Senior Software Engineer – AI, Agentic Development
Permanent – Hybrid
Greater Manchester area
Join our client as a Senior Engineer, taking a leading role in shaping the next generation of AI‑enabled software delivery. This position embraces emerging AI tooling, where you’ll design, build and augment intelligent agent‑based workflows that transform how teams build, test, review and deploy software.
This is not about code re-use or simple code autocompletion. It’s an opportunity to act as a lead for a distributed ecosystem of ‘coding agents’, developing the logic, structures and governance that allow multi‑agent systems to collaborate as part of a modern engineering function. If you’re excited by experimentation, advanced AI‑assisted development, and driving best practice in a rapidly evolving space, this role offers a rare chance to influence engineering culture at scale.
Duties of the Senior Software Engineer will include:
• Design and implement multi‑agent development workflows (e.g., writer, reviewer, tester, deployer agents).
• Develop prompts, behavioural logic, and composition frameworks that guide autonomous coding agents.
• Enable safe and structured agent access to tools such as file systems, source control, test harnesses, and internal APIs.
• Evaluate and refine AI agent performance, assessing collaboration patterns, output quality, and feedback loops.
• Lead and contribute to architectural discussions on AI‑driven build systems, automated generation, and intelligent pipeline design.
• Prototype new AI‑powered developer experiences using LLMs, vector stores, and internal knowledge bases.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams on AI‑enhanced tooling for internal users.
• Help define AI evaluation standards; reliability, accuracy, velocity, impact.
• Mentor others colleagues applying generative AI to real-world development workflows.
• Mentor others colleagues applying generative AI to UI prototyping and automation.
• Champion secure integration of generative AI into regulated environments.
• Participate in the engineering on‑call rotation.
To progress in the Sen Software Engineer role, your experience should include:
• 5+ years’ software engineering experience across both backend and frontend stacks.
• A strong proficiency in various development languages, inc; Java / TypeScript / React.
• Strong relational databases skills, ideally MySQL.
• Practical experience using modern AI‑assisted development tooling—such as Cursor, Windsurf, LLM APIs, code‑generation frameworks, vector databases, and agentic platforms such as LangChain.
• A product mindset focused on building tools & systems deliver real‑world value.
• A demonstrable focus on experimentation, iteration, continuous learning, and evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Ability to operate effectively in regularly evolving, ambiguous environments and contribute to the creation of emerging standards and best practices.
Rewards & Benefits
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience.
• Hybrid working model aligned to team and project needs. (typically, 60% in office)
• Comprehensive benefits package inc. pension, private health, dental & vision care.
• Professional development pathways, including advanced technical training.
• A highly collaborative working environment that values innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Keywords
Agentic Engineering, Software Engineering, AI Engineering, AI Development, Agentic Development, AI‑Enabled Engineering, Multi‑Agent Systems, Generative AI, Java, TypeScript, React, MySQL, LLMs, Cursor, Windsurf, Agentic IDE’s, LLM API’s, Langchain, Code Automation, Developer Tooling, Software Engineering, Agentic Frameworks, Codeium, Lang Chain, Codegen, CI/CD, Vector Databases, Intelligent Pipelines, AI‑Assisted Development, AutoGen, CrewAI, LangGraph, Platform Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Large language models, Antigravity, Anthropic, Claude Code.
Full Stack Engineer (GoLang / TypeScript / JavaScript)
Permanent – Hybrid
Greater Manchester
Join a leading digital‑first organisation undergoing a major transformation of its core products and platforms. As a Full-Stack Engineer, you will play a key role in modernising complex legacy systems, reshaping established on‑premise solutions into scalable, cloud‑native services and driving next-gen services.
This is an opportunity to work within a collaborative, high‑performing engineering function that values autonomy, rapid iteration, and technical excellence. You’ll help deliver the next generation of workflow technologies used across a broad and diverse customer base — all while embracing modern engineering practices and emerging tooling.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable workflow services — at the core of the platform is a sophisticated workflow engine that drives customer operations.
• Develop cloud‑native, API‑driven solutions using modern architectures and patterns.
• Contribute to predictable, iterative delivery cycles.
• Support the evolution of on‑prem components into fully cloud‑optimised services using contemporary deployment methods.
• Ensure solutions are testable, maintainable, and instrumented for performance, reliability, and supportability.
Skills & Experience Required
• A passion for automation and building services easy to test, monitor, maintain.
• Strong working knowledge of TypeScript / JavaScript and professional experience with containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker).
• In-depth understanding of a Go (GoLang) and how to apply it in real‑world systems.
• Familiarity with emerging engineering tools, ie Cursor, Copilot, Warp, or similar productivity enhancers.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider and awareness of the trade‑offs of their native services.
• Excellent communication skills within cross‑functional teams.
• A fast‑paced, iterative mindset, working with CI/CD, automation, & modern DevOps .
