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lead software engineer

platform engineer

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full stack engineer

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CreateFuture

<div><div>Working at CreateFuture 
 
CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference while always putting people first.

We're a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what's not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years.

Our UK Benefits
<ul>
<li>35 days leave (including bank holidays).</li>
<li>Private medical insurance.</li>
<li>Enhanced parental and adoption leave.</li>
<li>Financial coaching + 5% pension match.</li>
<li>40 hours of paid learning and development.</li>
</ul>
 View our full list of UK benefits. 
 
CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified&trade; company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row. 

Join us on our journey. Let's create tomorrow, together, today. 
About the role and team:
<h1 class="jobSectionHeader">Senior Backend Java Engineer</h1>
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">Build software that matters. Shape the future of engineering.</h2>

We're looking for an experienced Senior Backend Java Engineer who is passionate about building scalable, high-quality software and helping teams grow. This is more than a hands-on engineering role&mdash;you'll influence technical direction, mentor other engineers, drive architectural decisions, and help us embed AI and automation into the way we deliver value for our clients.

You'll thrive here if you enjoy solving complex problems, challenging assumptions, collaborating openly, and taking pride in delivering software that makes a real business impact.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You'll Do</h2>

As a Senior Backend Java Engineer, you will:
<ul>
<li>Design, build and maintain scalable, secure and resilient backend systems using modern Java and the Spring ecosystem.</li>
<li>Lead technical design and architectural discussions, ensuring solutions are maintainable, performant and aligned with best practices.</li>
<li>Develop and evolve RESTful APIs with a focus on security, versioning, performance and reliability.</li>
<li>Champion engineering excellence through clean code, automated testing, documentation and code reviews.</li>
<li>Drive delivery across multiple initiatives while balancing speed, quality and commercial value.</li>
<li>Mentor engineers through coaching, pairing and constructive feedback, helping raise capability across the team.</li>
<li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve problems together and deliver outstanding outcomes for clients.</li>
<li>Research and evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks and AI capabilities that improve how we build software.</li>
<li>Promote automation wherever possible, removing repetitive work so teams can focus on solving meaningful problems.</li>
<li>Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, innovation and technical excellence.</li>
</ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">What You'll Bring</h2>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Technical Expertise</h3>

You'll have strong commercial experience with:
<ul>
<li>Modern Java (Java 8+) including Streams, Lambdas and Optional</li>
<li>Spring Boot and the wider Spring ecosystem</li>
<li>Spring Data JPA / Hibernate</li>
<li>Spring Security including OAuth2 and JWT</li>
<li>REST API design and implementation</li>
<li>Microservices and distributed system design</li>
<li>SQL databases with strong query optimisation skills</li>
<li>NoSQL databases</li>
<li>Messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ</li>
<li>Docker and containerised application development</li>
<li>Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP)</li>
<li>CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab CI</li>
<li>Git and modern software development workflows</li>
<li>Observability tooling including logging, metrics and distributed tracing</li>
<li>Comprehensive testing across unit, integration and functional layers</li>
<li>Maven or Gradle</li>
<li>Java concurrency and JVM performance fundamentals</li>
</ul>
Experience with Spring Cloud, WebFlux or reactive programming would be advantageous.
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What Success Looks Like</h2>

You'll demonstrate:
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Technical Excellence &amp; Craft Mastery</h3>
<ul><li>Write clean, maintainable and highly optimised code.</li>
<li>Set high standards for quality, testing and documentation.</li>
<li>Coach others in engineering best practices and modern development techniques.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Architectural Leadership</h3>
<ul><li>Design scalable, resilient and secure systems.</li>
<li>Make thoughtful architectural decisions that support long-term maintainability.</li>
<li>Evaluate new technologies and guide adoption where they add value.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Commercial Delivery</h3>
<ul><li>Lead projects from discovery through delivery.</li>
<li>Understand client challenges and translate them into practical technical solutions.</li>
<li>Deliver outcomes that create measurable business value.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Leadership &amp; Collaboration</h3>
<ul><li>Lead engineering ceremonies and facilitate productive technical discussions.</li>
<li>Mentor and develop engineers across the team.</li>
<li>Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li>
<li>Foster an environment where knowledge sharing and continuous improvement are part of everyday work.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">AI &amp; Innovation</h3>
<ul><li>Explore and implement AI-driven approaches that improve engineering efficiency.</li>
<li>Champion responsible adoption of AI across delivery teams.</li>
<li>Help shape our engineering practices for the future.</li>
</ul></div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">What we'll offer you:</h3>

We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You'll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. 
 
