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PUMA

<div><p>SPEED &amp; SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.</p></div>
<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your mission</b></h2>
</div><p></p><div><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>You will support the planning process from seasonal range planning and purchasing through to in-season trading, promotions, product launches and price management. The role requires strong attention to detail, analytical thinking and a commercial mindset, with a focus on identifying opportunities and risks and taking action to maxmise Ecommerce performance.</b></h3>
<p></p><p><b>Key Responsibilities</b></p>
<p></p><ul><li><b>Support seasonal ecommerce planning</b> in collaboration with the Senior Planner, Provide support across the wider eCommerce business on category performance, rate of sale (ROS), and seasonal planning.</li>
</ul><ul><li><b>Monitor weekly trading performance</b>, identifying bestsellers and underperformance, and take proactive action to optimise stock, margin, and risk.</li>
<li><b>Support promotional strategy, including markdowns</b> and in-season activity, ensuring alignment with GM targets and accuracy across digital channels.</li>
</ul><ul><li>Part <b>manages seasonal range plans</b>, ensuring customer relevance and alignment to top-down financial targets (Net Sales, GM%, MD%, Buy Volume, ST%).</li>
<li>Contribute to <b>seasonal and in-season range reviews</b>, using historical performance to inform future strategy.</li>
<li><b>Lead the purchasing plans</b>: Order placement dates management, Size break creation and working with the purchasing team to ensure all has been placed correctly.</li>
<li><b>Delivery Tracking</b> to ensure products arrive at the warehouse on time</li>
<li><b>Managing Product launches</b>, Instore dates and in-season product changes management. Ensuring all internal files and updates are communicated to the wider teams.</li>
<li><b>Price Management</b> [uploads, and weekly price checks]</li>
</ul></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your talent</b></h2>
</div><p></p><div><div><ul><li>Proven experience in merchandising, Buying or planning.</li>
<li>Strong analytical and commercial mindset.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of trading, range planning, pricing, Purchasing and delivery tracking.</li>
<li>Understanding of marketplaces would be advantageous</li>
</ul><p></p><p>Please note that this position is a fixed term position of up to 12 months or until current post holder returns.</p>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Our principles</b></h2>
</div><div><div><div><p>PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.</p>
<p>At PUMA, every application is reviewed by real people who are committed to fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity - no matter your background, identity, or experience. To ensure our process stays true to these values, no automated systems or AI tools are used to make hiring decisions. Every decision is made by real people -with real judgment and accountability. We may use functions supported by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to carry out isolated organizational steps, such as scheduling interviews. These functions have no influence on decisions in the application process. We believe in creating spaces where everyone is welcome, celebrated, and empowered to contribute authentically. Because at PUMA, whoever wants to play, can play.</p>
<p>PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div>

Junior Planner Ecommerce & Marketplace UK (Fixed Term)

