132 engineering jobs found in Reading

Head of Data Engineering - Microsoft Fabric Contract & Location: 9 month contract - 2 days per week in London office . Rate: £675/day Outside IR35 Role: Leadership & Strategy: Lead the Data Engineering function and own the enterprise data engineering strategy, architecture roadmap, standards, and delivery across a Microsoft Fabric-led data estate. Microsoft Fabric Expertise: Provide senior technical leadership across Microsoft Fabric, including OneLake, Lakehouses, Warehouses, Data Pipelines, Dataflows Gen2, Spark Notebooks, KQL and Real Time Intelligence. Data Architecture & Migration: Design and oversee modern cloud-first data architectures, including Delta Lake and Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion patterns, with experience migrating Legacy platforms such as Oracle or Azure Synapse. Enterprise Data Integration: Lead the integration and data engineering strategy across key enterprise platforms including Salesforce, Certinia, Workday, Dynamics 365...

Data Engineering Tech Lead Location: London (1 day per month onsite) Duration: Initial 6-Month Contract Pay Rate: £650 - £680 (Outside IR35) The Opportunity We're supporting a growing loyalty and rewards organisation that is continuing to expand its data capability following significant business growth click apply for full job details

OT Cyber Security Risk Assessment Consultant Pay rate: £600 - £700 outside IR35 Clearance: SC Nationality: Must be Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders click apply for full job details

OT Cyber Security Risk Consultant - Outside - SC Cleared Location: Reading, c.3 days a week Charge rate: £550 IR35: Outside Clearance: SC Nationality: Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders click apply for full job details

OT Cyber Security Risk Consultant - Outside - SC Cleared Location: Reading, c.3 days a week Charge rate: £550 IR35: Outside Clearance: SC Nationality: Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders click apply for full job details

Salary: £500 - 550 per day Reference: COR7630/AP148 Principal Software Developer, AI Integration, C#, £550 day rate, Outside IR35, Reading, COR7630 We're looking for an experienced Principal Software Developer to join a long-term contract with an initial 3-month term and a strong likelihood of extension up to 18 months. This role is based in Reading, with three days per week onsite, and offers a day rate of up to £550, outside IR35. As a Principal Software Developer, you'll play a key role in driving the adoption of AI within a software engineering team. Working closely with developers, you'll help integrate AI-powered tools and agentic technologies into the development lifecycle, improving productivity and modernising engineering practices. What's required of the Principal Software Developer? Strong commercial experience developing software with C# and .NET Experience leading or supporting the adoption of AI within a software development team...

Salary: £400 - 450 per day Reference: COR7631/AP148 AI Engineer / Software Developer, C# .NET, Reading, £450 day rate, Outside IR35, COR7631 We're looking for an experienced AI Engineer / Software Developer to join a long-term contract with an initial 3-month term and a strong likelihood of extension up to 18 months. This role is based in Reading, with three days per week onsite, and offers a day rate of up to £450, outside IR35. As an AI Engineer / Software Developer, you'll be responsible for developing software using C# and .NET while leveraging AI-powered tools throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll be someone who naturally incorporates AI into day-to-day development, using it to improve code quality, productivity, and delivery within a modern engineering environment. What's required of the AI Engineer / Software Developer? Strong commercial experience developing applications with C# and .NET Proven experience using AI tools throughout...

OT Cyber Security Risk Assessment Consultant Pay rate: £600 - £700 outside IR35 Clearance: SC Nationality: Must be Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Conduct IEC 62443-3-2 Initial Risk Assessments (ZCR1-ZCR4). Perform Detailed Risk Assessments (ZCR1-ZCR7) where risks exceed tolerable levels. Gather information from stakeholders and facilitate assessment activities. Produce and maintain risk assessment documentation using customer-approved templates. Address review comments and deliver final assessment artefacts. Provide project updates, effort estimates, and progress reports Required Skills & Experience Experience conducting cyber security risk assessments in OT/ICS environments. Strong knowledge of IEC 62443-3-2....

