32 engineering jobs found in London Borough of Hillingdon

Senior Manager - Software Engineering Location: Farnborough (Full‑time, on‑site) Contract: 6‑month initial contract (likely extension) Pay Rate: £39.00 per hour PAYE / £52.17 per hour Umbrella IR35 Status: Off‑Payroll Working Rules (IR35) Apply About the Role A leading aerospace and engineering organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead a growing software team working on advanced high‑altitude aviation technology. This position is focused on leadership, delivery, and engineering governance rather than hands‑on coding. You will manage a team of five software engineers, overseeing the planning, development, verification and integration of software for a complex, safety‑critical aerospace platform. Key Responsibilities Lead the day‑to‑day activities of the software engineering team, ensuring delivery against goals. Mentor, coach and develop team members professionally and technically. Oversee software planning, requirements definition,...

Contract Full Stack Developer (Python, Dash/Streamlit, Azure) We are recruiting for an experienced Contract Full Stack Developer with strong Python expertise to join a delivery-focused engineering team working on high-impact digital applications. This role suits a hands-on developer who can build, deploy and maintain Python-based web applications used across operational, analytics and customer-facing platforms. Key Responsibilities * Build and maintain Python web applications using Dash and/or Streamlit * Develop scalable backend services using modern Python practices * Deploy and support applications in Azure and hybrid cloud environments * Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions * Containerise applications using Docker * Work closely with engineering, operations and data teams to deliver production-ready solutions * Participate in code reviews and technical assessments Essential Skills * Strong commercial experience as a...

React Developer £550 - £625 - Inside IR35 London Hybrid 1/2 days per week 6 months initially, with high likelyhood of extension  We’re recruiting an experienced Contract Frontend UI Software Engineer to support a client in building, extending, and maintaining a modern web platform. This role will suit someone who is comfortable stepping into an existing environment, delivering high-quality UI functionality, and working autonomously within a cross-functional delivery team. Key responsibilities Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, QA, and product managers Design, develop, and maintain frontend functionality and services Deliver new features and enhancements across a modern web platform Work with technologies including React, TypeScript, Webpack, REST APIs, JSON, Docker, and Ansible Prototype solutions, analyse requirements, and contribute to technical design Produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code aligned with best practices Participate in code and...

Lead PySpark Engineer (Cloud Migration) Role Type: 5-Month Contract Location: Remote (UK-Based) Experience Level: Lead / Senior (5+ years PySpark) Role Overview We are seeking a Lead PySpark Engineer to drive a large-scale data modernisation project, transitioning legacy data workflows into a high-performance AWS cloud environment. This is a hands-on technical role focused on converting legacy SAS code into production-ready PySpark pipelines within a complex financial services landscape. Key Responsibilities Code Conversion: Lead the end-to-end migration of SAS code (Base SAS, Macros, DI Studio) to PySpark using automated tools (SAS2PY) and manual refactoring. Pipeline Engineering: Design, build, and troubleshoot complex ETL/ELT workflows and data marts on AWS. Performance Tuning: Optimise Spark workloads for execution efficiency, partitioning, and cost-effectiveness. Quality Assurance: Implement clean coding principles, modular design, and robust unit/comparative testing...

Azure DevOps Engineer Location: London (Hybrid 2 days in office) Team: Platforms - IT Infrastructure & Operations Contract: 6 month contract likely to be extended About the role We're looking for an experienced Cloud DevOps Engineer to join a growing IT Operations team and play a key role in running, securing, and optimising large-scale Microsoft Azure environments. This is a hands-on role where you'll own cloud reliability, automation, security, disaster recovery, and cost optimisation. You'll work closely with engineering, security, and operations teams to support modern CI/CD and DevSecOps practices, while helping drive continuous improvement across cloud platforms. If you enjoy building resilient cloud platforms, automating everything you can, and keeping a close eye on performance and cost, this role will suit you well. What you'll be doing Cloud Operations & Reliability: Manage and support SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS in Azure. Monitor performance, availability,...

