Octopus Computer Associates

Senior Full Stack Engineers - Remote and Pilsworth, Bury - 4 months+ One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a number of Senior Full Stack Engineers. Please find some details below: Location: Pilsworth, Bury 3 days onsite per week Clearance required: BPSS Job Description: Role Summary We are supporting a leading global retailer in establishing dedicated Marketplace and Conversion Optimisation squads to accelerate digital commerce improvements ahead of Peak. We are seeking exceptional Senior/Principal Full Stack Engineers who combine deep technical expertise with strong product thinking and software craftsmanship. This is a hands-on engineering role. Successful candidates will spend the majority of their time designing, building and shipping production software while embedding modern engineering practices within the squad. These engineers are expected to act as Engineering Catalysts-leading by example, improving engineering quality, accelerating delivery and raising the capability of the wider team through day-to-day delivery. This is not a traditional senior developer role. We are looking for engineers who think beyond tickets, understand customer outcomes and help create high-performing engineering teams. Key Responsibilities Deliver Customer Outcomes: Design, build and deploy scalable, secure and cloud-native applications across Marketplace and Conversion domains. Work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Data Analysts and QA to understand customer problems and translate them into technical solutions. Deliver customer-facing capabilities that improve conversion, customer experience and commercial outcomes. Take ownership of features from discovery through production. Lead Through Hands-on Engineering Lead technical delivery through hands-on software engineering. Build production-ready software every sprint. Pair programme with engineers to solve complex technical challenges. Drive pragmatic engineering decisions balancing speed, quality and maintainability. Own technical implementation across the SDLC. Embed Engineering Excellence: Champion software craftsmanship and clean code. Embed engineering standards and best practices into day-to-day delivery. Drive code quality through peer reviews and collaborative development. Promote reusable components, modular design and maintainable solutions. Embed automated testing and secure-by-default engineering. Mentor engineers through pairing and technical leadership. Accelerate Engineering Delivery: Adopt and improve standard CI/CD pipelines and engineering tooling. Remove engineering friction across build, test and deployment. Improve release quality, deployment confidence and delivery predictability. Drive automation across the engineering life cycle. Contribute reusable engineering assets, templates and patterns. Continuously improve developer experience. Build Quality into Every Release: Deliver production-ready software with quality built in. Embed automated testing, quality gates and security checks. Support progressive delivery using feature flags and safe deployment techniques. Ensure applications are observable, resilient and operationally ready. Improve build success rates and deployment reliability. Architecture & Engineering: Design solutions aligned to business domains and modern architecture principles. Build loosely coupled, scalable and maintainable services. Apply reusable architecture patterns and engineering guardrails. Collaborate with Architecture while maintaining delivery pace. Reduce technical debt through pragmatic engineering decisions. Continuous Improvement: Identify engineering bottlenecks and delivery inefficiencies. Improve developer productivity through automation and simplification. Contribute to engineering communities, playbooks and knowledge sharing. Create a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. Leave reusable engineering assets for future teams. AI-enabled Engineering: AI-assisted software development. Test generation and documentation. Code review support. Engineering knowledge retrieval. Root cause analysis and troubleshooting. Developer copilots where they improve productivity and quality. Technical Skills Essential: Strong Full Stack software engineering experience. React/Next.js. Node.js/TypeScript. Strong AWS cloud-native development experience. REST APIs and microservices. GitHub and modern Git workflows. CI/CD and continuous delivery. Automated testing. Agile product delivery. Desirable: CommerceTools or similar composable commerce platforms. Terraform/Infrastructure as Code. GitHub Actions. Docker/Kubernetes. Monorepo development. Event-driven architecture. Observability platforms. Feature flag frameworks. AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini Code Assist). Experience 8+ years commercial Full Stack software engineering experience. Proven delivery of cloud-native digital products. Experience working within cross-functional Agile product teams. Strong understanding of modern software engineering, DevOps and engineering best practices. Experience mentoring engineers through hands-on delivery. What We're Looking For Lead through hands-on delivery rather than governance. Think beyond individual features and understand customer and business outcomes. Demonstrate exceptional software craftsmanship. Challenge requirements constructively and contribute to product conversations. Raise engineering standards through practical delivery. Improve the engineering system as well as the software. Balance pragmatism with long-term engineering quality. Naturally mentor and elevate engineers around them. Embrace continuous learning and modern engineering practices. Success Measures Deliver measurable customer and commercial outcomes. Increase engineering velocity and deployment confidence. Improve software quality and engineering productivity. Reduce release risk through automation and engineering best practices. Increase reuse of engineering assets and patterns. Embed engineering excellence and software craftsmanship into everyday delivery. Leave the squad strong Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

