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On the Beach

<div><p>We&rsquo;re On the Beach! Since 2003, we&rsquo;ve been rewriting the rules of how people discover, book and experience their perfect getaway. What started as connecting people to short-haul beach holidays has evolved into something much bigger: premium beach destinations, long-haul adventures and vibrant city breaks and that&rsquo;s just the beginning of our story.</p><p>
Powered by our deep-rooted entrepreneurial spirit, proprietary tech, curiosity and our incredible people, we&rsquo;re accelerating delivering best-in-class technology, the ultimate holiday app, and experiences that keep our customers coming back for more.</p><p>
Ready to build the future of travel with us?</p><p></p><p><b>
About the Role</b></p><p>
We&rsquo;re looking for a Data Engineering Manager to help lead and grow our data engineering capability, shaping the platforms and practices that power analytics, insight and AI-driven innovation across the business.</p><p>
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys developing people as much as solving complex technical and platform challenges. You&rsquo;ll play a key role in helping us modernise how data moves through the business, from event-driven cloud data through to more traditional operational data sources, while supporting a talented team of engineers to do their best work.</p><p></p><p><b>
What you&rsquo;ll be doing day to day</b></p><p>
As Data Engineering Manager, you&rsquo;ll help lead a team responsible for building reliable, scalable and trusted data products across On the Beach.</p><p>
The role will be varied, with your time broadly split across three key areas: helping us consume and shape event-driven data, working with more traditional data sources and patterns, and supporting the growth and development of the team.</p><p>
You&rsquo;ll work closely with engineers, analysts, product teams, commercial teams and senior stakeholders to make sure our data platforms are robust, well understood and genuinely useful to the business.</p><p></p><p><b>
You&rsquo;ll be responsible for:</b></p><ul><li><p>
Leading, supporting and developing a team of data engineers, creating an environment where people can grow, share knowledge and deliver high-quality work</p></li><li><p>
Shaping our approach to both modern event-driven data and more traditional data sources, helping improve how we ingest, process, model and make data available across the business</p></li><li><p>
Supporting the design and evolution of our data platform, including pipelines, orchestration, observability, lineage, governance and data quality</p></li><li><p>
Partnering with teams across Product, Engineering, Analytics and Data to understand business needs and translate them into scalable, maintainable data solutions</p></li><li><p>
Helping define and improve data engineering standards around testing, monitoring, documentation, deployment and reliability</p></li><li><p>
Making pragmatic technical decisions that balance delivery, platform quality, long-term maintainability and business value</p></li><li><p>
Encouraging a culture of technical curiosity, continuous improvement and strong engineering practice across the team</p></li></ul><p><br>
We&rsquo;re looking for someone who enjoys both technical leadership and people development. You&rsquo;ll be comfortable working across engineering detail, platform direction and stakeholder conversations.</p><p></p><p><b>
You&rsquo;ll likely bring experience in:</b></p><ul><li><p>
Building, operating or leading cloud-based data platforms and production-grade data workflows</p></li><li><p>
Working with data pipelines, data modelling, orchestration and modern cloud data tools such as Databricks, BigQuery, Spark or similar</p></li><li><p>
Event-driven or streaming data patterns, as well as more traditional operational, legacy or non-event-driven data environments</p></li><li><p>
