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Ignite Insurance Systems

<div><div><p>At <b>Verisk </b><b>Ignite </b>, we build innovative technology solutions that help our customers make better decisions through data, analytics, and software. We are looking for a highly experienced <b>Senior </b><b>Back-End </b><b>Software </b><b>Engineer </b>to join our growing engineering team and play a key role in designing and delivering scalable, secure, and resilient software platforms.
</p><p>This is a senior technical position suited to an engineer with <b>10+ </b><b>years </b><b>of </b><b>commercial </b><b>software </b><b>development </b><b>experience </b>who is passionate about backend architecture, engineering excellence, and team development. You'll be responsible for leading complex technical initiatives, influencing architectural direction, and mentoring engineers across the organization.
</p><p>This role is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to take the next step toward a future <b>Principal </b><b>Engineer </b>position. Beyond hands-on development, you'll act as a technical leader, helping shape engineering standards, supporting the growth of other engineers, and driving the adoption of modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development.
</p><p>#LI-SD2 #LI-Hybrid</p></div></div>
<br><div><div><ul><li>Design, develop, and deliver complex back-end services, APIs, and distributed systems that power business-critical and customer-facing applications.
</li><li>Lead the technical delivery of strategic initiatives from concept through production deployment.
</li><li>Drive architectural decisions that improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, security, and performance.
</li><li>Champion the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, leveraging tools such as GitHub Copilot and agentic workflows throughout the software development lifecycle.
</li><li>Translate business requirements into technical solutions, estimates, and delivery plans.
</li><li>Design and implement robust APIs, microservices, and data-driven solutions.
</li><li>Identify and mitigate technical risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges.
</li><li>Conduct code reviews and design reviews to ensure high engineering standards across teams.
</li><li>Define and improve best practices for testing, observability, performance, reliability, and operational excellence.
</li><li>Investigate complex production issues and drive continuous improvement through root-cause analysis.
</li><li>Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, reliability, and performance requirements.
</li><li>Serve as a senior technical mentor for engineers across the organization, providing coaching, guidance, and hands-on support to accelerate individual and team growth.
</li><li>Partner with Engineering Managers and technical leaders to help develop engineering capability, career progression frameworks, and technical excellence initiatives.
</li><li>Lead by example in promoting a culture of collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
</li>Create and maintain clear technical documentation.<br>
<li>
</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Technology environment
</b></p><div><ul><li>C# / .NET
</li><li>Microsoft Azure
</li><li>Kubernetes
</li><li>GitHub &amp; GitHub Actions
</li><li>SQL Server &amp; PostgreSQL
</li><li>REST APIs &amp; Microservices
</li><li>Event-Driven Architectures
</li><li>Grafana
</li><li>AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot</li></ul></div></div></div>
<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b>Required
</b></p><ul><li><b>10+ </b><b>years </b><b>of </b><b>commercial </b><b>software </b><b>engineering </b><b>experience </b>, with a strong focus on back-end development.
</li><li>Expert-level proficiency in <b>C# </b><b>and </b><b>.NET </b>.
</li><li>Extensive experience designing, building, and supporting scalable APIs, services, and distributed systems.
</li><li>Proven experience delivering secure, resilient, high-performance software solutions in production environments.
</li><li>Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
</li><li>Experience working with cloud platforms, ideally <b>Microsoft </b><b>Azure </b>.
</li><li>Strong experience with relational databases, data modelling, and query optimisation, ideally with <b>SQL </b><b>Server </b>and <b>PostgreSQL </b>.
</li><li>Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern deployment approaches.
</li><li>Strong understanding of secure software development principles and application security.
</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction.
