Red Badger Consulting Limited
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. Employee Benefits We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Health How does Red Badger support me if I'm unwell? As well as enhanced sick pay, we also offer private medical cover provided by Vitality. What is covered to keep me healthy? We have a cycle-to-work scheme, which offers a loan of up to £1,000 to lease you a bike and accessories. Our HQ office also has great bike storage and shower facilities. We have ad-hoc yoga and other classes and there's always a supply of free fruit in our kitchens. In the worst-case scenario, how do Red Badger support me and my family? We've got several benefits designed to help you through difficult times. These include confidential legal advice and counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme, our death in service cover, permanent health insurance and critical illness cover. Finance What pension contributions will I receive? From day one you'll be auto-enrolled on our pension scheme and on passing probation you'll be able to opt-in to our enhanced scheme, which offers an employer contribution of 5% of your salary. Do you offer assistance with the cost of commuting? Yes, you can take out an interest-free loan to help with the cost of travel to and from work. Is there a bonus scheme? While we don't believe in performance-related bonuses, we do have a generous referral bonus scheme. How can I develop at Red Badger? Each year you'll receive a training budget of £2,000 to spend on your professional development. You'll also be invited to attend various in-house training events and lunch n learns. Do you have a library? Our HQ office has a well-stocked library, which you are welcome to borrow from or add to. We'll buy the books on the condition that you share them with everyone! How will I be supported to develop? You'll be able to discuss your career development goals with your manager, who will help give you opportunities and support to achieve these. Work-Life Balance How much holiday will I get? In addition to bank holidays, we offer 24 holidays per year, which incrementally increases to 28 days after six years service. What is your parental leave policy? Starting at 26 weeks and depending on your length of service, you'll be eligible for either our enhanced - 12 weeks full pay - or our enhanced plus - 16 weeks full pay - maternity or shared parental leave. New fathers can also take enhanced paternity leave in addition to shared parental leave. Do you have any well-being programmes? Once a month a masseuse comes into the office to give at-desk massages. We also have several well-being programmes and talks throughout the year. Community and Culture What socials can I get involved in? When you join, check out our social calendar to see what's going on - from dodgeball to pub quizzes to ring making to diversity lunches, you are invited to take part in as much or as little as you would like. And don't forget our two annual parties! Can I donate to charity through the payroll? Yes, you can join our Give As You Earn scheme to make tax-free charity donations, Red Badger will also match your donation! I'm interested in the Red Badger culture, can I get involved? We're proud of our culture and we want to consciously grow it as the business expands, join our monthly Culture Committee to help shape our culture conversations. Does Red Badger work with any charities? We pride ourself on our charity partnerships and we encourage Badgers to get involved in our charity initiatives by joining our Social Value taskforce. Hosting Red Badger's Partner Day is always a highlight of my year, but this year felt particularly special. Partnerships form a key part of our business development strategy; they Most execs know the effect Customer Experience (CX) has on their business' performance. As Rory Sutherland recently put it 'A business focussed on customers will delight its London, UK - Red Badger, a leading digital consultancy, today announced a new partnership with Civo, the company reimagining cloud computing. Civo is a pioneering cloud service We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe. We're part of the Stonewall Diversity Champion programme to continuously develop structured and systematic policies and practices that reflect our world. In addition to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, we're focused on applying what we learn to all areas of equality including ethnicity, gender, disability and social mobility. 4th Floor, 2 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. Employee Benefits We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Health How does Red Badger support me if I'm unwell? As well as enhanced sick pay, we also offer private medical cover provided by Vitality. What is covered to keep me healthy? We have a cycle-to-work scheme, which offers a loan of up to £1,000 to lease you a bike and accessories. Our HQ office also has great bike storage and shower facilities. We have ad-hoc yoga and other classes and there's always a supply of free fruit in our kitchens. In the worst-case scenario, how do Red Badger support me and my family? We've got several benefits designed to help you through difficult times. These include confidential legal advice and counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme, our death in service cover, permanent health insurance and critical illness cover. Finance What pension contributions will I receive? From day one you'll be auto-enrolled on our pension scheme and on passing probation you'll be able to opt-in to our enhanced scheme, which offers an employer contribution of 5% of your salary. Do you offer assistance with the cost of commuting? Yes, you can take out an interest-free loan to help with the cost of travel to and from work. Is there a bonus scheme? While we don't believe in performance-related bonuses, we do have a generous referral bonus scheme. How can I develop at Red Badger? Each year you'll receive a training budget of £2,000 to spend on your professional development. You'll