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Lead and mentor teams of highly skilled individuals to design and deliver business-critical systems for high-profile clients.

Lead Developer

Leeds

London

We are hiring experienced software engineers to take lead roles in delivery teams within our growing development centres. We’re looking for people as passionate as you are about building software right; ultimately delivering outstanding solutions to our clients, following an agile approach with a real focus on good engineering practices.

We’ll offer you real autonomy to lead our consultancy engagements with clients. You’ll have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and diversify your experience, as well as the opportunity to lead people and be involved in commercial decision making. You’ll typically lead and mentor small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams solving tough software challenges. You will help shape consultancy engagements and foster client relationships, advising clients who are making key decisions in development strategy, design and technology choices.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle, delivering mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations. You will strive for quality and promote best practice in everything you do.

You can expect to work throughout the development stack, from rich interactive web applications to high performance backends. You will work with a diverse variety of platforms and modern architectures. Microservices, modern front-end frameworks, cloud, streaming and serverless are just a flavour of what we do. You can read more about these topics on our blog.

We will recognise your experience and fundamental skills. If you aren’t getting a chance to use modern technologies and practices in your current role, we can help you to build your skillset.

We’ll help you develop your career further, taking growing levels of ownership. There’s plenty of opportunity to mentor colleagues and encourage sharing knowledge and experience. We can also help you build your profile: sharing your expertise (blogging or speaking, both internally and externally), advising our clients and contributing to open source projects.

Scott Logic is a founder-owned, successful and fast-growing UK-based software consultancy with UK city-centre offices, where we design and build software that transforms some of the world’s biggest and most demanding organisations. From financial services to complex public services, our consultants combine innovation, experience and pragmatism to deliver measurable results with every project.

Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed together. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.

Strong technical team leadership experience with a desire to nurture the aspirations and ambitions of your teammates

Excellent problem solving and organisational skills

Broad knowledge of technical principles and software design patterns

Good communication skills across multiple audiences

This role is based in our city centre office, and likely involve occasional travel (infrequent day trips or a few days at a time) to visit our clients across the UK and beyond. If you are interested in more travel, then opportunities are available, feel free to speak to us about this.

We are mindful of the imbalances in our sector. We celebrate multiple and varied approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation and we commit to maintaining and improving an open and creative workplace, where everyone can contribute irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

If you’d like to talk about this role then get in touch with our recruitment team at applications@scottlogic.com. Our recruitment team can also discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require to our recruitment process.

Are you a flexible and experienced leader looking for a hands-on, client-facing role in a growing software consultancy?

Delivery Manager

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Scott Logic builds bespoke, business-critical technology solutions for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations. The business is expanding and we’re in need of capable and technically proficient Delivery Managers to own client relationships and take responsibility for end-to-end project delivery by leading our teams and staying close to the details of the software development process.

You will have a demonstrable passion for technology, with experience working with software developers distributed across a number of sites on an everyday basis. You will be based at the office location of your choice, but you will also spend time at our other offices as well as our client sites across Europe and further afield as we expand our client base, so resilience is essential.

You’ll be surrounded by smart, highly-capable people in a collaborative environment that encourages helping and developing others by sharing knowledge and experience. You’ll be as passionate as we are about delighting our clients with high-quality, well-engineered technology solutions that solve business problems and deliver lasting client value. We take an innovative and agile approach to delivery, underpinned by solid development practices using a wide range of modern technologies.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role which combines strong project management experience with the ability to clearly communicate technical matters.

Lead the delivery of complex technology projects for clients

Develop and maintain strong client relationships

Demonstrate hands on expertise in managing software development projects using Agile methods, as well as having a good understanding of Waterfall-based delivery and associated pitfalls

Team leading, with proficiency in the management and motivation of high-performing software development teams, including distributed teams

Take responsibility for project financials to achieve targeted financial results

Support onboarding of consultants to projects; assist in qualifying resource requests and work with line managers and consultants to assess project fit

Undertake line management of assigned consultants, handling performance feedback and annual review processes

Contribute to the communities of practice and development of assets (e.g. offerings, white papers, blogs, delivery toolkits, learning curricula etc.)