</li><li>Significant experience mentoring and developing engineers at different stages of their careers.
</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
</li>Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve software delivery, quality, and productivity.<br>
<li>
</li></ul><p><br>
<b>Nice to have:
</b></p><ul><li>Experience with Azure Service Bus, Kafka, or similar messaging technologies.
</li><li>Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices.
</li><li>Experience operating containerized workloads on Kubernetes.
</li><li>Exposure to front-end technologies such as TypeScript, Vue.js, or modern JavaScript frameworks.
</li>Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.<br>
<li>
</li></ul><p><br>
<b>What success looks like
</b></p><ul><li>Delivering scalable, secure, and resilient backend services that support Verisk Ignite's products and customers.
</li><li>Driving strategic architectural decisions that enable sustainable growth and long-term maintainability.
</li><li>Building high-performing engineering teams through mentoring, coaching, and technical leadership.
</li><li>Establishing and promoting engineering best practices across projects and teams.
</li><li>Improving development efficiency through thoughtful adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices.
</li><li>Raising the technical capability of the organization through knowledge sharing and leadership.
</li><li>Being recognized as a trusted technical leader with a clear path toward a future <b>Principal </b><b>Engineer </b>role.
</li><li>Balancing delivery speed with long-term quality, reliability, and scalability.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><p></p><div><p><b>Our People, Our Culture
</b></p><p>For more than 50 years, Verisk has helped property and casualty insurers make smarter decisions about risk through AI-powered risk modeling, advanced analytics, and technology solutions spanning the entire policy lifecycle. We are a leading strategic data, analytics, and technology partner to the global insurance industry, guided by core values of learning, caring, and results while maintaining the highest ethical standards as stewards of the industry's most comprehensive datasets. Learn more about Verisk and what we are doing within the insurance industry.
</p><p>For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work&reg; for outstanding workplace culture in the US, the fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and the second consecutive year in Poland. In addition, we&rsquo;ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World&rsquo;s Best Employer, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
</p><p><b>Our Culture </b>: Explore our inclusive, people-first culture that fosters innovation, collaboration, and belonging.
</p><p><b>Awards &amp; Recognition </b>: See why Verisk is consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work&trade; around the world.
</p><p><b>Our Businesses </b>: Learn about the diverse industries we serve &mdash; from insurance and energy to financial services and beyond.
</p><p><b>Life at Verisk </b>: Discover what it&rsquo;s like to work at Verisk through employee stories, team highlights, and culture moments.
</p><p><b>Careers at Verisk </b>: Join a global team of problem-solvers and innovators doing meaningful work that&rsquo;s shaping the future of industries. Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your career to the next level, Verisk offers growth, purpose, and a people-first culture
</p><p>Let&rsquo;s build something meaningful together!
</p><p>Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
</p><p>All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk&rsquo;s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
</p><p>At Verisk, we provide a competitive compensation package aligned with market benchmarks and individual experience, disclosed transparently in accordance with applicable pay transparency regulations. In addition to base salary, eligible roles may include a range of incentive opportunities designed based on market research and our internal grading structure.
</p><p>Our benefits portfolio varies by location; however, a typical package includes medical coverage, life insurance, pension plans, and paid time off in line with local labor laws.
</p><p>We also foster a work environment focused on well-being and career development. Additional perks may include wellness initiatives, fitness programs, and team-building activities.
</p><p>https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
</p><p>Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine, or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
</p><p>Verisk Employee Privacy Notice</p></div>

