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

Solutions Architect

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Newcastle

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 of 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. 

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

Access to an employer pension scheme 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.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to further develop your career – mentoring colleagues, advising our clients, and taking ownership of significant pieces of work.

Senior Developer

Bristol

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 be involved in the full development life cycle. You’ll typically work in small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams, solving tough software problems. You’ll have the opportunity to further develop your career mentoring colleagues, advising our clients, and taking ownership of significant pieces of work.

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: 

Good experience in at least one of Python, Java, C#/.NET, JavaScript or TypeScript, and their associated ecosystems. 

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.

Access to an employer pension scheme, 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 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.  

We’re looking for passionate, pragmatic leaders with hands-on experience of architecting high quality, well-engineered technology solutions that solve tough business problems and deliver lasting client value.

Principal Architect

This is a client-facing leadership role, offering the opportunity to oversee the technical direction of large-scale, complex technology initiatives while contributing to the growth and development of our consultancy business.  

You will typically provide technical leadership for high profile, business-critical projects and programmes, drawing on your experience of solution and technical architecture in diverse business and project environments. You will work with a high degree of autonomy, taking full responsibility for end-to-end solution design and building strong partnerships with our clients. 

We’re looking for passionate, pragmatic leaders with hands-on experience of architecting high quality, well-engineered technology solutions that solve tough business problems and deliver lasting client value. We don’t mandate an architectural approach, preferring to find the right combination of methodology, tools and communication styles that work for each client engagement. This means we’re open-minded when it comes to your existing skillset, but we value the following:   

Strong experience in shaping and leading the architecture of large-scale, complex solutions across multiple applications. Ideally including development of bespoke software solutions 

Significant experience in enterprise, solution, data, application or cloud architecture 

Ability to advise on and implement suitable architectural principals and governance approaches across a portfolio of solutions and/or teams 

Commercial experience including leading on pre-sales work; scoping, sizing and solutioning for new opportunities and creating compelling proposals 

As a strong communicator with a collaborative approach to work, you’re able to quickly build trust with senior client stakeholders (Director or C-Suite level), and advice on technology strategy and alignment with business goals 

You embrace the chance to try new things and learn new skills while developing others by sharing your own knowledge and experience. 

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

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.  

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.  

Access to an employer pension scheme, 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.   

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

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. 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.     

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, including Front End technologies like JavaScript.

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.

Access to an employer pension scheme and Group Life Assurance. 

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

Lead and mentor collaborative teams who value experienced testers and their direction in delivering business-critical systems for high-profile clients.

Lead Test Engineer

Established as a software consultancy, Scott Logic has been at the forefront of digital transformation, helping businesses across various industries navigate the sophistications of the modern digital landscape.   

We offer a wide range of services, including software development, user experience (UX) design, data visualization, and financial consulting. We pledge to develop high-quality software solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of each client.  

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, decoding tough software problems. We like our teams to have high levels of freedom and value collaboration and pragmatism.   

As a company we are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling, and frameworks for the job. Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed collectively. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.  

Technologies and experience we value include: 

Experience on large scale or complex Web Application and or API Testing

Experience in Automation testing with technologies such as; Selenium, Cucumber, SoapUI

Strong collaboration and communication techniques.  

Comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of testing in a context-driven way.

A desire to learn new technologies and approaches.  

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

Access to an employer pension scheme and group life assurance.

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

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 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?

Lead Business Analyst

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 highly flexible, capable and technically proficient Business Analysts to join our growing delivery team.

As a Lead Business Analyst you’ll be a key bridge between our user experience, development, test teams and client stakeholders. You'll focus on requirements elicitation, solution design, and working as part of an agile team to deliver the final product. You will be help guide and advise less experienced members of the BA team and work more closely with the Solutions Architecture team.

We’re looking for people able to rapidly understand complex business environments and services. You'll have the analysis skills to understand people, process, technical requirements and shape new technology solutions. You’ll be surrounded by smart, highly capable people in a collaborative and innovative environment that encourages helping and developing others by sharing knowledge and experience. 

