21 senior systems engineer jobs found

Engineering Lead - Digital Tools & Partnerships Up to £500 p/d (Inside IR35) Hybrid Working 6 months initially My client is a leading consultancy seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to support the Digital Tools & Partnerships workstream within a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. You'll be responsible for providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, driving engineering standards, overseeing complex integrations, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable cloud-native solutions. Job Responsibilities: Provide engineering leadership and technical oversight across multiple delivery teams. Define, implement, and enforce engineering standards, development processes, and architecture best practices. Act as the senior technical escalation point for complex engineering challenges and critical production issues. Support the design and delivery of enterprise integrations involving Sage and other business-critical systems. Guide...

Engineering Lead - Risk & Controls Up to £515 p/d (Inside IR35) Hybrid Working 6 months initially My client is a leading consultancy seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to support the Risk & Controls workstream within a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. You'll be responsible for providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, driving engineering standards, supporting BB Application enhancements, and ensuring technology solutions align with regulatory, risk, compliance, and governance requirements. Job Responsibilities: Provide engineering leadership and technical oversight across multiple delivery teams within the Risk & Controls workstream. Support the enhancement, modernisation, and ongoing development of BB Applications. Define, implement, and enforce engineering standards, development processes, risk controls, and architecture best practices. Ensure engineering teams adhere to coding standards, deployment practices, security...

Staff ML Engineer | Agentic AI | ML Engineering | London (3 days per week on-site) | Contract | Inside IR35 We're supporting a global technology-driven organisation that's scaling enterprise AI across its UK engineering function. Rather than building AI capability from scratch, the organisation has already invested heavily in enterprise AI platforms and Agentic AI frameworks. The challenge now is driving consistent adoption, establishing engineering standards and enabling multiple engineering teams to build production-ready AI solutions using common patterns and best practice. This is a Staff Engineer position where you'll shape the technical direction of AI Engineering across the organisation. You'll be responsible for Defining engineering standards for enterprise AI Driving adoption of Agentic AI across multiple engineering teams Designing production-grade RAG architectures Establishing LangGraph and LangChain implementation patterns Designing scalable vector database...

Senior Java & Kotlin Backend Engineer Location: London (Hybrid - Wednesday office attendance required) Contract: Initial 2 months IR35: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP The Role We're working with a leading technology organisation seeking an experienced Senior Java & Kotlin Backend Engineer to join their engineering team on an initial two-month contract. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to greenfield backend development, building scalable, cloud-native microservices within a modern engineering environment. You'll work alongside cross-functional teams to design, develop and deliver high-quality backend solutions that are secure, reliable and built for scale. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain backend services using Java and Kotlin. Build and enhance RESTful APIs within a microservices architecture. Develop secure, scalable and high-performance applications. Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers and technical stakeholders to deliver...

We’re Aioi R&D Lab – an AI tech hub in one of the fastest-growing insurance companies. We research and develop AI systems that catapult insurance from a slow-moving, traditional past into a data-driven, technology-lead and society-defining future. We’re looking for dynamic, driven professionals like you to help evolve our business in new directions. You’ll need first-class credentials and a proactive attitude to help us drive the change that underpins our mission. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will support the development of a privacy-preserving generative AI ecosystem designed to protect personal and sensitive corporate data by design, including data residency, anonymisation and secure deployment principles. Working within a multidisciplinary and multi-partner environment, the postholder will help translate research and technical concepts into dependable systems and components that can be used in live settings, while also supporting the broader technical...

We are looking for a Senior C++ Engineer to join a newly forming, elite engineering squad tasked with modernizing the core cross-platform networking stack for one of the world's largest streaming tech ecosystems. 💼 The Gig at a Glance Role: Senior C++ Engineer (Mobile Infrastructure) Term: Contract until year-end (with strong potential for extension) Location: 100% Remote Tech Stack: C++, iOS, Android, HTTP/2+, WebSockets, Custom Shared Libraries 🛠️ What You'll Actually Do This isn't your standard mobile feature-building role. You will sit squarely at the boundary of client platforms and backend infrastructure to: Modernize the Stack: Refactor and modularize a highly mature, business-critical C++ core shared library across iOS and Android layers. Evolve Protocols: Shape client-server contracts, handle network state detection, and optimize real-time messaging systems. Enhance Observability: Build deep telemetry and metrics to diagnose latency and performance anomalies...

We're Hiring: Senior Software Engineer (Java / AWS) We are looking for a product-minded engineer to build scalable, high-volume transactional systems. If you love solving complex backend challenges and care about the user experience, we want to hear from you. The Tech Stack: Java & Spring Boot AWS (Cloud-native microservices) What You'll Do: Design, build, and optimize high-throughput backend services. Partner closely with Product Managers to shape features from concept to launch. Ensure high availability, performance, and scalability across our platform. What We're Looking For: Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot. Solid experience architecture and deploying services on AWS. Background in high-scale e-commerce, travel, or transactional environments. A strong product mindset-you care about business metrics and end-user impact. 📍 Location: [Insert Location / Remote / Hybrid] 💼 Apply Here: [Insert Link] or DM me directly! #Java #SpringBoot #AWS #BackendJobs...

