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NatWest Group

<div><p>Closing date for applications: 01/09/2026</p>
<div>
<div><p>Location Edinburgh, United Kingdom</p>
</div><div><p>Salary &pound;46,113 &ndash; &pound;65,100</p>
</div><div><p>Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time</p>
</div><div><div><p>Remote / On-site Hybrid</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>You&rsquo;ll spend some of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You&rsquo;ll also regularly work at your office or hub to collaborate with your colleagues.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div><p>Experienced</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>This is a general indication and doesn&rsquo;t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.</p>
</div></div></div></div></div><p>#R-00283341</p><br>
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</div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X</b></h2>
<p>In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.</p>
<p>So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.</p>
</div></div><div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job description</b></h2>
<p>This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p></p><div><p>Join us as a Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform</p>
<p></p><ul><li>This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge</li>
<li>Day-to-day, you'll be engineering and maintaining innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions</li>
<li>It&rsquo;s a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career while building a wide network of stakeholders</li>
</ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>What you'll do</b></h2>
<p></p><p>In your new role, you&rsquo;ll be working within a feature team to engineer software, scripts and tools, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.</p>
<p></p><p>You&rsquo;ll also be:</p>
<p></p><ul><li>Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business</li>
<li>Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning</li>
<li>Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability</li>
<li>Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working software solutions</li>
<li>Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations</li>
</ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>The skills you'll need</b></h2>
<p></p><p>We're looking for someone with hands-on experience of Google Cloud Platform developing, comfortable building and scaling solutions across the wider GCP ecosystem rather than any single component. You'll bring practical knowledge of GCP infrastructure using Terraform, along with GCP networking including VPC design, subnets, firewall rules, and Cloud Load Balancing.</p>
<p></p><p>You'll also have a genuine interest in emerging AI technologies, with exposure to LLMs and integrations using Model-Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-2-Agent, ideally including the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. A creative, problem-solving mindset and experience of working in an Agile team will help you thrive as we grow.</p>
<p></p><p>You'll also need:</p>
<p></p><ul><li>Experience with Apigee Hybrid or Apigee X as part of a broader GCP toolkit</li>
<li>Working knowledge of Kubernetes, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine</li>
<li>Familiarity with Cloud Armor and Model Armor for platform and AI protection</li>
<li>Understanding of MCP and A2A concepts and how they integrate with LLM services</li>
<li>Relevant Google Cloud Platform professional qualifications</li>
<li>The ability to apply new AI technologies to real engineering challenges</li>
</ul></div><div>
</div></div></div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your benefits breakdown</b></h2>
<p>Here&rsquo;s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.</p>
<p>Please note, the presented benefits packages are based on the minimum base salary.</p>
<p>Tap each segment for details.</p>
</div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your pay package</b></h3>
<div><div><p>&pound;</p>
</div></div></div><p></p><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your leave allowance</b></h3>
<div><p>28 days Annual leave You&rsquo;ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.</p> <p>3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you&rsquo;re passionate about.</p> <p>3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Total rewards package</b></h3><br>
<p></p>
</div><div>
</div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Welcome to our Gogarburn hub</b></h2>
<p>Set in large grounds including beautiful woodland, Gogarburn offers a conference centre, a business school with hotel bedrooms, a restaurant, relaxing zen gardens, onsite parking, and excellent transport links.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key facts:</b></h3>
<ul><li>Surrounded by 85 acres of woodland</li>
<li>Our carparks provide electric vehicle charging</li>
<li>Opened in 2005</li>
</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Our tech stack</b></h3>
<p>Here&rsquo;s just some of the technologies we use.</p>
</div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Front end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>JavaScript</li>
