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White Collar Factory (95009), United Kingdom, London, London Staff Software Engineer - Back End About this role Do you love shaping the technical landscape and driving innovation across the organisation? Are you passionate about solving complex business problems and supporting multiple teams toward a shared technical vision? At Capital One, you'll be part of a community of technical leaders who drive engineering excellence, foster innovation, and deliver impactful solutions that meet real customer needs. What You'll Do Own and drive the technical strategy for a significant business outcome or technology domain, spanning multiple teams and influencing the overall technical direction Lead and coordinate the efforts of multiple teams, ensuring their collective work aligns with broader business objectives and technology strategy Proactively identify emerging patterns, define and evangelise best practices, and establish reusable frameworks that enhance engineering productivity Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leadership, product owners, and architects Represent Capital One in external technical forums, contributing to vendor/industry discussions Drive service quality standards and practices for your domain, guiding complex incident resolution Develop and advocate for strategies to proactively manage technical debt across multiple teams Actively mentor and develop engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning What we're looking for Deep expertise in Java Deep expertise in system design and distributed architectures Track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple teams Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Proven experience setting a multi-team technical vision and strategy Strong track record of technical leadership and influence without authority Experience driving engineering standards and best practices across organisations Experience of steering Communities of Practice or technical forums Strong business acumen and ability to translate technical concepts for various audiences Where and how you'll work This is a permanent position based in our London office. We have a hybrid working model which gives you flexibility to work from our office and from home. We're big on collaboration and connection, so you'll be based in our London office 3 days a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. What's in it for you Bring us all this - and you'll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers) Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance - with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café What you should know about how we recruit We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it's about what you do, not just what you say. That's why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages. We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few: REACH - Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies OutFront - to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates Mind Your Mind - signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all Women in Tech - promoting an inclusive environment in tech EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry Enabled - focused on supporting associates with disabilities and neurodiversity Capital One is committed to diversity in the workplace. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC). Who We AreAt Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to b

Overview Make The Connection. Vix Technology is a global leader in providing innovative solutions for public transit, believing that accessibility should be a standard. With over 35 years of experience and systems deployed in more than 200 cities worldwide, we take a modular approach to integrate various partners and technologies, creating best-in-class solutions. Our dynamic team consists of over 450 dedicated professionals across 12 offices globally, spanning APAC, Europe, and North America. We pride ourselves on fostering a flexible and collaborative work environment that empowers our employees to connect and excel. If you are passionate about making a difference in public transportation and thrive in a team-focused atmosphere, we invite you to apply and contribute to our vision of a more connected world. Role Senior Software Engineer - You will join our dynamic team to work on cutting-edge technologies and solutions transforming the public transportation industry. You will play a vital role in driving innovation and developing mission-critical software solutions that enable efficient public transportation systems. You will collaborate with a diverse team of platform experts and hardware specialists to design and implement robust and scalable software applications. Responsibilities Design, develop, test, and maintain secure, scalable, and reusable software solutions that meet customer needs. Contribute to Agile development processes, including sprint planning and reviews. Collaborate with the Team Lead and Principal Engineer on design priorities and delivery planning. Mentor and support junior engineers through knowledge sharing, code reviews, and technical coaching. Investigate and resolve production incidents to ensure system stability and customer satisfaction. Communicate technical concepts clearly across diverse teams and provide constructive, solution-oriented feedback. What You Will Bring Essential: Minimum of 5 years experience in software development. Extensive experience in C++, Java, experience with AWS cloud platform, particularly serverless architecture (Lambda, API Gateway), containerisation (ECS, ECR) and CDK. Proficient in Bitbucket and building CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment. Skilled in building and integrating RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using tools like Kafka. Competence in working with relational and non-relational databases such as Oracle and PostgreSQL. Strong focus on automated testing (unit, integration, UI) using frameworks such as JUnit, Jest, Selenium, Cucumber Studio, and Allure. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. Personal Attributes Essential: Strong critical thinking and proactive problem solving skills Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal Composed and resilient under pressure Supportive team player with mentoring capability Committed to continuous learning and professional growth Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and reliability Organised with effective time management skills What's in it for you? Besides the opportunity to work for a global company that is customer and people focused. We offer: A supportive culture with great on-site offices A focus on learning and development A great collaborative team culture Application notes Sounds good? Then apply now. Get on board today! No recruitment agencies, please! We won't accept any introductions. Vix Technology is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We value the diverse perspectives and experiences that strengthen our team. We're focused on ensuring an accessible recruitment experience; if you need support or adjustments at any stage of the process, please let us know. Benefits Private Healthcare Income Protection Scheme Pension Group Life Assurance Cycle to Work Scheme Electric Car Benefit Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Eyecare and Optometry Vouchers Additional note: Sounds good? Then apply now. Get on board today! Add your resume and anything else to showcase why you would be a great addition to our team. We regret that this position is only available for UK citizens/Residents with indefinite leave to remain in the UK, with current full time work rights for the United Kingdom, currently residing in the UK. No recruitment agencies, please! We won't accept any introductions. Vix Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all people and want to build a workforce as diverse as the community we serve. We aim to have a work environment where everyone feels included and everyone can realise their full potential.