Previous experience with a technology consultancy

Strong appreciation of modern software engineering and associated development technologies and the full software development lifecycle, ideally with a hands-on software development background

Ability and willingness to travel to other Scott Logic offices as well as client sites within the UK and overseas, as required

Previous experience of working in a dynamic, fast-moving environment

Project management certification (such as PRINCE2 Practitioner status, PMI or ScrumMaster)

Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate who wants to build a career as a Graduate Software Developer, creating complex and richly interactive software applications using the latest technologies?

Graduate Software Developer

Bristol

Newcastle

Scott Logic builds large-scale, bespoke, business-critical systems for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations. Take the first step into a challenging and rewarding career by joining our graduate programme as a software developer.

You’ll be mentored by smart, highly-capable people in a collaborative environment that encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience. We’ll get you working with others to get you up and running on real-world development projects from the very beginning. You’ll work across web, mobile and desktop using a range of technologies including HTML5/JavaScript, C# .NET and Java.

You’ll learn all the skills you’ll need for the best start to your career as part of a talented software consultancy team committed to delivering beyond clients’ expectations. We follow an Agile approach with solid development practices. We are looking for creative and self-motivated problem solvers with a demonstrable passion for technology.

A lively induction week with your fellow graduates from around the company

A series of structured individual and group projects to introduce various concepts of both front- and back-end software development

Ongoing training with activities including self-study groups, bespoke courses, conferences and mentoring

Transitioning into a variety of client work using the latest technologies

A Level or Higher grades of at least BBB or equivalent

Achieved a 2:1 or higher in a computing, mathematical, engineering or scientific field, either completed or pending

The ability to adapt and learn new technologies on the job

Are you an ambitious and self-motivated undergraduate or postgraduate who wants to build a career as a tester, working on complex and sophisticated software solutions using the latest technologies?

Graduate Test Engineer

Scott Logic builds large-scale, bespoke, business-critical systems for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations. Take the first step into a challenging and rewarding career by joining our graduate programme as a Graduate Test Engineer.

You’ll be mentored by smart, highly-capable people in a collaborative environment that encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience. We’ll get you working with others to get up and running on real-world development projects from the very beginning.

You’ll work across web, mobile and desktop, following an agile approach with modern development and testing practices. You’ll learn all the skills needed for the best start to your career as part of a talented and thought-leading consultancy team, committed to delivering beyond clients’ expectations.

You’ll be a critical thinker, creative and self-motivated problem solver with a demonstrable passion for technology, looking for an exciting and challenging role working closely with talented software developers.

You’ll build your skills, knowledge and experience using a wide range of technology and tools gaining a thorough understanding of modern testing approaches and context-driven testing principles. We’ll also get you working with automation frameworks across web and native mobile, APIs, microservices and CI/CD pipelines.

Structured individual and group projects to introduce various concepts of testing both front-end and back-end architectures and software; including a fortnight of test specific learning across a wide range of topics.

Ongoing training activities including self-study groups, bespoke courses and mentoring

A good degree, either completed or pending – computer science or similar is helpful but not required

We are looking for an experienced Book Keeper who is friendly and forward-thinking with a “can-do” attitude. Is that you?

Book Keeper

We are looking for an experienced Book Keeper who is friendly and forward-thinking with a “can-do” attitude. As first point of contact and the “go-to” person, you will play an integral part in Finance Team.

Scott Logic is a vibrant, successful and fast-growing software consultancy with city centre offices throughout the UK. We design and build large-scale, bespoke, business-critical systems for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations, from capital markets and commodities to complex public services.

You will be part of a tight-knit Finance team based in Newcastle. You will be able to multi-task and work accurately at a fast pace, taking great pride in your work and your office.

The bookkeeper will be responsible for maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records for our company. This includes recording financial transactions, reconciling bank and credit card statements, generating financial reports, and managing accounts payable and receivable.

Dealing with a variety of queries and requests by email, telephone and face to face

Accurately updating and maintaining various electronic internal systems and records

As a people-focused organisation, the culture at Scott Logic is very important to us and we strive for quality and excellence. Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed together. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.