Anthony Collins Solicitors

<div><div><div><div><div>Are you organised, detail-focused and keen to build your property law career in a nationally recognised social housing team?</div><div>
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You will support Legal Advisors on development acquisitions and asset management matters, managing pre and post-completion processes and due diligence. Join a collaborative development team delivering socially impactful work using innovative real estate technology.</div></div></div>
</div><div><div>Application Deadline</div>
<div>October 30, 2026</div>
<div>Department</div>
<div>Property</div>
<div>Employment Type</div>
<div>Permanent - Full Time</div>
<div>Location</div>
<div>Manchester</div>
<div>Workplace type</div>
<div>Hybrid</div>
<div>Reporting To</div>
<div>Tom Starkey</div>
</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Key Responsibilities
</b></h2><div><div><div><ul><li>Manage transaction timelines</li>
<li> Support due diligence and property enquiries</li>
<li> Complete Land Registry submissions and searches</li>
<li> Draft standard correspondence and file documents</li>
<li> Assist on asset management matters</li>
</ul></div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
</b></h2><div><div><div><ul><li>Strong organisation and attention to detail</li>
<li>Proficient in Word, Excel and Outlook</li>
<li>Confident using new technology and AI tools</li>
<li>Professional and client-focused approach</li>
<li>Committed to confidentiality and high standards</li>
</ul></div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Benefits
</b></h2><div><div><div><ul><li>Birmingham, located roles, we have a newly refurbished office in the City centre with an on-site caf&eacute; and free use of Gym facilities</li>
<li>For Manchester vacancies, we have a City Central site, with newly refurbished facilities</li>
<li>Hybrid working</li>
<li>25 days holiday, 2 gift days at Christmas.</li>
<li>The opportunity to give back and have 3 days available for social purpose volunteering.</li>
<li>All IT equipment and support for effective home working</li>
<li>An excellent development training programme and opportunities to grow sector expertise</li></ul><div><br>
<br>
</div></div></div></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About Anthony Collins
</b></h2><div><div>Anthony Collins Solicitors is a specialist law firm with a clear purpose &ndash; to &ldquo;improve lives, communities and society&quot;. For over 50 years, we&rsquo;ve been successfully combining market-leading legal expertise with a commitment to excellence and long-term relationships underpinned by a strong set of values.</div><div>
</div><div>
What makes Anthony Collins Solicitors distinctive, beyond simply being a sector-specialist law firm, is our people and the values we share. We&rsquo;re extremely proud of the calibre of people that we attract; people who are inspired by our values, motivated by our vision and work with our clients to positively influence the society and communities we are building together.</div>
</div><div><div>We are proud to attract people who are motivated by our purpose and values, and who want to make a positive contribution to the communities and society we serve.<br>
</div><div>Anthony Collins Solicitors is a committed Equal Opportunities employer and advocate of social mobility.<br>
</div><div>We believe talent exists everywhere and are committed to providing fair access, opportunity and progression for all, regardless of background.</div></div></div><div></div>

Property - Paralegal

CreateFuture

<div><p>CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what's not working and helping them to build the future.<br>
<br>
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. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years.<br>
<br>
<b>About the role and team</b><br>
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Technical Lead with a strong background in .NET, AWS, event-driven architecture, and continuous delivery to join a team delivering and modernising a broad range of business-critical applications and services. This is very much a lead engineer role: you'll spend the majority of your time writing code, setting technical direction by example, and working closely with engineering teams and client stakeholders.<br>
<br>
The successful candidate will work across a broad technology landscape including .NET, Next,js and AWS. You will play a key role in building scalable, event-driven, cloud-native solutions, improving existing systems, and setting the technical bar for delivery.<br>