Experience as a business analyst in dynamic enterprise environments, preferably involving the delivery of multiple software development streams. 

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

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

Experience of selecting and applying appropriate analysis techniques to elicit and analyse requirements, developing solutions that deliver real business value.

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

A flexible and collaborative approach to meeting business goals.

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 within businesses undertaking digital transformation.

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

Previous experience with a blue chip or high end technology consultancy.

Business Analysis certification (e.g. ISEB).

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

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

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.      

You’ve got a background in software engineering.  

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.

This Platform Engineer role will help our clients across the full software lifecycle – designing, building and managing cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms to support modern DevOps practices.

Platform Engineer

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software delivery. We are trusted by some of the world’s leading organisations to build reliable, high-performance, business-critical solutions – and expert advice.

Many of our clients look to us to lead across the full software lifecycle, from initial conception through to production deployment and beyond. Our Platform Engineers are a vital part of this – designing, building and managing cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms to support modern DevOps practices. Their work includes CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines, building the platform infrastructure to deliver robust, cost-effective services to end users at scale, and supporting all stages of migrating complex systems from on-premises infrastructure to a multitude of cloud providers.

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 clients include large global corporations and government departments, and you’ll be working on systems that make a difference to millions of people, within a company that is friendly, welcoming, and where individual contributions always make a difference.

Our Platform Engineers combine a deep level of fundamental knowledge of how to deploy and maintain reliable and scalable systems, with a broad awareness of wider software engineering principles and experience with the latest DevOps tooling, both cloud and on-prem. We’re technology-agnostic and we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset.    

You’ve worked with modern Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep.

You are familiar with one or more major cloud platform, particularly AWS or Azure.

You have good CI/CD and deployment automation experience.

You’re comfortable using Python or other scripting languages for DevOps tasks.

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

You have strong communication skills and take a collaborative approach to your work.

You have an interest in good practices around security, reliability, observability, cost efficiency, performance and governance – collaborating with others to ensure these are in place.

For lead roles, you have good technical leadership experience, understanding what makes a team successful and how to support colleagues in their own career development.

Experience with containerisation, Kubernetes or working with data platforms is nice-to-have.

We are seeking a Senior Test Engineer to be part of a collaborative team who value testers and their contribution to delivering business-critical systems for high-profile clients.

Senior Test Engineer

A desire to learn new technologies and approaches.    

This Software Engineer (CI/CD) role will contribute to helping design, build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery. In this role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations.

Software Engineer (CI/CD)

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software delivery. We are trusted by some of the world’s leading organisations to build reliable, high-performance, business-critical solutions – and expert advice.

Many of our clients look to us to lead across the full software lifecycle, from initial conception through to production deployment and beyond. We are seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient software delivery. In this role, you will bridge the gap between development and operations, leveraging your development background to automate workflows, optimize deployment processes, and enhance system reliability.

It is expected for the Engineer to spend at least 2 days per week in the local Scott Logic office.

You have built and deployed applications in Rust, Java, C# or JavaScript.

You've got experience designing, implementing and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.

You are comfortable automating deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes.

You are able to collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline workflows and troubleshoot pipeline issues.

You can support development teams to migrate their builds onto this new pipeline.

You can work on the support rota to support tickets related to this pipeline.

We offer an environment with real autonomy, alongside opportunities to broaden your knowledge, diversify your experience, and shape your career – building expertise in modern AI development tools to address business-critical work. Additionally, you will receive:

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

We are looking for an HR Advisor to provide practical, accurate and employee-focused support across the employee lifecycle. Acting as a first point of contact for managers and employees, you will advise on people policies and processes, manage routine and moderately complex employee relations matters, and help ensure a consistent, high-quality service.

HR Advisor

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.  

As a People Experience Advisor, you will provide practical, accurate and employee-focused support across the employee lifecycle. Acting as a first point of contact for managers and employees, you will advise on people policies and processes, manage routine and moderately complex employee relations matters, and help ensure a consistent, high-quality service.