also be invited to attend various in-house training events and lunch n learns. Do you have a library? Our HQ office has a well-stocked library, which you are welcome to borrow from or add to. We'll buy the books on the condition that you share them with everyone! How will I be supported to develop? You'll be able to discuss your career development goals with your manager, who will help give you opportunities and support to achieve these. Work-Life Balance How much holiday will I get? In addition to bank holidays, we offer 24 holidays per year, which incrementally increases to 28 days after six years service. What is your parental leave policy? Starting at 26 weeks and depending on your length of service, you'll be eligible for either our enhanced - 12 weeks full pay - or our enhanced plus - 16 weeks full pay - maternity or shared parental leave. New fathers can also take enhanced paternity leave in addition to shared parental leave. Do you have any well-being programmes? Once a month a masseuse comes into the office to give at-desk massages. We also have several well-being programmes and talks throughout the year. Community and Culture What socials can I get involved in? When you join, check out our social calendar to see what's going on - from dodgeball to pub quizzes to ring making to diversity lunches, you are invited to take part in as much or as little as you would like. And don't forget our two annual parties! Can I donate to charity through the payroll? Yes, you can join our Give As You Earn scheme to make tax-free charity donations, Red Badger will also match your donation! I'm interested in the Red Badger culture, can I get involved? We're proud of our culture and we want to consciously grow it as the business expands, join our monthly Culture Committee to help shape our culture conversations. Does Red Badger work with any charities? We pride ourself on our charity partnerships and we encourage Badgers to get involved in our charity initiatives by joining our Social Value taskforce. Hosting Red Badger's Partner Day is always a highlight of my year, but this year felt particularly special. Partnerships form a key part of our business development strategy; they Most execs know the effect Customer Experience (CX) has on their business' performance. As Rory Sutherland recently put it 'A business focussed on customers will delight its London, UK - Red Badger, a leading digital consultancy, today announced a new partnership with Civo, the company reimagining cloud computing. Civo is a pioneering cloud service We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe. We're part of the Stonewall Diversity Champion programme to continuously develop structured and systematic policies and practices that reflect our world. In addition to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, we're focused on applying what we learn to all areas of equality including ethnicity, gender, disability and social mobility. 4th Floor, 2 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
Red Badger Consulting Limited
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. The best bit about Red Badger is, of course, the team. We've been around for 12+ years now and we are over 100 strong. We are really proud of our people; we support and learn a lot from each other; we work really hard but have fun doing it. We are a diverse group made up of 22 different nationalities, speaking 17 different languages. Our 3 founders, Dave, Cain and Stu, who have considerable tech and consultancy experience and still own 100% of the company. We've been consistently profitable and have grown responsibly from the beginning. We are based at Old Street in the heart of "tech city" and get thoroughly stuck in with the brilliant community around us. We run several meetups including the hugely popular React London, invite other groups to host their events in our office such as Lua London and Ladies Who Code and speak at events like Digital Shoreditch and LNUG. The Role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our digital product delivery function. Red Badger builds high-quality digital products using a lean delivery process and multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. The work we do for our clients involves dealing with the core complexities of their business and the technology we employ varies from project to project. You will be a polyglot with extensive experience across a wide range of technologies and projects and will relish tackling and solving tough problems, digging deeper into areas you already know as well as expanding your skills into different languages, technologies and practices. You'll be comfortable designing and articulating solutions, working closely with clients to ensure we're delivering the right thing in the right way. You will lead by example; getting your hands dirty in the code, inspiring your peers & educating our clients. You are passionate about the craft of software development and contribute to technical and non-technical discussions that help shape the direction of digital product delivery. You are able to work independently, as well as collaboratively, on user stories within an agile delivery environment and are versed in modern software delivery practices. You care about creating quality software that meets the needs of our client's vision and goals, in a thoughtfully pragmatic way. As well as contributing to production-grade code bases, you will also be proactive in working directly with the client to help shape and move the project forward and, where required, helping to up-skill and embed good development practices within existing, newly formed or client/Badger blended cross-functional teams. Key Responsibilities Providing engineering expertise and experience as a member of a cross functional delivery team, working alongside other engineers, designers, QA, delivery lead and a tech lead Employ modern development practices to ship high-quality software Ability to adapt to new languages and frameworks Choosing the right technology for the job, striving for simplicity Starting