We are recruiting for a Technology Resilience Architect for a leading IT Service provider in one of their UK Office locations. We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Technology Resilience Lead Enterprise Architect. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology resilience, with knowledge of how the ways that a service is designed, built, and run contribute to overall resilience. They will work on the big global resilience initiatives and play a key role in uplifting the quality and availability of service for our customers. Responsibilities: Contribute to the Technology Resilience strategy and sub-strategies, considering all aspects of resilience: application, infrastructure, security, data, observability, operations and culture. Collaborate with Technology teams on building best practice resilience design patterns and solutions, for re-use. Build strong feedback loops from production incident data to the best practice for...

We are looking for a Senior Python Developer to design, build, and maintain high‑performance, scalable solutions supporting financial market analytics. This is a high-impact role sitting at the intersection of complex data engineering and front-office trading systems. You will play a key role in shaping engineering practices, guiding architectural decisions, and leading junior engineers to deliver business-critical solutions. Financial Engineering: Design and deploy scalable, high-performance software for data processing and trading analytics. Technical Leadership: Lead architectural decisions, conduct rigorous code reviews, and mentor junior engineers. Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Traders, Quants, and Product Managers to translate market requirements into robust technical solutions. DevOps Excellence: Drive CI/CD automation, TDD/BDD practices, and containerised deployments via Kubernetes. Performance Tuning: Diagnose and resolve bottlenecks in production systems to...

Senior Backend Engineer (Platform & Cloud) Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 6–12 months Rate: Negotiable (DOE) We’re working with a global enterprise organisation that is expanding a centralised engineering function supporting multiple product teams across an international portfolio. They’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join a core platform team responsible for building shared services, libraries, and cloud-based functionality used across a wide range of internal products. This is a highly collaborative role, working directly with senior engineers and technical leaders across multiple time zones, helping shape the foundations of how teams build, scale, and reuse backend capability. The Role You’ll be part of a central engineering group building common functionality for distributed product teams. Early work will focus on: Abstracting existing codebases into shared Python libraries Developing data-driven solutions using PySpark and DataFrames Building and...

Integration Solution Architect Certain Advantage are hiring for an Integration Solution Architect based in London on a hybrid basis. This role is on an initial 12-month contract and will be required to be onsite 3 days a week and 2 days remote. The role: Translating architectural guidelines and standards into practical solutions, addressing common technical challenges and providing actionable technical recommendations that positively impact business performance. Driving the identification, development, and adoption of new technologies and opportunities to optimise IT systems and platforms. Contributing to the training, coaching, and guidance of other professionals within the architecture and engineering community. Acting as a subject matter expert, representing the organisation with suppliers, customers, and external partners as required. Making solution decisions within established architectural guidelines, escalating deviations (“step-outs”) where necessary. Applying TOE...

QA Lead – End-to-End & Automation Certain Advantage are hiring for a QA Lead – (End-to-End Automation) based in London. This role is on an initial 12-month contract and will be required to be onsite 3 days a week and 2 days remote. We are seeking a highly experienced QA Lead to take ownership of end-to-end testing across a dynamic portfolio of programs. This is a leadership role requiring strong technical expertise, strategic thinking, and the ability to guide a high-performing team toward delivering top-quality testing outcomes. Key Responsibilities Own end-to-end testing deliverables across the portfolio, ensuring high-quality outcomes and effective demand management. Build and maintain a strong QA team by identifying and onboarding capable talent. Ensure business continuity and consistently deliver top-tier testing coverage for all programs. Lead a team of 10–12 QA professionals, managing goals, performance appraisals, and development plans aligned to their career...

