Platform Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)

Join our innovative Infrastructure team at Minderacraft as a Platform Engineer, where you'll play a vital role in constructing, configuring, and supporting our infrastructure. Your expertise will empower teams to effectively deliver their solutions across our diverse estate. You will be responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of infrastructure compon…

Mindera is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team on a contract basis. In this pivotal role, you will lead the delivery execution, provide team leadership, and ensure operational stability. Your primary focus will be to guarantee that all work is conducted safely and predictably, safeguarding live store operations and security services. You will also be responsible for planning deliveries, managing risks, and maintaining high engineering quality standards.This is a hybrid role requiring you to work three days a week on-site in either the Paddington or Heathrow areas.

Mindera is seeking a talented Software Deployment Engineer to spearhead the delivery, configuration, testing, and rollout of software and device solutions across diverse environments. Collaborating closely with software engineers, product teams, and platform specialists, you will enable seamless deployments that cater to millions of customers and thousands of team members.This role is ideal for individuals who thrive in hands-on deployment, automation, configuration, testing, and troubleshooting within a broad technology landscape.This is a hybrid role requiring you to be onsite in Bracknell three days a week.

Mindera is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to take charge of our client’s in-store video surveillance platform and related services across their estate. You will be responsible for the comprehensive lifecycle management of the CCTV system, including the integration of both analogue and IP cameras, NVRs/VMS, storage solutions, and networks within a hybrid environment. Your role will ensure that these systems are secure, compliant, resilient, and deployed consistently at scale.This role requires you to be on-site three days a week.

At Mindera, we are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Deployment Engineer to take charge of the delivery, configuration, testing, and deployment of applications and retail device solutions in complex, large-scale environments. This pivotal role allows you to influence deployment strategies, spearhead automation efforts, enhance system reliability, and mentor fellow engineers.Your collaboration with product, platform, and engineering teams will be crucial in ensuring the seamless, secure, and high-quality release of applications that reach thousands of customers. Please note that this is a hybrid role, requiring you to be onsite in Bracknell three days a week.

We are seeking a dynamic and skilled Business Analyst for a 12-month contract role located in Croydon, offering a competitive daily rate of £450-£475. This position is classified as outside of IR35.The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in our extensive business transformation program by gaining a comprehensive understanding of the organization's existing landscape. You will identify key transformation opportunities that align with our architectural business motivation model. Additionally, you will provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to fellow civil servants, empowering the organization to enhance its in-house business analysis capabilities.

Join Version 1 as a Senior Oracle Fusion Technical Consultant in an outside IR35 contract role, where your expertise will help transform our clients' businesses. You will work collaboratively with a vibrant team, leveraging your Oracle Fusion knowledge to deliver innovative solutions that drive success.

Location: London, Paddington (UK-based). This contract position requires 3 days per week in the office. Role Overview minderacraft is hiring a Senior Product Manager (contract, outside IR35) to lead improvements to our App Experience. The focus: drive growth, strengthen user engagement, and deliver commercial results in key strategic areas. What You Will Do Design and launch product initiatives to grow the Food customer segment. Improve category performance across the app. Integrate loyalty programs that increase customer engagement and sales. Impact This role shapes a core part of our digital experience and supports growth in high-priority business sectors. The position offers autonomy, visibility, and a chance to influence millions of users.

Join the innovative team at Difrent Group, a leader in digital transformation within government and healthcare sectors. We are currently seeking a talented and experienced Automation Tester to join our specialist team on a contract basis. This role provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to high-profile digital transformation projects for our public sector clients.As an Automation Tester, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the functionality and performance of our products. Your primary responsibility will be to validate that all systems and their interfaces meet specified requirements before release.To excel in this position, candidates should possess robust knowledge in functional, API, automation, and performance testing. Experience within an Agile environment, including participation in stand-ups and sprints, is also essential.

About the Role Saturn is looking for a Platform Engineer in London. This role focuses on building and improving the platforms that power our products. The work centers on designing systems that scale, run efficiently, and support a growing user base. What You Will Do Develop and optimize core platform components Work closely with other engineers to deliver reliable systems Contribute to the design of scalable solutions that handle increasing demand Team and Collaboration Platform Engineers at Saturn collaborate with a skilled engineering team. The group values practical solutions and a shared commitment to quality.