Designing reliable, observable and well-tested data products that can be trusted by both technical and non-technical users</p></li><li><p>
Coaching, mentoring or supporting engineers, with an interest in helping people develop and progress</p></li><li><p>
Communicating technical ideas clearly and making pragmatic decisions in fast-moving environments</p></li></ul><p>
Nice to have</p><ul><li><p>
Experience with lakehouse architecture, medallion-style workflows or enterprise data modelling</p></li><li><p>
Exposure to data governance, catalogue tooling, lineage, data quality frameworks or access management</p></li><li><p>
Experience using AI tools to support engineering productivity, automation or data quality</p></li><li><p>
Experience helping teams move from batch-heavy or legacy patterns towards more real-time, event-driven or cloud-native approaches</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>
Our benefits</b><br>
We might be biased but we think our colleagues are pretty great. They're the people that have made On the Beach what it is today and continue to make it vibrant and successful tomorrow. That's why we offer a competitive benefits package, known as our Beach Perks, to all On the Beach colleagues.</p><p>
These include:</p><ul><li><p>
25 days holiday plus your birthday off</p></li><li><p>
Generous discount on holidays, plus you will receive 2 extra days annual leave on top of your holiday allowance to use whilst you're away on your On the Beach package holiday</p></li><li><p>
Access to Learnerbly learning platform, plus workshops, courses and professional qualifications</p></li><li><p>
Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption pay, plus other family friendly support</p></li><li><p>
Employee Assistance Programme and free access to counselling</p></li><li><p>
Simplyhealth Optimise Health Plan</p></li><li><p>
Company Sick Pay scheme</p></li><li><p>
Regular wellbeing events</p></li><li><p>
Gym discount</p></li><li><p>
Share Incentive Plan (SIP)</p></li><li><p>
Death in Service cover</p></li><li><p>
Onsite subsidised coffee shop</p></li><li><p>
The Sandbox (our very own bar)</p></li><li><p>
Food and drink discounts across a number of venues in Manchester City Centre</p></li><li><p>
Regular social events</p></li><li><p>
Cycle to Work scheme</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>
What success looks like</b></p><p>
Success in this role is about building data pipelines and products that teams can trust.</p><p>
You&rsquo;ll help improve the reliability, quality and performance of our data platform, making it easier for teams across On the Beach to access and use the data they need. You&rsquo;ll reduce friction for downstream analytics and AI use cases by creating well-structured, well-tested and well-documented data products.</p><p>
You&rsquo;ll also contribute to a strong engineering culture within the data team, where standards are clear, pipelines are observable, and continuous improvement is part of how we work.</p><p></p><p><b>
What to expect from our interview process</b></p><p>
We&rsquo;ll run a multiple stage interview process, one stage of which will be an in-person interview at our fabulous Aeroworks office in Manchester city centre.</p><p>
We want to make sure everybody has the opportunity to perform at their best. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process please let the Talent Acquisition team know and they will be happy to assist.</p><p></p><p><b>
Ways of working</b><br>
Our full time hours are 37.5 per week, but we don't have rigid working hours so you can find the working pattern that's right for you. We have core working hours between 10am - 4pm, so we can collaborate and enjoy the social side of work.</p><p>
We also have hybrid working so we all work from home and from our Aeroworks office in Manchester City Centre. As a team we are in the office 2 days per week (usually Tuesday &amp; Wednesday).</p></div>