To this aim, we are looking for someone who is:

A motivated and focused individual with a professional and proactive attitude

An effective communicator with people at all levels with a polite and confident manner

Has the ability to work autonomously with own initiative or within a team environment with minimum supervision

Ultimately we are looking for someone who has:

1+ years of book keeper experience in a dynamic, fast-moving environment

A friendly, confident and outgoing personality with a “can do” attitude

A problem-solving approach to respond to a wide range of enquiries

Experience with assisting in the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts

Knowledge of compliance with accounting standards and procedures

Planning, time management and organisational skills with the ability to multi-task

Ability to work to deadlines with a disciplined eye for detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Computer literacy, including Microsoft packages and collaboration tools

Scott Logic is proud of our inclusive culture. We don’t tolerate any kind of bias, judgement or harassment. We want our recruitment process to be open to everyone. If you require any considerate adjustments please note them on your application and we’ll be in touch about how best to accommodate your request.

We are mindful of the imbalances in our sector. We celebrate multiple and varied approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation and we commit to maintaining and improving an open and creative workplace, where everyone can contribute irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

Are you an experienced Senior Information Security Engineer, able to introduce and improve policies, processes and tools necessary to prevent, detect, document and counter threats and risks to our business?

Information Security Engineer

Scott Logic builds large-scale, bespoke, business-critical systems for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations. The business is expanding and we’re in need of talented and self-motivated Information Security Engineers to help ensure we keep the business running securely.

To be suitable for our Information Security role, you’ll be a critical thinker, looking for an exciting and challenging role in a thought-leading, UK-based software consultancy that prides itself on delivering the best in bespoke software to a varied portfolio of global clients.

You’ll be surrounded by smart, competent people in a collaborative environment that encourages helping others by sharing knowledge and experience. We're keen to build upon our ISO 27001 accreditation and advance our internal security practices and capabilities.

At least one professional security certification and at least three years' commercial experience

Strong familiarity with the ISO 27001 standard and Cyber Security Essentials

Familiarity with GDPR and data protection good practices

Risk management expertise, including performing assessments and designing controls

A proven ability to respond to and resolve cyber incidents effectively and efficiently

Experience in developing, managing and monitoring security systems

Ability to liaise with internal teams and key stakeholders to maintain a secure environment

Experience providing input into ongoing and new projects

Expertise in designing and implementing information security controls in cloud environments

Experience using Microsoft Security tooling

Awareness of how to manage macOS and mobile devices

Expertise in securing public cloud environments (AWS, GCP or Azure)

Experience automating tasks using programming/scripting languages such as PowerShell, Puppet or Bash

Principal Consultant

Scott Logic builds bespoke, business-critical technology solutions for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations. The business is expanding rapidly and we are seeking a dynamic and engaging Principal Consultant to lead the shaping and delivery of complex client projects and programmes.

As a Principal Consultant, you will lead Scott Logic teams as they engage with clients from pre-sales to successful delivery, to shape and deliver strategic solutions that demonstrate tangible value and result in deep trust-based relationships.

You’ll be surrounded by smart, highly capable people in a collaborative environment that encourages supporting and developing others by sharing knowledge and experience. You’ll be as passionate as we are about delighting our clients with high quality, well-engineered technology solutions that solve business problems and deliver lasting client value. We take an innovative and agile approach to delivery, underpinned by solid development practices using a wide range of modern technologies.

This is a client-facing role which combines strong leadership attributes working across all dimensions of the consultancy lifecycle, including pre-sales, commercial, relationships, technology, delivery and people.

Develop and maintain senior client relationships (at the C-suite level)

Build trusted advisor relationships with key client stakeholders, manage client expectations and ensure high levels of client satisfaction

Engage with the client to guide thought leadership and strategy. Align Scott Logic propositions to the client’s business needs

Build Scott Logic’s reputation and profile within the client organisation and the wider industry sector

Inspire and motivate teams, with proficiency in the management of high performing software engineering teams

Undertake line management of consultants, handling performance feedback and annual review processes

Assist with training, learning and development in support of the Scott Logic people agenda. Create engaging and interesting opportunities for people to grow

Contribute to the Scott Logic communities of practice and development of assets (e.g. white papers, blogs, delivery toolkits, learning curricula)

Create compelling proposals for clients, aligned to our value propositions

Work with cross-functional teams, including Solution Architects, User Experience Designers and Delivery Managers, to shape and deliver innovative technology solutions for clients