We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed.

We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look.
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Our hiring process</h3>

We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process.

It usually looks like this:
<ul>
<li>Call with our Talent Acquisition Team</li>
<li>Role specific capability interview</li>
</ul>
Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens.
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">
Inclusion at CreateFuture</h3>

We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work.

If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.

We look forward to your application!</div></div>

Senior Software Engineer (Java)

Understanding Recruitment

<div>
 
 
 Have you got a strong educational background from a Russell Group University?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Do you have experience working in the financial industry?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 💸 Java Software Engineer &ndash; FinTech Scaleup 💸
 
 
 
 
 📍 Location:
 
 Hybrid working in Central London
 
 
 
 💰 Salary:
 
 up to &pound;105,000 + bonus
 
 
 
 
 
 We are very excited to once again be partnered exclusively with London&rsquo;s leading investment management firm&rsquo;s latest spinout company. Leveraging cutting-edge techniques with the latest technologies, they build highly scalable high-throughput software that is used by hedge funds and asset managements around the world.
 
 
 
 
 
 Due to an exciting pipeline of upcoming projects, they are looking for Core Java Software Engineers to join their team.
 
 
 
 
 
 You will be an excellent fit for this Core Java Engineer position if you:
 
 
 
 
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 Have built scalable software from scratch
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 Use
 
 Core Java
 
 concepts, including
 
 Low Latency
 
 ,
 
 Concurrent Programming
 
 &amp;
 
 Multithreading
 
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 Are used to working in a fast-paced environment
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 Work in the financial industry e.g. Bank, Hedge Fund/Asset Management, FinTech
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 Have clear experience with optimisation, efficiency and performance improvement
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 </ul>
 
 
 
 
 As a Core Java Engineer, you will enjoy a wide array of benefits:
 
 
 
 
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 Flexible working from home 3 days a week
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 BUPA Healthcare
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 Bonus
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 Clear career progression and professional development
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 If you have several years commercial experience working with Core Java and are looking for a new challenge with autonomy over your projects and work, apply now for immediate consideration in this Java Software Engineer opportunity!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Please note
 
 : Due to compliancy reasons, we will only be able to consider applications based in the UK.
 
</div>

Java Software Engineer

<div>We&rsquo;re seeking a future team member for the role of Full Stack Engineer to join our team. This role is located in London.
In this role, you&rsquo;ll make an impact in the following ways:
<ul><li>Design and develop web front-end and back-end services for a new platform built to automate the management of the full lifecycle of complex private assets.
</li><li>Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product owners, business analysts, scrum masters, and engineering.
</li><li>Build front and back end components ensuring software is exceptionally well covered by automated testing and is clean, easy to understand, and extend.
</li><li>Ensure usability, scalability, performance, and resilience of this high-profile platform.
</li><li>Build with Java Spring Boot and Angular Typescript.
</li><li>Ensure an exceptional user experience and seamless integration between front-end and back-end components.
</li><li>Expose clear, documented APIs for external integrations.
</li>Conduct peer code reviews. 
<li>
</li></ul>To be successful in this role, we&rsquo;re seeking the following:
<ul><li>Extensive experience in Java Spring Boot and Angular web development.
</li><li>Strong knowledge of micro-services and micro front-ends.
</li><li>Expertise in reactive UX front-end design patterns.
</li><li>Experience with high availability and high scalability design patterns.
</li><li>Proficiency with GitLab and CI/CD pipelines.
</li><li>Experience working in Agile development environments.
</li><li>Nice to have: Experience working with Solidity &amp; EVM-based platforms.</li></ul></div>

