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Feb 25, 2026
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Embedded Software Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35) - Cambridge - SC Clearance at SoCode Limited, Cambridgeshire, £60 to £80 per Hour
£60 - £80 per day
Outside Spy Cambridgeshire, UK
Embedded Software Engineer | 6-Month Contract (Outside IR35) | Cambridge Location: Cambridge, UK Contract Type: 6 months (Outside IR35) Rate: Competitive (DOE) Security Clearance: SC Clearance required About the Role We are working with a leading UK defence and security technology consultancy, engaged in developing cutting-edge solutions that protect the UK from emerging technological and cyber threats. As an Embedded Software Engineer, you’ll work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers to design, develop, test, and deliver prototype solutions. This is a hands-on, technically challenging role where your work will have real-world impact. Responsibilities: Develop embedded software for high-tech systems, primarily in C (Linux environment) Collaborate with teams on design, prototyping, and full product lifecycle development Debug and optimise software and hardware interfaces Contribute to technical problem-solving and innovative solutions Required...
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Feb 24, 2026
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Contract Software Engineer at Retelligence, London Area, £500 per day
£500 per day
Outside Spy London Area, United Kingdom
Senior C# Software Engineer (Contract) Location: London (Hybrid) Rate: £500 per day IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Duration: 6 Months (Initial) The Opportunity Join a high-performing engineering team within a London-based powerhouse that is currently dominating its sector. This company has moved past the startup phase into a period of sophisticated, sustainable growth, and they are now maturing their global platform to be truly cloud-agnostic. This role is perfect for a Senior Engineer who thrives on architectural variety. You won’t just be maintaining a single environment; you will be building high-throughput systems that leverage the best features across AWS, Azure, and GCP . The Role As a Senior C# Engineer, you will lead the development of mission-critical services that form the backbone of a rapidly scaling infrastructure. Your focus will be: Backend Development: Writing clean, testable, and high-performance code using the latest...
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Feb 24, 2026
Duration not stated
Lead Software Engineer Up to £660 pd Outside IR35 at ANSON MCCADE, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract Lead Software Engineer Cloud/Serverless (Outside IR35) Hybrid Nottingham (max 2 days per month onsite) 6 Months Initial Contract We are currently supporting a leading UK digital transformation consultancy on the search for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team on an enterprise-scale programme click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Feb 23, 2026
Duration not stated
Guidance & Control Software Engineer at Unify, Barnet, £50 to £65 per Hour
£50 - £65 per day
Outside Spy Barnet, UK
Guidance & Control Software Engineer (Interception Systems)Location: North London - HybridType: Contract - Outside IR35Rate: Starting at £50 per hour DOE About the Role Our client develops advanced autonomous weapon and interception technologies designed for high-speed target engagement in contested environments. The programme centres on a vision-guided one-way aerial system capable of autonomously detecting, tracking, and intercepting manoeuvring objects. The software architecture combines real-time perception with predictive guidance and control. This role will be central to the development of the onboard flight and guidance stack, implementing estimation, tracking and control algorithms in performance-critical C++ code. The engineer will work closely with perception, simulation and hardware teams to ensure reliable terminal behaviour under real-world conditions. The Guidance & Control Software Engineer position suits an engineer with experience in missile guidance,...
Outside Spy
Feb 23, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Software Engineer - Node & Next at IO Associates, London, £420-£440 per day
£420 - £440 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
Senior Software Engineer - Node & React Remote with very occasional client visits £420 - £440pd Outside IR35 3-month contract Our client, an established and successful Consultancy are looking for an experienced Developer to join them on a contract basis. With head offices in the north of the UK and branches spreading across the globe, they're a dynamic technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of professionals, partnering with sector leaders This is a completely hands-on role where you will develop and maintain scalable, full-stack web applications using Next.js and Node.js We are looking for: Demonstrable and proven experience in full-stack applications (inc. working knowledge of a range of technologies such as React, Node.js and TypeScript). Experience with Azure and ARM templates including dev and deployment of supporting cloud infrastructure (inc. pipelines). Excellent, in-depth understanding of BDD, TDD and SOLID principles. In-depth...
