54 jobs found in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Java/React Full Stack Developer Location: London or Newcastle, UK (Hybrid - ~1 day per week in office / onsite) Contract: Contract - 6 months with view to extend Day Rate: £550 - £600 per day - Outside IR35 About Appvia Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform, and solutions engineering consultancy. We help organisations modernise software systems, improve developer productivity, and adopt cloud-native practices that enable long-term, sustainable delivery. Our software engineering work focuses on modern application development, domain-driven design, and improving delivery outcomes through better architecture, testing, and developer experience. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Java/React Full Stack Developer to join Appvia on a contract basis, working as a hands-on engineering consultant within our Solutions Engineering team. This role is focused on modernising large, complex software systems, reducing technical debt, and improving...

Senior Java/React Full Stack Developer Location: London or Newcastle, UK (Hybrid - ~1 day per week in office / onsite) Contract: Contract - 6 months with view to extend Day Rate: £550–£600 per day - Outside IR35 About Appvia Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform, and solutions engineering consultancy. We work with organisations to improve software quality, reliability, and delivery outcomes through modern engineering and testing practices. Our teams focus on reducing risk in complex systems by improving automated testing, architectural clarity, and developer feedback loops. About the Role We are seeking a consultative Senior Software Developer in Test with hands-on experience in React and Java to join Appvia as a hands-on testing and quality engineering consultant. This role is centred on modernising automated test strategies for Java/React-based applications, moving away from brittle, heavyweight end-to-end testing towards more effective integration,...

Senior Java/React Full Stack Developer Location: London or Newcastle, UK (Hybrid - ~1 day per week in office / onsite) Contract: Contract - 6 months with view to extend Day Rate: £550–£600 per day - Outside IR35 About Appvia Appvia is a specialist cloud, platform, and solutions engineering consultancy. We help organisations modernise software systems, improve developer productivity, and adopt cloud-native practices that enable long-term, sustainable delivery. Our software engineering work focuses on modern application development, domain-driven design, and improving delivery outcomes through better architecture, testing, and developer experience. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Java/React Full Stack Developer to join Appvia on a contract basis, working as a hands-on engineering consultant within our Solutions Engineering team. This role is focused on modernising large, complex software systems, reducing technical debt, and improving delivery speed...

Data Architect Data Modelling - Geospatial - BPSS £550-600 per day, Outside IR35 Initially until the end of March Start 19th of January Fully Remote We're supporting one of our favorite Consulting partners source a Data Architect to join a project team delivering a high profile Government program. You'll join a team delivering an Alpha phase comprising of 5 integrated blocks of work. You must have / be able to obtain BPSS Clearance. Skills/experience required: The role requires a deep understanding of both high-level data strategy and hands-on technical implementation within the built environment: ● Data Modelling: Expertise in Jupyter Notebooks fortransparent data model presentation.● Geospatial Strategy: Deep understanding of GIS interoperability and national spatial data standards(UPRNs).● Knowledge of Planning Data Platforms Professional Capabilities: Beyond technical skills, the Senior Data Architect must demonstrate the ability to lead digital...

ServiceNow Administrator (SC Cleared) Duration: 3 Weeks Location: Remote working Rate: £500 - £600 per day IR35 Status: Outside Start: ASAP A ServiceNow Administrator (SC Cleared) is required for our public sector client to review and update hardware Hybrid Working Bundle in ServiceNow to allow additional bundle items to be added by the end user in ServiceNow via an 'add to basket' option. Additional bundles that would be available to be added are detailed below: Contingent Labour Bundle For this bundle, having a Mandatory Conditional Variable adding to the Hybrid Working Bundle order guide, stated as a question that will ask the end user for confirmation of Full Time or Contingent Labour. Then if Contingent Labour is selected, only entitled End User Compute hardware is displayed for this selection such as Surface Pro, Headset & Arc Mouse. iPhone Voice and Data Request Bundle For this bundle, adding this to the Hybrid Bundle Order guide, to allow the end user to...

DV Cleared Data Engineer - London - 6 months rolling - £700pd+ Outside IR35 I'm working with a defence consultancy who are looking to hire a DV Cleared Data engineer with Geospatial experience. They are working on cutting edge data platforms, integrating top of the line AI products. Skills: - Geospatial experience - AI experience - Databricks - Active DV Clearance The main site is London for this role but other sites can be utilised if easier for the candidate. DV Cleared Data Engineer - London - 6 months rolling - £700pd+ Outside IR35

French Speaking Contract Senior Project Manager – IT Separation and TSA Delivery Location: 100% Remote (UK-based) Duration: Initial 11 month contract Day Rate: £600-£650pd, outside IR35 We are seeking an experienced fluent French speaking Senior Project Manager to lead a critical business divestment programme and the subsequent delivery of IT Transitional Services Agreements (TSA). This role requires strong expertise in IT separation planning, execution oversight, and governance across multiple workstreams. Key Responsibilities: Develop and maintain a comprehensive IT Separation Plan, including scope definition, RAID management, cutover planning, dependencies, TSA timelines, and milestone tracking. Provide cross-stream governance and reporting, including weekly status updates, executive dashboards, risk escalation, TSA dependency tracking, and readiness assessments for cutover events. Ready for cutover, ensure pre-cutover checkpoints are confirmed. Support TSA exit by...