Senior Back-End Software Engineer

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.
<br><br>
The Difference You Will Make
<br>As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in laying the technical foundations of this new engineering team. You’ll lead hands-on development of infrastructure and prototyping work, mentor engineers, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver secure, resilient, and high-performing systems.
<br>Working closely with your squad, you will ensure the squad's work aligns with our technical direction and product priorities, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement, shared ownership, and engineering excellence. 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.
<br><br>
Your Role
<br><br>
Build and deliver Develop and maintain features and services across the platform, taking end-to-end ownership of your work from design through to deployment. Contribute to early-stage prototyping and infrastructure work, helping to shape the foundations of the platform.
<br><br>
Shape technical direction Contribute to architectural decisions within your squad, sharing your experience and perspective to inform technical choices. Collaborate with your Lead Engineer and product colleagues to ensure your work aligns with the squad's technical direction and delivery goals.
<br>Mentor and support Support the growth of junior engineers through code review, pairing, and knowledge sharing — helping to build a team where everyone improves together. Play your part in growing the team — contributing to interviews and helping new engineers get up to speed quickly.
<br>Champion quality and operational excellence Champion DevOps practices, CI/CD, and a culture of automation and observability as a natural part of how you build. Lead on testing strategies and uphold security standards day to day. Participate in incident management rotas, providing hands-on technical support and clear communication during high-pressure situations.
<br><br>
What We're Looking For
<br><br>
<b>Experience of some but not necessarily all of the following:</b><br>
Technical capability
<br><br>
Solid hands-on engineering experience, with active proficiency across frontend and backend development – enough to lead by example and contribute to technical decisions. Experience with our core stack — a Java Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes and Kafka back end, with a TypeScript/React front end. Experience designing and building services within a microservices or domain-driven architecture — defining service boundaries and working with asynchronous, event-driven communication (e.g. via Kafka) — and an understanding of how those decisions play out once services are running in production. CI/CD, containerisation, and modern DevOps practices applied as part of everyday delivery. Security best practices embedded in day-to-day development. An interest in AI-assisted development tooling and how it can improve productivity and code quality.
<br><br>
Collaboration and communication
<br><br>
Experience mentoring engineers and supporting their growth, with an awareness of how to adapt your approach to different people and experience levels. Strong communication skills – able to collaborate across disciplines and articulate technical ideas clearly to non-technical colleagues. A habit of documenting decisions and sharing knowledge across the team.
<br><br>
Industry and delivery experience
<br><br>
Experience working in a product-led, agile software delivery environment. Incident management experience or familiarity with on-call responsibilities. Media, audio streaming, or consumer platform experience is a plus.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Why Join Us?
<br><br>
The chance to work in a team building platforms that reach millions of listeners across Europe, with real impact on the products people use every day. A growing engineering organisation investing heavily in its people, practices, and technology – with genuine support for skills development. A collaborative, product-led environment where engineering has a clear and respected voice in shaping business outcomes. An environment that values empathy, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence. #LI-Hybrid
<br><br>
About Bauer Media Group
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
What’s in it for you
<br><br>
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
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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
<br><br>
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
<br><br>
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
<br><br>
<b>Date Job Posting Last Updated:</b> 25 Aug 2026
<br><br>
<b>Location:</b><br>
Manchester, GB, M15 4PR
<br><br>
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<br><b>Req ID:</b> 3872

Senior Software Engineer (Java, Spring Boot)

<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.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Your Role
<br>Grow your team
<br><br>
Support your engineers’ career development and build a motivated, high-performing squad through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and by creating individual growth plans.
<br><br>
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers – fostering a continuous improvement culture and helping the team build technical confidence and skills.
<br><br>
Contribute technically
<br><br>
Write and review code as an active contributor to your squad’s delivery – guiding by example on quality, maintainability, and best practice.
<br><br>
Guide architectural decisions and technical direction within your squad and contribute to broader engineering discussions.
<br><br>
Drive delivery and planning
<br><br>
Plan and manage squad capacity across projects – forecast hiring needs and allocating resources effectively to meet delivery commitments.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Uphold engineering standards
<br><br>
Define and sustain coding standards and review processes – conducting code reviews focused on quality, maintainability, and consistency.
<br><br>
Track and manage technical debt within your squad – balancing debt reduction with feature delivery and escalating systemic issues where needed.
<br><br>
Ensure operational excellence
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
What We're Looking For
<br><br>
<b>Experience of some but not necessarily all of the following:</b><br>
Technical capability
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
<b>Modern engineering practices:</b> CI/CD, containerisation, version control workflows, code review, testing strategies, and observability.
<br><br>
Security best practices embedded across the development lifecycle, with the ability to guide your squad to do the same.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Leadership and people skills
<br><br>
Leading or mentoring with a servant-leadership mindset and a genuine focus on the growth and wellbeing of your colleagues.
<br><br>
Communicating with a range of people and organisational roles, managing stakeholder expectations, representing your team’s needs, and fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
<br><br>
Acting as an escalation point for your team, supporting them through complex or time-sensitive situations.
<br><br>
Taking an organised and structured approach to planning, managing priorities and keeping delivery on track.
<br><br>
Industry and delivery experience
<br><br>
Leading a software engineering team or squad in a product-led, multidisciplinary organisation, with a track record of consistent, quality delivery.
<br><br>
Agile software delivery practices and methodologies – with the experience to implement the right approach for your squad's context; SCRUM experience is a plus.
<br><br>
Adapting to evolving business priorities, communicating calmly and clearly when under pressure.
<br><br>
Media, audio streaming, or consumer platform experience is a plus.
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
Why Join Us?
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
A growing engineering organisation investing heavily in its people, practices, and technology – with genuine support for leadership development.
<br><br>
A collaborative, product-led environment where engineering has a clear and respected voice in shaping business outcomes.
<br><br>
An environment that values empathy, accountability, continuous learning, and engineering excellence.
<br><br>
#LI-Hybrid
<br><br>
#LI-Hybrid
<br><br>
About Bauer Media Group
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
What’s in it for you
<br><br>
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
<br><br>
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.
<br><br>
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
<br><br>
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
<br><br>
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
<br><br>
<b>Date Job Posting Last Updated:</b> 26 Aug 2026
<br><br>
<b>Location:</b><br>
Manchester, GB, M15 4PR
<br><br>
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<br><b>Req ID:</b> 3900