Overview At Solus, part of the Aviva family, we are continuing to modernise, simplify and strengthen our technology landscape. We are looking for a Solutions Architect who can bring clarity, leadership and technical depth to help shape how our business evolves. About the role As a senior technical leader, you will define and guide the enterprise architecture that underpins our products, platforms and operations. You will work across all architecture domains, ensuring our solutions are scalable, secure, resilient and aligned to our technology strategy. You will partner with Product, Platform, Cyber, Operations, Change and business stakeholders to reduce complexity, modernise legacy systems and support confident decision making across the organisation. Location: Hybrid (Stansted - 3 days per week, 2 days remote) Responsibilities Define and maintain our enterprise and target state architecture across applications, cloud, integrations, infrastructure, data and security. Produce high quality solution designs for new products, enhancements and integrations, including Evolve. Provide architectural leadership, ensuring designs are scalable, supportable, resilient and operationally sound. Lead our Technical Design Authority, ensuring governance is fair, consistent and enabling. Maintain architectural standards, principles, patterns and decision records. Provide guidance and assurance throughout delivery, helping teams interpret and apply architecture best practice. Shape integration architecture and patterns, ensuring secure and reliable data flows across internal and external systems. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, simplifying complex concepts and supporting business case development. Identify architectural risks early and work with Cyber, GRC and Data teams to embed security and compliance by design. Qualifications Strong experience across enterprise architecture domains including cloud, data, applications, infrastructure and security. Deep knowledge of modern enterprise patterns, SaaS adoption, API and event based integrations and resilience approaches. Experience establishing and governing architecture standards and principles. Ability to balance cost, complexity, scalability and security to support confident decision making. Strong communication skills with the ability to bring clarity to complex topics. Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, SAFe Architect or BCS (or equivalent experience). Who are Solus? Solus, who are owned by Aviva, are one of the UK leaders in vehicle repairs, returning cars to the road in just 11 days on average and a 4.6/5 star customer rating. With an award-winning apprenticeship programme and winners of other recognised industry awards Solus are proud to be shaping the future of vehicle repair. Why Join Solus? We have so much to offer when it comes to being a Solus colleague: Competitive salary based on location, skills, experience, and qualifications. Bonus opportunity tied to your performance and the overall success of Solus. Company pension scheme with employer contributions. 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays), with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days. Save money with up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts. Share in Aviva's success through the Aviva Save As You Earn scheme. Supportive policies including parental and carer's leave. Wellbeing focus with tools like Group Income Protection and 24/7 GP access. At Solus, we value inclusivity and welcome all applicants. If you're excited but don't tick every box, we encourage you to apply-your unique skills might be just what we need. We guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum criteria-just email us after applying to let us know. Ready to join us? Apply online today, and our team will be in touch within 14 days.

Data Architect Department: SBSS Enterprise Data Management Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Newcastle Compensation: Up to £88,000 / year Description Somerset Bridge Group is one of the UK's fastest growing insurance businesses, supporting brands such as GoSkippy and Vavista. With offices in Bristol, Newcastle and Gibraltar, we provide straightforward motor insurance to over 740,000 customers each year, backed by a friendly, customer focused team. We're proud of our award winning success including Personal Lines Broker of the Year, MGA of the Year and Digital Initiative of the Year reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellent service. Alongside continued growth, we're dedicated to making a positive impact, having planted more than 419,000 trees through our environmental partnership with Vavista. As a Data Architect at Somerset Bridge Group, you'll play a key role in shaping how data is designed, managed and used across the business. You'll set the architectural direction for our data estate - from the point data first lands on the platform, through the Bronze, Silver and Gold layers of our Medallion Architecture, and all the way to analytics, AI and self service reporting. Working within the Microsoft Azure and Databricks ecosystem, you'll help build a data platform that's scalable, flexible and built to last. Your work will directly support high impact use cases, including advanced analytics, pricing models, AI/ML solutions and regulatory reporting - ensuring teams across the business can trust and use data with confidence. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues in Data Engineering, Data Science, Pricing, Platform Engineering and MLOps, acting as a trusted partner and technical authority. Together, you'll define clear standards for how data is structured, governed and consumed, helping the organisation grow without unnecessary complexity or fragmentation. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing strategic thinking with hands on collaboration - influencing how data is used across the organisation as Somerset Bridge Group continues its journey towards its Top 5 in 5 ambition. What you'll be responsible for: Data Architecture & Modelling Define and own the architectural principles, standards and policies governing SBG's data estate from the landing zone through to the Gold layer. Design and govern the Medallion Architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold), ensuring every layer is built for analytics, AI/ML and self service consumption. Own data modelling standards - conceptual, logical and physical - and ensure models are fit for both regulatory reporting and AI-driven insight. Define Unity Catalog structure, metadata standards and data lineage governance across the estate. Data Ingestion & Processing Define ingestion standards and data contracts for data arriving from the landing zone into the Bronze layer, working in partnership with the Development and Application Management team. Design and optimise ETL/ELT pipeline frameworks using Databricks, Delta Lake and Azure Data Factory. Ensure Silver and Gold layer data products are fit for purpose for analytics, pricing, AI and ML model consumption. Optimise data pipelines for efficiency, cost effectiveness and high performance, leveraging Databricks for big data processing and machine learning. Governance & Standards Act as the architectural authority for the data estate - reviewing designs, enforcing standards and preventing platform fragmentation as SBG scales. Ensure all data architecture decisions align with regulatory requirements - FCA, GDPR, Solvency II, IFRS 17 and BCBS 239. Define and maintain data architecture policies and guidelines ensuring long term scalability and sustainability. Analytics & AI Enablement Design the Gold layer to ensure data products are structured, documented and accessible for self service analytics and AI/ML model consumption. Collaborate with ML Ops and Data Science teams to define data product standards and feature engineering patterns. Evaluate and lead adoption of emerging Azure and Databricks capabilities - including Microsoft Fabric, OneLake and DirectLake - where they advance the data architecture. Drive innovation by evaluating and implementing emerging cloud based data technologies to enhance SBG's competitive advantage. Risk & Regulatory Proactively identify, manage and mitigate architectural and data risks encountered in day to day delivery. Act with integrity, adhering to FCA regulatory frameworks and ensuring best possible outcomes for customers. What you'll need: Strong stakeholder management across business, IT and compliance teams. Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills at all levels of an organisation. Experience leading data architecture and engineering teams in an enterprise environment. Ability to define and implement a data strategy aligned with business objectives. Proven track record of delivering enterprise scale data solutions with a focus on performance, security and scalability. Experience in regulated financial services, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Deep expertise in data modelling - conceptual, logical and physical. Data warehousing and data lake architecture for high performance analytics. ETL/ELT pipeline development and optimisation to support large scale data processing. Data integration across structured and unstructured sources, ensuring high availability. Metadata management and governance to maintain data quality and lineage. Experience defining data contracts and ingestion standards between source delivery teams and the data estate. Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud services - ADF, ADLS, Synapse, Purview. Databricks - Delta Lake architecture, optimisation and advanced data processing. Apache Spark for large scale distributed computing and performance tuning. Microsoft Fabric - OneLake and DirectLake integration. Azure Synapse Analytics for enterprise scale data warehousing. Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Azure Bicep) to automate cloud deployments. CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions for automated deployment of data pipelines. MLOps best practices - MLflow, Databricks Model Serving, Feature Store. Knowledge of IFRS 17, BCBS 239, UK Data Protection Act and Solvency II compliance. Experience with pricing models, claims processing and fraud detection in the insurance sector. Strong problem solving skills and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions. Ability to document and present complex data architectures to technical and non technical stakeholders. Our Benefits Hybrid working - 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home. 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days over 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service. Plus bank holidays! Discretionary annual bonus. Pension scheme - 5% employee, 6% employer. Flexible working - we will always consider applications for those who require less than the advertised hours. Flexi time. Healthcare Cash Plan - claim cashback on a variety of everyday healthcare costs. Electric vehicle - salary sacrifice scheme. 100's of exclusive retailer discounts. Professional wellbeing, health & fitness app - Wrkit. Enhanced parental leave, including time off for IVF appointments. Religious bank holidays - if you don't celebrate Christmas and Easter, you can use these annual leave days on other occasions throughout the year. Life Assurance - 4 times your salary. 25% Car Insurance Discount. 20% Travel Insurance Discount. Cycle to Work Scheme. Employee Referral Scheme. Community support day.

As part of the M&S Software Engineering team, you'll be joining a well-loved historic brand, working on solutions that serve millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues! With ethical values that run right through the company's core and technology leaders that truly understand software engineers and engineering, it's an exciting time as we're redefining ourselves into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence to build the foundational platform for Identity across all M and S products. The team is responsible for the M&S Identity Platform, managing authentication journeys for both customers and colleagues. We sit at a unique intersection, delivering seamless authentication experiences for customers while enabling internal teams to build on a robust Identity Platform. Being kind, creative, curious, and confident, you will be an integral part of our empowered, multi-disciplinary engineering teams - building resilient systems. You will be closely working with Principal engineers, product and delivery peers to drive the successful delivery of projects and features. What You'll Do The Software Engineering Manager role is the embodiment of 'solving problems through technology' with key responsibilities as follows: Software Development & Architecture: Responsible for design and architectural decisions, developing scalable and distributed systems, and driving legacy migrations. Focused on optimizing deployment pipelines to enhance efficiency and reliability. Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team. Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. Ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload, balance across projects. Agile Delivery: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines. Monitor project progress, risks, and dependencies, taking corrective action when necessary. Work closely with product management, design, programme management, and others to define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Technical Leadership: Drive the adoption of standards, and methodologies for software development. Provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams for complex projects. Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms to improve the engineering process and software quality. Work with senior engineers to develop the team's technical roadmap and support the product management team to prioritise it against the commercial roadmap. Quality Assurance and Maintenance: Establish and enforce quality standards, ensuring software products meet performance, reliability, and usability requirements. Oversee the maintenance and support of existing software systems, ensuring prompt resolution of issues and bugs. Who You Are Previous polyglot hands on senior software engineer Experience working on highly scalable software solutions across web or backend Extensive background in software engineering with several years' experience in a variety of systems and technologies Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers that deliver high-quality software. Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies, Promoter of DevOps: you build it, you run it. Tech Stack M&S uses a variety of technologies including; Java, Kotlin, GraphQL Federation, Micronaut, Azure Cloud, GitHub, New Relic and Dynatrace. What's In It For You Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing. Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding: 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you've completed your probation Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal Market leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you Everyone's Welcome We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Die eww ag ist ein erfolgreicher und innovativer Komplettanbieter im Bereich der Energieversorgung. Der Unternehmensbereich ITandTEL ist einer der führenden österreichischen Anbieter im Bereich IT-Services mit hauseigenem Datennetz, zertifizierten Rechenzentren sowie kundenorientierten Outsourcing-Konzepten. Als Solution Architect fungierst du als Schnittstelle zwischen Sales und Technik und übernimmst eine zentrale Rolle in der Konzeption und Gestaltung von IT-Lösungen. Du übersetzt Business Anforderungen in skalierbare, sichere und wirtschaftliche Kundenlösungen und begleitest diese von Presales über Implementierung bis zur Übergabe in den Betrieb. Abgeschlossene IT-Ausbildung oder vergleichbare Qualifikation Mehrjährige Erfahrung in der Konzeption von IT Lösungen & Projektmanagement Breites Technologieverständnis (z.B. Cloud, Infrastruktur, Security, Applikationen, Integration) Erfahrung im Presales Umfeld und im Umgang mit Kunden Ausgeprägte analytische Fähigkeiten & wirtschaftliches Verständnis Sehr gute Kommunikations und Moderationsfähigkeiten Selbstständige, strukturierte und verantwortungsbewusste Arbeitsweise