<li>ReactJS</li>
<li>AngularJS</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Back end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Python</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>Microsoft Dynamics</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>DevOps</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>AWS</li>
<li>GitLab</li>
<li>Google Cloud Platform</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Data</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Kafka</li>
<li>Hadoop</li>
<li>PostgreSQL</li>
<li>Snowflake</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform

<div><p>Closing date for applications: 02/09/2026</p>
<div>
<div><p>Location Edinburgh, United Kingdom</p>
</div><div><p>Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time</p>
</div><div><div><p>Mostly Remote</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>You&rsquo;ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You&rsquo;ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div><p>Managerial / Technical Lead</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>This is a general indication and doesn&rsquo;t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.</p>
</div></div></div></div></div><p>#R-00283247</p><br>
<div></div>
<p></p><div>
</div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X</b></h2>
<p>In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.</p>
<p>So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.</p>
</div></div><div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job description</b></h2>
<p>This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p></p><div><p>Join us as a DevOps Engineer, Network Automation</p>
<p></p><ul><li>We&rsquo;re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our Network Automation team, helping design, build and operate automation capabilities that make network and infrastructure services faster, safer and more reliable</li>
<li>You&rsquo;ll work across automation, infrastructure-as-code and network-as-code practices, supporting secure, compliant and auditable change within a highly regulated financial services environment</li>
<li>This is your opportunity to deepen your expertise across modern automation, cloud-native platforms and AI-enabled engineering while working on business-critical infrastructure</li>
</ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>What you'll do</b></h2>
<p></p><p>As a DevOps Engineer, you&rsquo;ll help develop and enhance automation patterns, pipelines and tools that support network and infrastructure services from concept through to operational support. Working closely with engineers, platform teams and service owners, you&rsquo;ll build reusable automation, improve delivery efficiency and embed DevOps best practice across the engineering lifecycle.</p>
<p></p><p>You&rsquo;ll also be:</p>
<p></p><ul><li>Designing, building and maintaining network and infrastructure automation using modern DevOps practices</li>
<li>Delivering automation through code-based CI/CD pipelines, with GitLab experience helping you hit the ground running</li>
<li>Applying infrastructure-as-code and network-as-code principles to create repeatable, controlled and auditable delivery patterns</li>
<li>Embedding security, compliance and risk controls into automation and pipeline design</li>
<li>Supporting automated change, incident and operational workflows, including ServiceNow integration where appropriate</li>
<li>Working with container platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes to support automation services and workloads</li>
<li>Exploring practical uses of AI-enabled tooling and workflows to improve operational efficiency, engineering productivity and service reliability</li>
</ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>The skills you'll need</b></h2>
<p></p><p>We&rsquo;re looking for someone with hands-on engineering experience, a strong automation mindset and a solid understanding of enterprise networking. You&rsquo;ll be comfortable working in a DevOps environment where quality, security and operational resilience are built into every stage of delivery. You&rsquo;ll also bring experience of network automation within large-scale financial services or other regulated environments.</p>
<p></p><p>You'll also need experience using AI-enabled tooling to improve engineering outcomes, and scripting capability in Python and Shell for automation workflows, integrations and operational tooling, along with hands-on experience with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform for network and infrastructure automation at scale.</p>
<p></p><p>You&rsquo;ll also demonstrate:</p>
<ul><li>Experience delivering automation through code-based CI/CD pipelines, with knowledge of GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar platforms</li>
<li>Solid understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including DNS, LDAP, load balancing and traffic management</li>
<li>Ability to embed security practices into CI/CD pipelines so changes are compliant, auditable and risk-aware.</li>
<li>Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar IT service management tooling for change, incident and workflow automation</li>