Backend Engineer, Contract | Python (Django), Java and Rust | Fully Remote / EU-Based | Rate £550-650pd, Outside IR35 | 12-months Contract Length Opportunity: We're supporting a fast-moving client at huge global scale, that is in need of a Senior Backend Contractor with deep experience across Python, Django and some Java and Rust. This is a high-impact freelance role within a tech-driven established team - building scalable systems in a modern backend environment and implementing AI work. What You'll Be Doing as a Backend Engineer, Contract | Python (Django), Java and Rust | Fully Remote / EU-Based | Rate £550-650pd, Outside IR35 | 12-months Contract Length Designing and building robust backend services across Python and Django Collaborating with product and platform teams to scale critical infrastructure Contributing to performance optimisation, secure coding, and clean architecture decisions Bringing in best practices across multiple programming...

Java Software Engineer is sought on a contract basis by a market FinTech with hubs across the UK. This Java Software Engineer will be tasked with building complex, highly scalable greenfield solutions with international scope. As such experience working on enterprise grade microservices architected applications is a key must have. This Java Software Engineer should have most of the following key skills: At least 5 years commercial java experience ideally gained building enterprise grade applications Strong framework experience (spring, hibernate, spring boot etc) Strong RDBMS experience – NoSQL, MongoDB etc Troubleshooting exposure – Splunk, ELK etc Git version control Automation experience – CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes would be a real plus Solid AWS cloud exposure TDD experience Microservices/ serverless architecture understanding This contract role is offered on a rolling 3 month basis and is paying between £550 & £600 per day outside of IR35. Due to...

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (FinTech) | Remote (UK) | £600-£750 per day | 6–12 months Role: Senior Machine Learning Engineer (FinTech) Location: Remote (UK-based candidates) Rate / Salary: £600-£750 per day Duration: 6–12 months (extension likely) IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Project Overview You’ll join a fast-scaling fintech organisation undergoing a major AI-led transformation focused on building next-generation fraud detection, credit risk, real-time decisioning, and forecasting platforms. The programme is replacing legacy, rule-based systems with machine learning-driven intelligence to improve transaction monitoring, customer risk profiling, demand and liquidity forecasting, and payment decisioning across millions of daily events. Role Overview We’re seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to lead the design, development, and production of real-time ML and forecasting solutions. You’ll work closely with data engineers, platform teams,...

Machine Learning Engineer - Contract (Financial Services, Outside IR35) Duration: 6 months Rate: £650 - £750 per day I R35: Outside Location: UK / Remote We’re seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to support a Financial Services organisation on an initial 6-month contract , working on production-grade ML systems that operate in regulated, high-volume environments. This role is ideal for someone comfortable taking models from research through to deployment, with a strong appreciation for robust engineering, governance, and scalability . Responsibilities Design, build, and deploy machine learning models into production within a Financial Services environment Collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Software Engineers, Risk, and Product teams Build and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines (training, validation, inference, monitoring) Ensure models meet requirements around performance, resilience, and explainability Contribute to MLOps...

Senior Mobile & Desktop Engineer Duration - 6 months Outside IR35 - Competitive Market Rate Fully Remote Fruition Group are representing a boutique technology consultancy who are specialist at delivering cutting edge solutions for public and private sector clients. They're known as the 'Knights in Shining Armour'. We are looking for an experienced Senior Mobile Engineer to land ASAP. You will be working on a project which involves owning the development of React Native & Electron apps for a very well known Blockchain business that run peer-to-peer with zero central servers. (Don't worry, Blockchain experience not needed!). Key Skills required: React Native Typescript Node IOS/Android Key Responsibilities: Architect clean, modular and scalable application foundations shared across mobile and desktop platforms. Build high-performance cross-platform UI/UX for messaging, file sharing, video calls and collaborative tools. Implement robust local-first data...

If you are a proven Data Architect at principal/lead level we have a new contract we would like to disucss with you. This is outside IR35 and whilst fully remote, you will be supporting a client based in America so working hours will be on CST as well as being paid in USD. Overview Principal Data Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data solutions within a modern data platform. The role is central to advancing data maturity, defining architectural standards, and ensuring strong alignment between business strategy and technology delivery. Key Responsibilities Own and evolve current- and future-state enterprise data architecture Design scalable data solutions aligned to business capabilities and non-functional requirements Develop and maintain data architecture and technology roadmaps Provide technical leadership, governance, and best-practice guidance to engineering teams Define and promote data architecture standards, models, and...