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Feb 23, 2026
Duration not stated
Software Engineer - OUTSIDE IR35 at ANSON MCCADE, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy United Kingdom
Contract Software Engineer Cloud/Serverless (Outside IR35) Hybrid Nottingham (max 2 days per month onsite) 6 Months Initial Contract We are currently supporting a leading UK digital transformation consultancy on the search for an experienced Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team on an enterprise-scale programme click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Feb 23, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Software Engineer - Node & Next at IO Associates, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
Senior Software Engineer - Node & React Remote with very occasional client visits £420 - £440pd Outside IR35 3-month contract Our client, an established and successful Consultancy are looking for an experienced Developer to join them on a contract basis click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Feb 23, 2026
Duration not stated
Geospatial Software Engineer at Bright Purple Resourcing, Bath, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Bath, Somerset, UK
Geospatial Data Engineer - Contract Remote UK £420 per day 12 Months - the entirety of 2026 into 2027 Deemed Outside IR35 (pending QDOS assessment) This Contract Geospatial Data role is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting edge data problems at a leading environmental risk consultancy click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Software Engineer- Start up at Opus Recruitment Solutions, London, £375 to £400 per Day
£375 - £400 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
I'm looking for an experienced AI Engineer to join an exciting, fast‑growing AI start‑up on a 6‑month contract. This is a great opportunity to work on cutting‑edge AI products and play a key role in designing, building and deploying real‑world AI systems.Tech Requirements We are looking for someone with strong commercial experience in: AI Engineering – designing, building and deploying AI systems TypeScript Node.js Python AWS Cloud Desirables Prior AI start‑up experience Ability to thrive in fast‑moving, high‑growth environments Contract Details 6‑month initial contract Outside IR35 Fully remote (must be based in the UK) Must have full right to work in the UK
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
Duration not stated
Contract Senior Software Engineer - eDV Cleared at Searchability NS &D, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
CONTRACT SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - eDV CLEARED NEW CONTRACT JOB OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE WITHIN A LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY COMPANY FOR A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER WITH eDV CLEARANCE Contract job opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer Globally leading defence / cyber security company £500 - £750 per day (inside and outside IR35 roles available) London based organisation in an easily accessible location Contract Senior Software Engineer To apply please call or email WHO WE ARE? We are recruiting multiple contract Senior Software Engineers to work with various clients in London ranging from R &D companies, Multi-National Consultancies to SME 's and product based companies. Due to the nature of the work these clients do, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. WHAT WILL THE SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER BE DOING? As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work with an experienced agile team to design and deliver...
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
Duration not stated
Principal Software Engineer, £650/day (Outside IR35) at Morson Edge, Manchester, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Manchester, UK
Opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to work for a retail company at the beginning of a large digital transformation on an initial 6-month contract outside IR35. You'd report to the Head of Engineering and would work as part of a team of Principal Software Engineers responsible for collaborating with Architects and Product Owners to lead the re-architecture of existing platforms to a cloud click apply for full job details
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
Duration not stated
C++ Software Engineer at Uniting Ambition, Northamptonshire, £500-£550 per day
£500 - £550 per day
Outside Spy Northamptonshire, England, UK
C++ Software Engineer Contract Outside IR35 £500 - £550 P/d Duration - TBC Northamptonshire based - office attendance occasional My client is seeking C++ Software Engineer to support the development and delivery of warehouse management and control solutions within a large engineering team. The role focuses on enhancing and maintaining software used across stock control, logistics operations, container movement, and industrial interface integrations within automated warehouse environments. Overview: Develop and test software for warehouse management and control systems based on the clients warehouse system. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop software according to project documentation, adhering to SOLID principles and company coding standards. Perform unit testing to confirm software meets design specifications, including screen layouts and behaviour. Deliver software on time or provide early feedback if timelines are not achievable. Apply...
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
6 Months or more
AI Software Engineer- Start up at Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd, London, 6 Months, £375-£400 per day
£375 - £400 per day
Outside Spy London, UK
I'm looking for an experienced AI Engineer to join an exciting, fast growing AI start up on a 6 month contract. This is a great opportunity to work on cutting edge AI products and play a key role in designing, building and deploying real world AI systems. Tech Requirements We are looking for someone with strong commercial experience in: AI Engineering - designing, building and deploying AI systems TypeScript Node.js Python AWS Cloud Desirables Prior AI start up experience Ability to thrive in fast moving, high growth environments Contract Details 6 month initial contract Outside IR35 Fully remote (must be based in the UK) Must have full right to work in the UK
Outside Spy
Feb 20, 2026
Duration not stated
AI Software Engineer- Start up at Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd, London, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy London, UK
I 'm looking for an experienced AI Engineer to join an exciting, fast-growing AI start-up on a 6-month contract. This is a great opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI products and play a key role in designing, building and deploying real-world AI systems. Tech Requirements We are looking for someone with strong commercial experience in: AI Engineering - designing, building and deploying AI systems TypeScript Node.js Python AWS Cloud Desirables Prior AI start-up experience Ability to thrive in fast-moving, high-growth environments Contract Details 6-month initial contract Outside IR35 Fully remote (must be based in the UK) Must have full right to work in the UK
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Python Software Engineer – Remote Contract at Archer Recruitment, United Kingdom, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Remote (United Kingdom)
Python Software Engineer – Remote Contract Python Software Engineer/Python Developer. This is a fully remote daily rate contract based in either Ireland or the UK. 6 month contract, likely to roll long term (contractor friendly environment). Join a high calibre software engineering team focused on building a cloud native risk analytics platform using Python, Azure, SQL and Kubernetes. It is a complex, mission critical system built to a high standard. Your mission will be to expand the platform to support other parts of the business - focusing on green field new feature development as part of a newly formed crack team. Excellent culture, great people. The environment is open and collaborative. The ideal candidate will have a strong Python software engineering background, and be passionate about building high quality, complex, cloud based software. Role / opportunity: Python Software Engineering role (backend) 6 month daily rate contract (likely to extend)...