Job Title: IT Director - Data & AI Location: London - hybrid working Type: Permanent Salary: £120-140K DOE Are you a strategic IT leader with a passion for data, AI/ML innovation, and real-world healthcare impact? We're working with a global life sciences company looking to appoint a senior data leader to spearhead enterprise-wide data transformation initiatives. This is a high-impact role for a visionary expert in data strategy, responsible for designing and driving the adoption of cutting-edge AI/ML solutions across multiple business units-from manufacturing and supply chain to R&D and commercial operations. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data-led innovation, ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards and fostering cross-functional collaboration at the highest levels. Key Responsibilities: AI-Driven Strategy Development - Lead the design and implementation of scalable, AI/ML-powered data strategies to tackle complex challenges across drug development, clinical research, commercial performance, and patient outcomes. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with internal stakeholders across scientific, operational, and commercial teams to identify and deliver high-value AI use cases. Regulatory & Compliance Oversight - Ensure all data practices are fully aligned with global regulatory standards including GDPR and other industry-specific frameworks. Data Governance & Architecture - Oversee the design of enterprise-grade data ecosystems leveraging cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure), data lakes, and robust governance frameworks. Innovation & Partnerships - Build and nurture relationships with external partners, including AI vendors and academic institutions, to stay at the forefront of AI advancements (e.g., generative AI, digital twins). Leadership & Engagement - Inspire a high-performing data and tech team, translate technical insights for senior leadership, and foster a culture of ethical, responsible AI usage. This is a rare opportunity to step into a leadership role with genuine enterprise influence, long-term scope, and the chance to shape future strategy in a critical sector. The above is just a snapshot of our client's requirement. A full and comprehensive job description will be provided following application. We will be supporting our client in appointing a suitable candidate ASAP - apply without delay for consideration

At Ripple, we're building a world where value moves like information does today. It's big, it's bold, and we're already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you're ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. THE WORK: Ripple is an established fintech company revolutionizing global finance with blockchain technology, offering a wide variety of financial services, including cross-border payments, institutional crypto liquidity, digital asset custody, and our enterprise-grade stablecoin RLUSD. As a Software Engineer at Ripple, you'll work on payment technologies, building scalable solutions that power the future of finance. Your primary responsibilities will be for a core part of the Payments offerings, Bank Integrations. This means serving as the single connectivity layer to banking partners, ensuring that data exchanged with external financial institutions remains correct, reliable, and always available. You will be responsible for facilitating the smooth distribution of this data from the connectivity layer to other parts of the company, powering both live production payment flows and reconciliation operations. The work includes maintaining and strengthening integrations with banking partners, resolving technical debt to improve stability, and evolving the platform to meet new business and compliance requirements. By advancing an already established production system, you will play a key role in increasing scale, efficiency, and observability, ensuring Ripple products interact seamlessly with global banks and payment providers in a consistent and trustworthy way. We are looking for a software engineer passionate about learning and understanding the way a complex fintech system works end-to-end and can help drive forward the development. A passion for making systems better and getting to the optimal solution with the right level of trade-offs is what will make you successful in this role. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Integrate with new bank APIs and normalize to the internal system schema. Solving any bespoke integration approaches that will come up. Advance the system forward to an optimal state with clear boundaries and responsibilities Work on our internal trading system (Prisma) Work on a variety of challenges spanning crypto, trading, fintech, and payment solutions. Fully integrate into a large system and spot opportunities for improvements and best practices. Prototype new solutions for complex software problems and implement them for production cloud deployments WHAT YOU'LL BRING: Experience building highly scalable and performant enterprise software Working knowledge of Java and its ecosystem (i.e. threading, concurrency etc). A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge - the go to person on the team for small and large questions Interest in fintech, markets, and trading is a must. Knowledge or high interest in our main tools: Java, event driven architectures (AMQP or similar), gRPC, service meshes, etc. Obsession with finishing projects properly, with good stakeholder management, communications, and documentation. WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work The opportunity to build in a fast paced start up environment with experienced industry leaders A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. In office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and the teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. Bi weekly all company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! Take Control of Your Finances Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support Employee giving match Mobile phone stipend Take Care of Yourself R&R days so you can rest and recharge Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it Industry leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits. Catered lunches, fully stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events Benefits listed above are for full time employees. Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance. Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice and our California Applicant Privacy Notice for reference.

Senior Software Engineer - Python + React Salary: Competitive Location: Braintree, Essex Work Pattern: Hybrid Opportunity Overview We are working with a forward-thinking technology company developing cutting-edge solutions within the utilities sector. Their cloud-native platform integrates software, hardware, and distributed energy assets to enable real-time monitoring, automation, and control at scale. They are now looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in shaping the technical direction of their platform. This is a hands-on position combining strong engineering delivery with architectural ownership, offering the opportunity to work on complex, real-world systems across IoT, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate scalable backend systems using Python (Django) and AWS Lead architectural decisions across performance, scalability, reliability, and security Design and evolve APIs and data models for internal tools and customer-facing applications Drive IoT and device communication architecture across distributed systems Collaborate with product and design teams to translate real-world requirements into scalable solutions Contribute to frontend development using React and supporting infrastructure Build and optimise pipelines for ingesting and querying large-scale time-series data Improve system performance, data retention strategies, and reporting capabilities Work closely with hardware and edge teams on device provisioning and diagnostics Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues Lead and contribute to architecture reviews and technical discussions Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design guidance Essential Skills and Experience Strong proficiency in Python and/or significant experience with React Solid experience with SQL and relational database design (MySQL preferred) Proven experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker (ECS desirable) Strong understanding of RESTful API design Experience working with Django and React Demonstrated ability to design scalable, maintainable systems Strong problem-solving skills with a hands-on engineering mindset Desirable Experience Experience with microservices or event-driven architectures Exposure to time-series databases or large-scale data processing Experience working with IoT or distributed device environments Interest in renewable energy, industrial systems, or infrastructure technology Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as Next.js What's on Offer Opportunity to shape the architecture of a complex, real-world platform High level of ownership and influence over technical direction Work within a small, collaborative, and high-impact engineering team Exposure to modern technologies and challenging engineering problems Flexible hybrid working environment Strong opportunities for career progression as the business scales Application Process If you're interested in this opportunity, please apply with your CV and a short overview of your experience. Examples of relevant projects or systems you've worked on would be highly beneficial.