or continuing your journey as a line-manager Coach & support peers Providing support for digital products once they are live (depending on client needs) Agile Ways of Working Pair programming with other members of the team, including designers and QAs Own the delivery of user stories end-to-end, working with agile principles Leading and supporting your peers in technical decisions Be an advocate for lean software development, building for what is required now Help break large deliverables into small, lean incremental user stories Actively contribute to agile ceremonies Consulting with clients Proactively engage with clients to shape and move the project forward, including giving updates on the delivery progress and highlighting potential technical blockers Upskilling and embedding modern software practices in client teams where necessary Your experience It'd be great if you have experience with: Backend technologies (e.g. Node.js, Go, Rust, etc.) Relational and Non-relational databases (e.g. ElasticSearch, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.) System architecture approaches (e.g. microservices, event sourcing, serverless, CQRS ) Virtualisation and orchestration tools (e.g. VMs, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi) Test automation following Test Driven Development practices including unit testing, API testing, and end-to-end testing Working with lean and agile practices (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, etc.) Collaborating in cross-functional teams It'd be amazing if you can also: Make use of modern UI data layer technologies (i.e. Relay, GraphQL, Apollo, etc.) Design, build, debug and help contribute to evolving cloud based architectures following Everything-as-Code principles Design an agile release engineering strategy that delivers value incrementally and continuously Support a highly-available live production system, respond to alerts, diagnose problems using logs and observability tooling, triage and resolve incidents What we offer We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Enhanced pension with employer contribution of up to 5% of your salary Group Life Insurance Critical Illness Cover Private Medical Insurance Your choice of hardware and mobile phone £1,000 home-office set up budget and contribution to home broadband Matched (pre-tax) charity GAYE donations Cycle to work Enhanced parental leave Diversity & Inclusion: Red Badger is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire, employ, train, promote and compensate regardless of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, creed and colour. We are fully focused on equality, and it is our fundamental belief that the fascinating characteristics that make us all different enable us to continue to do amazing work for our clients. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Red Badger? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job indicates a required field First Name Last Name Email Phone Resume/CV Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile Employee Benefits We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Most execs know the effect Customer Experience (CX) has on their business' performance. As Rory Sutherland recently put it 'A business focussed on customers will delight its London, UK - Red Badger, a leading digital consultancy, today announced a new partnership with Civo, the company reimagining cloud computing. Civo is a pioneering cloud service We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between Red Badger and Tuum, a leading provider of next-generation core banking platforms. This collaboration brings We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe. We're part of the Stonewall Diversity Champion programme to continuously develop structured and systematic policies and practices that reflect our world. In addition to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, we're focused on applying what we learn to all areas of equality including ethnicity, gender, disability and social mobility. 4th Floor, 2 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. The best bit about Red Badger is, of course, the team. We've been around for 12+ years now and we are over 100 strong. We are really proud of our people; we support and learn a lot from each other; we work really hard but have fun doing it. We are a diverse group made up of 22 different nationalities, speaking 17 different languages. Our 3 founders, Dave, Cain and Stu, who have considerable tech and consultancy experience and still own 100% of the company. We've been consistently profitable and have grown responsibly from the beginning. We are based at Old Street in the heart of "tech city" and get thoroughly stuck in with the brilliant community around us. We run several meetups including the hugely popular React London, invite other groups to host their events in our office such as Lua London and Ladies Who Code and speak at events like Digital Shoreditch and LNUG. The Role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our digital product delivery function. Red Badger builds high-quality digital products using a lean delivery process and multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. The work we do for our clients involves dealing with the core complexities of their business and the technology we employ varies from project to project. You will be a polyglot with extensive experience across a wide range of technologies and projects and will relish tackling and solving tough problems, digging deeper into areas you already know as well as expanding your skills into different languages, technologies and practices. You'll be comfortable designing and articulating solutions, working closely with clients to ensure we're delivering the right thing in the right way. You will lead by example; getting your hands dirty in the code, inspiring your peers & educating our clients. You are passionate about the craft of software development and contribute to technical and non-technical discussions that help shape the direction of digital product