You will work closely with the wider People Experience team, triaging casework and escalating complex, high-risk or business-critical matters to the People Experience Partner. You will also contribute to people projects, policy development and continuous improvement activity.

Provide timely and accurate advice to employees and managers on people policies, procedures and day-to-day queries.

Triage employee relations cases, independently managing lower to moderate-risk matters and escalating complex cases appropriately.

Support formal processes including disciplinary, grievance, absence, probation and performance matters through effective coordination, documentation and guidance.

Maintain accurate case records and employee data in line with privacy, confidentiality and data-management requirements.

Support employee lifecycle activity, including onboarding, offboarding, contractual changes and benefits or payroll coordination where required.

Coordinate client vetting requirements, monitor progress and support the delivery of relevant service measures.

Support policy reviews, research, communications and the implementation of process or legislative changes.

Contribute to People Experience projects focused on employee engagement, experience and operational improvement.

Work collaboratively within the people experience team and with wider business stakeholders to support team and organisational priorities.

Experience in an HR advisory or generalist people role.

A working knowledge of UK employment law and HR practice.

A CIPD qualification at Level 3 or above.

Confidence advising employees and managers, with the judgement to recognise when escalation is required.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a clear and professional approach.

Strong organisation, planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload.

Excellent attention to detail and the ability to handle sensitive information appropriately.

Effective stakeholder-management and interpersonal skills.

Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.

The ability to work with complexity and nuance while maintaining a positive employee experience.

Experience within a professional services environment.

Experience within a fast-paced working environment.

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

Access to an employer pension scheme 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.  

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

Delivery Manager

Scott Logic is an independent software consultancy helping some of the world's most complex organisations solve hard technology problems. We work across financial services, public sector, and beyond - building high-quality, bespoke software, data, and AI solutions with small, expert teams.

We offer a wide range of services, including software development, user experience (UX) design, data engineering, data visualisation, AI, and financial technology consulting. We pledge to develop high-quality software solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of each client.

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 work in small, expert multidisciplinary teams, typically embedded with the client, navigating complex delivery challenges across software engineering, data, and AI programmes. We like our teams to have high levels of freedom and value collaboration and pragmatism. 

Leading the delivery of complex technology projects for clients, taking accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and quality throughout the engagement.

Building and maintaining strong, trust-based client relationships – acting as a credible delivery partner at senior stakeholder level.

Working within small, expert multidisciplinary teams, typically embedded with the client, to navigate challenging delivery environments across software engineering, data, and AI programmes.

Taking responsibility for project financials, forecasting, and reporting to achieve targeted commercial outcomes.

Supporting the onboarding of consultants to projects; working with line managers to assess project fit and set people up for success.

Undertaking line management of assigned consultants, including performance feedback, annual reviews, and ongoing development conversations.

Contributing actively to Scott Logic's delivery community – sharing lessons learned, developing toolkits, and helping shape how we deliver at scale.

As a company we are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling, and frameworks for the job. Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed collectively. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.

We deliberately hire a range of profiles. The following reflects experience we value, but we don't expect any single candidate to bring all of it:

Proven experience managing software development projects using Agile frameworks, with a solid understanding of Waterfall-based delivery and when each is appropriate.

Experience delivering data or AI-enabled programmes - understanding the iterative, experiment-led nature of these engagements and how delivery approaches may need to adapt.

Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling within the SDLC - such as code generation, automated testing, or delivery intelligence tools - and genuine curiosity about how these capabilities are evolving.

Our current vacancies

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Solutions Architect

Senior Developer

Principal Architect

Lead Developer

Senior Data Engineer

Lead Test Engineer

Lead Business Analyst

Lead Data Engineer

Platform Engineer

Senior Test Engineer

Software Engineer (CI/CD)

HR Advisor

Delivery Manager

Lead Agentic Software Engineer

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