Join the Future of Technology with ZILO™At ZILO™, we are revolutionizing the world of technology. As a UK-based FinTech leader, we specialize in developing innovative global asset and wealth management software. Our proprietary AI technology is designed to scale and transform businesses across various sectors, and our mission is to digitalize the future of the global asset management industry.Our team comprises seasoned experts with decades of experience at top firms worldwide, thriving in fast-paced environments while aiming to shape the future of digital finance. Every team member plays a vital role in driving progress and making a significant impact. We are committed to continuous innovation and improvement.Why Choose ZILO™? At ZILO™, you will be immersed in a dynamic and inclusive environment that fosters creativity. We offer the chance to work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with talented colleagues, and contribute to projects that make a real-world difference. We prioritize continuous learning, personal growth, and equipping our team with the tools they need to excel.Are you ready to help shape the future? Let’s connect.We are seeking a Platform Engineer to design, operate, and enhance our GitOps-driven blockchain platform hosted on AWS and Kubernetes. This role bridges infrastructure engineering, platform operations, and delivery enablement, with daily tasks involving Terraform, EKS, Argo CD, Helm-based application deployment, CI/CD, observability, and secure environment promotion across multiple settings.You will work on a platform that supports blockchain workloads and related services including Besu, Hyperledger FireFly, Prometheus/Grafana, along with essential AWS networking and identity components.This position is hybrid, necessitating regular attendance at our London office for 2-3 days per week.Core ResponsibilitiesDevelop and manage AWS infrastructure utilizing Terraform.Enhance and maintain EKS-based Kubernetes platforms across diverse environments.Oversee application delivery via Argo CD and GitOps methodologies.Utilize Helm and Kustomize overlays for deploying and promoting platform services.Operate and refine core platform components, including:Argo CDExternal Secretscert-managerVaultPrometheus/Grafanametrics-serverManage blockchain platform services, particularly:Hyperledger BesuEnsure secure connectivity, IAM roles, ECR-based artifact delivery, ingress, DNS, TLS, and environment-specific configurations.Contribute to CI/CD and automation leveraging GitHub Actions and shell scripting.Diagnose platform issues across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes workloads, Argo sync state, networking, secrets, and service integrations.

Your ImpactAs a Senior Platform Engineer at DISCO, you will lead significant projects and play a pivotal role in the success of our engineering teams. Your expertise will inform long-term strategic planning, mentorship for senior engineers, and steer technical decisions across various teams or departments. Your focus will be on system design, implementation, and the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of DISCO’s distributed data platform.What You'll DoTechnical Leadership and Mentorship: Assume a leadership role in project teams, guiding engineers and influencing technical decisions, while innovating and solving complex organizational challenges.Performance Optimization: Design systems that emphasize high performance, scalability, and reliability.Ownership: Proactively identify and address potential issues within products and systems, creating actionable plans for resolution.Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with stakeholders including product managers, designers, developers, and executives to ensure architectural designs align with business needs and customer expectations.Software Development: Develop, maintain, and enhance sophisticated, scalable, high-performance data software solutions tailored for our big data platform at a petabyte scale, ensuring architectural excellence.Code Quality and Optimization: Commit to and enhance code quality through thorough review processes, optimization techniques, and adherence to industry best practices.Technical Problem Solving: Tackle intricate technical challenges with innovative problem-solving approaches.Collaboration and Communication: Work effectively within the engineering team and cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders during project planning and execution.Continuous Learning and Adaptation: Stay abreast of the latest technological trends and advancements, continuously improving your skills and knowledge to contribute innovative ideas to the team.Technical Documentation: Generate and maintain comprehensive technical documentation to ensure clarity and accessibility of information.Data Platform Development: Construct and sustain robust and scalable data platforms to facilitate analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence.Data Integration and ETL: Design and optimize ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, ensuring efficient data integration.

At OakNorth, we are dedicated to empowering the most ambitious businesses in the UK. Since our inception in 2015, we have provided over $21 billion in loans across the UK and US, facilitated the creation of more than 58,000 new homes and 36,000 jobs, and supported countless personal savers, all while contributing to the growth of the UK economy. Join us in making a tangible impact!

Genomics England is looking for a Platform Engineer based in London. This full-time position centers on building and maintaining the platforms that enable genomic analysis and data processing. The work directly contributes to making genomic data more accessible and valuable for healthcare. Key responsibilities Develop and maintain platforms that handle genomic data analysis. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design effective solutions. Ensure data processing systems are reliable and efficient to support ongoing research. Role focus This role supports research and healthcare initiatives by providing stable and scalable technology for genomic data. Platform Engineers at Genomics England play a part in advancing how genomic information is used in medical settings.