Lead Software Engineer

Capgemini

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About the job you&rsquo;re considering</b></h2>
</div><div><p>Cyber threats are evolving fast&mdash;and so are we. As part of our 24/7 Protective Monitoring team, you&rsquo;ll be on the front lines defending critical systems and sensitive data for both government and commercial clients across the UK and Europe. You won&rsquo;t just be watching alerts&mdash;you&rsquo;ll be actively shaping the security posture of organizations that matter.
<br>
This is your chance to build real-world experience with cutting-edge tools like SIEM and security automation platforms, all while working in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.</p>
<p>If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)</p>
<p>This role is 5 days onsite in Preston and is on shift.</p>
</div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your role:</b></h2>
</div><div><p>As a Security Incident Management Analyst, your mission is to detect, investigate, and escalate potential threats. You&rsquo;ll:</p>
<ul><li>Monitor security systems for suspicious activity and emerging threats.</li>
<li>Log and escalate incidents using our incident management platform.</li>
<li>Ensure the health and performance of monitoring tools.</li>
<li>Collaborate with other analysts and support teams during investigations.</li>
<li>Document findings clearly and contribute to continuous improvement.</li>
<li>Help produce regular service reports and insights.</li>
</ul><p>You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.</p>
</div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your skills and experience</b></h2>
</div><div><ul><li>A background in IT or cybersecurity (or a strong desire to grow in this field).</li>
<li>Analytical thinking and a problem-solving mindset.</li>
<li>Familiarity with incident, problem, or change management.</li>
<li>Understanding of security principles and best practices.</li>
<li>Strong communication and multitasking skills.</li>
</ul><p><b>Nice-to-Have Skills</b>:</p>
<ul><li>Experience with SIEM tools (e.g., QRadar, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel).</li>
<li>Knowledge of TCP/IP and common cyber threats (phishing, malware, DDoS).</li>
<li>Certifications like CompTIA Security+, Splunk certified user, Microsoft SC900 &amp; SC200.</li>
<li>Exposure to services like vulnerability management, PKI, anti-malware, and forensic analysis.</li>
</ul></div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>We are a Disability Confident Employer</b></h2>
</div><div><p>Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government&rsquo;s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:</p>
<ul><li>Declare they have a disability, and</li>
Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.<br>
<li>
<br>
</li></ul><p><br>
Please opt in during the application process.
</p></div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Your security clearance and pre-employment checks</b></h2>
</div><div><p>If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)</p>
<p>Some roles will also require an additional level of security clearance:</p><br>
<p><br>
<b>Security Check (SC) Clearance</b>:
</p><p>To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.</p><br>
<p><br>
To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.<br>
</p><p><br>
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.<br>
</p><p><br>
Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.
</p></div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Make it real &ndash; what does it mean for you?</b></h2>
</div><div><p><b>Flexibility to work your way</b>
<br>
You will be encouraged to have a positive work-life balance. Our hybrid-first way of working means we embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.</p>
<p><b>Your wellbeing</b>
<br>
You&rsquo;d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.</p>
<p>To help support wellbeing we have trained &lsquo;Mental Health Champions&rsquo; across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.</p>
<p><b>Shape your path</b>
<br>
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini&rsquo;s &lsquo;learning for life&rsquo; mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.</p>
<p><b>Shared energy</b>
<br>
You&rsquo;ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You&rsquo;ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way.</p>
</div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Why should you consider Capgemini?</b></h2>
</div><div><p>Growing clients&rsquo; businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you&rsquo;ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what&rsquo;s possible. It&rsquo;s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world&rsquo;s leading businesses, and it&rsquo;s how you&rsquo;ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you&rsquo;ll build the skills you want. You&rsquo;ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.</p>
</div></div><div><div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About Capgemini</b></h2>
</div><div><p>Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of &euro;22.5 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Security Command Centre - Onsite and On Shift (Security Incident Management Analyst)