OT Cyber Security Risk Assessment Consultant Pay rate: £600 - £700 outside IR35 Clearance: SC Nationality: Must be Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders click apply for full job details

OT Cyber Security Risk Assessment Consultant Pay rate: £600 - £700 outside IR35 Clearance: SC Nationality: Must be Sole British Start date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Role Summary Support the delivery of IEC 62443-3-2 cyber security risk assessments across approximately 33 OT/industrial systems, working closely with engineering, security, and project stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Conduct IEC 62443-3-2 Initial Risk Assessments (ZCR1-ZCR4). Perform Detailed Risk Assessments (ZCR1-ZCR7) where risks exceed tolerable levels. Gather information from stakeholders and facilitate assessment activities. Produce and maintain risk assessment documentation using customer-approved templates. Address review comments and deliver final assessment artefacts. Provide project updates, effort estimates, and progress reports Required Skills & Experience Experience conducting cyber security risk assessments in OT/ICS environments. Strong knowledge of IEC 62443-3-2....

Salary: £500 - 550 per day Reference: COR7630/AP148 Principal Software Developer, AI Integration, C#, £550 day rate, Outside IR35, Reading, COR7630 We're looking for an experienced Principal Software Developer to join a long-term contract with an initial 3-month term and a strong likelihood of extension up to 18 months. This role is based in Reading, with three days per week onsite, and offers a day rate of up to £550, outside IR35. As a Principal Software Developer, you'll play a key role in driving the adoption of AI within a software engineering team. Working closely with developers, you'll help integrate AI-powered tools and agentic technologies into the development lifecycle, improving productivity and modernising engineering practices. What's required of the Principal Software Developer? Strong commercial experience developing software with C# and .NET Experience leading or supporting the adoption of AI within a software development...

Salary: £400 - 450 per day Reference: COR7631/AP148 AI Engineer / Software Developer, C# .NET, Reading, £450 day rate, Outside IR35, COR7631 We're looking for an experienced AI Engineer / Software Developer to join a long-term contract with an initial 3-month term and a strong likelihood of extension up to 18 months. This role is based in Reading, with three days per week onsite, and offers a day rate of up to £450, outside IR35. As an AI Engineer / Software Developer, you'll be responsible for developing software using C# and .NET while leveraging AI-powered tools throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll be someone who naturally incorporates AI into day-to-day development, using it to improve code quality, productivity, and delivery within a modern engineering environment. What's required of the AI Engineer / Software Developer? Strong commercial experience developing applications with C# and .NET Proven experience using AI...

Data Engineer / Data Engineering / Azure / Databricks / Ingestion / Pipelines / API /  Azure API Management (APIM ) / Python / 3-month contract / Outside IR35 / Fully remote / £400 – 500 per day. One of our leading clients is looking to recruit a Data Engineer. Location – fully remote / home based Duration – Initial 3 month  Day Rate – £400-500 per day Outside IR35 Role / Responsibilities: · Define and build a data lake architecture on Azure (ADLS + Databricks) · Layered data model (bronze / silver / gold) for ingestion, processing, and reporting · Develop ingestion patterns from API sources (batch and streaming) · Establish data governance, metadata, and access controls · Define storage structures, naming conventions, and schema design · Develop API connectors and ingestion pipelines using Python · Implement integration services feeding into the Databricks environment · Build data transformation logic using PySpark /...

Product & Account Lead AI / Life Sciences Contract: 6–12 months ASAP start Competitive day rate Outside IR35 I’m recruiting for an exciting UK deep-tech company working at the intersection of AI, robotics and life sciences . They are looking for a Product & Account Lead to take ownership of a key biotech account end to end — from client relationship and product strategy through to delivery, adoption and commercial growth. This is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys working without a playbook, making decisions with incomplete information and turning customer needs into products that deliver real-world value. The role You’ll be responsible for: Owning the client relationship from day-to-day users through to senior stakeholders Setting product priorities based on customer and market needs Leading the internal delivery team across engineering, AI, design and commercial functions Owning project plans, milestones, scope, risk and delivery...