IaaS Technical Architect (Java, OAuth, Docker, Kubernetes) - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford & Remote One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an IASS Squad Leader. For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week. Please find some details below: Clearance Required: Must have SC Clearance Location: Telford - 2 days onsite per week Digital Platforms Run and Change is focused on running and evolving a diverse range of platforms - some which host and enable customer facing services, and others that also create and manage their own end user digital customer journeys The Architect will design and support the delivery of technical solutions that meet business and operational needs. The role focuses on shaping architecture direction, creating clear design documents, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring solutions align with the customer's standards, are secure, scalable, and maintainable. The architect will work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and delivery partners to ensure designs can be delivered effectively and safely. Key Responsibilities Produce architecture designs that meet technical and business requirements Work with delivery teams, product owners, engineers, and testers to shape the technical approach Translate requirements into clear and practical design decisions Produce architecture documents, diagrams, and supporting notes Ensure solutions align with standards, security requirements, and governance Support teams through build, testing, deployment, and change processes Take part in design reviews and provide technical assurance Communicate design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Identify risks, issues, and design constraints early and support their resolution Deliverables Architecture design documents and diagrams Technical input to planning, estimating, and risk management Design review contributions and assurance outputs Guidance to delivery teams during build and deployment Updated design packs aligned with governance checkpoints Dependencies/Assumptions Access to project teams, architecture standards, and technical documentation Engagement with security, data, and platform teams as required Required Skills and Experience General Skills Strong background in technology architecture Understanding of modern platforms, integration approaches, and engineering practices Ability to turn requirements into clear architecture designs Experience producing structured documentation and architecture models Confidence working with delivery teams and stakeholders Clear communication skills Understanding of secure design and architectural governance Core Technical Skills Java development Spring Framework OAuth/authentication protocols Server Side engineering/Back End development Platform & Infrastructure Skills Docker (containerisation) Kubernetes (container orchestration) Domain/Architecture Knowledge Understanding of IASS architecture Experience working within identity/access or similar secure service environments (implied through OAuth & IASS) Additional/Desirable Attributes Ability to work on scalable, distributed systems (implied from Kubernetes & Server Side experience) Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

SAS Data Architect (Legacy SAS/SAS Viya) - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £656 per day inside IR35 (SAS Architect, SAS Technical Architect) One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a SAS Data Architect (Legacy SAS/SAS Viya). For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford 2 days per week. Please find some details below: Own the architecture and technical design of SAS-based solutions across Legacy SAS and SAS Viya environments Provide design assurance and governance for SAS services, ensuring alignment with data platform and enterprise architecture standards Support and guide teams consuming data warehouse sources (on prem and/or cloud) from SAS Define and document integration patterns between data warehouses and SAS platforms Advise on migration, coexistence and modernisation strategies between Legacy SAS and Viya Act as the technical authority for SAS-related decisions, risks and trade-offs Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams and vendors to resolve complex issues Ensure solutions consider security, performance, scalability and data quality Essential Skills & Experience Strong experience as a SAS Architect or Senior SAS Technical Lead Hands-on architectural experience with Legacy SAS (Base SAS, SAS Grid, SAS 9.x) Proven experience integrating SAS with enterprise data warehouses Experience working in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments Desirable Experience Experience supporting or designing modernisation journeys from Legacy SAS to Viya SAS Viya (cloud or containerised environments) Exposure to cloud platforms Familiarity with data lake/lakehouse patterns alongside traditional warehouses Experience working in multi-supplier or federated delivery models Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

HR People Lead - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Barrow in Furness and remote - 6 months+/RATE: £530 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an HR People Lead. Please find some details below: CONTRACTOR MUST BE SC CLEARED (active) & BE A SOLE UK NATIONAL Not more than 28 days outside the UK during the last 5 years MOD SC preferable Location: 3 days onsite (Barrow In Furness)/2 from home MUST BE PAYE THROUGH UMBRELLA Role Description: Your role Ensure the support of performance reviews, career conversations and general leadership of people to get the best from them. Drive the attainment of objectives, contribute to those objectives and drive success overall in the team. Support, understand and empathise with account challenges and complexities and to ensure resolution of such. Act as a point of escalation for account issues related to people, resource planning and new work take on. Manage the costs of resources, undertake hiring and other items to ensure the right people are in the right places. Where needed, support meetings to resolve concerns, define best practice approaches and ensure successful delivery Your skills and experience Knowledge of End User Services/Digital Modern Workplace would be advantageous. ITIL understanding/applications would be of benefit. Refined communication and organisational skills and the ability to talk to Engineers, End users, Senior Management, and Third-Party suppliers amongst others. Experience of leading multidisciplined teams with differing priorities. Financial acumen for management of costs. Coaching and/or mentoring experience Able to resolve and have difficult conversations with regards to approaches and performance. Your security clearance Must be SC cleared (active), MOD SC cleared preferable. The successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

HR Manager - Telford - 6 months+/RATE: £153 per day inside IR35 One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for an HR Manager. Please find some details below: Clearance required: BPSS Nationality requirement: UK Passport holder only Job Description: HR Manager, Employee Relations, Case Management, Performance Management, Advice and Guidance to managers. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