• A “build it, run it” ethos — ensuring services are operationally robust, observable, and ready for real‑world workloads.
• A commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge‑sharing.
Key Information
Rewards & Benefits
• Competitive salary aligned with experience
• 25 days annual leave (rising with service) with the option to buy or sell
• Enhanced pension & life assurance
Keyword Terminology
Cloud Engineering, FullStack Engineering, GO, TypeScript, JavaScript, GoLang, API‑First, Cloud‑Native, DevOps, CI/CD, Automation, Containerisation, Microservices, Observability, Platform Engineering, Agile Delivery, Software Modernisation, Developer Tooling, Cloud Transformation.
Automation Engineer
Location: Preston (Hybrid – 2–3 days onsite)
Salary: Up to £52,000 (based on experience)
Our client, a rapidly growing MSP, is looking for an Automation Engineer to support their environment. This is a new, internally focused role where you’ll design, build, and optimise automation and improve operational efficiency.
This would be a great move into a role where you build solutions rather than close tickets.
The Role
You’ll act as the technical owner of automation, working closely with leadership to identify inefficiencies and deliver measurable improvements across tooling, monitoring, and workflows.
Key responsibilities include:
Technologies
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What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)
Infrastructure HSM Analyst
Permanent - Hybrid
Northwich, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Altrincham, Warrington, Wilmslow
Join our global client’s specialist Information Security function, playing a role in maintaining the integrity, availability, and governance of core security services across critical infrastructure environments. With a focus on Cryptography & Key Management, you will work directly with enterprise‑grade Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and lead key‑management processes supporting secure operations across multiple platforms.
This is an opportunity to make meaningful impact while expanding your knowledge within a highly secure, process‑driven team, choosing to follow an Infrastructure and/or development career path where accuracy, compliance, and technical depth are essential.
The tasks of an Analyst will include:
• Configure, administer, and maintain HSM devices, including secure onsite activities and lifecycle management.
• Generate, distribute, store, recover, rotate, and retire cryptographic keys.
• Maintain detailed documentation, device catalogues, and cryptographic records.
• Support the scheduling, coordination, and delivery of key‑management services across globally distributed platforms.
• Contribute to the development of Infrastructure automation routines.
• Contribute to incident, problem, and change management activities.
• Produce operational reports, risk statements, and compliance evidence as part of ongoing governance requirements.
• Develop, and implement procedures, processes, and control improvements.
• Own and deliver cryptographic components of projects, ensuring technical requirements are met and securely integrated.
To progress as a successful Analyst, you will require:
• InfoSec experience with understanding of cryptography and key‑management.
• Hands‑on experience with HSM configuration, installation and support.
• Understanding of certificate management, authentication technologies, and controlled cryptographic processes.
• Familiarity with ITIL.
• Understanding of Unix / Windows environments used within secure infrastructure.
• Understanding of scripting with Python, Go-Lang or similar
• Strong documentation skills for procedures, runbooks, and audit deliverables.
• Knowledge of risk, governance, compliance, and data‑protection principles; relevant certifications are advantageous.
**The hands-on Cryptography experience, particularly of Hardware Security Module (HSM) and associated Key Management is significant, however candidates with some recent exposure and a broader background in ITIL, Incident Response, Change Management AND a genuine demonstrable desire to progress a career in Cryptography, will be considered. Please highlight your rational in your application.
Rewards & Benefits
• Starting salary, circa £40-45k Basic + Bonus (£4-5k) + On-call (£3-£6k)
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Either focus Crypto Infrastructure or Crypto Development
• Access to continuous learning and certification programmes.
Keyword terminology
Information Security, Infrastructure Security, Hardware Security, Cryptography, Cryptography Engineer, HSM, Hardware Security Module, Key Management, Encryption, PKI, Certificate Management, Secure Key Handling, Cryptographic Operations, Security Engineer, Risk & Controls, Governance, Compliance, Secure Infrastructure, Key Lifecycle Management, Unix, Windows, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, Certified Encryption Specialist, Certified Professional in Cryptography Fundamentals, Entrust Professional Services, Professional Certificate in Cryptography, ECES, CEH, GIAC Information Security Fundamentals, Thales payShield, FIPS-140-3, Common Criteria, Luna, Entrust, nShield, Cloud HSM, SafeNet.
Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) Analyst
Permanent - Hybrid
Northwich, Macclesfield, Knutsford, Altrincham, Warrington, Wilmslow
Join our global client’s specialist Information Security function, playing a vital role in maintaining the integrity, availability, and governance of core security services across critical environments. As a Cryptography & Key Management analyst, you will work directly with enterprise‑grade Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and lead key‑management processes supporting secure operations across multiple platforms. This is an opportunity to make meaningful impact while expanding your knowledge within a highly secure, process‑driven team where accuracy, compliance, and technical depth are essential.