Lead on pre-contract work, including deal shaping and writing Statements of Work

Contribute to the development of innovative propositions, ways of working and other thought leadership collateral

Engage with clients from pre-sales through to successful delivery, building deep trust-based relationships

Lead high-performing software engineering teams to deliver valuable strategic solutions

Stay accountable for project financials to achieve targeted financial results

Demonstrate hands on expertise in managing software development projects. Pragmatically apply Agile methods to deliver client outcomes. Have a good understanding of alternative delivery models and associated pros and cons

Strong appreciation of modern software engineering and associated development technologies and the full software development lifecycle, ideally with a hands on software development background

Previous experience of working in a dynamic, fast moving environment

Experience of working in the public sector or financial services

A proven track record and passion for thought leadership activities

This role is based in one of our city centre offices, and likely to involve occasional travel (infrequent day trips or a few days at a time) to visit our clients across the UK and beyond. If you are interested in more travel, then opportunities are available; feel free to speak to us about this.

Are you an organised self-starter, with excellent communication skills, and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders to achieve a shared understanding of problems to be solved?

Senior Business Analyst

This is a ‘hands-on’, client-facing role, where you’ll work collaboratively with our clients, developing a deep understanding of their business needs. You’ll work in an Agile delivery team, operating as the key bridge between the client and our software engineering teams.

Day to day, your role will involve a high degree of stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, process modelling, requirements elicitation and backlog management. To do this effectively, you’ll need to be an experienced Business Analyst who is an organised self-starter, with excellent communication skills, with a strong attention to detail, and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders to achieve a shared understanding of the problems to be solved.

We’re looking for people able to rapidly understand complex business problems, with the analysis skills to understand people, processes and technical requirements and shape technology solutions. You’ll be surrounded by smart, highly capable people in an environment that encourages helping and developing others by sharing knowledge and experience. We trust our teams to have high levels of autonomy and we value collaboration and pragmatism.

Hands-on experience as a Business Analyst within high-performing Agile development teams, working closely with Product Owners and stakeholders.

A sound understanding of both Agile and Waterfall-based project delivery methods.

Experience of selecting and applying appropriate analysis techniques to elicit requirements/user stories, collaborating with development teams to ensure a solution that delivers real business value.

Work closely with the Product Owner to organise and refine a feature backlog.

Work with the Technical Architects to understand and support the detailed design and implementation.

Experience in facilitating meetings and workshops with a variety of diverse stakeholders.

The ability to communicate and influence a variety of business and IT stakeholders at a senior level.

Excellent problem solving, communication and organisational skills.

An appreciation of modern software engineering and associated development technologies within the full software development lifecycle.

Experience of working with Government clients and an understanding of GDS.

Experience of working on digital transformation projects.

Experience of working with user centred design principles and user research techniques.

Experience in the use of Atlassian Jira and Confluence toolkit.

Previous technology consultancy experience.

If you’d like to discuss this role then please get in touch with our recruitment team at applications@scottlogic.com. Our recruitment team can also discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require to our recruitment process.

Are you a solution-orientated, commercially aware and versatile polyglot with experience in the design and delivery of complex systems?

Technical Principal

Scott Logic is a thriving UK-based software consultancy where we design and build software that transforms the performance of some of the world’s biggest and most demanding organisations. From capital markets and commodities to complex public services, our consultants combine innovation, experience and pragmatism to deliver measurable results with every project.

We are seeking experienced technologists to occupy senior positions within our growing development centres in Newcastle, Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds and London. You’ll join a team of passionate, smart and like-minded individuals. You’ll work with a diverse range of platforms including the latest front-end and back-end technologies and modern architectures (microservices, cloud, streaming, big data, serverless).

You confidently lead development teams building applications, managing all aspects of the delivery including technical quality and client satisfaction. Furthermore, you actively pursue future opportunities within the client. You are capable of delivering development strategy and advisory consultancy to clients across a broad range of requirements. You engage with and influence key stakeholders at the highest levels while shaping engagements even in challenging circumstances. Within the company, your value is in your breadth and versatility.

You’ll be a member of the senior leadership team within the office you join, helping shape its overall direction, growing both the office and the people within it.