Data Engineering Manager

Anaplan

<div><div><p>At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.</p>
<p>
What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers' success and to our Winning Culture.</p>
<p>
Our customers rank among the who's who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.</p>
<p>
Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebrating<i> </i>our wins &ndash; big and small.</p>
<p>
Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values-based and disciplined in execution, you'll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let's build what's next - together!</p></div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Team Description</b></h3>
<p>
As part of the ADO team under GPTO Engineering, you'll report to the Sr. Director of Engineering. This team is accountable for Performance test automation, configuration, and verification delivering repeatable performance comparison testing and diagnosis across a range of ADO operations at enterprise scale, enabling high-performance AI-driven workloads, and acting as a technical bridge between engineering and architecture.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Your Impact</b></h3>
<p><b>
Team Leadership &amp; Development</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team based on actual demand and delivery needs</p>
</li>
<li><p>Provide hands-on coaching and guidance to Principal Engineers and team members, fostering technical excellence and career growth</p>
</li>
<li><p>Quickly establish trust with team members, peers, and stakeholders through authentic engagement and delivery</p>
</li>
<li><p>Champion an engineering culture that balances pragmatic delivery with sustainable practices</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Delivery Excellence</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Drive fast-paced, continuous delivery practices&mdash;leading the transformation from monthly to daily release cycles</p>
</li>
<li><p>Balance process rigor with delivery velocity; know when documentation adds value and when it creates friction</p>
</li>
<li><p>Apply and evangelize proper use of DORA metrics to measure and improve team performance</p>
</li>
<li><p>Ensure platform capabilities for data processing, AI, and developer acceleration ship reliably and on schedule</p>
</li>
<li><p>Take ownership of delivery outcomes; work proactively with Product Management without waiting for perfect requirements</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Technical Strategy &amp; Collaboration</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Partner closely with architects to align implementation patterns with long-term technical direction</p>
</li>
<li><p>Create clear, compelling strategy papers, roadmaps, and presentations for technical and executive audiences</p>
</li>
<li><p>Collaborate across globally distributed teams with awareness of time zone considerations and asynchronous work patterns</p>
</li>
<li><p>Guide teams in embedding AI/ML features&mdash;prompt engineering, model inference, feature pipelines&mdash;into platform services</p>
</li>
<li><p>Contribute to technical planning, architecture decisions, and incident retrospectives</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Platform &amp; Product Mindset</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Apply product thinking to platform solutions, ensuring they meet real business and customer needs</p>
</li>
<li><p>Champion innovation in performance, tooling, and platform capabilities</p>
</li>
<li><p>Oversee design and delivery of full stack solutions spanning React, Java, and Python</p>
</li>
<li><p>Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, and architecture</p>
</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your Qualifications</b></h3>
<p><b>
Leadership &amp; Management</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering management or technical leadership</p>
</li>
<li><p>Proven track record managing teams through significant process transformations (e.g., monthly to daily releases)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Experience managing both technical leads/Principal Engineers and individual contributors</p>
</li>
<li><p>Demonstrated ability to scale teams thoughtfully based on demand, not politics</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Technical Depth</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Strong software development background with hands-on experience in platform, infrastructure, or data-centric environments</p>
</li>
<li><p>Deep expertise in event-driven architectures, streaming technologies (e.g. Apache Kafka, Flink, and/or Pulsar)</p>
</li>
<li><p>Proficiency across full stack technologies (Java, .Net, React) with the ability to guide technical decisions</p>
</li>
<li><p>Knowledge of hybrid/cloud-agnostic infrastructure, CI/CD, GitOps, and continuous delivery workflows</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Delivery &amp; Process</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Pragmatic approach to balancing process, documentation, and speed of delivery</p>
</li>
<li><p>Deep understanding of DORA metrics and their proper application to drive improvement</p>
</li>
<li><p>Experience leading high-velocity engineering organizations with a daily release cadence</p>
</li>
<li><p>Skilled at change management and cultural transformation in engineering teams</p>
</li>
</ul><p><b>Communication &amp; Collaboration</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Exceptional communication skills&mdash;written and verbal&mdash;with the ability to influence across all levels</p>
</li>
<li><p>Experienced creating executive-level strategy documents, roadmaps, and presentations</p>
</li>
<li><p>Comfortable working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones</p>
</li>
<li><p>Strong collaborative partnership with Product Management; proactive problem-solving mindset</p>
</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Preferred Skills</b></h3>
<ul>
<li><p>Track record of building trust rapidly in new environments</p>
</li>
<li><p>Passion for technical mentorship and elevating team capabilities</p>
</li>
<li><p>Experience scaling systems and teams under high throughput demands</p>
</li>
<li><p>Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive delivery without perfect information</p>
</li>
<li><p>Comfort with asynchronous collaboration and remote team dynamics</p>
</li>
<li><p>Experience in hybrid engineering-management roles (player-coach background)</p>
</li>
</ul><div><p><b>Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)
</b></p><p>We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren't just words on paper &ndash; this is what drives our innovation, it's how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!</p>
<p>
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.</p>
<p><b>
Fraud Recruitment Disclaimer</b></p>
<p>
It has come to our attention that fraudulent and fictitious job opportunities are being circulated on the Internet. Prospective candidates are being contacted by certain individuals, mainly through telephone calls, emails and correspondence, claiming they are representatives of Anaplan. The main purpose of these correspondences and announcements is to obtain privileged information from individuals.</p>
<p>
Anaplan does not:</p>
<ul>
<li>Extend offers to candidates without an extensive interview process with a member of our recruitment team and a hiring manager via video or in person.</li>
<li>Send job offers via email. All offers are first extended verbally by a member of our internal recruitment team whenever possible and then followed up via written communication.</li>
</ul>
<p>All emails from Anaplan would come from an @anaplan.com email address. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of an email, letter or telephone communication purportedly from, for, or on behalf of Anaplan, please send an email to people@anaplan.com before taking any further action in relation to the correspondence.</p></div></div><p></p>