Network Automation Engineer Location: London (Hybrid, 3 days per week on-site) Duration: 6 months Rate: Negotiable (DOE)  Overview An industry-leading global organisation is driving the automation and standardisation of its network infrastructure and services. They’re looking for a Network Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Ansible, Python, and network orchestration to help design, build, and integrate automation solutions across a range of enterprise platforms. This role blends network engineering, DevOps, and systems integration — ideal for someone comfortable writing automation playbooks and APIs while understanding routing, firewalls, and connectivity fundamentals. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain automation solutions for network and infrastructure systems. Develop Ansible playbooks and reusable automation modules for configuration, orchestration, and provisioning. Configure and integrate Cisco NSO and related orchestration tools...

Contract Node Developer🚨 📍 1–2 days per week in Central London ⏳ 3‑month contract 💷 £450–£500 per day (Outside IR35) Opus is partnered with a consultancy who work with major blue‑chip clients on large‑scale, high‑impact digital programmes for a government client. They’re looking for a Node Developer with strong engineering fundamentals and excellent communication skills. You’ll be building modern, standards‑compliant, API‑first applications and helping clients improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of their digital platforms. What you’ll be doing 🔹 Designing, building, and supporting scalable frontend products 🔹 Transforming requirements, workflows & UX designs into clean UI 🔹 Building integrations between systems and applications 🔹 Writing high‑quality, well‑tested code 🔹 Managing priorities, deadlines and deliverables 🔹 Identifying and resolving technical issues across domains 🔹 Working directly with clients to implement digital solutions 🔹 Leading small...

Network Security Engineer (Palo/Prisma)   Rate: £450 PD – IR35 – 3/6 months – 5 day onsite   Opportunity: A leading corporation that is currently undergoing a huge IT transformation is seeking Network Security Engineer who can deliver high quality implementation, optimisation, and support for Palo Alto NGFW, Panorama, and Prisma Access environments.   The core focus will be Palo Alto, but any experience with other firewalls or network platforms would be a bonus.   Core experience required Palo Alto Networks NGFW (Primary Focus) and Prisma Access Deploy, configure, and optimise Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls and Prisma Access, leveraging features such as App-ID, Use-ID, and Content-ID. Assist with firewall rulebase design, cleanup, optimisation, and migration activities. Implement secure remote and site-to-site VPN configurations. Panorama Management Configure and manage Panorama for security policy standardisation, device groups, templates, and configuration lifecycle...

System Engineer - Inside IR35 - Remote - Golang Key Information Role: Senior Systems Engineer - GitHub Enterprise Tooling & Operations Location: Fully remote (option to visit London office if preferred) Rate: £525 - £550 per day (Inside IR35 - confirmed) Contract Length: 6 months Start Date: ASAP (cannot consider notice periods longer than 2 weeks) Working Arrangements: Fully remote Role Summary This position sits within the Engineering Enablement function and focuses on designing, building, and managing core services for GitHub Enterprise at scale. You will automate repository lifecycle processes, enforce organisation-wide policies, and integrate GitHub with other enterprise systems. The ideal engineer will be highly skilled in Go, experienced with large-scale GitHub Enterprise environments, and passionate about automation, infrastructure tooling, and emerging technologies such as Generative AI. Skills & Experience Needed 🔥 Essential Skills (Must-Haves) Golang...

UX/UI Designer (SC Cleared) 6 Months £540 per day (Inside IR35) Hybrid - 1-2 days per month on site in London My client, a government body are looking for an SC Cleared UX/UI Designer to join their fast-paced team on an initial 6 month contract. ***Please note, the ideal candidate will have strong SaaS UX/UI Gov Experience andthey MUST HAVE active SC Clearance be a sole British National*** Key Responsibilities: Wireframing and designing of screens for a Salesforce based platform Supporting user researcher with usability testing activities Working in a multidisciplinary team Skills: Must have - experience with SaaS platforms, ideally Salesforce Experience in UX and UI (or product) design Strong storytelling skills with an ability to present complex information clearly. Familiarity with creating user journey maps or E2E diagrams is a plus. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to manage competing priorities Must have - Experience working in a...