About Us At Plentific, we're redefining property management in real time. Our mission, is to lead real estate through the transformative journey into "The World of Now," enabling us to empower property professionals through our innovative, cloud-based platform. We harness cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights to streamline operations for landlords, letting agents, and property managers-enabling them to optimize maintenance, manage repairs, and make informed decisions instantly. Our platform is designed to create seamless, real-time workflows that transform traditional property management into a dynamic, digital experience. Backed by a world-class group of investors-including Noa, Highland Europe, Brookfields, Mubadala, RXR Digital Ventures, and Target Global-Plentific is at the forefront of the proptech revolution. Headquartered in London with a global outlook, we're continually expanding our reach and impact. We're looking for forward thinking, passionate professionals who are ready to contribute to our mission and drive industry innovation. If you're excited about making an immediate impact and shaping the future of property management, explore career opportunities with us at Plentific. The Role As an AI Applied Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy AI powered features and automation tools that transform how our users interact with our platform and improve internal operational efficiency. You'll work across the stack to integrate AI capabilities-such as intelligent assistants, AI agents, and predictive systems-directly into our Python based applications, experimenting with new frameworks and deployment solutions along the way. Your day to day will focus on building real, production grade AI systems that deliver measurable value-whether that's automating property management workflows, creating decision support tools for our teams, or embedding natural language and vision capabilities into our products. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and other engineers, taking AI solutions from concept to scalable production deployment. You'll have the freedom to explore cutting edge tools like FastAPI, PydanticAI, LLM orchestration frameworks, while ensuring solutions are robust, maintainable, and secure. Responsibilities Develop and deploy AI powered features and services in our Python based stack (FastAPI and Django, DRF) and explore new frameworks (e.g. BentoML) for performance and scalability. Build and integrate intelligent automation systems, AI agents, and decision support tools into core product workflows. Implement and optimise LLM based systems, RAG pipelines, and AI agent architectures for complex property management workflows. Work with cross functional teams to gather requirements, define AI use cases, and iterate quickly on prototypes. Integrate complementary AI capabilities-such as voice processing, computer vision, and NLP-into customer facing and internal tools. Ensure all AI applications and models adhere to security best practices, including input validation, secure handling of sensitive data (PII/confidential property information), and protection against prompt injection and other AI specific vulnerabilities. Collaborate with MLOps and platform engineers to ensure models are deployed, monitored, and iterated in production environments. Maintain clear documentation for AI systems, APIs, and workflows. Stay on top of emerging AI frameworks and deployment tools, bringing forward innovative ideas for application. Experience & Qualifications Strong Python development background (5+ years preferred), with solid experience in FastAPI or Django and Django REST Framework. Proven track record of building and deploying AI/ML powered applications in production environments. Proficiency with async and streaming APIs, enabling efficient real time data processing and low latency AI service delivery in microservices (FastAPI, Django, Flask, or similar). Strong understanding of context engineering practices, optimising prompts, memory, and retrieval strategies for LLM based systems. Hands on experience with AI assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and GitHub Copilot, focusing on AI specification driven approaches for technical analysis, code generation, and code review. Hands on experience with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, HuggingFace) and LLM orchestration tools (PydanticAI, LangChain, LangGraph, or similar) Experience deploying ML models using containerised solutions (Docker, Kubernetes) and frameworks like BentoML or equivalent. Familiarity with vector databases and retrieval pipelines for RAG architectures. Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and MLOps tooling (MLflow, Kubeflow, or similar). Familiarity with voice to text, IVR, and/or computer vision systems is a plus. Strong understanding of software engineering best practices-testing, CI/CD, version control, code reviews. Excellent problem solving skills and ability to collaborate in cross functional teams. Benefits As you can see, we are quickly progressing with our ambitious plans and are eager to grow our team of doers to achieve our vision of managing over 2 million properties through our platform across various countries. You can help us shape the future of property management across the globe. Here's what we offer: A competitive compensation package 25 days annual holiday + 1 additional day for every year served up to 3 years. Flexible working environment including the option to work abroad Private health care for you and immediate family members with discounted gym membership, optical, dental and private GP Enhanced parental leave Life insurance (4x salary) Employee assistance program Company volunteering day and charity salary sacrifice scheme Learning management system powered by Udemy Referral bonus and charity donation if someone you introduce joins the company Season ticket loan, Cycle to work, Electric vehicle and Techscheme programs Pension scheme Work abroad scheme Company sponsored lunches, dinners and social gatherings Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, fruit, breakfast cereal etc.

