical scope in C# .NET and AWS to share insights that elevate and educate the entire engineering team. You will join us as a seasoned engineer with significant experience in game development, bringing a deep understanding of production workflows, software architecture, and the complex challenges of modern game engineering. Your proficiency in Unity and C# is backed by a solid grasp of architectural patterns, coding standards, and optimisation techniques. You are confident with and capable of using FMOD, making you a specialist capable of architecting robust audio pipelines and immersive sound systems that integrate seamlessly into a core game codebase. On top of this, you will have contributed to a commercially released title across its full development lifecycle, possessing the experience and perspective needed to navigate a project from early concept to post-launch support. Thriving in Agile development environments, you are able to utilise your experience to accurately estimate tasks and proactively spot risks to keep sprint goals on track. Finally, you are an exceptional communicator and a collaborative problem solver who takes pride in offering constructive code reviews, mentoring fellow developers, and driving continuous improvement to ensure our products maintain the highest standards of quality and stability. At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees… Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more), • Flexi-time working hours Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent over a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile and VR gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously! As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers. We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey! Pixel Toys is looking for an inspiring Lead Web Programmer with the skills and personality to lead a team of talented web programmers, working on the web portal for one of our high profile, best in class games. This is an opportunity to join an exciting team at a critical time in the projects’ development and develop and manage a team to push the limits of quality & performance. You will work alongside other Leads and Directors to set best in class standards on every aspect of development. As a candidate for the Lead Web Programmer opening, you are expected to have proven experience within a similar role, with broad knowledge and experience working across a wide variety of technical challenges with a small or mid-sized technical team under your command. You will be in a pivotal position where you can help shape the technical parts of the web portal for the game and support the team doing so. We are looking for a creative problem solver, an excellent communicator, someone who always shows high levels of enthusiasm and has a talent for supporting teams to deliver quality across the board. Importantly you must also be self-motivated, a strong team player who is proactive and with a personal desire to create web experiences of the highest standards. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for both technical leadership and personal development of their team. You are a highly experienced and passionate Technical Leader in web development, driven to create engaging web experiences and solve complex technical challenges. Proactive, positive, and open to change, you possess excellent written and verbal communication skills across all disciplines. You bring deep technical expertise in React, backed by strong coding standards, methodologies, and Agile experience. You are proficient in managing AWS infrastructure, alongside core AWS services. You are also familiar with Dependency Injection (e.g., Inversify), Sanity CMS, BugSnag, and Datadog. As an inspiring leader and role model, you guide your technical team, provide constructive feedback, and collaborate closely with Producers, Designers, Artists, and Programmers to define the technical roadmap. You ensure best-in-class technical delivery, maintaining high standards for user experience, quality, and performance, and create clear technical plans to deliver projects on time and within budget. At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. We have some fantastic benefits we offer our employees... Here are just some of them: • Competitive salary, reviewed annually, • 25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays, • Discretionary Bonus Scheme, • Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!), • Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental), • Company Pension scheme, • Death in Service benefit, • Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!, • Staff training and development, • Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more), • Flexi-time working hours Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit. #J-18808-Ljbffr