Spectrum IT are working with an enterprise digital platform to recruit a Contract Principal Software Architect to support their widely used, real-world consumer technology platform. This is an O UTSIDE IR35 role, for an initial 6 months contract and will be hybrid working: 2 days onsite in Uxbridge per week. This is a brownfield architecture environment . The successful architect will not be designing a new platform from scratch. Instead, they will be working within a live production estate, balancing existing technology, legacy decisions, technical debt, team structures and commercial priorities against the need to improve scalability, resilience, maintainability and customer experience. The role therefore requires a pragmatic, delivery-focused architect who can understand where the platform is today, identify the areas that genuinely need to change, and work with engineering teams to make those improvements incrementally. The Role You will play a key role in...

Data Architect - SC Cleared £650 p/d Outside IR35 Remote, occasional London travel October Start - 6 months, extension expected We are recruiting a Data Architect to support a major data modernisation programme within a complex central government environment. The role will focus on data retention and deletion, helping establish the governance, architecture and controls required as the organisation transitions its data estate to a modern cloud-based platform. This position combines data architecture and management expertise with extensive stakeholder engagement across technical, operational, policy and compliance teams. Role responsibilities Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards and guardrails covering data retention, deletion and life cycle management. Support the development and implementation of global and local data-retention approaches across multiple products and data domains. Contribute to the Alpha phase of a data estate modernisation...

Data Architect - SC Cleared £650 p/d Outside IR35 Remote, occasional London travel October Start - 6 months, extension expected We are recruiting a Data Architect to support a major data modernisation programme within a complex central government environment. The role will focus on data retention and deletion, helping establish the governance, architecture and controls required as the organisation transitions its data estate to a modern cloud-based platform. This position combines data architecture and management expertise with extensive stakeholder engagement across technical, operational, policy and compliance teams. Role responsibilities Define and maintain data architecture principles, standards and guardrails covering data retention, deletion and lifecycle management. Support the development and implementation of global and local data-retention approaches across multiple products and data domains. Contribute to the alpha phase...

Data Analyst Contract (Outside IR35) | Remote | UK Public Sector Project Overview Ceox Services is seeking a Data Analyst to support data analysis and data engineering activities across internal systems and connected applications. You will play a key role in gathering and translating business requirements, engaging directly with stakeholders, and structuring the data models that underpin decision-making across the programme. This role involves working across complex datasets, enhancing reporting capability, and shaping data foundations for wider organisational use. Who We’re Looking For An experienced Data Analyst with strong analytical ability, capable of gathering requirements from stakeholders, interpreting large data sets, validating information from multiple sources, and producing clear visual insights. You will work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and programme leads to understand data structures, reporting requirements, and...

Spectrum IT are working with an enterprise digital platform to recruit a Contract Principal Software Architect to support their widely used, real-world consumer technology platform. This is an OUTSIDE IR35 role, for an initial 6 months contract and will be hybrid working: 2 days onsite in Uxbridge per week. This is a brownfield architecture environment. The successful architect will not be designing a new platform from scratch. Instead, they will be working within a live production estate, balancing existing technology, legacy decisions, technical debt, team structures and commercial priorities against the need to improve scalability, resilience, maintainability and customer experience. The role therefore requires a pragmatic, delivery-focused architect who can understand where the platform is today, identify the areas that genuinely need to change, and work with engineering teams to make those improvements incrementally. The Role You will play a key role in defining and...

Contract Length: 3 months Engagement: Interim/Contract Status - Outside IR35 Location - Travel to site 3 days a week in East Oxfordshire (M40) Focus: Agile Transformation | Operational Change | Capability Building Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Agile Transformation Consultant for an initial three-month engagement to introduce practical, sustainable Agile ways of working within a non-technical, operational business environment. This is not a traditional Agile Coach role operating within software engineering or technology delivery. The successful consultant will work with business and operational teams that may have limited previous exposure to Agile, helping them move away from traditional, Waterfall or unstructured approaches towards a clearer, more transparent and effective way of managing work. The objective is to deliver rapid and measurable improvement rather than implement Agile for Agile's sake. You will assess how teams currently...