<br>
This role requires someone comfortable operating within challenging technical environments, able to work closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to simplify, improve, and evolve existing services. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential, as many existing platforms and services have significant operational and organisational investment behind them.<br>
<br>
<b>Key Responsibilities</b></p>
<ul>
<li><p>Act as a hands-on Tech Lead, writing production code as the majority of your day-to-day activity while setting technical direction for the team.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Design, develop, and maintain applications and services using .NET technologies and AWS cloud platforms.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Work hands-on across a broad technology landscape including .NET, Next.js and AWS</p>
</li>
<li><p>Drive continuous delivery practices, improving build, test, and release pipelines to enable frequent, low-risk deployments.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Identify opportunities to simplify, rationalise, and improve existing systems and services.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Design and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Support cloud-native engineering practices and platform improvements across AWS environments.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Contribute to frontend application development using Next.js or similar modern JavaScript frameworks.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Engage directly and confidently with business stakeholders, translating technical trade-offs into terms that support good decision-making.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Promote best practices in software engineering, maintainability, scalability, and operational excellence.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Support teams through technical challenges and modernisation initiatives.</p>
</li>
</ul><div><b>Required Experience</b></div>
<ul><li>Strong, hands-on experience as a Tech Lead or Lead Engineer working within .NET environments.</li>
<li>Good experience across both modern .NET and legacy .NET Framework applications.</li>
<li>Strong experience with AWS cloud technologies.</li>
<li>Strong experience designing and implementing event-driven architecture.</li>
<li>Strong experience with continuous delivery, including CI/CD pipeline design and delivery automation.</li>
<li>Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.</li>
<li>Experience working within complex or evolving technical environments.</li>
<li>Frontend development experience using Next.js or similar JavaScript frameworks.</li>
<li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging directly with business stakeholders.</li>
<li>Comfortable working hands-on within challenging technical environments, spending the majority of time writing code rather than managing people.</li>
<li>Ability to work collaboratively across engineering and business teams.</li>
</ul><div><b>Nice to Have</b></div>
<ul><li>Experience modernising legacy enterprise applications and services.</li>
<li>Exposure to WCF, WPF, and broader legacy Microsoft technology stacks.</li>
<li>Experience supporting platform consolidation or transformation initiatives.</li>
<li>Familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling and harness engineering concepts.<br>
<br>
Note: this role requires onsite time in the office in Manchester 2-3 days per week.</li>
</ul><div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>What we'll offer you:</b></h3>
<p>
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.<br>
<br>
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.</p>
<p>
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.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Our hiring process</b></h3>
<p>
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.</p>
<p>
It usually looks like this:</p>
<ul>
<li>Call with our Talent Acquisition Team</li>
<li>Role specific capability interview</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Inclusion at CreateFuture</b></h3>
<p>
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.</p>
<p>
If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help.</p>
<p>
We look forward to your application!</p></div></div>