delivery. You are able to work independently, as well as collaboratively, on user stories within an agile delivery environment and are versed in modern software delivery practices. You care about creating quality software that meets the needs of our client's vision and goals, in a thoughtfully pragmatic way. As well as contributing to production-grade code bases, you will also be proactive in working directly with the client to help shape and move the project forward and, where required, helping to up-skill and embed good development practices within existing, newly formed or client/Badger blended cross-functional teams. Key Responsibilities Providing engineering expertise and experience as a member of a cross functional delivery team, working alongside other engineers, designers, QA, delivery lead and a tech lead Employ modern development practices to ship high-quality software Ability to adapt to new languages and frameworks Choosing the right technology for the job, striving for simplicity Starting or continuing your journey as a line-manager Coach & support peers Providing support for digital products once they are live (depending on client needs) Agile Ways of Working Pair programming with other members of the team, including designers and QAs Own the delivery of user stories end-to-end, working with agile principles Leading and supporting your peers in technical decisions Be an advocate for lean software development, building for what is required now Help break large deliverables into small, lean incremental user stories Actively contribute to agile ceremonies Consulting with clients Proactively engage with clients to shape and move the project forward, including giving updates on the delivery progress and highlighting potential technical blockers Upskilling and embedding modern software practices in client teams where necessary Your experience It'd be great if you have experience with: Backend technologies (e.g. Node.js, Go, Rust, etc.) Relational and Non-relational databases (e.g. ElasticSearch, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.) System architecture approaches (e.g. microservices, event sourcing, serverless, CQRS ) Virtualisation and orchestration tools (e.g. VMs, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi) Test automation following Test Driven Development practices including unit testing, API testing, and end-to-end testing Working with lean and agile practices (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, etc.) Collaborating in cross-functional teams It'd be amazing if you can also: Make use of modern UI data layer technologies (i.e. Relay, GraphQL, Apollo, etc.) Design, build, debug and help contribute to evolving cloud based architectures following Everything-as-Code principles Design an agile release engineering strategy that delivers value incrementally and continuously Support a highly-available live production system, respond to alerts, diagnose problems using logs and observability tooling, triage and resolve incidents What we offer We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Enhanced pension with employer contribution of up to 5% of your salary Group Life Insurance Critical Illness Cover Private Medical Insurance Your choice of hardware and mobile phone £1,000 home-office set up budget and contribution to home broadband Matched (pre-tax) charity GAYE donations Cycle to work Enhanced parental leave Diversity & Inclusion: Red Badger is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire, employ, train, promote and compensate regardless of gender, gender identity, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, creed and colour. We are fully focused on equality, and it is our fundamental belief that the fascinating characteristics that make us all different enable us to continue to do amazing work for our clients. Create a Job Alert Interested in building your career at Red Badger? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Apply for this job indicates a required field First Name Last Name Email Phone Resume/CV Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile Employee Benefits We make sure our team is well looked after with generous salaries and a great benefits package which includes: Most execs know the effect Customer Experience (CX) has on their business' performance. As Rory Sutherland recently put it 'A business focussed on customers will delight its London, UK - Red Badger, a leading digital consultancy, today announced a new partnership with Civo, the company reimagining cloud computing. Civo is a pioneering cloud service We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between Red Badger and Tuum, a leading provider of next-generation core banking platforms. This collaboration brings We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe. We're part of the Stonewall Diversity Champion programme to continuously develop structured and systematic policies and practices that reflect our world. In addition to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, we're focused on applying what we learn to all areas of equality including ethnicity, gender, disability and social mobility. 4th Floor, 2 Old Street Yard, London EC1Y 8AF
Red Badger Consulting Limited
City, London