<li>Experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes or similar container for deployment and workload management</li>
</ul></div><div>
</div></div></div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your benefits breakdown</b></h2>
<p>Here&rsquo;s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.</p>
<p>Tap each segment for details.</p>
</div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your pay package</b></h3>
<div><p>100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.</p> <p>+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.</p> <p>up to +10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.</p>
</div></div></div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your leave allowance</b></h3>
<div><p>30 days Annual leave You&rsquo;ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.</p> <p>3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you&rsquo;re passionate about.</p> <p>3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Total rewards package</b></h3><br>
<p></p>
</div><div>
</div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Welcome to our Gogarburn hub</b></h2>
<p>Set in large grounds including beautiful woodland, Gogarburn offers a conference centre, a business school with hotel bedrooms, a restaurant, relaxing zen gardens, onsite parking, and excellent transport links.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key facts:</b></h3>
<ul><li>Surrounded by 85 acres of woodland</li>
<li>Our carparks provide electric vehicle charging</li>
<li>Opened in 2005</li>
</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Our tech stack</b></h3>
<p>Here&rsquo;s just some of the technologies we use.</p>
</div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Front end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>JavaScript</li>
<li>ReactJS</li>
<li>AngularJS</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Back end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Python</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>Microsoft Dynamics</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>DevOps</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>AWS</li>
<li>GitLab</li>
<li>Google Cloud Platform</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Data</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Kafka</li>
<li>Hadoop</li>
<li>PostgreSQL</li>
<li>Snowflake</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div>

DevOps Engineer, Network Automation

ClearSky Logic

<p><b>Principal Eng</b></p><p>About Us</p><p>At ClearSky, we are The Tech Enabler. We unlock exponential business growth by taking complex technical challenges and turning them into simple, high-performance digital solutions. Our engineering teams do incredible work in bespoke software and AI. We believe in building solid software. We are looking for a talented Principal Engineer to champion engineering excellence.</p><p>Role Details</p><ul><li><b>Location:</b> Edinburgh - 4 Queen Street - Hybrid (3 days on site):</li><li><b>Salary:</b> Up 75K plus to 10% company bonus</li><li><b>Please note:</b> We are unable to offer sponsorship.</li></ul><p>How We Support Our Team</p><ul><li><b>34 days' holiday</b> - because work-life balance matters.</li><li><b>Birthday off</b> - no one should work on their special day.</li><li><b>Health and Security</b> - Sick pay, private dental &amp; medical insurance - we've got your health covered.</li><li><b>Family First</b> - Enhanced family-friendly policies.</li><li><b>Growth Path</b> - Tailored professional development - we support your growth so you can become the expert you're meant to be.</li><li><b>Culture Matters</b> - Office perks &amp; team celebrations.</li></ul><p>Your Mission</p><p>As a Principal Engineer, you won't just write exceptional code; you'll be a deep technical expert across our Hub, working alongside our other senior engineers to push what's technically possible. You're the same level as our Tech Leads, but your focus is purely technical craft rather than people management. You'll have a home squad, but your impact won't stop there &mdash; expect to bring your expertise to other squads as the Hub needs it, raising the bar on how we design and build software. Your mission is to empower our engineering squads to build brilliant, scalable digital products.</p><p><i>What You'll Be Doing</i></p><p><b>Technical Strategy &amp; Architecture:</b> Demonstrate mastery of core technologies and oversee high-level design challenges across squads in the Hub, ensuring alignment with client needs. You'll have a home squad, with focused time spent supporting others as technical needs arise.</p><p><b>Leadership &amp; Mentorship:</b> Guide developers across the Hub, and collaborate with Tech Leads to support professional growth and foster a collaborative culture.</p><p><b>AI Advancement:</b> Lead the adoption of AI engineering practices across the Hub</p><p><b>Knowledge Sharing:</b> Drive appropriate documentation standards and lead technical discussions, guilds, and forums with the rest of the senior engineering team.</p><p><b>Risk Management:</b> Tackle complex technical challenges across multiple squads, breaking them into actionable steps while mitigating risk at the Hub level.