Mobile Technical Lead Developer - Kotlin/Swift - £600 Outside IR35 - Remote - 3 months rolling RecOps is partnered with a leading digital consultancy to bolster their existing engineering team with a contract Mobile Technical Lead Developer with Kotlin and Swift experience. This role would be £600 per day, Outside IR35 & is fully remote with occasional office meetings. This role will be a 3 month rolling project. Key Responsibilities: Kotlin Swift Identity Application (iOS, Android) Flutter If the above sounds like you, please apply now for immediate consideration.

Release Manager Contract Outside IR35 12 Months Initially Rate - TBC Predominately Remote, (Possible travel to Netherlands) January Start Date My client are seeking a Senior Programme Release Manager to lead and establish release management processes across multiple programmes, this is a critical role for organisations looking to implement robust release management practices for the first time. Key Responsibilities: Establish and implement release management processes and governance from the ground up. Manage releases across multiple programmes, ensuring alignment with business priorities and timelines. Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, translating requirements into actionable release plans. Coordinate dependencies across programmes to ensure smooth, risk-mitigated releases. Monitor and report on release progress, risks, and issues to senior management. Drive continuous improvement of release...

Your new company and role This role is with a leading Digital Consultancy who is looking for an experienced COBOL Developer. As a COBOL Developer, you will develop and migrate COBOL applications, ensuring top performance and reliability from ICL VME to Windows. This contract position offers £500 - £600 per day, Outside of IR35 and is fully remote. What you'll need to succeed To excel in this role, you will need experience in COBOL Development, with a strong track record of working with ICL/Fujitsu. You will also require excellent problem skills, attention to detail and the ability to work independently in a remote setting. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for...

Role: VMware Engineer Salary/Rate: £500-600 per day outside IR35 Location: Mainly remote Contract Duration: approx. 5 months We're working with a highly respected organisation operating in a complex, security-focused environment, looking to bring in an experienced VMware Engineer to support the design, build and improvement of enterprise-scale hypervisor platforms. This role would suit someone who enjoys working across design, build and automation , with a strong focus on secure infrastructure and repeatable processes. This VMware Engineer role is mainly remote, with occasional UK office visits as required by the business. The contract for the VMware Engineer position is for 100 days, with potential to extend, operating outside IR35. Security Clearance: Security Check ('SC Clearance') Essential skills/experience required: Strong hands-on experience designing and building hypervisor platforms Solid knowledge of VMware technologies and virtual machine...

Salary: £500 - 600 per day Reference: COR7428B/AP51 AI Software Engineer, GraphRAG, TypeScript, AWS, Remote, CO7428B A pre-seed start-up building a workflow and intelligence platform powered by agentic AI, multimodal analysis and domain-specific insight, requires an AI Software Engineer / Knowledge Graph Specialist. The AI Software Engineer will be contracted initially for a month as they complete the build of their MVP, but with every expectation of extending. Working fully remotely and outside of IR35, the AI Software Engineer will: Own the architecture for the module being built Work directly with the CTO and product specialists to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions Actively code, build and solve complex backend challenges Experience Required: Demonstrable experience of building and deploying complex AI applications using LLMs, RAG and agentic workflows GraphRAG / Knowledge Graph expertise - deep knowledge with...

Job Title Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) – Telecoms / Software-Focused Systems Contract Details Contract Length: Minimum 9 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Location: Predominantly remote with occasional travel to Cheadle, Stockport Overview An experienced Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) is required to take over an existing role due to retirement. The role supports a rail-based programme currently at GRIP 6, entering SIT/SAT testing, and centres on an Online Key Management System (OKMS). The OKMS is a software-based, cyber-secure telecoms system used by train drivers to log into operational systems. While the solution has strong software and cyber-security elements, this is not a pure software role. A telecoms engineering background is essential. Civils or signalling-only backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable. The OKMS scope represents approximately 40–50% of the workload; however, candidates with a strong telecoms background will be able to support...

Job Title Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) – Telecoms / Software-Focused Systems Contract Details Contract Length: Minimum 9 months IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Start Date: ASAP Location: Predominantly remote with occasional travel to Cheadle, Stockport Overview An experienced Contractor’s Engineering Manager (CEM) is required to take over an existing role due to retirement. The role supports a rail-based programme currently at GRIP 6, entering SIT/SAT testing, and centres on an Online Key Management System (OKMS). The OKMS is a software-based, cyber-secure telecoms system used by train drivers to log into operational systems. While the solution has strong software and cyber-security elements, this is not a pure software role. A telecoms engineering background is essential. Civils or signalling-only backgrounds are unlikely to be suitable. The OKMS scope represents approximately 40–50% of the workload; however, candidates with a strong...