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. Freelance Principal DevOps Engineer - £day rate (outside IR35) London Principal DevOps Engineer Join a new discovery/greenfield project Project is to build a new payments platform for a major bank Strong focus on backend (Encryption, Terrafrom, Kotlin) AWS and K8's experience is essential, Terraform and crossplane highly desirable Experience with cloud infrastructure Previous experience of influencing senior client stakeholders and support teams with technology and process enablers to support continuous delivery and DevOps ways of working Experience with multiple programming languages, in web and/or mobile and multiple paradigms (e.g. declarative, functional, object oriented ) Duration 6 months (Likely to extend) Immediate Interviews Principal Software Engineer The role We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our digital product delivery function. Red Badger delivers high quality digital products using a lean delivery process and multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. The Principal Software Engineer is a senior technical leader with deep expertise in building and operating digital products, particularly within complex client environments and multi-team projects. This role is instrumental in shaping the technical direction of client engagements and plays a key part in delivering high-quality outcomes through strategic influence, hands-on support, and deep domain knowledge. You will collaborate closely with Principal Product and Delivery roles, as well as Technical and Delivery Leads, to ensure that technology choices align with both client goals and Red Badger's value propositions. You will engage with senior stakeholders to consult and influence on topics such as technology adoption, continuous delivery, team structure, deployment strategy, and organisational policy. Your ability to guide clients through emerging technologies and industry best practice will help create the conditions for teams to succeed with autonomy and impact. As a Principal Software Engineer, you elevate those around you by supercharging delivery teams, mentoring others, and embedding technical excellence at every level. You bring thought leadership, pragmatism, and curiosity to solving complex problems, and are trusted to represent Red Badger in high-level client conversations with confidence and clarity. There is also an internal quality aspect to the role which involves contributing to the elevation of technical standards across Red Badger, and how we represent ourselves externally to the industry. Hands-on work is expected to be the majority of the role - demonstrating by doing, but also be prepared to get involved in thought leadership, sharing your knowledge with other badgers, and high value consulting activities. The Principal Software Engineer works across a range of account sizes but will be equally comfortable coordinating technology across a multi-team programme as they are providing high value consulting services to define client technology strategy or running proof of concept work streams for senior technology stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Supporting lean approach to software delivery and overall solution design and focus on delivering maximum value with minimal effort Providing architectural framework and solution design Advocating innovative approach / use of new technology where appropriate Ensuring quality through coaching, pairing, reviewing code Advocating for simplicity in design approach, ways of working and tool choice Deep technical expertise and teaching mindset Upskilling Red Badger software engineers in new technologies and approaches Contributing to raising technology discipline standards within Red Badger Collaborative leadership Feed into account level technology leadership / governance Contributing to the overall success of the Red Badger client engagement Potentially leading multiple technology teams across a programme of work Aligning Badger / client teams on appropriate processes & tooling Consulting on areas of technology expertise Contributing to new business pitches and thought leadership Operating as trusted advisor consulting on client technology strategy, technology roadmap Coaching senior client technology stakeholders Industry focus Keeping abreast of industry trends and opportunities Thought leadership and continually evolving best practice Organising and speaking at events / meetups Supporting our team Line management of senior engineering team members Contributing to the technical discipline within Red Badger Helping to build a high performing and motivated Badger engineering team Your experience It'd be great if you have Experience in a consulting environment with client engagements Ability to influence senior client stakeholders and support teams with technology and process enablers to support continuous delivery and DevOps ways of working Experience with multiple programming languages, in web and/or mobile and multiple paradigms (e.g. declarative, functional, object oriented ) Experience with establishing good engineering practice focused on lean, cross-discipline, continuous delivery Experience with cloud infrastructure such as Azure, GCP, AWS, and understanding of progressive ways of managing infrastructure, such as infrastructure-as-code, cluster orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, K8s), Experience with setting up modern CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and deployment and good understanding of the trade-offs (e.g. pipelines-as-code, monorepos, GitOps, branching and release strategies, etc.) Experience in designing system-level architecture and navigating trade-offs in web based systems (e.g. Microservices, REST APIs, CQRS) An understanding of information security including common attack vectors, awareness of relevant regulation and restrictions (e.g. PCI, GDPR ) Experience in design and testing strategies to enable gradual evolution of systems over time Good understanding of data storage approaches and tools and trade-offs involved (RBDMSs, key-value stores, column stores, log storage, ) Good understanding of applying cryptography in software development (e.g. TLS, PKI, HMAC, hashing algorithms, etc.) Good understanding of algorithms and data structures to solve distributed computing problems (e.g. content-based addressing, immutable data structures, CRDTs, consensus protocols, merkle DAGs, etc. It'd be amazing if you can also An understanding of information security including common attack vectors, awareness of relevant regulation and restrictions Experience with running live services with significant volume of users and establishing appropriate SLOs and error budgets for services and applications Experience designing observability strategies for systems with multiple components Equal Opportunities We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe.