Technical Lead (.NET/AWS) - Manchester

TRAVEL COUNSELLORS

<div><p><b>About Us</b></p><p>
At Travel Counsellors, our customers, communities, and colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. For over 30 years, we've empowered 2,200+ independent travel agents worldwide, helping them build successful businesses while providing deeply personal, human connections with their customers. Supported by a talented team of over 400 people in our Support Offices, we create unique travel experiences that keep customers coming back. Named the Best Place to Work in Travel (2022) and ranked in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work (2023, 2024 &amp; 2025), we&rsquo;re expanding rapidly and looking for exceptional individuals to join our Head Office team.</p><p></p><p><b>
About the Role</b></p><p>
As Agentic Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building and operating the enterprise agentic engineering platform that enables AI agents to safely plan, reason, use tools and execute work across Travel Counsellors' technology estate.<br>
<br>
This is an agentic engineering role with strong Platform foundations. Your primary focus will be the design, development and production operation of autonomous and semi-autonomous agents for software delivery, platform operations, service reliability, security and engineering productivity. You will create reusable agent capabilities, orchestration patterns, tool integrations, memory and retrieval services, evaluation frameworks and governance controls that allow teams to adopt agentic automation safely at scale.<br>
<br>
You will treat agents as production software: versioned, tested, observable, secure, cost-controlled and accountable. Working across Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security, Data and product teams, you will turn high-value operational workflows into reliable agentic products with clear human oversight, measurable outcomes and safe rollback.</p><p><b><br>
Principal Accountabilities</b></p><ul><li><p>
Design, build and operate the enterprise agentic platform, including orchestration, runtime services, model routing, memory, identity and policy enforcement.</p></li><li><p>
Develop reusable agent frameworks, SDKs and patterns that enable engineering teams to build secure, scalable AI agents consistently.</p></li><li><p>
Engineer autonomous and human-in-the-loop agent workflows that plan, execute, validate and escalate tasks within defined risk and governance controls.</p></li><li><p>
Integrate agents securely with enterprise platforms, cloud services, APIs and knowledge sources using modern integration standards and Model Context Protocol (MCP).</p></li><li><p>
Build production-grade agent services using Python, cloud-native architectures, event-driven design, automation and Infrastructure as Code.</p></li><li><p>
Implement robust evaluation, observability and continuous improvement capabilities, including testing, tracing, telemetry and performance optimisation.</p></li><li><p>
Embed security, governance and responsible AI principles through least-privilege access, policy enforcement, auditability and data protection.</p></li><li><p>
Own the reliability and operational excellence of the agentic platform, including CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, incident response and production support.</p></li><li><p>
Collaborate with Engineering, Security, Architecture, Data and Risk teams to define standards, document best practices and support adoption of the platform.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><br>
Required Experience</b></p><ul><li><p>
Hands-on experience designing and operating production AI-agent or LLM-powered systems, not only experimenting with chat interfaces or prompt prototypes.</p></li><li><p>
Strong software engineering capability in Python, including API design, automated testing, asynchronous processing, dependency management and production debugging.</p></li><li><p>
Practical experience with agent orchestration, structured tool calling, workflow state, retrieval-augmented generation and human-in-the-loop patterns.</p></li><li><p>
Experience building secure integrations with enterprise APIs, repositories, cloud services, CI/CD, observability or ITSM platforms.</p></li><li><p>
Experience creating evaluation frameworks for agent quality, task completion, safety, reliability, latency and cost.</p></li><li><p>
Strong understanding of agent security, including workload identity, least privilege, secrets management, sandboxing, approvals and audit trails.</p></li><li><p>
Experience observing and operating LLM or agent workloads in production, including tracing, prompt/model/tool versioning, regression monitoring and incident response.</p></li><li><p>
Strong AWS and cloud-native engineering experience, including Infrastructure as Code, containers or serverless services, networking, IAM and monitoring.</p></li><li><p>
Experience with CI/CD and production ownership, with willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rota.</p></li><li><p>
Ability to explain complex agent behaviour, risks and trade-offs clearly to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b><br>
Our Benefits</b></p><ul><li><p>
Competitive salary + annual bonus</p></li><li><p>
Flexible hybrid working</p></li><li><p>
Career development opportunities</p></li><li><p>
25 days holiday (increasing to 28 after 5 years)</p></li><li><p>
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay</p></li><li><p>
1 day paid charity day</p></li><li><p>
Company events and incentives</p></li><li><p>
3x salary death in service benefit</p></li><li><p>
Pension scheme</p></li><li><p>
Private Medical Insurance or Healthcare Cash Plan</p></li><li><p>
Free breakfast and beverages</p></li></ul><p></p><p><b>
Inclusive Recruitment at Travel Counsellors</b></p><p><br>
Travel Counsellors is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, or any protected characteristic. We provide accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will make every effort to accommodate reasonable adjustments where required. We believe diverse perspectives strengthen our team and encourage all to apply.</p><p>
For more information about this role &ndash; and others &ndash; at Travel Counsellors, please do not hesitate to contact the Talent Acquisition team at talentacquisition@travelcounsellors.com</p></div><p></p>