</p><p><i>What You Bring to the Table</i></p><ul><li><b>Must-Haves:</b> Deep mastery of C# &amp; .Net, SQL database design, Solution Architecture experience, Cloud infrastructure (ideally Azure), and experience using AI coding tools.</li><li><b>Nice-to-Haves:</b> Deployment pipelines, identity management, front-end or mobile experience, and AI integration design.</li></ul><p>Leadership &amp; Approach</p><ul><li><b>Proven Track Record:</b> Experience leading complex technical initiatives, setting engineering standards, and proactively managing risks.</li><li><b>Collaborative Mindset:</b> A self-starter who values sharing knowledge to help engineers &quot;level up&quot;, incorporates feedback into strategies, and balances advanced initiatives with pragmatic client needs.</li><li><b>Mature AI Understanding:</b> You know when and how to apply AI safely, how to manage its associated risks, and when it is not the right tool for the job.</li></ul><p><i>Why You'll Love It Here:</i></p><p>You'll join a team that values quality, creativity, and autonomy. We're building a place where we can all thrive and become the best at what we do.</p><p>Pay: Up to &pound;75,000.00 per year</p><p>Application question(s):</p><ul><li>How many times a week are you willing to travel to Edinburgh? </li><li>Do you currently, or will you in the future, require visa sponsorship to work in the UK?</li><li>Do you have professional, production-level experience designing and building applications using C# and .NET?</li></ul><p>Work authorisation:</p><ul><li>United Kingdom (required)</li></ul><p>Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edinburgh EH2 1JE</p>

Principal Software Engineer

Addepar

<div><div><p><b>Who We Are</b></p>
<p>
Addepar is a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence. Addepar unifies portfolio, market and client data in a total portfolio view and delivers AI-powered insights within investment and client workflows. More than 1,400 firms in nearly 60 countries use Addepar to manage and advise on nearly $9 trillion in assets. Its open platform integrates with nearly 650 software, data and consulting partners to power end-to-end investment operations across firms of all sizes and complexity. Addepar supports clients worldwide with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, London, Edinburgh, Pune, Dubai, Geneva, Singapore and S&atilde;o Paulo.</p></div><h4 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
The Role</b></h4>
<p>
We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer in Edinburgh to join the Product Platform team, which builds foundational components and cross-functional capabilities for our ecosystem.</p>
<p>
In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of critical API services powering our financial data ecosystem while modernizing our architecture to fuel European expansion.</p>
<p>
Key responsibilities and strategic impact include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Scaling platform capabilities across diverse clients, regions, and geographies.</li>
<li>Building resilient, multi-region solutions that boost system performance and elevate user experience.</li>
<li>Ensuring architecture complies with European and international financial regulatory standards.</li>
<li>Providing key technical leadership to transform how global clients connect with and leverage financial data.</li>
</ul>
<p>Applicants must have, and maintain, the right to work in the United Kingdom from the first day of employment. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.</p>
<h4 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What You'll Do</b></h4>
<ul><li>Design, develop, and implement robust API services to support our rapidly growing European customer base.</li>
<li>Lead architecture designs and product roadmap creation.</li>
<li>Research and drive the adoption of new technologies and best practices to drive innovation.</li>
<li>Analyse and dive deep into a complex and powerful ecosystem, understanding requirements, determining optimal approaches and driving change.</li>
<li>Mentor, coach, and empower other engineers, contributing to an inclusive and high-performing team culture.</li>
<li>Amplify your technical ability by empowering your peers and contributing to code reviews and technical designs.</li>
<li>Debug and troubleshoot issues across the entire application stack.</li>
<li>Collaborate effectively with other engineers, product managers and stakeholders, in line with our company values outlined below.</li>
<li>Be part of a high-performing, cross-functional team.</li>
</ul><h4 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Who You Are</b></h4>
<ul><li>You have extensive experience in software development, including building backend services in a professional environment.</li>
<li>You have a deep and expert knowledge of software design patterns, API design, and the software development lifecycle.</li>
<li>Proven ability to influence technical direction and make significant contributions to the architecture of complex, distributed systems.</li>
<li>Understanding of REST, service-based architecture, and distributed systems.</li>
<li>A rapid learner with robust analytical and problem-solving abilities.</li>
<li>A curious person, who enjoys digging deep into requirements and handling complexity.</li>
