Understanding Recruitment

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Understanding Recruitment
Jul 19, 2026
Full time
Cyber Security Lead £60,000 Fully Remote (England) Permanent An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Cyber Security professional to join a leading UK healthcare charity as its dedicated Cyber Security Lead. Reporting directly to the Head of IT, you'll take ownership of cyber security across the UK business, helping shape strategy, strengthen governance and ensure security remains at the heart of technology delivery. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical input. You'll work closely with infrastructure teams, global technology colleagues and third-party suppliers, providing assurance that security standards are being met while driving continuous improvement across policies, processes and cyber maturity. You'll have the autonomy to influence security across the organisation while working within an established environment that already has strong foundations in place. If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely shape an organisation's cyber security approach, influence senior stakeholders and make a meaningful impact within a mission-led organisation, this is an opportunity not to be missed. Key Responsibilities Lead cyber security across the UK business, driving governance, risk management and security best practice. Manage security relationships with internal teams and third-party suppliers, ensuring services and controls meet organisational standards. Provide technical oversight of infrastructure, cloud and security solutions, supporting vulnerability management and secure-by-design principles. Champion recognised security frameworks including ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, CAF and NIST while helping mature the organisation's overall cyber capability.
Understanding Recruitment
Jul 19, 2026
Full time
Digital Project Manager London (2 days in a month) 12-Month FTC We're working with a leading UK charity that's looking to appoint a Digital Project Manager to join its Digital & Content team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver high-profile digital initiatives that directly support fundraising, public engagement and national campaigning, helping to drive meaningful change across the UK. This role sits within a collaborative digital function where you'll work alongside marketing, content, creative and digital specialists to deliver a varied portfolio of projects. From large fundraising appeals to organisation-wide digital campaigns, you'll play a key role in ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and with maximum impact. It's an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working with a wide range of stakeholders, thrives in fast-paced environments and understands that successful project delivery is about bringing people together just as much as managing plans and timelines. You'll have the autonomy to shape delivery, adapt methodologies where appropriate and help improve how projects are delivered across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple digital and marketing projects, ensuring successful outcomes across time, budget and quality. Build strong relationships with stakeholders across marketing, fundraising, creative and digital teams, confidently managing priorities and expectations. Apply the most appropriate project delivery methodology (Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) depending on the needs of each project. Manage project governance, planning, risks and resources while coordinating both internal teams and external suppliers. Salary: £45,226 Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract Location: London Working Pattern: Hybrid - approximately two office visits per month
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 28, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 26, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defence We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 25, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defence We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment
May 24, 2026
Full time
Senior Rust Engineer (Rust/C++) Core Trading Infra We are partnered exclusively with a top-tier digital asset exchange . They have a global presence, and are renowned for their security and platform performance . The team are looking to bolster their Rust Engineering team in Europe . Core Trading Infrastructure Team: The Core Systems team oversees all aspects of the trading platform's backend, including the trade execution engine , data distribution hubs, internal and external interfaces, and various supporting services. Our client is looking to hire Rust Engineers who either have Trading experience, or work in an industry where latency and performance matters. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain robust Rust-based services and frameworks Create clean, testable, and highly performant code in Rust Contribute to the design of large-scale, distributed system architectures Requirements: Expertise in crafting network services or asynchronous code using Rust . Ideally two years production Rust experience, or substantial open-source contributions. Ability to independently troubleshoot issues across the entire stack (OS, network, application) Experience developing distributed systems Package: This is a very exciting time to join the exchange. You will be working with arguably the most stable teams in crypto, and at the bleeding-edge of finance. Package incudes base salary (Up to 180,000 Euros), + RSU's + Bonus (8-15%) This opportunity is available in the below jurisdictions, the client is looking to hire people full-time (Not through B2B contract) and does not sponsor visas. United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Cyprus, United States of America (East Coast)
Understanding Recruitment
May 24, 2026
Full time
Lead Rust Engineer Up to 120,000/130,000 London Low Latency Async Rust Tokio Drones We have a new and exclusive partnership with one of the most exciting scale-ups in Europe, who are looking to double in size their engineering team. They have a valuation exceeding 2 billion Euros. The company builds aerial intelligence hardware and software. They're main focus is the manufacturing of UAV's. Alongside this, they are also developing bleeding edge software that provides actionable insights in defense, security and professional services. The Rust Team: The company are building a new Rust Engineering pod in the UK, and are hiring several Rust Engineers and a Team Lead. This engineering team are focusing on building a greenfield command and control center, designed specifically for unmanned systems. What you'll be doing: Architect, build, and support reliable, high-performance systems for coordinating swarms and handling sensor data. Develop streamlined communication methods and real-time data processing tools tailored for robotic platforms. Work hand-in-hand with multidisciplinary teams to connect backend infrastructure with robotic applications and sensor arrays. Enhance overall system efficiency, expandability, and dependability within distributed robotic setups. Experience you'll need: Production experience with Rust , or contributions to production grade open source repos. 2+ Years. Experience working with Tokio , or other asynchronous frameworks such as async.std or Smol. Ideally a background in a core programming language such as C, C++, or Core Java. Candidates from functional backgrounds such as Scala, Erlang or Clojure are also encouraged to apply. Experience developing low-latency, high throughput systems. Nice to have: Experience working with drones or robotics experience working with microcontrollers
