49 engineering jobs found in Dartford

Infrastructure Engineering Specialist - DV Cleared Daily Rate: Up to £600 (inside IR35 via umbrella) Contract Length: 12 months 5 days onsite in London or Ipswich Are you ready to make a difference? Join a specialist team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, safeguarding critical national infrastructure and ensuring the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Your expertise will be pivotal in innovative and technologically challenging projects that promise to keep your work stimulating and rewarding! Why You'll Love Working Here: Exciting Projects: Work on rare and impactful projects that directly contribute to the safety and resilience of communities. Professional Growth: Access unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional development, where your contributions are always valued. Dynamic Environment: Collaborate with brilliant minds and utilise cutting-edge tools to shape the future of infrastructure systems. Role Impact: In this...

Regional Deployment Lead 3-6 months Remote Market rates inside IR35 - Umbrella only Role Purpose The Regional Deployment Lead is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing the deployment of programs, projects, processes, systems, and operational initiatives across the assigned region. The role ensures successful implementation, stakeholder alignment, adherence to timelines, risk mitigation, and achievement of business objectives while maintaining operational continuity. Key Responsiblities Deployment & Program Management Lead end-to-end deployment activities for regional projects and transformation initiatives. Develop and manage deployment plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables. Ensure deployment activities are executed within agreed timelines, budget, and quality standards. Monitor deployment progress and provide regular status updates to leadership and stakeholders. Drive standardization and consistency of deployment methodologies across...

SC Cleared Test Engineer (AI) Rate - £650 (A day) Duration - 6 Months (Initially) Location - London (Hybrid) Ir35 - Inside (Must use an umbrella company) We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Engineer (AI) to play a key role in delivering high-quality, reliable artificial intelligence and data-driven solutions within a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This is an exciting opportunity to lead testing strategy across cutting-edge AI systems, ensuring robust validation, strong governance, and continuous quality improvement across digital platforms. The Role As a Senior Test Engineer, you will operate at a strategic level, shaping testing approaches for AI and data services while remaining hands-on across automation, validation, and delivery pipelines. You will: Lead the design and execution of end-to-end test strategies across AI and digital programmes Ensure quality across AI models, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud-based services Embed test-driven (TDD) and...

PL/SQL Developer (Oracle & IBM DataStage) London (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) 6 Month Contract £470 per day (Inside IR35) We're looking for an experienced PL/SQL Developer with strong Oracle and IBM DataStage expertise to join a technology team delivering enterprise-scale data integration projects within a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain Oracle PL/SQL packages, procedures and database objects. Design, build and support ETL solutions using IBM DataStage. Develop scalable data integration and transformation processes. Optimise SQL queries and ETL performance. Support data quality, reconciliation and production issues. Work closely with technical and business stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle. Produce technical documentation and contribute to development best practices. Essential Skills Strong commercial experience with Oracle PL/SQL. Proven IBM DataStage ETL development experience. Strong SQL development and performance...

Join Our Team as a Software Developer (Python / SQL - Data & Database Focus)! Are you a passionate Software Developer with expertise in Python and SQL? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment focused on data engineering and modern data platforms? If so, we want to hear from you! Role Overview: At our client's organisation, we are on the lookout for a highly skilled Software Developer to design, build, and maintain data-driven applications. You'll play a pivotal role in integrating with data lakes, lake house architectures, and enterprise databases, all while working with large-scale data systems that drive our analytics and business-critical applications. What You'll Do: Develop & Maintain: Create backend applications using Python and SQL, ensuring they are efficient and robust. Database Solutions: Build and optimise database solutions, focusing on schema design, indexing strategies, and query performance tuning. ETL/ELT Pipelines: Develop and maintain pipelines for...

International Solution Architect – Contract London / Hybrid – 3 days per week £700 per day – Inside IR35 Initial 3 month contract with strong potential to extend ASAP Start We’re looking for an experienced Solution Architect to join a major organisation delivering a large-scale international digital commerce programme. This is a high-priority hire supporting the continued expansion of digital and marketplace capabilities across multiple international territories. You’ll take ownership of end-to-end solution architecture, working across cloud, integration, e-commerce and enterprise platforms to design scalable solutions that support both customer-facing and partner-led channels. Role and Responsibilities: • Define end-to-end solution architectures across complex digital platforms • Lead high-level solution design across multiple systems and applications • Architect integrations between internal platforms and third-party partners • Support international e-commerce and marketplace...

Senior DevOps Engineer – SC Cleared Hybrid/London - (40% onsite) | DevOps & Platform Engineering | SC Clearance At Peregrine, we’re always seeking Specialist Talent that have the ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now. The role: We're looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join a highly skilled engineering team delivering and supporting business-critical platforms within a secure, enterprise environment. You'll play a key role in designing, building and maintaining resilient infrastructure, driving automation across the software delivery lifecycle and ensuring production services remain secure, stable and highly available. Working as part of an Agile delivery team, you'll collaborate closely with architects, developers and infrastructure specialists...