<li>You have a track record of amplifying your impact by mentoring other engineers and collaborating effectively within a team of senior peers.</li>
<li>Experience building services with Java, SQL and AWS.</li>
<li>Experience with Elasticsearch is a nice-to-have.</li>
<li>Demonstrable knowledge of using AI in a professional engineering environment.</li>
<li>Interest or experience in the financial industry or wealth management in particular.</li>
</ul><div><p><b>
Our Values</b></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Act Like an Owner - </b>Think and operate with intention, purpose and care. Own outcomes.</li>
<li><b>Build Together - </b>Collaborate to unlock the best solutions. Deliver lasting value.</li>
<li><b>Champion Our Clients - </b>Exceed client expectations. Our clients' success is our success.</li>
<li><b>Drive Innovation - </b>Be bold and unconstrained in problem solving. Transform the industry.</li>
<li><b>Embrace Learning - </b>Engage our community to broaden our perspective. Bring a growth mindset.</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition to our core values, Addepar is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We seek to bring together diverse ideas, experiences, skill sets, perspectives, backgrounds and identities to drive innovative solutions. We commit to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are held as a shared responsibility.</p>
<p>
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.</p>
<p>
PHISHING SCAM WARNING: Addepar is among several companies recently made aware of a phishing scam involving con artists posing as hiring managers recruiting via email, text and social media. The imposters are creating misleading email accounts, conducting remote &quot;interviews,&quot; and making fake job offers in order to collect personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals. Please be aware that no job offers will be made from Addepar without a formal interview process. Additionally, Addepar will not ask you to purchase equipment or supplies as part of your onboarding process. If you have any questions, please reach out to ta-operations@addepar.com.</p></div></div>

Staff Backend Software Engineer

<div><div><div><p>Location Edinburgh, United Kingdom</p>
</div><div><p>Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time</p>
</div><div><div><p>Mostly Remote</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>You&rsquo;ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You&rsquo;ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.</p>
</div></div></div></div><div><div><p>Managerial / Technical Lead</p>
<p></p><div><div><p>This is a general indication and doesn&rsquo;t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.</p>
</div></div></div></div></div><p>#R-00284150</p><br>
<div></div>
<p></p><div>
</div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job description</b></h2>
<p>This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p></p><div><p>Join us as a Lead Specialist Data Architect, People &amp; Other Functions Data Management</p>
<p></p><ul><li>We&rsquo;ll look to you to provide deep expertise to guide the development of complex architectures, including advising on process design, technology selection and integration approaches</li>
<li>You&rsquo;ll contribute to defining the overall architectural vision, strategy, principles, standards and patterns, aligning them with business objectives, and acting as a thought leader for the bank</li>
<li>This is a chance to actively contribute to the growth of the architecting capability and community across the bank, including thought leadership and sharing knowledge such as best practices, proven solutions and key learnings, and contributing to the community of practice</li>
<li>You&rsquo;ll mainly work from home, staying connected with your team digitally, and spend at least one day per week in the office</li>
</ul><p></p><p><b>What you'll do</b></p>
<p></p><p>As a Lead Specialist Data Architect, you&rsquo;ll be leading the definition of the strategic target architecture and roadmap for the People, Marketing, LG&amp;RA and Corporate Affairs functions, assuring it&rsquo;s aligned with the strategy and the bank&rsquo;s strategic target architecture.</p>
<p></p><p>You&rsquo;ll also be promoting and driving the adoption of the shared capabilities available by creating playbooks, educating stakeholders, and collaborating with peers on identifying use cases for adoption.</p>
<p></p><p>Your other key responsibilities will include:</p>
<p></p><ul><li>Leading the realisation of enterprise and solution architectures, working as part of development teams throughout the engineering development lifecycle</li>
<li>Providing technical guidance, resolving architectural impediments, and championing the adoption of architecture patterns and practices</li>
<li>Partnering and engaging with key stakeholders to define and evolve architectures that deliver business value</li>
<li>Promoting a DevOps mindset by working as part of development teams to embed architecture guidance in CI/CD pipelines</li>
<li>Leading with specialism subject matter expertise to assure the quality of solution architecture within delivery programmes of high architectural significance or high architectural risk</li>