Job Title: Network Infrastructure Specialist Job Type: Contract, Hybrid (2-3 days onsite) Duration: 6 Months Industry: FMCG/IT Job Location: Southampton (UK travel required) Rate: £550/day to £700/day (Outside IR35) Profile – Network Infrastructure Specialist Our client is a leading figurehead in the UK food sector, with an unparalleled pedigree dating back to the early 18th century. They are currently seeking a Technical Specialist to join their team busy Technical Services Team. Job Role – Network Infrastructure Specialist Reporting to the Technical Support Manager the Network Technical Specialist shall be responsible for leading (hands on) the remediation and standardisation of Operational Technology (OT) firewall environments across all factory sites and establishing the governance and best practices required for their ongoing management. Duties – Network Infrastructure Specialist • Review all factory-based firewall configurations and identify risks and audit gaps •...

Solution Engineer – Enterprise AI (6-Month Contract) SC Cleared - Must have active transferable SC Clearance * Location: Waterloo, London (100% Onsite, 5 days per week) * Rate: £650 - £700 per day (Inside IR35) * Duration: 6 months (with potential to extend) About the Role This is not a high-level advisory role. As a Solution Engineer you will be on the ground, coding, designing, and deploying full-stack AI-driven web applications directly on this AI Platform. You will bridge the gap between complex AI engineering and customer-facing delivery. You will work directly with major enterprise clients to build custom demos, proofs-of-technology, and production-ready applications. What You Will Do * Build & Deploy: Engineer full-stack, AI-based enterprise applications using Python and JavaScript. * Client Delivery: Run technical deep-dives, demonstrations, and system training for enterprise customers. * Review & Troubleshoot: Conduct code...

IT Engineer Band 5 equivalent (£14.32 PAYe or £18.07 per hour Umbrella) Part-Time Sussex We're currently recruiting for an experienced IT Engineer to join a well-established public sector organisation on a temporary basis to provide cover for a period of long-term sickness absence. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled 2nd Line IT professional to support a large and diverse user base, working within a busy IT operations team delivering high-quality technical support across multiple sites. The Role You'll provide 2nd line technical support to over 5,000 users across a range of operational environments, troubleshooting complex IT issues while supporting the ongoing maintenance and improvement of IT services. The role offers variety, with opportunities to work across desktop support, infrastructure, networking, telecoms and systems administration as required. Key Responsibilities * Provide 2nd line technical support and resolve IT incidents efficiently. *...

UI Architect 6 months + contract or Perm London - Hybrid (4 days per week from office) Up to £600pd Inside IR35 UI Architect – React JS & Java Spring Boot Ecosystem We are seeking a highly skilled UI Architect with deep expertise in React JS and strong backend exposure to Java Spring Boot microservices, to lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-performance, and user-centric enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic architectural mindset, combined with hands-on experience in crafting modern, responsive front-end platforms and seamlessly integrating them with RESTful APIs and microservices-based back-end systems. You will be responsible for defining and governing UI architecture standards, ensuring consistency, scalability, and optimal performance across applications. A distinguishing requirement of this role is proven, hands-on experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools — such as Claude Code, Cursor AI, or GitHub Copilot — in...

JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer - DV Cleared Rate: £550-£600/day (Outside IR35) Location: Onsite Clearance: DV Cleared (Mandatory) Flexible Work Option: Condensed working week (e.g., 3 long days, paid for 5) Job Summary We are seeking a technically skilled DevOps & Software Engineer with DV clearance to contribute across the full software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchain. You will design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and automated CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and system monitoring frameworks to support the continuous delivery of secure and reliable software. This role demands a strong grasp of modern DevOps practices, cloud and container technologies, automation tooling, and software engineering principles. You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to drive a culture of DevSecOps and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps...

A contract Outside IR35 Hybrid - Must be able to do 3 days on site Full lifecycle Embedded C to MISRA development - Aerospace, DO178B/C, Model-Based development. Our client, a key player in the aerospace sector, is currently searching for an Embedded Software Engineer to join their team on a contract basis. This role presents a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge aerospace projects, focusing on developing and integrating software for advanced controller platforms. Key Responsibilities: Develop embedded software for our controller platform. Produce requirements, design, implementation, and tests for software components. Ensure software life cycle data is produced in accordance with development processes and procedures. Perform hardware/software integration for debugging, verification, and release of software. Contribute improvements to internal procedures and standards. Job Requirements: Bachelor's degree in a related engineering discipline (or equivalent knowledge and...