Vice President, Full-Stack Engineer

JPMorganChase

<div>JOB DESCRIPTION 
 
 
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact and advance your career in a dynamic, fast-paced team? At JPMorganChase, you'll help build market-leading technology products that power our electronic trading business. You'll work alongside talented professionals who value creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer opportunities for growth, skill development, and the chance to push the boundaries of what's possible. Your expertise will help us deliver secure, stable, and scalable solutions that drive our business forward. 
As a Lead Software Engineer in the Options Algorithmic Trading team within Electronic Trading Technology, you will play a pivotal role in designing and optimizing algorithmic trading engines for options instruments. You will collaborate with diverse teams to translate trading strategies into efficient, scalable algorithms. Your contributions will enhance our trading systems, support business objectives, and foster a culture of innovation and inclusion. You will help ensure our technology infrastructure remains robust, reliable, and ready to meet the demands of the market.
Job Responsibilities:<ul><li>
Execute creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting to solve complex problems.</li><li>
Develop secure, high-quality production code in Java and review code to ensure best practices and performance standards.</li><li>
Design and implement algorithmic trading strategies to optimize execution and performance in a low-touch trading environment.</li><li>
Collaborate with product teams to translate trading strategies into scalable algorithms.</li><li>
Continuously improve and refactor codebases to enhance performance, implement testing, and ensure reliability.</li><li>
Contribute to a team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.</li><li>
Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.</li><li>
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.</li><li>
Implement systems for order management, trade execution, market data processing, and risk management.</li><li>
Apply automation and continuous delivery methods to streamline development processes.</li><li>
Ensure operational stability and reliability of trading systems.</li></ul>
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:<ul><li>
Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and advanced proficiency in Java.</li><li>
Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.</li><li>
Advanced skills in one or more programming languages.</li><li>
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.</li><li>
Expertise in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.</li><li>
Experience with algorithmic trading systems and familiarity with trading protocols such as FIX.</li><li>
Practical experience with performance optimization and low-touch system design.</li><li>
Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.</li><li>
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices</li><li>
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and multithreading in Java.</li><li>
Familiarity with financial markets and trading concepts, especially equities and options.</li></ul>
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:<ul><li>
Experience designing and implementing high-performance, low-touch trading systems.</li><li>
Ability to troubleshoot complex software issues and optimize application performance.</li><li>
Experience with messaging systems such as AMPS or Kafka for real-time data streaming and processing.</li><li>
Experience with Cucumber for behavior-driven development and testing in Java environments.</li><li>
Experience with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell) for testing and reporting.</li><li>
Familiarity with financial data feeds and market data integration.</li><li>
Proficiency in Linux operating systems, including scripting and administration tasks.</li><li>
Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana or Splunk for system health monitoring.</li></ul>
ABOUT US
 
 
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 
<div><div>We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. 
</div></div> 
 
ABOUT THE TEAM
 
 
J.P. Morgan's Commercial &amp; Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial &amp; Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.</div>