The M&S Stock Domain team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtful solutions, and operate with excellence. Creative, curious and fearless, you will lead the modernisation of our order management software, to provide a seamless customer experience and enable the M&S online growth ambitions through a scalable, reliable, secure and cost-effective system. As part of the M&S Software Engineering team, you'll be joining a well loved historic brand, working on solutions that serve millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues! With ethical values that run right through the company's core and technology leaders that truly understand software engineers and engineering, it's an exciting time as we're redefining ourselves into a digital first and engineering led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. About the Role The Stock Domain team is on a multiyear journey to build the platforms and services that will manage how we track and move stock across our business - from suppliers to distribution centres to stores and digital channels. We sit at a critical junction in the retail ecosystem, and our ambition is to provide accurate, realtime stock visibility and availability so customers can get the products they want, when and where they want them. Our team is steadily evolving towards a future where reliable stock data and event streams power everything from forecasting and replenishment to digital experiences, all built on a robust, scalable stock platform. In this role, you will play a key part in driving our ambition to create a best in class software engineering team, environment and culture. Join our community of engineers to help build a modern digital ecosystem, work with cutting edge technologies, and do the best work of your career. What you'll do Build and evolve reliable data services - design and develop scalable, high performance pipelines and APIs in Java and Micronaut, integrating with event streaming platforms such as Kafka. Your work will ensure accurate, timely information reaches downstream systems and business users. Own features end to end - take responsibility for everything from design through development, testing, deployment and production monitoring. You will balance delivery speed with sustainability, ensuring the platform remains maintainable over time. Shape the technical direction of our Stock Platform - help design and evolve the services, APIs and event flows that power how we track and move stock across suppliers, distribution centres, stores and digital channels. You'll craft solutions that balance data quality, integration reliability and operational resilience, using our modern toolchain (GitHub, CI/CD, observability and cloud infrastructure) to build a scalable stock platform that other teams can depend on. Champion engineering excellence - write clean, maintainable, well tested code and help establish best practices across multiple teams. You will encourage a continuous improvement culture through code reviews, pair programming, and high quality documentation. Drive operational excellence and observability - share responsibility for the reliability of our data integrations. Use observability tools such as Dynatrace to design for monitoring and alerting and participate in our support rota to ensure supply chain and pricing data remains accurate and available. Collaborate widely - work closely with Product Managers, cross functional engineering teams and other Fulfilment teams to solve real business problems in thoughtful and innovative ways. Cross functional decision making and breaking down information silos are essential to shortening time to value. Mentor and support colleagues - provide coaching and feedback to more junior engineers. Help grow our community of practice by sharing knowledge and fostering an inclusive environment. Who you are Experienced in data intensive distributed systems - 5+ years building and scaling services that handle large datasets, ideally serving millions of records or transactions. You understand both batch and event driven processing and can design systems that remain resilient at scale. Skilled in JVM languages - proficient in one or more JVM based languages such as Java and Kotlin, ideally working with Micronaut, and comfortable writing clean, maintainable code. DevOps and CI/CD practitioner - experienced in designing and running CI/CD pipelines (for example, GitHub Actions) and driving improvements in developer productivity and release automation. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) helps automate repeatable infrastructure changes. Cloud and data platform savvy - comfortable working in cloud environments (preferably Azure) and familiar with modern data processing and integration tools. Experience with Kafka for event streaming, SFTP for batch data ingestion, relational and NoSQL databases (MongoDB), and SaaS integrations for product lifecycle and pricing is highly valued. Exposure to containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation with Terraform, is a plus. Data modelling and integration expert - understand domain driven design, data contracts and schema evolution. You care about data quality and integrity and know how to integrate with third party systems without excessive customisation. Balance strategic thinking with pragmatic delivery - you can weigh long term architectural goals against immediate business needs, are sensitive to commercial impacts, and thrive in high autonomy teams. Security and quality minded - experience using modern security and static analysis tools such as Snyk and Semgrep to identify vulnerabilities and enforce coding standards. A commitment to secure coding practices and compliance is essential. Curious about AI assisted development - open to leveraging emerging tools like GitHub Copilot to enhance productivity and accelerate learning while maintaining code quality. Being a part of M&S is exactly that - becoming a part and playing your part. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting and always evolving business built on core values. Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special: What's in it for you 20% colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food. A first class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives. Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days. Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website - including GymSave and the option to become an M&S Shareholder. Charity Volunteer Day - a paid day away from work to support your chosen charity. A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance. Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - including our 24/7 Virtual GP and other wellbeing schemes. Everyone's Welcome We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

Pay: £70,000 to £80,000 per year Contract Type: Permanent Hours: Full time Disability Confident: No Closing Date: 03/05/2026 About this job About The Role Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child? Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach. Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fix what needs fixing, together. This is the work. And we'd like you to be part of it. The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and assuring technology solutions that meet business needs while aligning with the transformation programme, technology strategy, architectural standards, and values. Reporting to the CTO the role acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, cost-effective, and fit for purpose. The role will cover both major applications and smaller ECO-System requirements across Education, Fostering, Residential, Therapeutic Services and Central Functions. Key Responsibilities Design end-to-end solution architectures across applications, data, integration, and infrastructure with an AI first approach. Translate business requirements into clear architectural designs and technical specifications. Ensure solutions align with agreed architectural principles, standards, and roadmaps. Produce and maintain architecture artefacts (e.g. solution diagrams, design documents, decision logs). Work closely with product owners, PM's, business analysts, DevOps, and third-party suppliers. Engage with stakeholders to explain architectural options, risks, and trade-offs in clear, non-technical terms. Support delivery teams throughout the lifecycle, from discovery through to implementation and handover. Review and Assure technical designs produced for delivery teams and by suppliers. Identify and manage architectural risks, technical debt, and dependencies. Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including security, performance, resilience, and compliance. Requirements Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Solution Architect. Relevant qualification or equivalent experience in IT systems administration, Child Care technology, or information systems. Exposure to TOGAF, Zachman, ITIL, CoBiT, Prince2 frameworks or similar would be an advantage. Evidence of ongoing learning ability essential. Proven experience as a Solution Architect or in a senior technical design role. Strong understanding of modern application architectures (e.g., cloud-native, API-led, microservices, AI driven). Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences. Working in agile and multi-disciplinary delivery teams. Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. Knowledge of integration patterns, data platforms, and security principles. Experience working with third-party vendors and system integrators. Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.

A leading vehicle repair company in Stansted Mountfitchet is seeking a Solutions Architect to define and guide enterprise architecture. This senior role involves ensuring scalability and security of products across diverse technical domains. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in enterprise architecture, especially in cloud and data. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a commitment to inclusivity for all applicants.

