Principal Android Engineer (Contract, Outside IR35) A lot of Principal roles take you away from the code. Here you'll lead the technical side of a hedgehog lab team delivering a UK bank's Android app as it moves to Jetpack Compose, and still build alongside them. It's a contract outside IR35, expected to start in January 2027 and run for around 6 months. You'll work remote first, [on-site expectation]What's in it for you You'll shape how a large banking app moves to Compose, from the approach the team takes to the standards it follows. You'll lead a consultancy team that owns the delivery, with engineers who take testing and code reviews seriously. You'll add regulated banking work to your CV, which carries weight on future contracts. Who you'll be doing it for hedgehog lab is a digital product consultancy with 20 years of experience helping public and private sector organisations through digital transformation. We're B Corp and Great Place to Work...

Freelance Senior Product Designer (Outside of IR35) Duration: 6 months Start Date: End of August or ASAP Day Rate: Please specify in your application Contract: (Outside of IR35) Join Our Team as a Freelance Senior Product Designer (Outside of IR35) at Beyond Sports! Are you passionate about complex product systems, pixel-perfect UI, and leading the design of next-generation digital experiences that capture global audiences? At Beyond Sports, we don’t just visualize sports, we reinvent how fans experience them. Together with partners like NFL, NHL, FIFA, and Disney, we push the boundaries of real-time sports data, 3D graphics, and AI-driven storytelling across web and native mobile platforms. If you're an experienced Senior Product Designer with an exceptional visual craft, deep UX strategy expertise, and a track record of driving complex design initiatives alongside fast-moving engineering squads, this 9-month contract is an exciting opportunity to make a massive...

Contract status: Outside IR35 Start date: ASAP Contract length: Three months Location: Remote first Office days: Once or twice a month (London) Who You’ll Be Doing It For You’ll join the mobile platform team on a UK government app, working on the app and the services that support it. The team builds and maintains the common parts of the app, such as login. It also brings in key features built by other teams, and manages app releases. You’re engaged through hedgehog lab, a digital product consultancy and certified B Corp, also Great Place to Work certified. For 20 years we’ve helped public and private sector organisations through digital transformation. What You’ll Be Doing You’ll build and improve the common parts of the Android app, such as login, in Kotlin with Jetpack Compose. You’ll also work on how features built by other teams fit into the app. When your code is ready, you’ll put it up for review. You’ll review other people’s code too. Once a...

Job Title : Integration Architect Job Location : London, UK - Hybrid - 4 days office Mandatory Job type : 1 year - FTC / FTE / Contract Inside/Outside Job description: Hands-on Integration Architect for Project Compass, driving real-time Ledger (RTL), Payments, and FX systems integration within a large banking platform. Deep integration expertise + cloud-native mindset Strong communicator and technical leader Familiar with AI-assisted development tools NATS experience is required (Kafka/Pulsar accepted) Key Responsibilities: Define and own target-state integration architecture aligned with enterprise standards Lead end-to-end integration delivery across multiple systems and teams Design event-driven, API-first, cloud-native solutions (NATS, REST, async messaging) Create architecture artefacts (blueprints, APIs, ADRs) Act as integration authority across platforms and stakeholders Mentor teams on integration patterns, API governance, and best...