<li>Identifying opportunities and threats to current and target architectures, escalating to the Architecture Council for consideration or decision making</li>
<li>Partnering with the Enterprise Data Transformation (EDT) programme and Function Data Product Factory teams to shape, support and govern the development of Data Products, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, data management policies and strategic objectives</li>
</ul><p></p><p><b>The skills you'll need</b></p>
<p></p><p>To make an impact with us, you&rsquo;ll need expert knowledge in an area of specialism, including a deep understanding of business use cases and emerging trends that drive organisational success. You&rsquo;ll also need expert knowledge of modern technologies such as Cloud, microservices and AI, along with agile architecture and DevOps practices.</p>
<p></p><p>You&rsquo;ll bring extensive experience of overseeing and assuring the quality of architecture designs, including conducting comprehensive architecture and design reviews to validate that solutions meet business needs and comply with architecture standards, with a focus on risk management and governance.</p>
<p></p><p>Furthermore, you&rsquo;ll need:</p>
<p></p><ul><li>Extensive experience of defining and developing strategic target architectures</li>
<li>High proficiency in engaging with partners from across the business to define architectures that deliver tangible business outcomes</li>
<li>Experience of leading collaborative decision-making processes, partnering with senior business and technology colleagues to articulate and evolve architectural direction while ensuring adherence to key architecture principles and alignment with strategic goals</li>
<li>Experience of identifying and advocating for strategic investment opportunities that enhance the organisation's architecture goals</li>
<li>Experience of crafting compelling business cases to influence senior stakeholders to secure investment for architecture initiatives</li>
<li>Extensive people capability development experience, including mentoring, supporting professional development, encouraging knowledge sharing across architecture teams and promoting best practices</li><br>
</ul></div><p></p><div>
</div></div></div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your benefits breakdown</b></h2>
<p>Here&rsquo;s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.</p>
<p>Tap each segment for details.</p>
</div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your pay package</b></h3>
<div><p>100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.</p> <p>+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.</p> <p>up to +10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.</p>
</div></div></div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your leave allowance</b></h3>
<div><p>30 days Annual leave You&rsquo;ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.</p> <p>3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you&rsquo;re passionate about.</p> <p>3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.</p>
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</div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Welcome to our Gogarburn hub</b></h2>
<p>Set in large grounds including beautiful woodland, Gogarburn offers a conference centre, a business school with hotel bedrooms, a restaurant, relaxing zen gardens, onsite parking, and excellent transport links.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key facts:</b></h3>
<ul><li>Surrounded by 85 acres of woodland</li>
<li>Our carparks provide electric vehicle charging</li>
<li>Opened in 2005</li>
</ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Our tech stack</b></h3>
<p>Here&rsquo;s just some of the technologies we use.</p>
</div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Front end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>JavaScript</li>
<li>ReactJS</li>
<li>AngularJS</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Back end</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Python</li>
<li>Java</li>
<li>Microsoft Dynamics</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>DevOps</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>AWS</li>
<li>GitLab</li>
<li>Google Cloud Platform</li>
</ul></div></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Data</b></h3>
<div><ul><li>Kafka</li>
<li>Hadoop</li>
<li>PostgreSQL</li>
<li>Snowflake</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Lead Specialist Data Architect

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   Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer - Database Systems / AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / Systems Research
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  We are currently partnered with an advanced technology and research organisation developing next-generation data infrastructure, AI systems, and computing technologies.
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  As part of their continued investment in advanced systems research, they are looking to hire a Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer to work at the intersection of database systems, distributed infrastructure, machine learning systems, and low-level computing.