Lead Software Engineering - Java -ETT - Options Algorithmic Trading

<div>JOB DESCRIPTION 
 
 
<div>We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.</div><div>
 
As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Commercial &amp; Investment Bank, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.</div>
you will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing cloud-native solutions using AWS, microservices architecture, and Kubernetes.
Within the Trade Controls and Limits Management team of Markets Technology, you will help deliver a robust multi-asset risk and control management platform supporting low latency trading activities. You will leverage your AWS and cloud engineering skills to architect, maintain, and optimize applications and infrastructure, driving continuous improvement and innovation to ensure platform availability, reliability, and scalability.<div>
</div>Job Responsibilities<ul><li>
Design, develop, and deploy high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested software solutions on AWS</li><li>
Architect and implement microservices-based applications, leveraging Kubernetes for orchestration and scalability</li><li>
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient software</li><li>
Participate in design reviews to strengthen architectural resilience, fault tolerance, and scalability</li><li>
Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.</li><li>
Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.</li><li>
Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting systems to ensure comprehensive visibility into system health and performance</li><li>
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues to maintain system integrity and performance</li><li>
Champion best practices in software engineering, reliability, and resiliency, and mentor team members</li></ul><div>
</div>Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills<ul><li>
Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience, with a strong focus on AWS cloud development
</li><li>Hands-on experience building production-grade software in Java</li><li>
Experience with developing and deploying containers, CI/CD and DevOps practices
</li><li>Experience working with both relational and NoSQL databases</li><li>
Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.</li><li>
Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices</li><li>
Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and reliability patterns</li><li>
Solid understanding of networking concepts and Unix/Linux environments</li><li>
Experience analyzing, troubleshooting, and supporting large-scale, cloud-native systems</li></ul><div>
</div>Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills<ul><li>
Advanced knowledge of Java, object-oriented programming, and the JVM, especially in AWS environments</li><li>
Experience with infrastructure as code and modern monitoring/observability practices</li><li>
Experience working in the financial or fintech industry</li></ul>
ABOUT US
 
 
J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives. 
<div><div>We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation. 
</div></div> 
 
ABOUT THE TEAM
 
 
Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.</div>

Lead Java Full-Stack AWS Software Engineer - Vice President

Harmonic Security

<div>AI is being run everywhere, by humans and agents. Harmonic Security governs all of it. The AI Governance and Control (AIGC) platform understands user / agent intent and data context in real time, giving security teams visibility and control across every tool and workflow so companies can move faster with AI while minimizing risk.
We operate in one of the fastest-moving spaces in tech: the emerging intersection of AI and cybersecurity. It's a market still being defined, and we're among the first to build natively for it - protecting sensitive data in real time, at the endpoint, with minimal friction for the teams using it. Enterprises get full visibility and control. Their people get to innovate without guardrails slowing them down.
Named to the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, Harmonic is gaining serious recognition and serious traction. We're led by deep cybersecurity expertise and backed by investors who know the space: N47, Ten Eleven Ventures, and In-Q-Tel.
As AI adoption inside the enterprise accelerates, the ability to safely observe, control, and enforce policy in real time isn't a nice-to-have. It's mission-critical infrastructure. That's what we build.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
How We Work: AI-First by Design</h2>
Harmonic exists to help enterprises adopt AI safely and at scale. We hold ourselves to that same standard. Everyone here actively leverages AI tools to perform their best work &mdash; from deep research and writing to building robust processes and automating complex workflows. We expect every new hire to bring a genuine curiosity for AI and a commitment to using it to work smarter, faster, and with greater creativity.
For some, this involves tinkering and remaining open to emerging tools; for others, it means architecting entirely new systems with AI at the core. We will be transparent about expectations for every role and provide the tools and support needed for you to thrive.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
About the Team</h2>
Our Product Delivery team is the engine that turns vision into impact. We ship early and often, getting valuable features into the hands of customers quickly and iterating from there. We work in the open by default, sharing progress and ideas, and we trust each other to own outcomes. We&rsquo;re a small but mighty crew where every person plays a critical role and we&rsquo;re committed to using AI to work smarter and faster.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
About the Role</h2>
We&rsquo;re looking for a Backend Engineer who has an appreciation for all things security and system interconnectivity. This is a very hands-on technical role where you will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining scalable integrations between our core applications, identity providers and data security platforms.<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You'll Do</h2><ul><li>
Own deliveries and features from start to finish</li><li>
Design, build, and own backend services in a microservices-based, event-driven architecture</li><li>
Implement core domain logic that drives key product workflows and system behavior</li><li>
Ingest and process high-volume usage and event data from customer-facing endpoints</li><li>
Build backend services that support operational, analytics, and reporting use cases</li><li>
Model, persist, and manage domain data, enabling querying, filtering, and lifecycle management</li><li>
Expose well-designed APIs and webhooks consumed by customers, UIs, and external systems</li><li>
Power customer-facing UI experiences by providing backend APIs for visibility, analytics, and configuration</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
What You Bring</h2><ul><li>
3&ndash;5+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend services and distributed systems in the Java ecosystem (Java, Spring Boot, Maven/Gradle)</li><li>
Strong understanding of event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing patterns, messaging systems, and distributed system design</li><li>
Proven experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs, web hooks, and service-to-service integrations</li><li>
Comfortable operating in AWS, GCP, or Azure environments and working with modern observability tooling, logging, and monitoring platforms</li><li>
A track record of delivering performant, reliable and scalable applications</li><li>
Excellent collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional teams</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
You Might Be a Fit if You</h2><ul><li>
Have experience building products in cybersecurity, identity, governance, compliance, data protection, or enterprise SaaS environments</li><li>
You understand not just how to build systems, but why architectural decisions matter</li><li>
You can balance scalability, reliability, maintainability, and speed of execution</li><li>
You think critically about security, observability, and operational excellence from day one</li><li>
Love the idea of blending software development, distributed systems and data-intensive applications</li><li>
Strong familiarity with authentication and identity technologies such as OAuth, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, SCIM, Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, or other enterprise identity providers</li><li>
Thrive in fast-paced startup environments where ambiguity is the norm</li><li>
Enjoy shaping culture and engineering practices, not just writing code</li><li>
Leverage AI tools as an engineer to help you build smarter, faster and better</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Why Join Us</h2>
This isn't just a job - it's a chance to help define a category. Harmonic Security was named to the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, and we're just getting started. We're building at the intersection of AI and security, carving out an emerging market where the rules haven't been written yet, and the people who join now will write them.
We believe today's talent is tomorrow's success, and we're committed to creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.<ul><li>
Recognized momentum - We made the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, a signal that the market is taking notice</li><li>
Rare market opportunity - Join early in a category-defining company at the convergence of AI and security, where your work directly shapes how enterprises tackle one of the biggest unsolved problems in tech</li><li>
Competitive pay and meaningful equity - A real stake in Harmonic's success, not a token gesture</li><li>
Comprehensive benefits - 401K, pension plan, generous PTO, and flexible hybrid work</li><li>
A small, high-trust team that values transparency, creativity, and continuous learning - no politics, no bureaucracy</li><li>
Thoughtful leadership - that cares deeply about your growth, not just your output</li><li>
Annual global off-sites - past trips include Lisbon, Portugal and Nashville, TN</li><li>
Real ownership - you'll shape the product, the culture, and the direction of the company from day one</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
Harmonic's Core Values</h2>
Flourish in the Unknown
We embrace new, unfamiliar situations that require initiative and rapid decision-making. We orient ourselves quickly and deliver results with minimal guidance.
Never Full
We raise our hands, take on challenges, and assist others whenever possible. We hunger for opportunities to learn and do more.
Perfect Harmony
We support one another to create cohesion and unity. We collaborate openly, share feedback honestly, and help everyone produce their best work
Compensation Range: &pound;89K - &pound;105K</div>