Senior Software Manager, QA

Manchester Metropolitan University

<div><div><p><b>Thinking about a change from industry?</b></p>
<p>If you're an experienced industry professional who enjoys mentoring colleagues, are a SME in your technical area, and want to explore teaching as a career option, this could be your next step.</p>
<p>At Manchester Metropolitan University, you'll have the opportunity to <b>shape the next generation of IT professionals</b>, by bringing your real-world experience into a modern, industry-focused learning environment.</p>
<p>We are keen to engage with you if you specialise in <b>Software Engineering </b>and are looking to join us as <b>Lecturer or Senior Lecturer </b>for a <b>part time or full-time career</b>.</p><br>
<p></p><p><b>Why Make the Move to Education?</b></p>
<ul><li><b>Make a real impact</b> &ndash; help students and apprentices launch successful careers in tech</li>
<li><b>Stay hands-on with modern development</b> &ndash; teach current tools, frameworks, and practices</li>
<li><b>Better work-life balance</b> &ndash; a more sustainable pace than many industry roles, in addition to a generous holiday entitlement of 35 days plus bank holidays and a Christmas break, coupled with a competitive pension scheme (details provided below).</li>
<li><b>Share your expertise</b> &ndash; turn your experience into meaningful teaching and mentoring</li>
<li><b>Structured pathways to progression</b> from Lecturer to Professor through our <b>Education, Pedagogy, and Citizenship (EPC)</b> pathway. Find out more about EPC here</li>
<li><b>Support to transition</b> &ndash; we'll help you develop as an educator, even if you've never taught before</li><br>
</ul><p></p><p><b>Our Commitment to You</b></p>
<ul><li>Ongoing professional development (technical and teaching)</li>
<li>Opportunities to stay connected with the industry</li>
<li>A supportive and collaborative working culture</li>
<li>If you're coming from industry, we will support you in gaining teaching qualifications and developing your academic career</li>
<li>Clearly defined career development and progression</li><br>
</ul><p></p><p><b>As a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer</b></p>
<p>You'll design and deliver engaging, practical teaching across Levels 3&ndash;7 (foundation to postgraduate), including our highly regarded <b>degree apprenticeships</b>.</p>
<p>This isn't purely theoretical teaching&mdash;you'll:</p>
<ul><li>Teach <b>modern practices in your tech areas </b>(e.g. Agile, DevOps, cloud, full-stack development)
</li><li>Work with <b>apprentices employed in industry</b>, bringing real-world challenges into the classroom</li>
<li>Design <b>hands-on projects and coding-based learning experiences</b></li>
<li>Help students <b>build the skills employers actually need</b></li>
</ul><p>You'll be part of a collaborative academic team that values innovation, industry relevance, and student success.</p><br>
<p></p><p><b>About You</b></p>
<p>We're looking for experienced computing professionals who are passionate about developing others, to join the Department of Computing and Mathematics.</p>
<p>You'll bring:</p>
<ul><li>An interest in mentoring, coaching, or teaching others</li>
<li>A desire to share your knowledge and support student success</li>
<li>The ability to communicate complex technical ideas clearly</li>
<li>Significant industry experience is welcome or a PhD in Computer Science (or related field) is equally valued</li>
<li>If you are an expert in Software Engineering, you may be currently working as a Software Engineer /Developer, Senior Engineer / Tech Lead or an Engineering Manager or Mentor.</li>
<li>Strong experience in modern software development (languages, frameworks, tools, and workflows)</li><br>
</ul><p></p><p><b>Application &amp; Assessment</b></p>