Understanding Recruitment
May 24, 2026
Full time
Rust Developer (MEV/Block Building) Up to £150,000 + Bonus + Equity On-site in London (No Blockchain/MEV experience required) We are partnered with a VC-backed R&D start-up based in London who are looking to hire multiple Rust Engineers for their team. They are working on building cutting-edge products around MEV (Maximum Extractible Value). The founders have founded and exited companies successfully in the past, and are looking for similar-minded entrepreneurs to join them on their current mission. You will be working to develop their core infrastructure in Rust . This will include enhancing their low-latency trading services and block building. Requirements: Experience building distributed systems. Experience working with low-latency, concurrent systems. Interest in blockchains. This position is primarily on-site in London . Unfortunately, this position does not provide sponsorship. If you would like to join a successful start-up who are punching well above their weight for their specialism, please apply below!
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 24, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 23, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment
May 22, 2026
Full time
AI Engineer Location: London or Newcastle Offices(Hybrid) Salary: £70,00 - £75,000+ benefits 20% employer pension contribution I'm working with a well known public sector organisation undergoing significant AI development, looking to hire an AI Engineer to shape and scale their AI capability and lead a newly established team. This is a pivotal leadership role where you'll define the vision, architecture, and roadmap for AI platforms across the business. You'll work closely with data, engineering, and product teams to enable the development and deployment of machine learning and AI solutions that drive real organisational impact. Key areas you'll work with from day one are Microsoft copilot studios & Foundry. The AI Engineer should have experience in: Strong experience in AI/ML platform or data platform teams Experience with Terraform, VNets, Networking Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Strong stakeholder management and communication skills Experience shaping platform strategy and driving adoption across organisations
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 22, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defence We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 22, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers i click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment City, London
May 22, 2026
Full time
Lead Rust Engineer Up to 120,000/130,000 London Low Latency Async Rust Tokio Drones We have a new and exclusive partnership with one of the most exciting scale-ups in Europe, who are looking to double in size their engineering team. They have a valuation exceeding 2 billion Euros click apply for full job details
Understanding Recruitment
May 21, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defence We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers in the UK. On-site London Up to 150,000 + Equity Senior/Principal Software Engineers: They're looking to add Senior/Principal Engineers to their team. The team are open to hiring pure backend engineers or full-stack engineers. Their technical stack is Rust , Typescript and React on the frontend. They do not require any experience in any of these technologies ; the team hire on pure technical acumen rather than years of experience with one language. Bonus point if you have built: High-throughput systems Event-sourced architectures Unified event models No sponsorship is available at this time.
Understanding Recruitment
May 21, 2026
Contractor
Data Officer London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract to Start ASAP Opportunity to turn into a permanent position I'm working with a well-established national charity undergoing a major digital and CRM transformation, to hire a Data Officer. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced data and CRM function supporting a large-scale Dynamics 365 environment during a critical period of operational growth and change. This role would suit someone with strong Dynamics 365 CRM experience who enjoys owning BAU CRM operations, improving data quality, supporting users, and helping maintain the smooth running of a complex CRM environment. The Data Officer will: Manage day-to-day CRM administration and user support across Dynamics 365Handle CRM tickets and operational requests Perform data imports, data cleansing, duplicate management, and ongoing CRM housekeeping Support data quality initiatives by identifying issues, inconsistencies, and process improvements Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure CRM data accuracy and operational continuity Support testing, UAT activities, SOP execution, and wider CRM operational processes Provide proactive suggestions around CRM improvements, reporting, and BAU efficiencies The successful candidate will ideally have: Strong experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Experience working within CRM operations, CRM administration, or CRM support environments Strong data quality and data handling experience alongside solid Excel skills The ability to work independently, take ownership, and proactively identify issues and improvements
Understanding Recruitment
May 21, 2026
Full time
Fastest Growing Start-up in the UK Defense We are partnered with one of the UK's fastest-growing start-ups. They are a very technically focused group building cutting-edge decision-making technology. The company's founding team has a real pedigree, with backgrounds from the UK Special Forces, Palantir and Helsing. They've been building for just over two years, and already have a lot of customers in the UK. On-site London Up to 150,000 + Equity Senior/Principal Software Engineers: They're looking to add Senior/Principal Engineers to their team. The team are open to hiring pure backend engineers, or full-stack engineers. Their technical stack is Rust , Typescript and React on the frontend. They do not require any experience in any of these technologies , the team hire on pure technical acumen rather than years of experience with one language. Bonus point if you have built: High throughput systems Event sourced architectures Unified event models No sponsorship is available at this time.