Senior Backend Engineer

TPXimpact

<div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About The Role</h3>
Job Level: 10

UK Wide
 
 
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer who will be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of high-quality software solutions.

This role involves leading a team of engineers on high-profile projects, ensuring best practices are followed, and driving continuous improvement in software development processes.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and UX/UI, to ensure that our software solutions meet business and customer needs. 
You will be responsible for driving culture through your craft and be keen to take on line management responsibilities. 

Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex software systems, ensuring they meet high standards of quality, security, and scalability.
</li><li>Manage and mentor a team of software engineers, providing technical guidance to foster professional growth.
</li><li>Ensure that coding standards, development best practices, and operational processes are consistently applied.
</li><li>Collaborate with product managers, UX/UI teams, and other departments such as DevOps, QA, and IT to translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure smooth delivery.
</li><li>Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise performance, reliability, and security in software applications.
</li><li>Conduct regular code reviews and ensure that feedback is constructive and promotes learning within the team.
</li><li>Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline the development and deployment process.
</li><li>Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues that arise during the software development lifecycle.
</li><li>Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in software engineering, communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive the adoption of new tools and methodologies where beneficial.
</li><li>Manage project timelines, ensuring that deliverables are completed on time and within scope.
</li><li>Contribute to bid questions &amp; early-stage hiring eg cv screening or technical assessments when required
</li></ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About You</h3>
Professional knowledge and experience