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   Design, implement, and evaluate next-generation data infrastructure and AI systems
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   Research and develop innovative approaches to database systems, distributed data management, and AI infrastructure
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   Investigate database architecture, query processing, query optimisation, storage engines, indexing, transaction processing, concurrency control, recovery, and distributed data management
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   Develop and optimise systems supporting modern AI workloads, including large language models and agentic AI applications
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   Research techniques including LLM quantisation, on-device inference, supervised and unsupervised fine-tuning, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, knowledge distillation, and gradient-free learning
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   Investigate memory architectures and data management techniques for agentic AI systems
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   Develop system prototypes and conduct rigorous empirical evaluations
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   Analyse workloads and identify system-level performance bottlenecks
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   Design and execute benchmarks, experiments, and performance evaluations
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   Profile complex systems and diagnose performance, scalability, and efficiency issues
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   Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
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   Contributions to database systems, data processing engines, storage systems, distributed systems, compilers, operating systems, or other low-level infrastructure projects
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   Experience with hardware-conscious system design and optimisation
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   Familiarity with multi-core CPUs, NUMA, RDMA, CXL, NVM, SSDs, GPUs, NPUs, or heterogeneous computing architectures
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   Experience developing AI-focused data infrastructure
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   Knowledge of vector search and embedding management
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   Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
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   Knowledge of knowledge graphs and semantic data management
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   Research publications in leading database, systems, or AI infrastructure conferences and journals
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  Data Infrastructure / AI Infrastructure / Data Infrastructure Engineer / AI Engineer / Systems Engineer / Research Engineer / Database Engineer / Database Systems / AI Systems / Distributed Systems / Computer Systems / Operating Systems / Database Internals / Query Processing / Query Optimisation / Storage Engines / Indexing / Transactions / Concurrency Control / Distributed Data Management / Cloud-Native Databases / HTAP / Vector Databases / Graph Databases / Lakehouse / AI-Native Data Platforms / PostgreSQL / MySQL / DuckDB / Spark / Flink / Velox / ClickHouse / RocksDB / TiDB / CockroachDB / LLM / Large Language Models / LLM Quantisation / LLM Inference / On-Device AI / Fine-Tuning / PEFT / Knowledge Distillation / Agentic AI / AI Memory / Vector Search / Embeddings / RAG / Retrieval-Augmented Generation / Knowledge Graphs / Semantic Data / C / C++ / Rust / Go / Python / TensorFlow / GPU / NPU / NUMA / RDMA / CXL / NVM / SSD / Heterogeneous Computing / Performance Optimisation / Benchmarking / Profiling / Systems Research / AI Infrastructure / Data Systems / Distributed Computing
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Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer - Database Systems / AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / Systems Research

Tesco Insurance

<div><b>About the role</b><p><br>
Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.</p>
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Salary</b> - up to &pound;95,500 + annual bonus &amp; benefits</div><div><b>
Work Level</b> &ndash; 2</div><div><b>
Location</b> &ndash; Edinburgh, Glasgow or Newcastle, Permanent</div><div><b>
Office Attendance </b>&ndash; Our hybrid working model gives you the best of both worlds - flexibility to work from home and valuable face-to-face time with colleagues. This role typically requires 1 day per week onsite.</div><div><b>
Closing Date </b>- Applications close on 11.09.2026 at 5pm</div><div></div><div><b><br>
Why this role?</b></div><div>
We're building a new Data &amp; AI capability at Tesco IMS, and this role will be at the heart of that journey. As Data Engineering Manager (known internally as a Principal Engineer), you'll lead the team responsible for creating the trusted data foundations that underpin reporting, analytics and AI across the business. You'll help solve some of our biggest data challenges by introducing modern engineering practices, improving platform reliability, and ensuring data can be accessed and used with confidence. From shaping our Microsoft Fabric estate and data integration strategy to establishing engineering standards and DataOps practices, you'll have the opportunity to influence how data is delivered at scale. If you're passionate about building high-performing teams, modern data platforms and creating foundations that unlock business value, this is a chance to make a lasting impact.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