Agentic Platform Engineer

GMCA

<div><div><div><p><b>Senior Contracts &amp; Performance Manager</b></p><p><b>
Safer &amp; Stronger Communities Directorate</b></p><p><b>
Grade 9 &pound;49,282 - &pound;53,460</b></p><p>
Please note: The role has been provisionally assessed as a Grade 9 post and is awaiting final audit panel sign-off. Appointment to the vacancy will be confirmed once that process has been completed.</p><p>
Interviews will be held on Monday 12th October 2026.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
About the role</b></p><p>
Over recent years, the Safer and Stronger Communities Directorate has significantly expanded its commissioned services and grants activity in support of the delivery of the Deputy Mayor's Police and Crime Plan. As our portfolio has grown, so too has the need for stronger, more consistent commissioning oversight, performance management, contract management and governance arrangements.</p><p>
This newly created role will play a central part in ensuring that the directorate has the systems, processes, information and assurance needed to effectively oversee delivery, manage risk and support informed decision-making.</p><p>
Working across a diverse portfolio of commissioned services and grants, you will establish and embed the systems, processes and governance arrangements that support effective oversight, accountability and performance across the directorate. Rather than managing individual contracts directly, your focus will be on creating the systems, frameworks, information and governance arrangements that enable consistent, high-quality contract management, performance oversight and decision-making across the organisation.</p><p>
You will work closely with the Combined Authority's Commercial Services function, helping ensure that directorate activity aligns with corporate standards, governance requirements and best practice, whilst acting as a key link between central commercial colleagues and operational teams.</p><p>
In doing so, you will work closely with contract managers, service leads and senior managers to improve consistency, transparency and quality in the way commissioned activity is planned, managed and reviewed. You will help create an environment where contract managers and operational teams are supported to deliver effectively, whilst ensuring senior leaders have the information, assurance and visibility needed to make informed decisions.</p><p>
The role will lead the development of directorate-wide approaches to commissioning oversight, contract management and performance management. This will include improving management information, coordinating pipeline planning activity, strengthening governance arrangements, identifying emerging risks and performance concerns, and ensuring appropriate escalation routes are in place.</p><p>
Whilst the initial focus of the role will be on strengthening oversight across our commissioned services and grants portfolio, the position sits within the wider Oversight and Performance function and contributes to broader directorate assurance arrangements. This includes supporting the development of performance frameworks, improving organisational visibility of emerging risks and trends, and helping ensure that senior leaders have access to the information, insight and assurance needed to support effective oversight of policing, fire and wider public service delivery.</p><p>
You will play a key role in supporting the Senior Management Team by ensuring that information is timely, meaningful and focused on the issues that matter most. By improving visibility of performance, risk and delivery across commissioned services, grants and wider directorate activity, you will help create the conditions for earlier intervention, stronger accountability and better outcomes. You will help develop the systems and reporting arrangements that allow emerging issues to be identified early, escalated appropriately and addressed before they become more significant delivery concerns.</p><p>
The role provides a unique opportunity to shape a new function and leave a lasting impact on how the directorate oversees a substantial and growing portfolio of commissioned services, grants activity and wider performance arrangements.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
About you</b></p><p>
We are looking for an experienced professional with expertise across commissioning, contract management, performance management, governance and assurance within complex organisational environments. You will likely have developed this experience within the public sector and understand the realities of operating in highly visible and publicly scrutinised settings. However, we are equally interested in hearing from candidates who have developed comparable expertise in other sectors where strong governance, accountability, regulatory oversight and complex stakeholder environments are critical to success.</p><p>
You will have experience of establishing or improving systems, processes and governance arrangements that strengthen organisational oversight, transparency and accountability. You will understand how to translate large volumes of operational, contractual and performance information into clear insight that supports effective decision-making and enables managers and senior leaders to focus attention where it is most needed.</p><p>
You will be comfortable working across multiple teams and service areas, building strong relationships and influencing colleagues at all levels. You will be able to challenge constructively, identify opportunities for improvement and support managers to strengthen performance, delivery and compliance.</p><p>
Experience of developing performance frameworks, management information, assurance arrangements and escalation processes will be particularly valuable, as will a strong understanding of how effective oversight contributes to improved delivery and organisational performance.</p><p>
Most importantly, you will be someone who can bring consistency, transparency and quality to a complex portfolio, helping to create an environment where teams can perform at their best and leaders can influence with confidence.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
Working for GMCA</b></p><p>
At GMCA, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We value diversity, encourage flexible working and are committed to supporting the wellbeing and development of our people.</p><p>
In return, we offer a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme, generous annual leave entitlement, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, access to a range of health and wellbeing support, and opportunities for learning and professional development.</p><p>
We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and welcome applications from all sections of the community.</p></div></div><p></p><div><div><p><b><br>
Mandatory Information:</b></p><p><b>
Artificial Intelligence (AI)</b></p><p>
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.</p><p>
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.</p><p><b>
Privacy Notice</b><b> (Click here)</b></p><p>
Employees on the redeployment register will be given priority for any vacancies in the first instance. If employees are identified as a match from the register then the vacancy may be withdrawn or put on hold pending an outcome.</p><p>
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licenced sponsor.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
Hybrid working</b></p><p>
This role is part of GMCA&rsquo;s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to &lsquo;Build Back Fairer&rsquo; in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our Manchester city centre office, allocated GM Local Authority office(s), or on site in the community, with remote working, typically from home (within a reasonable commutable distance from Greater Manchester); the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: &lsquo;Do what is right for you and the business on that day&rsquo;. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.</p></div></div></div><p></p>