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Software Engineer - Up to 500 Per Day (Outside IR35) at Anson McCade, England, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy England, United Kingdom
Contract Software Engineer – Cloud / Serverless (Outside IR35) Hybrid – Nottingham (max 2 days per month onsite) 6 Months Initial Contract Active SC We are currently supporting a leading UK digital transformation consultancy on the search for an experienced Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team on an enterprise-scale programme. This role will focus on the design and development of cloud-native, serverless solutions within Microsoft Azure, contributing to secure, scalable and resilient enterprise platforms. The Role: You will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage (Blob, Table, Queue) and Azure Service Bus. The work will involve building event-driven architectures and contributing to modern, serverless solutions within a secure enterprise environment. You will develop high-quality, maintainable code using Node.js, TypeScript and JavaScript, and where...
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Lead Software Engineer -Up to 665 per day ( Outside IR35) at Anson McCade, England, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy England, United Kingdom
Contract Lead Software Engineer – Cloud / Serverless - Up to 665 P/D (Outside IR35) - Hybrid – Nottingham (max 2 days per month onsite) 6 Months Initial Contract Active SC We are currently supporting a leading UK digital transformation consultancy on the search for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team on an enterprise-scale programme. This role will focus on the design and development of cloud-native, serverless solutions within Microsoft Azure, contributing to secure, scalable and resilient enterprise platforms. The Role: You will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining cloud-native applications using Azure Functions, Azure Storage (Blob, Table, Queue) and Azure Service Bus. The work will involve building event-driven architectures and contributing to modern, serverless solutions within a secure enterprise environment. You will develop high-quality, maintainable code using Node.js, TypeScript...
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Geospatial Software Engineer at Bright Purple Resourcing, Bath, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Bath, UK
Geospatial Data Engineer - Contract  Remote UK £420 per day 12 Months - the entirety of 2026 into 2027 Deemed Outside IR35 (pending QDOS assessment)  This Contract Geospatial Data role is a fantastic opportunity to work on cutting edge data problems at a leading environmental risk consultancy. The position has arisen due to the success and growth of Bright Purple's impressive established client. They are a leading player in their field with a powerful and highly regarded platform built using the latest technologies. You will be working in a team of software and data engineers supporting data workflow & orchestration, within an AWS environment and must have experience of RASTER data sets. In this role, you will be: Developing ETL pipelines - Raster, Vector, Tabular data Configuring CI/CD pipelines Managing data storage within an AWS environment Improving data automation, workflow and efficiency Developing Python...
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Flight Control Software Engineer at SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment, Oxford, £500-£650 per day
£500 - £650 per day
Outside Spy Oxford, UK
Contract Embedded Linux Engineer Oxford | 6 months | Hybrid | Outside IR35 | £600 per day This is a contract for engineers who are comfortable below the application layer. You'll be working with a specialist engineering SME developing robust, portable electronic systems where performance, stability and hardware integration genuinely matter. The focus is Embedded Linux at the lower levels - bootloaders, Kernel and device drivers - not high-level UI work. What you'll be doing: Developing and modifying Linux device drivers Working on bootloader development (eg U-Boot) Supporting Kernel configuration, optimisation and debugging Hardware bring-up and board support package (BSP) work Debugging at the hardware/software boundary Supporting video or streaming pipelines where relevant (eg GStreamer) You'll work closely with electronics engineers to ensure software integrates cleanly with custom hardware platforms. What you'll bring * Strong experience with Embedded Linux (Kernel...
Outside Spy
Feb 19, 2026
Duration not stated
Software Engineer at Lynx Recruitment Ltd, Royston, £Contract Rate
Outside Spy Royston, Hertfordshire, UK
Embedded Software Contractor As a Software engineer with my client will be at the forefront of innovation, helping to defend and protect the UK from the latest technological and cyber threats.You will get to explore pioneering concepts by collaborating with elite multi-disciplinary teams of highly educated and skilled scientists, engineers, and designers. You'll see ideas become a reality as you create prototypes. Requirements: - Active SC or DV clearance. - Experience using: Python, Linux, C++, GUIs, Embedded C Key details: - Onsite based in Cambridge - 4 day compressed work week is an option - Outside IR35 - Open rate - 6 month length + extension If this role is of interest then please apply or reach out to Ollie Hawkins
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