Understanding Recruitment St. Albans, Hertfordshire
May 21, 2026
Full time
Raisers Edge Data Officer Location: Hertfordshire, Hybrid(2 days per week in office) Salary: £32,000 - £35,000 I'm working with a fantastic charity as they look to hire a Raisers Edge Data Officer to play a key role in the organisation. The Data Officer with own the raisers edge database and collaborate with a number of teams and stakeholders across the organisation to contribute to the fundraising activities and improve the charities performance. The Raisers Edge Data Officer will join a community like team and also have access to a number of prestigious fundraising events ran by the charity throughout the year. Day to day will involve upskilling staff, data imports and exports, project work and the opportunity to have a real impact on the organisation. Skills required for the Raisers Edge Data Officer are: Experience supporting working with Raisers edge Strong intuition and willingness to contribute ideas to affect the wider organisation Confidence working with data quality, data processing, and compliance requirements Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills A user-centred, inclusive approach
Understanding Recruitment Oxford, Oxfordshire
May 20, 2026
Full time
Senior DevOps Engineer Oxford(Hybrid) £72,500 + 20% Bonus I'm working with a world-leading biotech company, to hire a Senior DevOps Engineer. This is a great opportunity to join a highly technical, cross-functional engineering team working across cloud infrastructure, DevOps, observability, and business-critical platform integrations. The environment is heavily AWS-focused, with strong investment in automation, security, and scalable architecture. This role would suit someone with a strong DevOps/Platform Engineering background who enjoys improving deployment processes, infrastructure reliability, security, and cloud operations within a modern engineering environment. The Senior DevOps Engineer will: Design, build, and support scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD Drive DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across cloud platforms and deployment processes Improve observability, monitoring, and platform reliability across customer-facing systems Perform troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and production support within complex cloud environments Bring strong AWS experience across services such as Fargate, Lambda, CloudFront, EventBridge, and SQS, alongside experience with Terraform, CI/CD, and cloud security principles
Understanding Recruitment
May 19, 2026
Full time
Do you have experience building and shipping exceptional UX at an early-stage startup or customer-facing product? Are you excited by real ownership, product influence, and shaping the frontend experience of a genuinely category-defining AI product? Founding Engineer (Frontend) - AI-native Workspace Salary: Up to £170k + equity Location: London, onsite Experience: 5-10 years ( startup or customer-facing product background are a bonus) I'm excited to be continuing our partnership with a pre-seed AI startup building agentic AI systems that radically improve how knowledge workers think, decide, and get work done. This is not another chatbot. This is an AI-native product being built from first principles by engineers from elite technical environments (e.g. Palantir, Citadel). As the company evolves into a more product-led, consumer-style experience, they're now looking to hire their first dedicated Frontend Engineer, someone who can own and shape the entire user experience from the ground up. This is a true founding-level opportunity as the 3rd engineering hire. You'll work directly on: Building high-performance, real-time AI-native interfaces Crafting intuitive UX for complex autonomous workflows Developing beautiful, responsive frontend systems in TypeScript & React Creating product experiences users genuinely love using Influencing product direction, interaction design, and frontend architecture They're particularly interested in engineers who have: Worked on developer tools, web-based IDEs, or highly interactive products (e.g. Gitpod, GitHub, Cursor-style environments) Built customer-facing or prosumer applications Strong product intuition and a sharp eye for UX/UI Experience operating in fast-moving startup environments A desire to own frontend strategy, not just implement tickets Tech stack: TypeScript React AI-native workflows & tooling throughout engineering Bonus points for: Some backend experience for optionality Experience with PLG or consumer-style products Design sensibility and ability to bridge engineering + product experience What they're looking for: Strong commercial & product mindset - you care deeply about user experience and outcomes Comfortable in ambiguity and zero-to-one environments Proven ability to ship quickly and iterate with users High ownership mentality and startup pace AI-native way of working (LLMs are tools, not toys) Why join now? Real founding-level ownership and influence Small, elite team that ships fast Well-funded with long runway Opportunity to define the frontend experience of a next-generation AI product Not another boring B2B SaaS platform this is something people will genuinely want to use If you're excited by the idea of building beautiful, intelligent product experiences at the frontier of AI, this is the one. Interested? Apply now