We are hiring a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to work on cutting edge R&D and translating research into customer centric solutions. As innovators in speech technology, our mission is to Understand Every Voice-a vision that has propelled us to be world leaders of Voice AI. Fuelled by innovation, inclusivity, and a passion for making a global impact through world leading Speech AI, we're looking for an experienced Principal Machine Learning Engineer to accelerate our efforts towards exceptional speech solutions. Our Modelling Team trains diverse models, including large self supervised ones, supporting Speechmatics towards being the most accurate speech recognition system globally. It also ensures their deployment into production, working with the latest developments in ML, but also with the best engineering practices for software engineering and model serving. This is a hands on, technical leadership role with high ownership. You will develop and deploy advanced speech systems that power our products as well as co define the technical vision for ML, drive innovation, and mentor engineering teams. Your work will span the entire codebase. What You'll Do: Develop and deploy ML models, translating research into scalable, maintainable code and services Optimise ML models for speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency Evaluate and integrate cutting edge approaches into our ML stack Identify and solve complex ML problems across the organisation Define and enforce best practices for code quality, model lifecycle management, etc. Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and innovation Co define the long term technical vision What We're Looking For: Deep understanding of the modern Machine Learning stack, for example: Knowledge of contemporary transformer architectures (e.g., GQA, KV caching) and best practices Expertise in distributed training techniques Familiarity with optimisation strategies for model inference (e.g., dynamic batching, flash attention, speculative decoding) Proven track record of developing and deploying models at scale Expertise in Python, ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), and experience with cloud platforms Strong familiarity with MLOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) With preferred backgrounds covering some of the following: Experience with speech to text or text to speech Contributions to open source projects or published research in top tier conferences We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we're looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you. Who we are: Speechmatics is the leading expert in Speech Intelligence, and uses AI and Machine Learning to unlock business value in human speech worldwide. We work with an amazing mix of global companies, and our technology can integrate into our customers' stack irrespective of their industry or use case - making it the go to solution to harness useful information from speech. Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we'll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. Our Focus Fridays give you an undisturbed day of focus, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings, so you've always got the right balance. We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2 3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in person interactions can foster. This is only the beginning; we're looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey What we can offer you: No matter what stage of your career you're at - from paid internships and first job opportunities through to management and senior positions - we'll support you with the training and development needed to reach your career aspirations with us. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for you to get involved and collaborate with those around you to deliver your best work. We offer incredibly flexible working, regular company lunches, and birthday celebrations. But that's not all. We've spoken to our teams to find out what they want. From Private Medical, and Dental for you and your family, through to global working opportunities, a generous holiday allowance and pension/401K matching, we want to make sure our employees and their families are looked after. Every employee will receive a working from home allowance for tech or home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop and accessories of course). Our approach to parental leave is designed to support employees globally. While this varies by geo, we have support in place for parents (including adoption assistance and reproductive health services) to ensure they have the time and financial resources needed to care for their growing families. At Speechmatics, our mission is simple: Understand Every Voice out there. That's not just about our tech - it's the heart and soul of who we are. We welcome different experiences, viewpoints, and identities. For us, it's not just the right thing to do; it's our catalyst for sparking innovation and creativity. Our teams thrive in an environment that celebrates and supports everyone - no matter their gender, identity or expression, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, marital status, national origin, veteran status, pregnancy, or maternity status. But we don't just open the door to diversity - we actively welcome it. Why? Because we believe every unique voice adds something special to our team, leading us to smarter solutions and a better workplace. So, come as you are and join our Speechling community. We're building a place where every voice not only gets heard but is also respected and valued. We rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis for processing personal information under the GDPR for purposes of recruitment and applications for employment. Demographic Questions (Europe) We want to make Speechmatics a place where everyone can do their best work, by bringing together diversity of thought and experience and creating an inclusive environment where our people can thrive. Therefore, we would like you to complete these optional questions. Answers are anonymous and not linked to you or your application in anyway. The information you decide to submit will not affect your application but will help us to understand how we are doing when attracting talent. We are an equal opportunity employer and value people of all identities and backgrounds at our company.

As part of the M&S Software Engineering team, you'll be joining a well-loved historic brand, working on solutions that serves millions of loyal customers and thousands of colleagues! With ethical values that run right through the company's core and technology leaders that truly understand software engineers and engineering, it's an exciting time as we're redefining ourselves into a digital first and engineering-led organisation, with the quality of our engineering team being a key differentiator. We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise, ship thoughtfully and operate with excellence. Being creative, curious, and confident, you will be an integral part of our empowered, self-managing, multi-disciplinary engineering teams - designing, building, releasing, and maintaining products. You will play a key role in driving our ambition to create a best-in-class software engineering team, environment, and culture. What You'll Do Your key accountabilities will include: Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team. Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. Ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload, balance across projects. Agile Delivery: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines. Monitor project progress, risks, and dependencies, taking corrective action when necessary. Work closely with product management, design, programme management, and others to define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Technical Leadership: Drive the adoption of standards, and methodologies for software development. Provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams for complex projects. Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms to improve the engineering process and software quality. Work with senior engineers to develop the team's technical roadmap and support the product management team to prioritise it against the commercial roadmap. Quality Assurance and Maintenance: Establish and enforce quality standards, ensuring software products meet performance, reliability, and usability requirements. Oversee the maintenance and support of existing software systems, ensuring prompt resolution of issues and bugs. Who You Are Your skills and experience will include: Previous polyglot hands-on senior software engineer Experience working on highly scalable software solutions across web or backend Extensive background in software engineering with several years' experience in a variety of systems and technologies Experience building and leading teams of highly skilled, senior software engineers that deliver high-quality software. Excellent understanding of system design, software architecture, cloud, and software engineering standard methodologies, Promoter of DevOps: you build it, you run it. Tech Stack M&S uses a variety of technologies including; Java, Spring, SpringBOOT, Micronaut React, Next.js, Typescript, Angular Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Dynatrace (observability) SQL Server, MongoDB Ignite, Redis What's In It For You Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing. Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding: 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you've completed your probation Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the futureTailored induction and training to support your development from day one Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you Everyone's Welcome We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen. We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together. If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Chief Information Officer (CIO) for our World Services division, to lead and govern a lean, high performing global IT function that delivers secure, reliable and business enabling technology services. About the role This is a senior leadership role accountable for overall IT strategy, operating model design, governance and performance. The CIO provides clear direction and oversight across Service Operations, Technical Operations, and Cybersecurity and Productivity Solutions Operations, ensuring technology services are aligned with business priorities, risk appetite and compliance obligations. Operating within a security first, cloud centric environment, the CIO ensures that IT delivers predictable, transparent and measurable outcomes, balancing operational stability with continuous improvement and transformation. The role acts as a trusted partner to senior business leadership, translating business strategy into a coherent technology roadmap while maintaining strong control, accountability and financial discipline. The CIO leads a small, highly skilled internal team augmented by managed service partners, ensuring that internal capability is focused on leadership, governance, architecture and assurance rather than commodity delivery. This role reports directly to the World Services Chief Operating Officer (COO) with a functional report through to the M+C Saatchi Group CIO. What you'll do IT leadership and strategy Define and own the World Services IT strategy aligned to business objectives, growth plans and risk appetite. Establish clear priorities, outcomes and success measures across all IT domains. Act as the senior information technology advisor to World Services leadership, providing clear, pragmatic guidance on technology decisions and trade offs. Work closely with peers and ensure strategic alignment. Operating model ownership Own and evolve the IT operating model, ensuring clear accountability across Service Operations, Technical Operations, and Cybersecurity and Productivity Solutions Operations. Chair and lead the IT Leadership Group, ensuring effective cross domain coordination, decision making and escalation. Ensure the operating model remains lean, scalable and fit for purpose as business needs evolve. Governance, risk and compliance Provide executive oversight of IT governance, risk management and compliance activities. Ensure alignment with recognised frameworks including ITIL, ISO27001, NIST , NIST , Essential 8 and Cyber Essentials Plus. Maintain executive visibility of risk, control effectiveness, audit readiness and remediation activities. Security and resilience Set clear expectations for a 'security by default' culture across all IT services and delivery activities. Ensure appropriate investment and prioritisation of cyber security, resilience, disaster recovery and business continuity capabilities. Act as the senior escalation point for major incidents and security events, ensuring effective communication and decision making . Service performance and accountability Hold domain leads accountable for service quality, availability, performance and user experience. Ensure clear metrics, reporting and transparency of IT performance to business stakeholders. Drive a culture of continuous improvement, automation and operational maturity. Technology roadmap and investment Own the end to end technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy and architectural principles. Approve major initiatives, investments and changes, balancing cost, risk, value and long term sustainability. Ensure technology spend is well governed, transparent and delivers measurable business value. Project and change oversight Provide executive sponsorship and oversight for IT projects and change programmes. Ensure project managers within IT are empowered to coordinate across World Services business units. Maintain visibility of delivery progress, risks and dependencies, intervening where required. Vendor and partner management Set strategy and governance for managed service providers and information technology partners. Ensure strong commercial management, performance oversight and accountability. Ensure internal teams remain focused on leadership, governance and value adding activities. Outcomes A secure, stable and predictable IT environment supporting global operations. Clear accountability and visibility across all IT domains. Strong alignment between information technology delivery, business priorities and information risk management. Consistent compliance with security and governance frameworks. A trusted, transparent IT function recognised as a business partner. A scalable operating model capable of supporting future growth and change. About you You are a senior information technology leader with experience operating at executive level within complex, securitised and highly regulated environments. You bring a strong balance of strategic vision, governance discipline and operational pragmatism. You are comfortable leading small, high impact teams, working with managed service partners and influencing senior stakeholders. You understand that effective IT leadership is about clarity, accountability and outcomes rather than scale. You'll bring with you experience and capabilities including: Proven experience as a CIO, IT Director or equivalent senior information technology leadership role. Strong understanding of IT operating models, service management and governance. Experience operating within fast paced regulated or security focused environments. Demonstrable knowledge of frameworks such as ITIL, ISO27001 and NIST 800-53 and 800-171. Experience overseeing cyber security, information security risk and compliance at executive level. Strong commercial acumen and experience governing technology spend and vendors. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. You're good at: Setting clear direction and expectations. Balancing risk, cost, security and business enablement. Holding leaders accountable while empowering them to deliver. Translating business strategy into actionable technology outcomes. Creating clarity, structure and focus in complex environments. WHAT YOU'LL GET A competitive salary and benefits package that includes 27 days holiday per year, pension contributions, private healthcare, discounted dental insurance, enhanced maternity/parental leave, plus a whole host of others including: Cultural stimulation allowance - £250 per person per year Half days off before bank holidays Emergency care days for dependants Up to 5 days volunteering leave per year to work for a registered charity Up to 10 days special emergency leave per year Season Ticket loan Payroll Giving Scheme Thursday drinks to unwind and socialize An annual Summer and Christmas party Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion sees us offer inclusive bank holidays We also offer learning opportunities around D&I, targeted mentoring programmes and the opportunity to participate in several active Employee Led Networks and associated events. Finally, this role will be supported with all the necessary personal development required to set someone up for success. ABOUT M&C SAATCHI GROUP M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data, technology, and culture, to help clients navigate, create, and lead meaningful change. The Group operates across five core divisions: Connected Creativity; Passion Marketing; Global & Social Issues; Brand, Experience & Innovation; and Performance Media. Headquartered in London, operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia. M&C Saatchi Group's two principles, Diversity of Thought and Brutal Simplicity of Thought, guide how they build teams and solve problems. M&C Saatchi Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on talent and capability, without regard for any personal characteristics. All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).