Senior Contracts & Performance Manager

Speechify

<div><p>The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.</p>
<p>
Over 50 million people use Speechify's text-to-speech products to turn whatever they're reading &ndash; PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites &ndash; into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify's text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.
</p><p>Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting &ndash; Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.</p>
<p><b>
Overview</b></p>
<p>
We're looking to hire for our Data side of our AI team at Speechify. This role is responsible for all aspects of data collection to support our model training operations. We are able to build high-quality datasets at petabyte-scale and low cost through a tight integration of infrastructure, engineering, and research work. We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join us.</p>
<p><b>
What You'll Do</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Be scrappy to find new sources of audio data and bring it into our ingestion pipeline</li>
<li>Operate and extend the cloud infrastructure for our ingestion pipeline, currently running on GCP and managed with Terraform.</li>
<li>Collaborate closely with our Scientists to shift the cost/throughput/quality frontier, delivering richer data at bigger scale and lower cost to power our next-generation models.</li>
<li>Collaborate with others on the AI Team and Speechify Leadership to craft the AI Team's dataset roadmap to power Speechify's next-generation consumer and enterprise products.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>An Ideal Candidate Should Have</b></p>
<ul>
<li>BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.</li>
<li>5+ years of industry experience in software development.</li>
<li>Proficiency with bash/Python scripting in Linux environments</li>
<li>Proficiency in Docker and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts and professional experience with at least one major Cloud Provider (we use GCP)</li>
<li>Experience with web crawlers, large-scale data processing workflows is a plus</li>
<li>Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities.</li>
<li>Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>What we offer</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A fast-growing environment where you can help shape the company and product.</li>
<li>An entrepreneurial-minded team that supports risk, intuition, and hustle.</li>
<li>A hands-off management approach so you can focus and do your best work.</li>
<li>An opportunity to make a big impact in a transformative industry.</li>
<li>Competitive salaries, a friendly and laid-back atmosphere, and a commitment to building a great asynchronous culture.</li>
<li>Opportunity to work on a life-changing product that millions of people use.</li>
<li>Build products that directly impact and support people with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, low vision, concussions, autism, and more.</li>
<li>Work in one of the fastest-growing sectors of tech, the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Think you're a good fit for this job?</b></p>
<p>
Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
<br>
And don't forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.</p>
<p><b>
Not looking but know someone who would make a great fit?</b></p>
<p>
Refer them!</p>
<p><b>
Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.</b></p>
<p>
Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.</p></div>