Essential:
<ul>
<li>Extensive experience in full-stack software engineering, including design, development, testing, and deployment.
</li><li>Hands on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Python and Microservices, although a true polyglot is preferred.
</li><li>Strong understanding of software development methodologies such as Agile, TDD and DevOps.
</li><li>Some proficiency in multiple programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or similar.
</li><li>Extensive experience writing well-tested code.
</li><li>Good knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure as code
</li><li>Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
</li><li>Experience with various architecture patterns eg microservices and event-driven.
</li><li>Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
</li><li>Proven ability to manage and lead engineering teams to success.
</li><li>Expertise in designing scalable and secure software architectures.
</li></ul>Desirable: 
<ul>
<li>Knowledge of emerging technologies like AI
</li><li>Previous, relevant experience as a senior software engineer
</li><li>Leading a large multidisciplinary project
</li><li>Line management experience
</li><li>Experience interviewing and screening candidates
</li><li>Experience responding to bid questions 
</li></ul> 
Skills
<ul>
<li>Software Architecture: Expertise in designing scalable, secure, and efficient software architectures, ensuring alignment with business goals.
</li><li>Cloud Platforms: Strong proficiency in cloud technologies, including architecture and deployment strategies.
</li><li>Programming and Development: Advanced knowledge of multiple programming languages and frameworks (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js).
</li><li>CI/CD and Automation: Implementing and maintaining continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines to accelerate development cycles.
</li><li>Code Quality and Testing: Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, JUnit) and best practices for ensuring code quality.
</li><li>DevOps Practices: Expertise in DevOps, particularly around automating deployment, monitoring, and scaling applications.
</li><li>Communication: Able to confidently communicate with internal and external stakeholders at both the technical and non-technical levels. Able to present and give feedback to relevant groups. Eg demo/TDA 
</li></ul>Behaviours and PACT values
<ul>
<li>Purpose: Be values-driven, recognising that our client's needs are paramount. Approach client engagements with professionalism and creativity, balancing commercial and operational needs.
</li><li>Accountability: Be accountable for delivering your part of a project on time and under budget and working well with other leaders. Lead by example, promoting a culture where quality and client experience are foremost.
</li><li>Craft: Balance multiple priorities while leading high-performing teams. Navigate ambiguity and set the technical direction and approach to support positive outcomes.
</li><li>Togetherness: Collaborate effectively with others across TPXimpact. Build strong relationships with colleagues and clients. 
</li></ul> 
 
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">About Us</h3>
People-powered transformation

We're a purpose driven organisation, supporting organisations to build a better future for people, places and the planet. Combining vast experience in the public, private and third sectors and expertise in human-centred design, data, experience and technology, we&rsquo;re creating sustainable solutions ready for an ever-evolving world. 

At the heart of TPXimpact, we&rsquo;re collaborative and empathetic. We&rsquo;re a team of passionate people who care deeply about the work we do and the impact we have in the world. We know that change happens through people, with people and for people. That&rsquo;s why we believe in people-powered transformation. 

Working in close collaboration with our clients, we seek to understand their unique challenges, questioning assumptions and building in their teams the capabilities and confidence to continue learning, iterating and adapting. 

We&rsquo;re an inclusive employer, and we care about diversity in our teams. Let us know in your application if you have accessibility requirements during the interview.
Benefits include:
<ul>
<li>30 days holiday + bank holidays
</li><li>2 volunteer days for causes that you are passionate about
</li><li>maternity/paternity - 6 months Maternity Leave, 3 months Paternity Leave
</li><li>life assurance
</li><li>employer pension contribution of 5%
</li><li>health cash plan
</li><li>personal learning and development budget
</li><li>Employee Assistance Programme
</li><li>access to equity in the business through a Share Incentive Plan
</li><li>green incentive programmes including Electric Vehicle Leasing and the Cycle to Work Scheme
</li><li>health assessments</li></ul></div>

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