We recognise our people are the best thing about Red Badger and that a truly diverse workplace where people are free to be themselves is essential for great culture and great outcomes. If you like solving difficult problems, working with great people and making a real impact, join us and become a Badger. At Red Badger, our purpose is to make a positive impact on the world around us. Our mission is to transform blue-chips into next generation digital product organisations. We believe in creating opportunities for all. We benefit from diversity. That said, we're far from perfect - we want to be more diverse and representative. Join us and help make that happen. Freelance Principal DevOps Engineer - £day rate (outside IR35) London Principal DevOps Engineer Join a new discovery/greenfield project Project is to build a new payments platform for a major bank Strong focus on backend (Encryption, Terrafrom, Kotlin) AWS and K8's experience is essential, Terraform and crossplane highly desirable Experience with cloud infrastructure Previous experience of influencing senior client stakeholders and support teams with technology and process enablers to support continuous delivery and DevOps ways of working Experience with multiple programming languages, in web and/or mobile and multiple paradigms (e.g. declarative, functional, object oriented ) Duration 6 months (Likely to extend) Immediate Interviews Principal Software Engineer The role We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our digital product delivery function. Red Badger delivers high quality digital products using a lean delivery process and multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. The Principal Software Engineer is a senior technical leader with deep expertise in building and operating digital products, particularly within complex client environments and multi-team projects. This role is instrumental in shaping the technical direction of client engagements and plays a key part in delivering high-quality outcomes through strategic influence, hands-on support, and deep domain knowledge. You will collaborate closely with Principal Product and Delivery roles, as well as Technical and Delivery Leads, to ensure that technology choices align with both client goals and Red Badger's value propositions. You will engage with senior stakeholders to consult and influence on topics such as technology adoption, continuous delivery, team structure, deployment strategy, and organisational policy. Your ability to guide clients through emerging technologies and industry best practice will help create the conditions for teams to succeed with autonomy and impact. As a Principal Software Engineer, you elevate those around you by supercharging delivery teams, mentoring others, and embedding technical excellence at every level. You bring thought leadership, pragmatism, and curiosity to solving complex problems, and are trusted to represent Red Badger in high-level client conversations with confidence and clarity. There is also an internal quality aspect to the role which involves contributing to the elevation of technical standards across Red Badger, and how we represent ourselves externally to the industry. Hands-on work is expected to be the majority of the role - demonstrating by doing, but also be prepared to get involved in thought leadership, sharing your knowledge with other badgers, and high value consulting activities. The Principal Software Engineer works across a range of account sizes but will be equally comfortable coordinating technology across a multi-team programme as they are providing high value consulting services to define client technology strategy or running proof of concept work streams for senior technology stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Supporting lean approach to software delivery and overall solution design and focus on delivering maximum value with minimal effort Providing architectural framework and solution design Advocating innovative approach / use of new technology where appropriate Ensuring quality through coaching, pairing, reviewing code Advocating for simplicity in design approach, ways of working and tool choice Deep technical expertise and teaching mindset Upskilling Red Badger software engineers in new technologies and approaches Contributing to raising technology discipline standards within Red Badger Collaborative leadership Feed into account level technology leadership / governance Contributing to the overall success of the Red Badger client engagement Potentially leading multiple technology teams across a programme of work Aligning Badger / client teams on appropriate processes & tooling Consulting on areas of technology expertise Contributing to new business pitches and thought leadership Operating as trusted advisor consulting on client technology strategy, technology roadmap Coaching senior client technology stakeholders Industry focus Keeping abreast of industry trends and opportunities Thought leadership and continually evolving best practice Organising and speaking at events / meetups Supporting our team Line management of senior engineering team members Contributing to the technical discipline within Red Badger Helping to build a high performing and motivated Badger engineering team Your experience It'd be great if you have Experience in a consulting environment with client engagements Ability to influence senior client stakeholders and support teams with technology and process enablers to support continuous delivery and DevOps ways of working Experience with multiple programming languages, in web and/or mobile and multiple paradigms (e.g. declarative, functional, object oriented ) Experience with establishing good engineering practice focused on lean, cross-discipline, continuous delivery Experience with cloud infrastructure such as Azure, GCP, AWS, and understanding of progressive ways of managing infrastructure, such as infrastructure-as-code, cluster orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, K8s), Experience with setting up modern CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and deployment and good understanding of the trade-offs (e.g. pipelines-as-code, monorepos, GitOps, branching and release strategies, etc.) Experience in designing system-level architecture and navigating trade-offs in web based systems (e.g. Microservices, REST APIs, CQRS) An understanding of information security including common attack vectors, awareness of relevant regulation and restrictions (e.g. PCI, GDPR ) Experience in design and testing strategies to enable gradual evolution of systems over time Good understanding of data storage approaches and tools and trade-offs involved (RBDMSs, key-value stores, column stores, log storage, ) Good understanding of applying cryptography in software development (e.g. TLS, PKI, HMAC, hashing algorithms, etc.) Good understanding of algorithms and data structures to solve distributed computing problems (e.g. content-based addressing, immutable data structures, CRDTs, consensus protocols, merkle DAGs, etc. It'd be amazing if you can also An understanding of information security including common attack vectors, awareness of relevant regulation and restrictions Experience with running live services with significant volume of users and establishing appropriate SLOs and error budgets for services and applications Experience designing observability strategies for systems with multiple components Equal Opportunities We respect and care for each other and strive for a truly diverse workplace where everyone has the freedom to be their authentic selves and feel safe.