We are looking for an individual who enjoys ‘face time’ with the client, and is happy to hop on the train, or a plane, to visit our clients across the UK and beyond.

Directing and mentoring teams through the process of software delivery, ensuring technical direction and shaping team culture.

Leveraging your software design and technology skills, to create effective architectures and communicating them to the client.

Carefully managing the choice and delivery of technology recognising the human impact of change.
Fostering a quality culture both within your client projects and across Scott Logic.

Helping other engineers reach their highest potential through mentoring and coaching.

Helping grow the business, the people within the office you join, and the capabilities and services we offer to clients.

Working with a diverse range of platforms including the latest front-end and back-end technologies and modern architectures (microservices, cloud, streaming, big data, serverless)

You have a proven track record in leading complex software projects.

You have a breadth of knowledge in technology, and a passion for delivering successful outcomes.

You enjoy working with, and influencing, project stakeholders.

You can talk professionally with senior non-technical decision-makers, understanding and navigating the competing and complex commercial concerns.

You enjoy leading teams and helping them to be the best they can be.

You rise to the challenge, are a fault finder, and a fixer.

Scott Logic is a founder-owned, successful and growing, private company located in the UK. Our 300+ employees enjoy working in tight-knit teams where they work, grow and succeed together. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.

Scott Logic is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We are mindful of the imbalances in our sector and particularly encourage applications from different underrepresented demographics.

Are you a strategic thinker who believes that problems are most effectively solved through exploration and understanding?

Lead User Experience Designer

Are you ambitious and driven with visual flair, and a desire to create intuitive software interfaces that truly put the user first?

Scott Logic builds large-scale, bespoke, business-critical systems for some of the world’s most high-profile organisations, and recognises the importance of design as a critical part of effective beautiful software applications. The business is expanding and we’re in need of creative and self-motivated UX Designers with experience leading design projects to join our growing UX Design Practice.

You’ll be a strategic thinker who believes that problems are most effectively solved through exploration and understanding. Your focus will be on guiding all design efforts on projects and iteratively delivering an end product as part of cross-functional teams that use Agile project delivery methods.

We’re looking for people with the confidence to influence and advise clients, drawing on their expertise to do so. You’ll be the voice of the end-user, surrounded by smart, highly-capable people in an environment that encourages collaboration and knowledge sharing. You’ll work closely with our clients and their customers as well as our talented software developers and testers to deliver world-class solutions.

Demonstrable experience of UX design in an in-house or consultancy role

Evidence of design leadership regarding people, culture and projects

Proven understanding of collaborative, user-centred design methods

Experience of designing enterprise applications for desktop, mobile or web

An appetite for creating simple solutions to complex problems

Intimate familiarity with design techniques such as design studio workshops, journey mapping and empathy mapping

The skills and tooling knowledge to bring application designs to life, from sketches to wireframes and storyboards to high fidelity mock-ups and click-through prototypes

The ability to adapt and learn on the job

Join our tight-knit team designing and delivering business-critical systems for high-profile clients. This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle, delivering mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations.

Senior Developer

Join our tight-knit team designing and delivering business-critical systems for high-profile clients.

We are hiring experienced software engineers to take senior roles in delivery teams within our growing development centres. We’re looking for people as passionate as you are about building software right; ultimately delivering outstanding solutions to our clients, following an agile approach with a real focus on good engineering practices. Whether you are ready to progress your career into a senior position or you’ve already got decades of experience we’d like to talk to you.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle, delivering mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations. You’ll typically work in small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams solving tough software challenges. We trust our teams to have high levels of autonomy and value collaboration and pragmatism.

You can expect to work throughout the development stack, from richly interactive web applications to high performance backends. You will work with a diverse variety of platforms and modern architectures. Microservices, modern front-end frameworks, cloud, streaming and serverless are just a flavour of what we do. You can read more about these topics on our blog.

You’ll be surrounded by highly capable people in a collaborative environment that encourages sharing knowledge and experience. There’s plenty of opportunity to mentor colleagues and generally get involved in our engineering community. We’ll help you develop your career, taking growing levels of ownership and leading others along the way. We can also help you build your profile: sharing your expertise (blogging or speaking, both internally and externally), advising our clients and contributing to open source projects.

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