Lead Data Engineer
Bristol / Edinburgh
This Lead Data Engineer role will contribute to helping our clients get the best out of their data, combining a strong software engineering approach with strong data fundamentals.
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Looking for a new challenge?
View our vacanciesWe're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join our team. Whether you're a consultant developer looking for a new challenge, a designer interested in bigger and more diverse projects, or a graduate just starting out, we'd love to hear from you.
What's it like to work at Scott Logic?
Work together
As a Scott Logic consultant, you’ll be part of a tight-knit team of talented designers, developers and testers. You’ll be solving tough software challenges, and building products that transform the performance of some of the world’s biggest and most complex organisations.
Grow together
The diverse nature of our work means you’ll definitely be kept on your toes. But you’ll also be supported to achieve your potential – our typical delivery environment involves small project-focused teams and technical managers who value collaboration and pragmatism.
Succeed together
Ultimately, your success and that of the company is driven by the results we achieve for our clients. We are trusted to deliver on business-critical projects for high-profile global enterprises, and with this comes the opportunity to build a world-class consultancy we can all be proud of.
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Senior Java Developer
Edinburgh
This role is an opportunity for an experienced Java developer to work on exciting and challenging software projects. You'll be mentoring colleagues, advising our clients, and taking ownership of significant pieces of work.
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Our Graduate Programme
Scott Logic's graduate programme is a great opportunity to kickstart your career in software. You'll learn new skills, work on a diverse set of internal and client projects, and figure out what makes award-winning software teams tick.
Hybrid working at Scott Logic
At Scott Logic, our hybrid working approach realises the potential of being productive from home along with the benefits of working in shared team environments and spending time with our clients. We describe here how our approach works, including our categories of hybrid working.
Our People Promise
Our People Promise outlines some concrete, straightforward principles about how we will operate as a company. It underpins a reciprocal promise between the business and our people. We have ambitious growth plans, and we want to ensure that the fundamentals of Scott Logic remain as we grow. That’s what our People Promise is all about.
We are B Corp Certified™
As a B Corp, we are part of a community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact, and which are leading a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.
To become a Certified B Corporation™, companies undergo a rigorous review of the impact of their operations and business model on their workers, customers, communities and environment, and must meet a minimum verified score on the B Impact Assessment.
How does our recruitment process work?
Simple online application
You’ll find this on every vacancy listed on the site. We’ll ask for some basic information, your latest CV and links to any work or writing you’d like us to consider.
Time to talk
If your initial application looks good, the next step is a phone call. Here we want to get to know you a little better, and we’re happy to answer any questions you may have.
Face to face
If there seems to be a mutual fit, it’s time to meet. For technical roles, interviews will likely include some technology discussion, exercises and problem-solving. Most candidates really enjoy this, and it’s a great way for us to understand how you tackle challenges.
Show us your skills
Typically we run a two-stage interview process. The second stage is a chance to meet some more members of the team via video call, cover some more technical exercises, and also to explore the role, your past work and your longer-term goals in more detail.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Scott Logic
We believe that when people of different experiences and perspectives work together, we make better decisions and better software. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where all feel safe to be their true selves.
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Family Leave at Scott Logic
At Scott Logic, we’re committed to supporting our people when they embark on their journey into parenthood and beyond. We have a range of inclusive policies that are designed to support everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.
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Scott Logic is a Disability Confident Employer
We are a Disability Confident Employer, certified by HM Government. Being a Disability Confident Employer acknowledges our inclusive recruitment process and workplace practices.
Find out moreAt Scott Logic, you get access to a range of benefits from day one:
- Competitive salary
- A salary sacrifice pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10% of salary
- 25–30 days' holiday per year
- Income protection cover
- Generous family leave policies covering maternity and paternity leave, as well as leave for IVF, adoption and surrogacy
- Employee assistance programme
- Death in service plan
- Busy social schedule
- Friends and family referral programme
- Optional private medical cover
- Holiday sell-back options
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Travel loan scheme
- Discounted gym membership
Meet some of the team
Joe
Developer, Edinburgh
"There’s plenty of opportunities to learn on the job and that is enabled by the culture at Scott Logic of constant learning."
Nelly
Lead Developer, Newcastle
“The working culture at Scott Logic is very collaborative and supportive, I've learned so much from colleagues and being involved in various projects. Every day I'm learning something new and I just love that."
Laura
Internal Change Lead, Bristol
“I really enjoyed the interview process itself. It felt more like an opportunity for me to show who I actually was, instead of being expected to adopt some kind of super-formal persona in order to tick the right corporate boxes.”
Paul
Lead Developer, Newcastle
"At Scott Logic, people want to get stuff done and achieve things. Professionally, that's really rewarding."
David
Lead Developer, Edinburgh
“Working for a consultancy creates that variety. The ability to swap projects and technology from time to time, without the need to change jobs, keeps things constantly fresh and broadens your experience in a way that conventional roles don’t.”
Josie
Delivery Principal, Bristol
“I can genuinely say that I have found my tribe! At Scott Logic, it is a positive asset to have a broad and varied skillset.”
Our commitment to open source
At Scott Logic, we believe that open source offers immeasurable benefits and are keen to see increased adoption, while tackling the sustainability challenges. There are four main ways by which we deliver on our commitment, through Consumption, Contribution, Creation and Partnering. We are actively involved in the open source community, partnering on research, running meetup groups, and sharing our thought leadership.
Beyond the Hype podcast
Beyond the Hype is a monthly podcast from the Scott Logic team where we cast a practical eye over what is new and exciting in software development – everything from Kafka to Kubernetes, AI to APIs, microservices to micro-frontends. We look beyond the promises, the buzz and excitement to guide you towards the genuine value. You can subscribe here to Beyond the Hype and listen below to the latest episode.
If you’d like to know more about working at Scott Logic, we’d be happy to chat.
Drop an email to applications@scottlogic.com