<div><div><b>Mission</b></div>
<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>
</div>
<div><b>What You'll Do</b></div>
<div><ul><li>Lead the design, architecture, and development of native Windows desktop applications using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or related UI frameworks), C#, XAML, and &mdash; when needed &mdash; C++.</li>
<li>Define and enforce best-practices for Windows desktop development across the codebase: code architecture, performance, memory usage, responsive UI, cross-version compatibility (Windows 10/11+), and maintainability.</li>
<li>Drive accessibility efforts: integrate and validate support for accessibility APIs (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or other relevant Windows accessibility frameworks), ensure UI controls, focus management, keyboard navigation, screen-reader support, and usability for users with disabilities.</li>
<li>Collaborate closely with product designers, UX researchers, QA, and other stakeholders to shape feature planning, UI/UX architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Windows platform.</li>
<li>Take ownership of full lifecycle of features: conception  design  implementation  testing  release  maintenance. Ensure quality, reliability, and consistency across releases.</li>
<li>Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex bugs, performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, rendering issues, or compatibility problems &mdash; and propose robust architectural or design solutions.</li>
</ul>
</div><div></div><div><b>An ideal candidate should have</b></div>
<p><b>
Required:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>3+ in Windows desktop application development using Windows App SDK, WinUI (or similar), C#, XAML &mdash; and ideally additional experience with native Windows code (C++, Win32/WinRT/COM).</li>
<li>Deep understanding of Windows application architecture, including interop between managed code (.NET) and native code.</li>
<li>Proven track record of designing, building, and shipping production-quality desktop applications, with an emphasis on reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.</li>
<li>Strong experience with accessibility APIs on Windows (e.g. Microsoft UI Automation or similar), and a dedication to building accessible and inclusive software.</li>
<li>Excellent software engineering fundamentals: OOP, design patterns, data structures, algorithms, memory management, multi-threading or asynchronous programming (where relevant).</li>
<li>Experience leading technical design, mentoring other engineers, conducting code reviews, and making architecture-level decisions.</li>
<li>Strong communication skills; ability to articulate tradeoffs, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive consensus.</li>
<li>A user-centric mindset: focus on building polished, intuitive, and accessible experiences for end users.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Preferred / Bonus:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Experience with writing automated tests for UI &mdash; unit tests, integration tests, UI automation tests; familiarity with relevant testing frameworks.</li>
<li>Experience with performance optimization for desktop apps (memory usage, startup time, rendering performance, high-DPI support, responsiveness under load).</li>
<li>Experience with localization/globalization, right-to-left UI support, internationalization, accessibility for multiple regions.</li>
<li>Familiarity with telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, logging, and error monitoring in desktop applications.</li>
<li>Previous experience in shaping CI/CD workflows, release pipelines, and deployment strategies for desktop applications.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to take ownership of feature areas or modules and drive them long-term, including maintenance, refactoring, and technical debt management.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>What we offer</b></p>
<ul>
<li>A high-impact role: you will define architecture, shape the future of our Windows product, and directly influence what millions of users see and experience.</li>
<li>A collaborative, flat-structure engineering culture &mdash; you are not just a coder, but a builder and a decision-maker.</li>
<li>Opportunities to lead &mdash; mentor others, steer technical direction, and grow into broader technical leadership (e.g. Tech Lead, Architect).</li>
<li>Flexibility, autonomy, and responsibility: you define how to solve problems, own features end-to-end, and contribute to long-term product vision.</li>
<li>A purpose-driven mission: building software that's reliable, accessible, and user-centered &mdash; making a real difference for people.
</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><br>
Refer them!</p>
<p><b>
Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.</b><br>
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>

Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - Manchester, United Kingdom