IT Support Engineer (4 Month FTC) Remote | Midlands / South of England Travel | 37.5 Hours Join one of the UK's fastest-growing specialist service businesses and help support a technology estate that underpins 1000's of workers daily. Our client is one of the UK's leading service management organisations, operating nationally from multiple depots and supporting some of the country's largest public and private sector organisations. Following continued investment in technology and business transformation, they are looking to appoint an experienced IT Support Engineer on a four-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys variety. Rather than sitting behind a helpdesk all day, you'll work across multiple locations, support infrastructure projects, assist with new site deployments and become an important part of a growing internal technology function. The Opportunity Working alongside the Infrastructure Manager and wider technology team,...

Solution Architect - PAM/PAW 6 Months Hybrid/London - 2 days per week on site £(Apply online only) per day (Inside IR35) My client in the telecommunications industry are looking for a Solution Architect to join their fast-paced team on an initial 6 month contract. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience, structured thinking, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate in a complex enterprise environment. ***The selected candidate MUST HAVE Privileged Access Management/Privileged Access Workstations experience*** The Solution Architect will be responsible for defining and owning the end-to-end solution architecture for PAM and PAW across the programme. The role will ensure that the solution is secure, scalable, compliant, operationally supportable, and aligned with the business' enterprise architecture, security standards, and programme objectives. Key Responsibilities Own the end-to-end PAM / PAW solution architecture for the assigned...

SAP Automation Test Lead Location: Warwick (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) Contract: 6 Months Day Rate: £380 per day (Inside IR35) We are seeking an experienced SAP Automation Test Lead to join a major transformation programme within a large enterprise organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the automation testing strategy across critical SAP Finance and Project Systems implementations while driving best practices in quality engineering. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality SAP solutions by leading automation initiatives, mentoring test engineers, and working closely with business and technical stakeholders. Key Responsibilities * Lead end-to-end test strategy, planning, and execution for SAP Finance (FI), WBS, and Project Systems (PS) modules. * Design and implement Selenium-based automation frameworks for SAP and integrated applications. * Drive an automation-first approach across System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT),...

Our clients are redefining Identity and Access Management (IAM) on a global scale and launching a transformational programme to bridge modern IAM technology and solutions with big bank scale and complexity. The IAM Transformation program is forecast to be 5 years plus with significant change to be designed, planned and implemented globally. The transformation encompasses all aspects of IAM from Authentication through to elevated access and will cover human and non-human identities and workload management. Role Summary We are looking for a highly skilled Automation Test Lead with strong expertise in Identity and Access management (IAM), skilled in identity orchestration, API testing, data ingestion and transformation, and event-driven (Pub/Sub) architectures. This role focuses on testing secure, scalable workload identities and access workflows across Google Cloud Platform, integrating identity services with custom APIs, Pub/Sub pipelines, and cloud-native applications. Using an...

The Planet Group have recently been engaged by a market leading manufacturer of high-tech sensors supplying the global Aerospace & Defence industries. We are seeking a Contract Software Engineer to join the team on an initial 3-6 month assignment based in Plymouth. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our collaborative engineering team in a hybrid role based in Plymouth, helping to shape the future of aerospace navigation technologies. What You Will Do: As a Software Engineer, you will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, supporting the design, development, integration and verification of embedded software solutions. Key responsibilities include: * Supporting requirements analysis activities * Translating system requirements into detailed software requirements * Developing user stories and use cases * Designing embedded software architectures and detailed software designs * Producing test specifications and verification...

Engineering Lead / Software Development Manager Remote / Hybrid working available Inside IR35 6 month contract + option to go permanent or extend We are looking for an experienced Engineering Lead / Software Development Manager to join a growing technology team. This role combines hands-on software engineering with team leadership, technical direction and delivery ownership. You will lead and support a team of developers, helping to improve engineering practices, remove technical blockers and ensure high-quality delivery of software solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to shape priorities, manage technical decisions and deliver projects that support business objectives. Key responsibilities: Lead, mentor and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement. Remain hands-on with software development, contributing to coding, technical reviews and solution design. Provide technical leadership across...

Job Title: Quality Consultant Job Type: Contract, Onsite Duration: 3-6 Months Industry: Medical Manufacturing Job Location: Weymouth Rate: £300.00/day to 400.00/day (Inside IR35, PAYE or PAYE Umbrella) Profile – Quality Consultant Our client is a global leader distributor of components for the medical sector. They are currently looking for a Quality Consultant to join their team to support an upcoming certification audit. Duties – Quality Consultant • Reviewing and updating the Change Management process. • Conducting gap analysis and implementing improvements. • Planning and leading internal audits. • Ensuring documentation and processes are audit ready. • Driving corrective actions and quality improvements. • Providing cross-functional training and guidance on quality processes and ISO 13485 compliance. Experience/Qualifications – Quality Consultant • ISO 13485 Quality Management Systems. • Leading internal audits. • Change management within a regulated manufacturing...