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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 Developer

Edinburgh

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

Scott Logic works with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and consultancy.

Take the first step into a challenging and rewarding career by joining our graduate programme as a software developer. You would be based at our Edinburgh office. 

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

We are open to candidates from disciplines beyond those listed above. If you have a passion for technology but have other qualifications, we welcome your application.

Be mentored by experienced and talented people in a collaborative environment that encourages the sharing of knowledge and experience.

Work with others to get you up and running on real-world development projects from the very beginning.

Work across web, mobile and desktop using a range of technologies including HTML5/JavaScript, C# .NET and Java/Testing and or Automation

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.

25 days’ annual leave, rising incrementally to 30 days after six years of service. 

Access to an employer pension scheme, private medical services and group life assurance. 

A range of optional benefits, such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme. 

In our offices, you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments. 

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. 

We believe diversity drives innovation, and we embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.  

You can find more information about our accreditations and values on our website.

This is a hands-on, client-facing Lead Software Engineer role. You'll lead and mentor teams throughout the development lifecycle to deliver business-critical systems for our clients.

Lead Developer

Leeds

We work with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and expert advice.  

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to lead teams through the full development lifecycle. We’ll offer you real autonomy, alongside the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and diversify your experience.  

You will typically be leading a small, tight-knit multidisciplinary team, solving tough software problems. You’ll foster client relationships, advising clients who are making key technology and software delivery decisions. There's plenty of opportunity to contribute more widely across Scott Logic, collaborating and sharing knowledge with colleagues, and to be involved in shaping consultancy engagements.      

We’re looking for passionate, proactive technologists. We are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling and frameworks for the job. That means we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset, but we value the following:  

Strong technical leadership experience, understanding what makes a team successful and how to support colleagues in their own career development  

Good experience in Java and the associated ecosystem.  

You’re a problem-solver, pragmatically exploring options and finding effective solutions.  

An understanding of how to design and build well-structured, maintainable systems.  

Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to work.  

You embrace the chance to try new things, learn new skills and grow your experience.  

25 days’ annual leave, rising incrementally to 30 days after six years of service.

Access to an employer pension scheme, private medical services and Group Life Assurance.  

A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme.  

A meaningful approach to evaluating your performance and providing feedback on your progress.  

At Scott Logic, we value the flexibility of remote working alongside the value gained from spending time with our colleagues and clients. In our offices you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments.  

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.  

We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.   

Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate who wants to build a career as a Graduate Software Tester, creating complex and richly interactive software applications using the latest technologies? This could be the ideal opportunity for you.

Graduate Tester

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

Scott Logic works with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and consultancy. 

Take the first step into a challenging and rewarding career by joining our graduate programme as a software developer. You would be based at our Edinburgh office. 

Access to an employer pension scheme, private medical services and group life assurance. 

A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme. 

In our offices you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments. 

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. 

We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.   

The Operations Analyst plays a vital role in supporting the day-to-day activities of the Business Operations team at Scott Logic providing a first line of support.

Operations Analyst

London

Bristol

Glasgow

Newcastle

We work with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and expert advice. 

We are looking for an Operations Analyst to join our busy Business Operations team.

This is a hybrid role and based at one of our office locations: Bristol, Newcastle, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow or London.

The Operations Analyst plays a vital role in supporting the day-to-day activities of the Business Operations team at Scott Logic providing a first line of support. This role is responsible for ensuring day-to-day operations are completed accurately and efficiently, contributing directly to the smooth functioning of the business. As part of this role, you will need to build relationships internally looking to improve the day-to-day experience of internal staff by resolving system issues quickly.  

Strong attention to detail with a methodical and organised approach to work

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Interest in business operations and eagerness to learn new systems and processes

Analytical mindset with basic problem-solving capabilities

Competency in Microsoft tools, particularly Office, Outlook

Familiarity with professional services operations or project-based environments

Basic understanding of business data and reporting

Hybrid working with 1 day a week working in the office

Access to an employer pension scheme, private medical services and Group Life Assurance. 