Join a Revolutionary CompanyMeticulous is transforming the software development landscape at an unprecedented pace. We have created the world's first fully autonomous and comprehensive testing platform specifically for frontend codebases—a groundbreaking capability that we believe is essential for unleashing the full potential of code generation.Our innovative solution has garnered significant interest, with renowned companies such as Dropbox, Wiz, and Notion often prioritizing Meticulous over other software products in their stack. Our dedicated team of eleven, featuring exceptional engineers from esteemed organizations like Uber, Google, Dropbox, GitHub, Meta, and Palantir, has made this success possible.Discover more about our mission in this video here.Your RoleBe Our First Platform EngineerAt Meticulous, we analyze thousands of recorded user sessions for each pull request, necessitating robust and scalable infrastructure that is both fast and cost-effective.As the first dedicated Platform Engineer, you will take ownership of the systems enabling this capability. Your responsibilities will encompass designing and constructing resilient infrastructure to accommodate significant growth, managing its production operations, and shaping our incident response processes. This is not merely a maintenance position; you will be instrumental in defining our operational and architectural strategies as we expand.Enjoy substantial autonomy in this role. As a key member of a small team, your architectural decisions will directly influence our infrastructure development, allowing you to innovate rather than simply execute predefined designs.Key ResponsibilitiesYour contributions will drive our platform engineering initiatives, spanning infrastructure, security, and developer experience:Designing Robust Infrastructure: Architect, build, and scale the compute platform that powers Meticulous, effectively managing our cloud resources through Terraform while maintaining rigorous change management protocols. Optimize infrastructure costs while balancing performance and expenditure as we grow.Ensuring Production Reliability: Enhance our monitoring, alerting, incident response, and on-call protocols to guarantee swift and effective resolution of system issues.Developing Production Code: Integrate platform engineering with general software development tasks, contributing code that extends beyond mere infrastructure.

About FreshaFresha stands as the premier marketplace platform for beauty and wellness, trusted by millions of consumers and businesses globally. Currently, over 130,000 businesses and more than 450,000 stylists and professionals leverage Fresha, having processed over 1 billion appointments to date.Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, Fresha operates 15 global offices throughout North America, EMEA, and APAC.Our platform empowers consumers to discover, book, and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses. At the same time, beauty and wellness professionals utilize our all-in-one platform to streamline their operations through intuitive business software and innovative financial technology solutions.Fresha’s ecosystem equips merchants with everything necessary to operate their business smoothly, including appointment bookings, point-of-sale systems, customer records management, marketing automation, loyalty programs, beauty product inventory management, and team oversight.Our consumer marketplace enhances revenue opportunities for partner businesses by harnessing the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile applications, alongside advanced integrations with major tech brands like Instagram, Facebook, and Google.Role OverviewAs Fresha embarks on its next phase of global expansion, the Platform Engineering team plays a crucial role in fostering rapid, secure, and sustainable growth.In the capacity of Platform Engineering Team Lead, you will bear responsibility for the team's performance and outcomes, ensuring consistent delivery, proactive communication, robust system architecture, and adherence to operational standards.In light of the swift advancement of AI and automation, this is an exceptional opportunity to redefine platform development and operations, minimizing manual effort, enhancing reliability, and empowering smarter, faster engineering decisions.You will contribute to Fresha’s growth by promoting infrastructure readiness, aligning platform strategies with business objectives, and applying AI where it can provide tangible operational advantages.We place a strong emphasis on customer impact, even within internal projects, as platform enhancements ultimately serve to enrich the customer experience.