<ul><li>To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter outlining how your profile, experience and ambition make you an ideal candidate for the role.</li>
<li>We will be shortlisting and conducting interviews for this vacancy iteratively throughout the advertising period. We therefore encourage applicants to apply for this vacancy when ready to do so to ensure your application is reviewed at the most appropriate time.</li>
<li>Should you be successful, our interview process for this vacancy will be a 2-stage process.</li>
<li><b>Stage 1 &ndash; </b>Panel interview and presentation delivery, chaired by the Head of or Deputy Head of Department of Computing and Mathematics. Stage 1 interviews are expected to be scheduled in the w/c 20 July, 03 August, 17 August and 14 September</li>
<li><b>Stage 2 &ndash; </b>Interview with Mark Sterling, Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor Darren Dancey, Head of Department of Computing and Mathematics. Stage 2 interviews are expected to be scheduled in the w/c 27 July, 24 August and 21 September</li>
<li>For an informal chat about the role, contact Professor Darren Dancey, Head of Department (patoheadofcompandmaths@mmu.ac.uk)
</li></ul><p><b><i>To know more about our Research Community, click </i></b><b><i>here</i></b></p><br>
<p></p><p><b>Further information:</b></p>
<p>Manchester Metropolitan University fosters an inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We value a diverse workforce for the innovation and diversity of thought it brings and welcome applications from local and international communities, including those from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, and LGBTQ+ individuals.</p>
<p>We support a range of flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and tailored schedules, which can be discussed with your line manager. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in your role, please let us know so we can provide appropriate support.</p>
<p>Our commitment to inclusivity includes mentoring programmes, accessibility resources, and professional development opportunities to empower and support underrepresented groups.</p>
<p>Manchester Met is a Disability Confident Leader and, under this scheme, aims to offer an interview to disabled people who apply for the role and meet the essential criteria as listed in the attached Job Description for that vacancy.</p><br>
<p></p><p><b><i>Find out more about our Computing Campaign, </i></b><b><i>here</i></b></p></div></div><p></p>
<br><div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Details</b></h2>
<div><ul><li><div>Location:</div>
<div>Manchester All Saints Campus</div>
</li><li><div>Faculty / Function:</div>
<div>Science &amp; Engineering</div>
</li><li><div>Salary:</div>
<div>For Lecturer in Grade 8 (&pound;41,064 to &pound;51,753) / For Senior Lecturer in Grade 9 (&pound;48,822 to &pound;61,759)</div>
</li><li><div>Closing Date:</div>
<div>6 September 2026</div>
</li><li><div>Contract Type:</div>
<div>Permanent</div>
</li><li><div>Contracted Hours per week:</div>
<div>37</div>
</li></ul></div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Benefits</b></h2>
<div></div><div><div><div>35 days leave + Christmas closure + Bank holidays</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>Travel loan</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>Wellbeing platform</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>Life insurance</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>Access to Campus Facilities</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>Enhanced parental leave</div>
</div><div></div><div><div>High-quality guaranteed pension</div>
</div></div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Meet the </b><b>recruiter</b></h2>
<div></div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Neha Phanse</b></h3>
<p>N.Phanse@mmu.ac.uk</p></div></div><p></p>