Compliance Consultant - 12 months contract - Hybrid (London) (Compliance consultant, Internal Controls Consultant, QA Assessor, Quality Control Consultant, QA Assurance, ISO9001 Auditor, ISO9002 Auditor, Quality Assurance Auditor, Quality Assurance Assessor, QA Auditor, Compliance auditor, cards, payments, card scheme, compliance assessor, SOP, SOPs, Job Aid, Job Aid, Complaint, Complaints, Salesforce, Quality Auditor) My client has in the last 18 months set up a new team within their organisation the area of payments acceptance. The team needs a new person to come in and ensure that the teams is covering and adhering to all team areas of compliance with respect to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Job Aids. This person will do sample internal audits, ensure all procedures are adhered to, everyone on the team is trained and aware of the policies to insure internal and legal and regulatory compliance and company policies and procedures Candidate should be familiar with sales force as user. As the company operates in financial services specifically card scheme payments, experience of this area is preferred. Full spec is available below Compliance & Process Control Specialist About the Role We are seeking a detail-oriented Compliance & Process Control Specialist to ensure that our team operates in line with company policies, industry regulations, and best practices. This role is critical in safeguarding our compliance culture, reviewing and enhancing controls, and fostering collaboration between management and staff to ensure procedures are clear, effective, and consistently followed. Key Responsibilities Monitor team adherence to company compliance rules, policies, and regulatory requirements. Review and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), job aids, and process documents in collaboration with managers and internal stakeholders. Design, implement, and regularly review operational controls to ensure compliance. Conduct internal checks, dummy audits, and case reviews to validate adherence to procedures. Oversee the staff training compliance program: track completion, follow up with managers, and ensure mandatory trainings are up to date. Support the complaints-handling process, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards in the financial and regulated environment. Facilitate communication across teams to reinforce compliance awareness and expectations. Work closely with management and internal representatives (eg, compliance, risk, legal teams) to ensure SOPs and job aids meet regulatory and company guidelines. Drive continuous improvements by updating SOPs and processes on a regular basis. Act as a compliance ambassador within the team, fostering a culture of accountability and integrity. Qualifications & Skills Proven experience in compliance, audit, risk management, or process control (preferably in a financial services or regulated environment). Strong knowledge of compliance frameworks, complaints handling processes, and regulatory standards. Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Experience creating, reviewing, and maintaining SOPs, job aids, and internal controls. Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with management, staff, and regulatory partners. Ability to conduct audits or case reviews with accuracy and objectivity. Proactive, organized, and capable of managing multiple priorities. Preferred Experience Familiarity with Salesforce as a tool for case management, reporting, and compliance tracking. Experience with regulatory bodies and compliance standards in the financial industry. Prior role in compliance operations, internal audit, or quality assurance. What We Offer Hybrid flexible working options An opportunity to play a key role in maintaining compliance excellence. A collaborative environment where your input directly impacts operational integrity. Location: London/Hybrid. The company formal policy is currently 2 days a week on site, rest remote. Though this team are flexible so could be 1 day on site one month, 6 days the next month. Please send CV in first instance to be considered

UKG Pro WFM Solution Architect - Remote - 2-3 months+ (UKG, UKG Pro, UKG Architect, UKG Pro Architect) One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a UKG Pro WFM Solution Architect. For this role you can work remotely. Please find some details below: Description: The UKG Pro WFM Solution Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the UKG Pro Workforce Management solutions for clients. This role requires a deep understanding of UKG Pro WFM functionalities, and the ability to provide strategic guidance to optimize workforce processes. The Solution Architect will collaborate closely with clients, project managers, and technical teams to deliver robust and scalable solutions. Key Responsibilities Design and Implementation: Develop comprehensive workforce management solutions using UKG Pro WFM; ensure solutions align with client requirements and industry best practices, from a global perspective. Client Collaboration: Work closely with clients to understand their business needs and challenges; provide expert advice and customized solutions to enhance their workforce management capabilities. Technical Leadership: Guide technical teams in configuring and customizing UKG Pro WFM functionalities; troubleshoot and resolve complex issues, ensuring configuration and compliance across the markets, including WOW. Training and Support: Conduct training sessions for clients and internal teams on UKG Pro WFM features and best practices; provide ongoing support and maintenance. Documentation: Create/Support detailed project documentation, including solution designs, configuration settings, and user manuals. Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest UKG Pro WFM developments and industry trends; recommend enhancements to existing solutions. Qualifications Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in workforce management solutions, with at least 5 years specifically in UKG Pro WFM. Technical Skills: Proficiency in UKG Pro WFM configuration and customization; strong knowledge of SQL, data integration, and reporting tools. Soft Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with clients and technical teams; strong problem-solving abilities. Certifications: Relevant certifications in UKG Pro WFM are highly desirable Proven experience in working in complex projects, involving multi-vendor setup. Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.