Lead Azure Databricks Platform Engineer / Architect Hands-on Platform Engineering | Serverless | FinOps | POSIT/RStudio Migration 6 Month contract Inside IR35 - 500 a day London/Hybrid Role Purpose We are seeking a highly experienced, hands-on Azure Databricks Platform Engineer / Architect to enhance and optimise an enterprise Data Platform. The role combines architecture with direct implementation: the successful candidate must be able to configure, develop, troubleshoot and optimise Azure Databricks rather than operate only at design or governance level. The role is centred on three outcomes: enabling and optimising Databricks Serverless, strengthening FinOps and platform controls, and enhancing the Databricks Discovery Zone to support workloads currently delivered through POSIT/RStudio. Key Responsibilities 1. Databricks Serverless Enablement and Optimisation Assess existing workloads and determine suitability for Serverless, classic, job or interactive compute based...

We are looking for an experienced AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer to join a major enterprise AI programme in London with a international Bank. This is an excellent opportunity for an AI Engineer with strong hands-on experience across Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, GitHub Copilot and Agentic AI. You will be building real-world AI applications, intelligent assistants, copilots and automation solutions while helping engineering teams adopt the latest AI development technologies. What You'll Be Doing * Design, build and deploy Generative AI and LLM-powered applications * Develop AI assistants, copilots and intelligent automation solutions * Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications * Work with vector databases and enterprise knowledge sources * Integrate LLM and AI services through APIs and cloud architectures * Develop and optimise prompts for enterprise AI applications Skills & Experience We are particularly interested...

Lead Cloud Architect - Azure Transformation Location: Central London or Sheffield (Hybrid - 3 days onsite, with some travel between both sites) Contract: Initial 12 months with extensions (2-3 year transformation programme) Rate: £750-£900 per day (Inside IR35) Shape the Future of Cloud at one of the UK's Largest Organisations Are you an experienced Senior Cloud Architect with deep knowledge of Azure based cloud transformations? Do you have exceptional stakeholder engagement skills and a track record of significant contributions to complex, enterprise-scale environments? If so, apply now for this new role. We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Cloud Architect / Senior Azure Architect to play a pivotal role in a major enterprise-wide digital transformation programme. The successful Senior Cloud Architect / Senior Azure Architect will be an energetic, enthusiastic and charismatic leader, who can build key relationships with senior stakeholders as well as key internal...

Job Title: Python Developer (Contract, Hybrid) Job Description Overview We are seeking a Python Developer to join a high-performing regulatory technology team within a leading investment bank. The successful candidate will design and develop scalable solutions supporting regulatory reporting platforms, ensuring compliance with evolving financial regulations while processing high volumes of transaction data. This role combines hands-on software engineering, data analysis, platform enhancement, and close collaboration with regulatory and business stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain enterprise-grade Python applications supporting regulatory reporting and compliance functions. Partner with Business Analysts, Compliance teams and Transaction Reporting SMEs to translate complex regulatory requirements into technical solutions. Build highly scalable data processing pipelines capable of handling millions of daily financial transactions. Conduct detailed...

Azure Platform Engineer – 3-month contract – Fully remote My Client is looking for an experienced Azure Platform Engineer to support the design and build of a new Azure platform, including Azure VMware Solution (AVS) and hybrid infrastructure. This is a hands-on role where you’ll work from technical designs and specifications through to implementation, with a strong focus on Azure infrastructure, networking, IAM and Infrastructure as Code. The Azure Platform Engineer can work fully remote Skills required from the Azure Platform Engineer: Strong hands-on Azure platform engineering experience. Experience working from technical designs/specifications to build Azure infrastructure. Strong Terraform / Infrastructure as Code experience. Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) Strong Azure Networking experience including ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall, VNets and routing. Azure IAM experience including Managed Identities, RBAC, permissions and custom roles. Azure architecture and platform design...

Lead Technical Architect 6-Month contract - Inside IR35 - up to £675 per day Hybrid working in London ideally but will consider fully remote Need to have current and active SC Clearance to be considered Job description As a Lead Technical Architect, you will proactively shape and deliver infrastructure and technical solutions across multiple projects or teams. You will ensure solutions align with the wider enterprise architecture and strategic goals, leveraging modern technologies to drive innovative outcomes. Collaborating with a range of stakeholders, including senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners. You will balance near-term delivery with long-term scalability, security, and maintainability. You will define and evolve technical roadmaps, advise on strategic technology investments, and identify opportunities for continual improvement. Through clear, concise communication, you will secure buy-in for architectural initiatives and mentor junior...