Project Manager (Digital Website transformation) This project manager will lead the end to end delivery of a new global website platform, consolidating multiple regional websites into a single scalable solution. You will drive the programme, governance, and execution across cross functional teams and delivery partners to ensure the new platform is built, tested, and rolled out successfully across markets. Experience Proving experience in delivering end-to-end global digital website projects Any experience with CMS migrations, rebuilds, multi market rollouts Any experience of B2C would be useful. Experience working with other digital teams such as product & design, engineering, content, analytics, SEO, and external partners. Good stakeholder management skills Managing and working closely with 3rd party vendors Any qualifications such as Prince 2, Agile / Waterfall methodologies are useful. This is a six-month contract role (inside IR35) via umbrella company from our vetted...

Cybersecurity Specialist (AI & Identity Architecture) London Based (2 days a week in the office) 6 Months Contract Inside IR35 £600 a day A well-established consultancy firm is looking for a Cybersecurity Specialist to join them on a contract basis. You will act as a Subject Matter Expert, bridging the gap between traditional IAM Technical Architecture and emerging AI Governance.You will be responsible for team decisions, collaborating across multiple functions to translate complex platform risks into actionable engineering patterns. Key Responsibilities Securing AI: Setting up security "guardrails" and safe deployment patterns for AI platforms and foundation models. Risk Management: Identifying the specific risks and limitations of AI tools and turning them into practical security rules for our engineers. Identity & Protection: Designing secure login systems (IAM) and using Web Application Firewalls (WAF) to keep our applications safe. Security Audits: Running...

On behalf of one of our premier clients, we are seeking a high-caliber Cybersecurity Specialist to join their expanding AI & Data Security team. This is a critical role within our client's AI Security programme, designed for a professional who thrives at the intersection of traditional infrastructure security and the emerging frontier of Generative AI. Our client is at the forefront of AI adoption; you will be the technical lead ensuring that these powerful technologies from AWS Bedrock to Azure OpenAI are implemented with world-class security standards. Core Requirements (Non-Negotiable): Network Encryption: Master Proficiency is required. You must have deep expertise in securing data in transit, cryptographic protocols, and enterprise-scale encryption management. Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) Security: Master Proficiency is suggested. Extensive experience in identity governance, conditional access, and securing cloud identities is critical. AI &...

Job Specification: AI Architect - Insurance Sector Role: AI Architect Sector: Insurance Location: London (Hybrid: 1-3 days in-office/client site) Duration: 12 Months Initial (Long-Term Expectation) IR35 Status: Expected Outside IR35 Start Date: April 1st Role Overview We are seeking a highly experienced, consultative AI Architect to join a major managed service engagement with a leading Insurer. The client is in the early stages of adopting Generative AI (Gen AI) and requires an architect who can define the strategic direction, establish architectural patterns, and guide the organization from discovery through to scalable implementation. This is a senior, technology-focused position that requires deep expertise in Gen AI architecture, tooling evaluation, and integration. This is explicitly not a data engineering or classic data platform build role; the focus is on architectural direction, solution design, and low-maturity organizational uplift. Key Responsibilities The...

Intellectual Property Lead / Delivery Manager - £900 per day - Inside IR35 - Hybrid working from London or Bristol - 6 Months minimum contract. We are seeking an IP Governance & Delivery Manager to support a major UK infrastructure programme operating within a highly regulated environment. This role is fundamentally about enabling delivery while maintaining compliance, ensuring that licensed engineering and technical data is used appropriately, securely, and in line with contractual obligations. The programme makes use of design and engineering data originally developed for a related project. As a separate legal entity, clear governance is required to control how this data is accessed, shared, modified, and transferred. This role is suited to a senior project or service manager with strong regulatory awareness and experience operating in complex delivery environments. You must be comfortable owning governance, making decisions, and working across disciplines. You will...