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering for Industry Experts

Pragma

<div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Req #952</div>
</div></div><div><div><div><div>Manchester, UK</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><br>
</div></div><p></p><div>
</div></div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Job Description</b></h2>
</div><div>Posted Monday, 22 June 2026 at 19:00
</div><div></div><div><div><div><div><p><b>A bit about us</b></p>
<p>At Gamma, we&rsquo;re more than just a leader in Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). We&rsquo;re a fast-moving technology organisation delivering innovative voice, data, and mobile solutions across Europe.</p>
<p>Our product and service portfolio is at the heart of what we do &mdash; powering reliable, scalable communications for thousands of businesses. Behind the scenes, our engineering teams design, build, and maintain the software systems that generate real business impact.</p>
<p>We combine the agility of a start-up mindset with the stability of a leading European business. Collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement define how we work &mdash; and we&rsquo;re always looking for people who want to build meaningful technology at scale.</p>
<p><b>Who are we looking for?</b></p>
<p>The Systems Development Manager is responsible for leading the development and ongoing evolution of Gamma&rsquo;s telecom support systems that underpin voice network operations and engineering, including troubleshooting, diagnostics, reporting, and automated test capabilities.</p>
<p><b>What will you be doing day-to-day?</b></p>
<ul><li>Lead and manage the systems development function responsible for Telecoms support systems used by Voice Operations and Engineering.</li>
<li>Provide technical and people leadership to Systems Developers of all levels, Test Automation Engineers, and Infrastructure and Automation Engineers within the team.</li>
<li>Act as the accountable technical authority for systems development within the voice domain, making strategic build versus buy and investment decisions where appropriate.</li>
<li>Translate operational, engineering, and product needs into a coherent multiyear roadmap for voice network troubleshooting, diagnostics, reporting, and automated testing.</li>
<li>Ensure that support systems are designed to be scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with the needs of a carrier grade telecom environment.</li>
<li>Oversee the development and maintenance of automated test frameworks and environments supporting functional, performance, and resilience testing of voice platforms.</li>
<li>Set clear engineering standards and practices covering software quality, test automation, CI/CD, monitoring, and operational readiness.</li>
<li>Work closely with Voice Engineering, Operations, Architecture, and Product teams to prioritise requirements and deliver effective, integrated solutions.</li>
<li>Ensure systems are observable and operable in production, with appropriate metrics, logging, alerting, and documentation in place.</li>
<li>Manage team capacity, delivery commitments, and technical risk, ensuring predictable outcomes and continuous improvement.</li>
</ul><p><b>What You&rsquo;ll Need</b></p>
<ul><li>Led engineering teams delivering PHP-based backend systems and internal platforms, supporting operational tooling such as monitoring dashboards, reporting systems, and diagnostics services.</li>
<li>Provided technical leadership across PHP microservices and legacy systems, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with broader architecture without being a primary hands-on contributor.</li>
<li>Proven experience leading software or engineering teams responsible for building and operating internal platforms or support systems.</li>
<li>Strong technical background in backend or systems development, with the ability to provide effective technical leadership and oversight without being a primary hands-on contributor.</li>
<li>Experience delivering systems that support operational and engineering users, such as monitoring, diagnostics, reporting, or network support tooling.</li>
<li>Demonstrable experience owning technical roadmaps and translating business and operational requirements into prioritised delivery plans.</li>
<li>Experience working with distributed or microservice-based systems in a production environment.</li>
<li>Experience using tools such as Jira and Confluence for delivery management and documentation.</li>
<li>Strong understanding of software quality practices, including testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and operational readiness.</li>
<li>Experience working closely with infrastructure, automation, or DevOps engineers to deliver reliable and scalable platforms.</li>
<li>Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, operations, architecture, and product teams.</li>
<li>Strong people management skills, including coaching, development, and performance management of engineers.</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear documentation and communicate technical topics to non-technical stakeholders</li>
</ul><p><b>What do we offer you?</b></p>
<p>At Gamma, we believe in work&ndash;life balance, which is why we offer 25 days of annual leave, plus an extra day off for your birthday. We also provide a volunteer day, allowing you to support a cause that matters to you.</p>
<p>Family is important to us. With enhanced maternity and paternity pay, we support you at every stage of life. Our contributory pension scheme helps you plan for the future, with Gamma increasing contributions in line with yours.</p>
<p>Your wellbeing comes first. We offer group income protection, life assurance (four times your salary), and private medical insurance through Vitality, which extends to your immediate family.</p>
<p>We want you to in our success, which is why we offer tax-efficient save and incentive plans.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re also committed to sustainability, offering an Electric Vehicle scheme through Octopus and a Cycle to Work scheme, making greener travel easier.</p>
<p><b>A few things to note</b></p>
<p>Unfortunately, we can&rsquo;t offer visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.
<br>
This role is hybrid, with office and home working flexibility.</p>
<p>If you feel you could be a great fit for Gamma but don&rsquo;t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to &mdash; you might be exactly who we&rsquo;re looking for.</p>
<p>Gamma is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building inclusive, diverse teams where everyone can be their authentic selves. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on any protected characteristics.</p>
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Systems Development Manager