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Manchester, United Kingdom

Bauer Media Group

<b>Our Team:</b> How We Enrich Everyday Life
<br>You’ll be joining Bauer Media Audio (BMA), Europe’s biggest commercial audio broadcaster, connecting audiences across nine markets to the music, stories and experiences they love. Bauer Media Audio is making a significant investment in a new in‑house software engineering hub in Manchester. This new hub reinforces Manchester’s position as a key technology centre for Bauer Media Audio, alongside its existing locations. We’re creating a new engineering team to build innovative business-critical solutions that will power Bauer Media’s audio platform of the future. Our team is built around squads, each aligned to a distinct value stream, with a layer of cross-squad roles – people whose expertise and support spans the whole team. Each squad will be led by a Product Manager and Lead Engineer, working in partnership and jointly accountable for their squad's work and outcomes. Squads are intentionally small – typically around five to six engineers – keeping them focused, collaborative, and able to move quickly. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions, working closely with product and technology peers to ensure our platforms meet the evolving needs of the business and our international markets.
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The Difference You Will Make
<br>As Lead Engineer, you will combine hands-on technical contribution with the day-to-day leadership and people management of a software engineering squad within our new engineering team. You will work alongside your team, writing and reviewing code, guiding technical decisions, maintaining engineering standards, supporting the growth of individual engineers, and acting as the connective tissue between your squad and the broader engineering organisation. You'll work closely with the Director of Engineering and leaders from adjacent disciplines to ensure your team’s work aligns with our technical direction and product priorities.
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You'll lead with empathy and clarity to foster a culture of continuous improvement, shared ownership, and engineering excellence within your squad. Team leadership roles are vital to our success so you will play a key role in helping to create a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment that is psychologically safe, where everyone can be their authentic selves and do their best work, every day.
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Your Role
<br>Grow your team
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Support your engineers’ career development and build a motivated, high-performing squad through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and by creating individual growth plans.
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Mentor junior and mid-level engineers – fostering a continuous improvement culture and helping the team build technical confidence and skills.
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Contribute technically
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Write and review code as an active contributor to your squad’s delivery – guiding by example on quality, maintainability, and best practice.
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Guide architectural decisions and technical direction within your squad and contribute to broader engineering discussions.
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Drive delivery and planning
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Plan and manage squad capacity across projects – forecast hiring needs and allocating resources effectively to meet delivery commitments.
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Participate in roadmap, refinement, and sprint planning sessions – working closely with Product colleagues and adjacent discipline leads, providing technical input, ensuring clear scoping, and surfacing dependencies and risks early.
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Uphold engineering standards
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Define and sustain coding standards and review processes – conducting code reviews focused on quality, maintainability, and consistency.
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Track and manage technical debt within your squad – balancing debt reduction with feature delivery and escalating systemic issues where needed.
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Ensure operational excellence
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Participate in the in-hours and out-of-hours incident management rotas, providing hands-on technical support and clear, calm communication during high-pressure situations.
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Advocate for the ‘you build it, you run it’ ethos – ensuring your squad is equipped to deploy, operate, and support the systems they build as part of a DevOps culture where second line out of hours support is the expectation.
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What We're Looking For
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<b>Experience of some but not necessarily all of the following:</b><br>
Technical capability
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Solid hands-on software engineering experience, with sufficient depth across frontend and backend development to guide technical decisions, review code meaningfully, and set the standard for your squad.
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Able to lead a team across our core stack — a Java Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes and Kafka back end, with a TypeScript/React front end — deep expertise in some areas, with the breadth to engage credibly across the rest.
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A strong grasp of software architecture principles — domain-driven design, service boundaries, and event-driven communication (e.g. via Kafka) — and the ability to guide your squad's technical direction within a broader engineering strategy.
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<b>Modern engineering practices:</b> CI/CD, containerisation, version control workflows, code review, testing strategies, and observability.
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Security best practices embedded across the development lifecycle, with the ability to guide your squad to do the same.
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An awareness of AI trends within engineering and an interest in AI-assisted development tooling – understanding how these tools can improve your squad's productivity and code quality.
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Leadership and people skills
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Leading or mentoring with a servant-leadership mindset and a genuine focus on the growth and wellbeing of your colleagues.
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Communicating with a range of people and organisational roles, managing stakeholder expectations, representing your team’s needs, and fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
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Acting as an escalation point for your team, supporting them through complex or time-sensitive situations.
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Taking an organised and structured approach to planning, managing priorities and keeping delivery on track.
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Industry and delivery experience
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Leading a software engineering team or squad in a product-led, multidisciplinary organisation, with a track record of consistent, quality delivery.
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Agile software delivery practices and methodologies – with the experience to implement the right approach for your squad's context; SCRUM experience is a plus.
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Adapting to evolving business priorities, communicating calmly and clearly when under pressure.
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Media, audio streaming, or consumer platform experience is a plus.
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Working Pattern and Location
<br>This is a permanent, hybrid, full-time role with an in-office presence twice a week in our Manchester hub. Like all roles in the team, this one includes participation in incident management rotas – we schedule these collaboratively, taking into account everyone's responsibilities and commitments outside of work.
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Why Join Us?
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The chance to lead a team building platforms that reach millions of listeners across Europe, with real impact on the products people use every day.
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A growing engineering organisation investing heavily in its people, practices, and technology – with genuine support for leadership development.
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A collaborative, product-led environment where engineering has a clear and respected voice in shaping business outcomes.
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An environment that values empathy, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
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About Bauer Media Group
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We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
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What’s in it for you
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You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
<br>Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
<br>We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
<br>You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
<br>And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
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We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
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We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing careershub@bauermedia.co.uk
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We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
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If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
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<b>Date Job Posting Last Updated:</b> 26 Aug 2026
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<b>Location:</b><br>
Manchester, GB, M15 4PR
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<br><b>Req ID:</b> 3900

Lead Software Engineer

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