At Scott Logic, we value the flexibility of remote working alongside the value gained from spending time with our colleagues and clients. In our offices you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments. 

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.

We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.  

This Lead Data Engineer role will contribute to helping our clients get the best out of their data, setting technical direction and advising them on how to solve tough engineering challenges.

Lead Data Engineer

Our clients are increasingly looking to us to help them make the best use of their data. In building data platforms and pipelines, our data engineers create the foundation for diverse data & analytics solutions, including data science and AI. They build data lakes and warehouses, create the processes to extract or access operational data, and transform siloed datasets into integrated data models that allow insight into business performance and problems or training of ML models.

These are hands-on, client-facing roles, with openings at senior or lead level to suit your experience. You may be leading teams, setting technical direction, advising clients or solving tough engineering challenges.

Our data engineers combine a strong software engineering approach with solid data fundamentals and experience with modern tools. We’re technology agnostic, and we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset.      

Good experience with some of the technologies and approaches typical in modern data engineering and reporting. Including storage, data pipelines to ingest and transform data, and querying & reporting of analytical data. 

You've worked with technologies such as Python, Spark, SQL, Pyspark, PowerBI etc.

You’ve got a background in software engineering.  

You’re a problem-solver, pragmatically exploring options and finding effective solutions. 

An understanding of how to design and build well-structured, maintainable systems. 

Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to work. 

You embrace the chance to try new things, learn new skills and grow your experience. 

Experience of relevant cloud services within AWS, Azure or GCP.

Experience working in an Agile environment.

Experience working with common vendor products such as Snowflake or Data Bricks.

A meaningful approach to evaluating your performance and providing feedback on your progress.

We’re looking for proactive, pragmatic architects with hands-on experience of technical architecture spanning the full software development lifecycle.

Lead Technical Architect

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to shape impactful technology projects for our clients. You’ll typically provide technical leadership for one or more multidisciplinary teams delivering small to medium projects, or with the support of a Principal Architect on advisory engagements or larger programmes of work. You’ll have the opportunity to further develop your career by working alongside colleagues with a wide range of architectural experience, participating in our community of practice and contributing to our thought leadership (blogs, white papers, etc).

We’re looking for proactive, pragmatic servant-leaders with hands-on experience of technical and/or solution architecture spanning the full software development lifecycle. We don’t mandate an architectural approach, preferring to find the right combination of methodology, tools and communication styles that work for each client and project. This means we’re open-minded when it comes to your existing skillset, but we value the following:

Practical experience in solution, application, data, or cloud architecture. Ideally in the development bespoke software solutions

Ability to select and apply appropriate architectural patterns and techniques in the design and governance of solutions effectively balancing requirements to achieve successful outcomes.

Understanding how to provide technical leadership to multi-disciplinary delivery teams and work effectively within complex domains and/or large organizations

As a strong communicator with a collaborative approach to work, you’re able to quickly build trust, communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders, and explain complex technical concepts simply

You embrace the chance to try new things, learn new skills and share your knowledge and experience with others. 

Access to an employer pension scheme, private medical services and Group Life Assurance.

A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme.

 We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. 

This role is for a solution-orientated, commercially aware and versatile polyglot with experience in the design and delivery of complex systems. Leading development teams in building applications, you'll manage all aspects of the delivery including technical quality and client satisfaction.

Technical Principal

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

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. 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.

We’re looking for proactive, pragmatic architects with hands-on experience of technical and/or solution architecture spanning the full software development lifecycle.

Lead Architect

We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

This Senior 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.

Senior Data Engineer

 These are hands-on, client-facing roles, with openings at senior or lead level to suit your experience. You may be leading teams, setting technical direction, advising clients or solving tough engineering challenges. You'd also be expected to spend some time on-site with clients in the London area on an ad-hoc basis.

Our data engineers combine a strong software engineering approach with solid data fundamentals and experience with modern tools. We’re technology agnostic, and we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset.     

You’ve got a background in software engineering, including Front End technologies like JavaScript.

We have shared values that govern our behavior toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. 

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