Pineapple Contracts is excited to announce a fantastic opportunity with our partner company, Workagile.JOB TITLE: Sales & Client Support ExecutivePRIMARY LOCATION: Clerkenwell, LondonWORKING HOURS: 7.30am - 4.30pmAbout the Role:Join our dedicated and dynamic team at Pineapple Contracts as we seek a Sales & Client Support Executive to enrich our growing business environment. In this pivotal role, you will support our sales team by preparing quotations, managing client communications, updating our CRM system, and coordinating order processes to ensure an efficient sales operation. Your responsibilities will include handling inquiries, scheduling meetings, and assisting with events and client visits. With our compact team structure, every day will present new challenges and opportunities!You are a highly organized and proactive individual, adept at multitasking with confidence. Your strong communication skills and keen attention to detail will be essential as you support others while working with systems like Pipedrive to ensure seamless operations.Key Responsibilities:Provide essential support to the sales team, ensuring reliable sales assistance and professional client interactions.Generate accurate and timely quotations using our CRM (Pipedrive), and support the sales team with presentations, documentation, and ad-hoc materials.Proactively manage customer inquiries, ensuring clear communication and swift follow-up.Establish and maintain project deals in Pipedrive, keeping the CRM data organized and current.Facilitate order onboarding and coordinate purchase orders with the customer care team for smooth transitions.Monitor live orders, flagging necessary follow-up actions to assist the sales team in maintaining order efficiency.Manage the general sales inbox, prioritizing and addressing inquiries effectively.Engage with existing clients to share updates on new product launches and assist in scheduling appointments for account managers.Assist in qualifying inquiries and follow-ups, enabling the sales team to concentrate on high-value opportunities.Collaborate closely with Design and Supply Chain teams on unique projects, ensuring that queries are resolved and opportunities maximized.Provide second-line support for incoming phone calls, taking accurate messages as needed.Oversee the preparation and distribution of sample packs and supporting materials.Manage showroom resources, ensuring literature, samples, and merchandise are adequately stocked.

Join Our Mission at OmneaAt Omnea, we are transforming the way enterprise businesses function, focusing on the most challenging processes in procurement. A single purchase can take months, generate over 50 emails, and require input from Finance, Legal, Security, and IT for approval.With a remarkable $75M investment from Khosla Ventures, Insight Partners, and Accel, we are set to change this paradigm. Our AI-driven platform seamlessly integrates every individual, step, and system, facilitating quick, secure, and efficient purchasing. We offer a unified platform for requests, automated approvals, risk assessments, and comprehensive spend visibility.This is a $7B+ untapped market, and our growth reflects the immense opportunity: we have achieved a tenfold increase in ARR to double-digit millions within just 18 months, earning the trust of global companies like Spotify, MongoDB, Monzo, and Albertsons. Omnea has recently been recognized as the 4th fastest growing startup in Europe.Our team boasts experience from Tessian (a cybersecurity tech firm backed by Sequoia, Balderton, Accel, and acquired post-Series C). Our members include former founders and operators who have built unicorns, delivered exceptional products, and executed at the highest standards. You will collaborate with leaders like Ben, Abs, Sabrina, and Rebe.Discover More About Life at Omneahere.Why We Need a Platform Engineer NowOur deployment frequency is several times a day, serving enterprise clients who demand unwavering reliability, and our growth trajectory is tenfold. The platform team is responsible for the infrastructure, tooling, and developer experience that supports all of this. We are looking to add a hands-on Platform Engineer to enhance our CI/CD processes, scale our serverless infrastructure, improve observability, and empower every product engineer to achieve greater effectiveness.

Version 1 seeks a Senior Oracle Cloud PPM Functional Consultant for an outside IR35 contract. This position offers flexibility to work from several major UK cities, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, or Belfast. Key responsibilities Advise clients on best practices and solution options for Oracle Cloud Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Translate business requirements into actionable technical solutions using Oracle Cloud applications. Support the design and implementation of project performance management systems tailored to each client. Share Oracle Cloud expertise to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments. Locations Positions are available in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, and Belfast.

Join Us in Revolutionizing the Creator Economy with AIFanvue is a leading force in the rapidly evolving creator monetization landscape. Our AI-driven platform empowers creators to engage, connect, and earn directly from their audiences on a grand scale. Following our recent Series A funding, we have achieved over $100 million in annual recurring revenue, experiencing triple-digit growth year-over-year and supporting a vibrant community of hundreds of thousands of creators and millions of fans worldwide.As a Platform Engineer at Fanvue, your mission will be to streamline processes for our engineering teams. This role is pivotal in developing the infrastructure, tools, and foundational components that enable our product teams to deliver solutions swiftly, safely, and confidently at scale. Your ResponsibilitiesConstruct and uphold core platform infrastructure across diverse cloud environmentsEnhance CI/CD pipelines to facilitate rapid, secure, and consistent deploymentsDesign and implement observability, monitoring, and alert systems for platform servicesDevelop self-service tools and platform primitives that empower teams to operate independentlyCollaborate with product teams to assess infrastructure needs and eliminate obstaclesBoost reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness across core systemsManage incidents, perform post-incident analyses, and implement lasting solutionsContribute to the documentation, standards, and best practices for the platform Who You AreProven experience as a platform, infrastructure, or backend engineerProficient in working with cloud platforms and distributed systemsFamiliar with infrastructure as code, CI/CD systems, and monitoring toolsPossess a product-oriented mindset and a collaborative spirit