Haystack

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   Raise engineering excellence and resilience through best practices, automation, and secure-by-design principles.
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   Partner with product, design, and operations to translate outcomes into measurable technical plans, guiding architecture modernization and cloud adoption.
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   Represent engineering in program reviews and governance forums, ensuring compliance, risk management, and operational excellence.
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   Proven leadership of software engineering teams building distributed systems and microservices in agile environments.
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   Deep Java experience (Spring) and architectural patterns for scalable, observable, testable systems, with strong API design skills.
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   Strong DevOps practices including CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, telemetry, containers (Docker), and cloud experience.
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   Hands-on AI development using modern tools and IDEs, with experience integrating AI into product workflows.
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   Excellent communication and stakeholder influence, with the ability to simplify complexity and drive continuous improvement.
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Full Stack Engineer

THG Ingenuity

<p></p><div><div><p><b>About THG Ingenuity</b></p>
<p>
THG Ingenuity is a fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, designed to power brands without limits. Our global end-to-end tech platform is comprised of three products: THG Commerce, THG Studios, THG Fulfilment.</p>
<p>
Each represents a single, unified solution, overcoming challenges and taking brands direct-to-consumer. Our client portfolio includes globally recognised brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestle, Elemis, Homebase, and Proctor &amp; Gamble.</p></div><p><b>
Security Engineering Lead</b></p>
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Location:</b> Based onsite at our HQ in Manchester (WA15 0AF)<br>
<b>Reports to:</b> Deputy Chief Security Officer<br>
<b>Team:</b> Leads a team of 3 to 4 Security Engineers<br>
<b>Type:</b> Permanent, full-time</p>
<p><b>
About the role</b></p>
<p>
We are seeking a Security Engineering Lead to take ownership of our security tooling and lead a dedicated team of engineers. You will set the technical direction for the function, manage and develop the team, and remain hands-on to make sound decisions on architecture and design.</p>
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Our security tooling is managed entirely as Infrastructure as Code, so the role demands as much fluency in repositories and pipelines as in the security platforms themselves. We are equally interested in candidates who can apply AI to practical effect, both within the tooling we operate and in the way the team works.</p>
<p>
The role partners closely with the wider security function and with teams across engineering and the business. You will also engage directly with external parties, including vendors, auditors, and partners.</p>
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Key responsibilities</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Lead a team of 3 to 4 security engineers, setting standards, overseeing delivery, and supporting their development.</li>
<li>Own the design, implementation, and operation of our security tooling, managed throughout as code.</li>
<li>Advance automation across detection, response, and access tooling to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.</li>
<li>Define the technical roadmap for security tooling and keep it aligned with engineering and business priorities.</li>
<li>Apply AI to strengthen detection, triage, and automation, and to improve the effectiveness of the team.</li>
<li>Lead the engineering aspects of incident response and manage escalations for the tooling your team owns. The role participates in an on-call and out-of-hours rota.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other security teams (SOC, GRC, AppSec, vulnerability management) and with platform and engineering teams to embed security from the outset.</li>
<li>Represent security engineering to external stakeholders, including vendors, auditors, and partners.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Our security stack</b></p>
<p>
The stack is managed as code rather than through consoles and continues to evolve. The role spans:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Detection and response:</b> SIEM, SOAR, EDR</li>
<li><b>Network and web:</b> Secure Web Gateway (SWG), DLP</li>
<li><b>Access:</b> Zero Trust Access, IAM</li>
<li><b>Cloud:</b> AWS, GCP, Azure</li>
<li><b>Email:</b> Secure Email Gateway</li>
<li><b>Pipelines:</b> GitHub (CI/CD security, secrets, supply-chain controls)</li>
</ul>
<p>Additional tooling also falls within the remit of this role.</p>
<p><b>
Essential skills and experience</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience in security engineering or related roles.</li>
<li>Strong hands-on experience across several of the areas above, such as SIEM/SOAR, Zero Trust access, IAM, DLP, and EDR.</li>
<li>Experience securing cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.</li>
<li>Skilled in planning, designing, and implementing enterprise-level security solutions.</li>
<li>Substantial Infrastructure as Code experience (for example, Terraform), managing security tooling declaratively and under version control.</li>
<li>Experience securing CI/CD pipelines, ideally GitHub, including Actions, secrets management, and supply-chain security.</li>
<li>Practical experience applying AI within security workflows or tooling.</li>
<li>A demonstrable record of working across teams, both within security and alongside engineering and external stakeholders.</li>
<li>A clear communicator, able to convey technical risk to both engineering and non-technical audiences.</li>
<li>Knowledge of industry best practice and frameworks such as ISO 27001, IEC 62443, NIST Cyber Security Framework, CIS Critical Security Controls, and MITRE ATT&amp;CK.</li>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.</li>
<li>Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or similar.</li></ul><br>
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<b>Desirable</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience leading or line-managing a security team.</li>
<li>Scripting or development experience (Python, Go, or similar) for automation.</li>
<li>Experience in a regulated or e-commerce environment, including PCI DSS and Cyber Essentials Plus.</li>
<li>Detection engineering or threat-hunting experience.</li>
<li>Container and Kubernetes security experience.</li>
<li>Experience presenting to and reporting to senior leadership.</li>
<li>Further cloud security certifications, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure security specialties.</li>
</ul><div><p><b>
THG Ingenuity is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.</b></p>
<p><b>
THG Ingenuity is committed to creating a diverse &amp; inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.</b></p>
<p><b>
Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG Ingenuity please contact one of our </b><b>Talent</b><b> team to discuss further.</b></p></div></div><p></p>