Back End Developer £500-£540 per day | Outside IR35 Java | Spring Boot | Secure Microservices LocationLondon (MOD site) Working Pattern4 days per week onsite ClearanceCurrent DV Security Clearance required BackgroundMOD / Defence experience required The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Back End Developer to help build the core services behind a next-generation Defence Intelligence platform. You'll develop secure, scalable microservices and APIs that support mission-critical operational workflows, working within a highly secure environment alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of innovative digital capabilities supporting Defence operations. About the Programme This programme is delivering an AI-enabled Defence Intelligence capability designed to improve visibility of operational data, streamline complex workflows and support faster, more informed decision-making. Working as part of an agile...

Front End Developer £500-£540 per day | Outside IR35 React | TypeScript | Secure, Analyst-Facing Applications LocationLondon (MOD site) Working Pattern4 days per week onsite ClearanceCurrent DV Security Clearance required BackgroundMOD / Defence / National Security experience required The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Front End Developer to build intuitive, secure and role-aware interfaces for a next-generation Defence Intelligence platform. You'll work closely with UX Designers, Back End Developers and wider delivery teams to turn complex operational requirements into accessible, maintainable and high-performing applications that improve visibility, streamline workflows and support users in a mission-critical environment. This is an excellent opportunity to work on modern digital capabilities within a highly secure Defence environment. About the Programme This programme is delivering an AI-enabled Defence Intelligence capability designed to improve...

Full Stack Developer £500-£540 per day | Outside IR35 Java | Spring Boot | React | TypeScript | Secure Digital Platforms LocationLondon (MOD site) Working Pattern4 days per week onsite ClearanceCurrent DV Security Clearance required BackgroundMOD / Defence / National Security experience required The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Full Stack Developer to help build and deliver secure, modern digital capabilities within a Defence environment. You'll work across both frontend and backend development, contributing to scalable services, APIs and intuitive user interfaces. Working closely with UX Designers, Product, Engineering and Defence stakeholders, you'll help turn complex operational requirements into reliable, user-focused technology. This is an excellent opportunity for a Full Stack Developer who enjoys working across the technology stack and wants to contribute to high-profile, mission-critical digital programmes within a highly secure environment. About...

UX Designer £500-£540 per day | Outside IR35 User-Centred Design | Defence Intelligence Workflows LocationLondon (MOD site) Working Pattern4 days per week onsite ClearanceCurrent DV Security Clearance required BackgroundMOD / Defence experience required The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced UX Designer to help shape the user experience for a next-generation Defence Intelligence platform. You'll work on complex, mission-critical systems that support operational decision-making, designing intuitive user experiences that simplify complex workflows while maintaining security, traceability and user trust. This is an opportunity to work alongside multidisciplinary teams delivering innovative digital capabilities within a highly secure environment. About the Programme This programme is delivering an AI-enabled Defence Intelligence capability designed to improve visibility of operational data, streamline workflows and support faster, more informed decision-making....

Principal AI Data Engineer Certain Advantage is hiring for a Principal AI Data Engineer based in London. This role is an initial contract until the end of the year and is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite in London. You'll be responsible for: Developing AI, GenAI and Agentic AI prototypes using Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Databricks Mosaic AI and MLflow. Building, optimising and evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using prompt engineering and embedding models. Designing and deploying AI agents using frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph and AutoGen. Delivering production-ready GenAI applications for commercial teams within Trading & Supply. Building scalable AI workflows on Databricks using Mosaic AI, MLflow, Genie and AgentBricks. Applying DevOps best practices through CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows and automated testing. Designing evaluation frameworks to benchmark, test and improve GenAI system performance and reliability.  The...

Application DevOps Engineer - Python London - Hybrid Contract £550 - £650 per day insideIR35 Financial Services Firm is hiring for an experienced Application DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team supporting critical technology platforms. This is a hands-on role focused on Python automation, production stability, application resilience and continuous improvement within a complex, high-volume technology environment. You will work across application, infrastructure and engineering teams to improve the reliability, scalability and operational performance of business-critical platforms. Responsibilities: * Develop Python-based automation and tooling to improve operational efficiency. * Support and enhance critical production applications and services. * Drive improvements across resilience, availability, performance and capacity. * Manage deployments, releases, production readiness and failover activities. * Implement monitoring, alerting and observability...

Senior Full-Stack Engineer / Technical Lead – Digital Banking Location: London Contract: Contract Start: ASAP We are seeking an experienced Senior Full-Stack Engineer / Technical Lead to join a major digital banking technology programme in London. This is a hands-on role requiring strong experience across Java, Spring Boot, Node.js and React, alongside Oracle Database and Azure cloud deployment. You will also provide technical leadership, contribute to solution architecture and help drive high-quality delivery across the full project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities * Design, develop and deliver scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js and React. * Contribute to and review solution architectures, technical designs and implementation approaches. * Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams. * Drive engineering standards, coding best practices and overall solution quality. * Work closely with Product Owners, Business...