The tasks of a Cryptography Analyst will include:
• Configure, administer, and maintain HSM devices, including secure onsite activities and lifecycle management.
• Generate, distribute, store, recover, rotate, and retire cryptographic keys in line with security procedures.
• Maintain detailed documentation, audit trails, device catalogues, and operational records for cryptographic environments.
• Support the scheduling, coordination, and delivery of key‑management services across globally distributed platforms. (including some on-call duties)
• Contribute to incident, problem, and change management activities, ensuring timely resolution and effective root‑cause identification.
• Produce operational reports, risk statements, and compliance evidence as part of ongoing governance requirements.
• Develop, refine, and implement procedures, operational processes, and control improvements.
• Deliver cryptographic components of projects, ensuring technical requirements are met and securely integrated.
To progress as a successful Cryptography Analyst, you will require:
• Information Security experience to include understanding of cryptography and enterprise key‑management operations.
• Current, hands‑on expertise in HSM configuration, installation, support, and secure component handling.
• Understanding of certificate management, authentication technologies, and controlled cryptographic processes.
• Familiarity with operational frameworks such as ITIL.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence/collaborate across teams.
• Understanding of Unix / Windows environments used within secure infrastructure.
• Strong documentation skills for procedures, runbooks, and audit deliverables.
• Knowledge of risk, governance, compliance, and data‑protection principles; relevant certifications are advantageous.
**The hands on Cryptography experience, particularly of Hardware Security Module (HSM) and associated Key Management is central to success in this role, however candidates with some recent exposure and a broader background in ITIL, Incident Response, Change Management AND a genuine demonstrable desire to progress a career in Cryptography, will be considered. Please highlight your rational in your application.
Rewards & Benefits
• Competitive salary, circa £40-45k Basic + Bonus + Pension.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• Access to continuous learning and certification programmes.
Keyword terminology
Information Security, Cryptography Analyst, Cryptography Engineer, HSM, Hardware Security Module, Key Management, Encryption Engineer, PKI, Certificate Management, Secure Key Handling, Cryptographic Operations, Security Engineer, Risk & Controls, Governance, Compliance, Secure Infrastructure, Key Lifecycle Management, Unix, Windows, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, Certified Encryption Specialist, Certified Professional in Cryptography Fundamentals, Entrust Professional Services, Professional Certificate in Cryptography, ECES, CEH, GIAC Information Security Fundamentals, FIPS-140-3, Common Criteria, Luna, Entrust, nShield, Cloud HSM, SafeNet.
MongoDB Engineer
Permanent - Hybrid
Altrincham, Knutsford, Northwich, Macclesfield, Wilmslow
Join our client as a MongoDB Engineer, supporting the stability and performance of mission‑critical infrastructure that underpins large‑scale technology operations. In this hands‑on engineering role, you’ll leverage modern automation, infrastructure-as-code, and incident‑response best practices to ensure platforms remain reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a key opportunity to influence engineering standards, drive automation, and contribute to the resilience of enterprise-grade systems.
Duties of the MongoDB Engineer will include:
• Engineer, maintain, and optimise core infrastructure platforms supporting applications and data systems.
• Apply software engineering practices—including automation, reproducible configurations, and scripting—to strengthen system reliability and performance.
• Monitor system health, proactively identify issues, and resolve incidents to reduce disruption and minimise mean time to recovery.
• Implement secure configurations and contribute to controls that safeguard systems from vulnerabilities and threats.
• Develop automated processes (Ansible, CI/CD, scripting) to reduce manual effort and uplift operational efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with architects, product teams, and fellow engineers to design solutions aligned with business outcomes.
• Stay informed on emerging trends in infrastructure engineering, automation, databases, and reliability practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
To be successful in progressing with the MongoDB Engineer, your experience should include:
• Advanced working knowledge of MongoDB in enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience with Ansible for database or server configuration management.
• Exposure to DevOps tooling ie. Git, JIRA, and database‑focused CI/CD processes.
• Experience promoting or coaching Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices across teams or large organisations.
• Desirable to have practical experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Desirable to have scripting experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages for automation and migration work.
• Desirable to understanding of risk, controls, change management, and operational governance in complex environments.
• Highly desirable to prior team leading skills or structured workstreams, setting clear objectives and coaching others to deliver against them.
Rewards & Benefits
• Competitive base salary with performance‑linked incentives.
• Flexible hybrid working model tailored to team needs.
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, health coverage, and wellbeing programmes.
• Clear development pathways including leadership training, technical certifications, and access to internal engineering communities.
• A collaborative environment that values ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Keywords
MongoDB Engineer, Database Engineer, SRE, Site Reliability Engineering, Ansible, GIT, JIRA, Automation Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps, CI/CD, Python, Bash, Kubernetes, Containers, Platform Engineering, Systems Reliability, Infrastructure Automation, Enterprise Databases, Operational Engineering.