Security Engineering Lead

<div><div><p><b>About THG</b></p>
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We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.</p>
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Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.</p>
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From Manchester to New York, we're powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.</p>
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With us, you'll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?</p></div><p><b>
Location: Icon 1, WA15 0AF</b></p>
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About Central Functions</b></p>
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Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded.</p>
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Why be the Data Engineering Lead at THG?</b></p>
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THG is building the data engineering capability that will underpin everything from daily trading analytics to AI-driven personalisation. As Engineering Lead, you will own the technical vision and delivery for how THG structures, stores and distributes its data across three core domains: Customer, Commercial and Operations.</p>
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This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will be managing and mentoring a team of six engineers (three Senior, three mid-level, each domain-aligned), but you are also expected to be technically deep &mdash; setting architecture standards, making key design decisions, and being the person the team turns to when problems are hard.</p>
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Your primary mission is to move THG from a fragmented, siloed data landscape towards consistent, joined-up domain datasets that can be trusted and used at scale. We have customer data in multiple places, commercial data that isn't consistently structured, and operational data that isn't easy to consume. You will build the engineering foundation that changes that &mdash; working to a shared architecture that ensures Customer, Commercial and Operations datasets have consistent standards, shared attributes where appropriate, and can ultimately be joined into a single, reliable view of the business.</p>
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You will work closely with Ingenuity, our technology partner, who manage the foundational platform and first-layer pipelines. Your job is to take what Ingenuity provides and shape it into the structured, high-quality domain datasets that analytics and data science teams can confidently build on. You will also be a key partner to the Data Governance Lead, implementing the standards they define within your engineering practice.</p>
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What you'll do:</b></p>
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Technical Leadership &amp; Architecture</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Own the data engineering architecture for THG &mdash; defining how data is ingested, transformed, stored and made available across Customer, Commercial and Operations domains</li>
<li>Design consistent standards and patterns across all three domains &mdash; ensuring shared attributes are handled uniformly and that data can be reliably joined across domains</li>
<li>Lead the evolution of our BigQuery/GCP platform &mdash; driving migrations, modernising legacy pipelines, and building for scalability</li>
<li>Make key architectural decisions and be accountable for the technical quality of everything the engineering team produces</li>
<li>Develop and enforce engineering standards across the team &mdash; version control, testing frameworks, error handling, documentation and code review practices</li>
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<p><b>Domain Dataset Development</b></p>
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<li>Lead the build-out of structured, reliable domain datasets &mdash; moving from disparate, siloed data sources towards consolidated Customer, Commercial and Operations data platforms</li>
<li>Work towards the foundations of a single source of truth &mdash; defining how data from different source systems is reconciled, deduplicated and mastered within each domain</li>
<li>Ensure domain datasets are structured for downstream consumption &mdash; analytics teams, data science models, BI tooling and AI/agent use cases should all be able to reliably consume what engineering produces</li>
</ul>
<p><b>AI-Enabled Engineering</b></p>
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<li>Champion the use of AI in data engineering &mdash; this is a small team with a large remit, and we expect AI-assisted development to be embedded in how we work</li>
<li>Apply AI tools to accelerate pipeline development, automated testing, anomaly detection and data quality monitoring</li>
<li>Stay current with AI developments in the data engineering space and bring new approaches into the team's practice</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Ingenuity Relationship</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Work closely with the Ingenuity engineering team &mdash; understanding what they provide at the platform layer and building effectively on top of it</li>
<li>Define clear requirements and interface standards for how Ingenuity data feeds into PLC domain datasets</li>
<li>Identify and escalate where Ingen platform behaviour affects data quality or availability within PLC domains</li>
</ul>
<p><b>People &amp; Team</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Manage, coach and develop a team of six domain-aligned engineers &mdash; three Senior Data Engineers and three Data Engineers</li>
<li>Run a structured review and development process for each engineer, building their technical capability and career progression</li>
<li>Foster a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement</li>
</ul>
<p><b>What skills and experience do I need for this role?</b></p>
<p><b>
Essential</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Hands-on, expert-level experience with BigQuery and GCP &mdash; this is non-negotiable; you must have built and operated production data pipelines on this stack</li>
<li>Strong Python skills &mdash; used daily for pipeline development, data transformation and automation</li>
<li>Experience across at least two of the three core data domains: Customer, Commercial and Operations</li>
<li>A track record of evolving data architecture &mdash; you can demonstrate concrete examples of how you changed the way a business structures, stores or consumes its data</li>
<li>Deep understanding of data modelling, pipeline design and distributed data architecture</li>
<li>Experience with Dataform or dbt for data transformation</li>
<li>Demonstrated use of AI in data engineering &mdash; AI-assisted pipeline development, automated quality checks, or similar practical applications</li>
<li>Experience mentoring and developing engineers</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Desirable</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience building towards a Customer Data Platform (CDP) or equivalent customer data consolidation project</li>
<li>Familiarity with data governance principles and working alongside a governance function</li>
<li>E-commerce or retail background</li>
<li>Experience with streaming or real-time data pipelines</li>
</ul>
<p><b>What's in it for me?</b></p>
<p><b>
Career Development</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&amp;D team.</li>
<li>Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Enhanced Leave</b></p>
<ul>
<li>25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.</li>
<li>Don't want to work on your birthday? We don't either! Enjoy your day off on us!</li>
<li>Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.</li>
<li>Up to 10 days compassionate leave.</li>
<li>Buy back up to 3 days each year.</li>
<li>Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Wellbeing Support</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.</li>
<li>Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.</li>
<li>State-of-the-art on-site gym.</li>
<li>Access to our on-site physio.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Other Perks</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.</li>
<li>Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.</li>
<li>Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.</li>
<li>On-site staff shop.</li>
<li>Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to &pound;1000 when they pass their probation.</li>
<li>Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.</li>
</ul><div><p><b>
THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.</b></p>
<p><b>
THG is committed to creating a diverse &amp; inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.</b></p>
<p><b>
Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our </b><b>Talent</b><b> team to discuss further.</b></p></div></div>

Data Engineering Lead

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