What you&rsquo;ll be doing</b></div><ul><li>Deliver trusted, scalable and secure data platforms that enable reporting, analytics, AI and business decision-making across Tesco IMS.</li><li>Establish and embed modern Data Engineering and DataOps practices, improving the quality, reliability and operational readiness of data products and services.</li><li>Build, develop and lead a high-performing Data Engineering capability, creating a culture of engineering excellence, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.</li><li>Enable faster and more consistent delivery of data products by defining reusable patterns, standards and governance controls for data integration, transformation and storage.</li><li>Drive the evolution of the enterprise data platform, ensuring it remains resilient, cost-effective and capable of supporting future reporting, analytics and AI requirements.</li><li>Partner with Product Managers, MI/BI &amp; Analytics, AI &amp; Data Science teams and business stakeholders to translate business needs into reliable data solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.</li></ul><div></div><div><b><br>
What we&rsquo;re looking for (minimum criteria)</b></div><ul><li>Proven experience leading and developing high-performing Data Engineering teams, with accountability for capability growth, delivery quality and operational excellence.</li><li>Strong expertise in designing, building and operating Microsoft Fabric solutions, including data ingestion, transformation, data warehousing, orchestration and lakehouse architectures.</li><li>Deep understanding of DataOps, platform governance, security and data engineering best practices, with experience establishing scalable and reliable delivery frameworks.</li><li>Ability to engage and influence business and technology stakeholders, translating strategic priorities into trusted data products and platform capabilities that deliver measurable value.</li></ul><div></div><div><b><br>
And if you have any of these, even better</b></div><ul><li>Experience leading the adoption and scaling of Microsoft Fabric within an enterprise environment.</li><li>Experience with Fabric Real-Time Intelligence and AI-enabled capabilities such as Fabric IQ.</li><li>Experience supporting reporting, analytics, AI and machine learning workloads on a modern data platform.</li><li>Microsoft Fabric capacity management and security setup.</li></ul><div></div><div><br>
We welcome applications from everyone. If you&rsquo;re excited about this role but your experience doesn&rsquo;t align perfectly with every requirement, we&rsquo;d still love to hear from you.</div><div></div><div><b><br>
What&rsquo;s in it for you</b></div><ul><li>A generous pension, with up to 7.5% employer contribution, depending on what you put in.</li><li>Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service for you and your family.</li><li>Performance related annual bonus.</li><li>7.2 weeks holiday, with the opportunity to buy more.</li><li>Colleague Clubcard discount (10-15% + second card to share with someone else).</li><li>Enhanced parental leave.</li><li>Opportunities to Save and Buy as you earn.</li><li>A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities to help you achieve the job and career you want.</li></ul><div></div><div><b><br>
Interviews</b></div><div>
As a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2), we&rsquo;re committed to creating an accessible and supportive environment for all. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, including interviews, to ensure every candidate has a fair opportunity to succeed.</div><div></div><div><br>
We also know the importance of balancing work with life&rsquo;s other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we&rsquo;re committed to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.</div><div></div><div><br>
Interviews are expected to be held from w/c 14/09/2026.</div><div></div><p><b><br>
Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?</b></p><br>
<p>Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.</p><br>
<p>Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.</p><br>
<p>We deal in the personal &ndash; from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you&rsquo;ve worked hard for.</p><br>
<p>Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.</p><br>
<p>So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.</p><br>
<p>Let's make everyday a little better.</p><br>
<p><b>Our story</b></p><br>
<p>Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice - because we know little wins can make a big difference.</p><br>
<p>We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.</p><br>
<p>We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centers are open seven days a week.</p><br>
<p>Delivering great customer service means having great people behind the scenes &ndash; people who understand our customers and are driven by doing the right thing for them. We offer colleagues a place where they can feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome, where they can be part of a great team focused on making a real difference for our customers.</p><br>
<p><b>How to apply</b></p><br>
<p>We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.</p><br>
<p>Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you&rsquo;re interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like, click apply to find out more!</p></div>

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