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SoCode are seeking a contract Software Release Engineer to work in the fast and efficient delivery of our client’s software builds, working with Developers to Testers. You will need maintain a high degree of maintenance of the automated build, test and delivery tool chain. It also involves continuous improvement to the delivery process and tools. This contract is initially for 3 months and paying between £300 to £400 per day. There is some flexibility for candidates with the added desirable skills of: Jenkins, build and release process, test tool system construction and strong scripting skills, but we are ideally looking for a mid-level candidate. We expect successful applicants to come from a release management background. Your responsibilities will be to: Make regular software deliveries to the test team Create, maintain and improve the release tools using your knowledge of Computing and your programming/scripting skills Monitor the performance and effectiveness of the automated tool chain Provide training and continuous integration tools account maintenance for Software Developers. To be successful you be need: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of expertise in a scientific or engineering subject. Demonstrable professional experience (2 years or more) delivering software using an automated tool chain Several years working with Windows and Linux machines. Some experience working with a number of these tools, or equivalents: Perforce/Git, TeamCity/Jenkin, Klocwork/Coverity, Artifactory, etc Some experience and knowledge of any industry recognised test automation tools e.g. Cucumber, Selenium, TestComplete, etc Some experience as a System Test Developer It would be desirable if you had: Deep understanding of Software Applications, Build, Analysis and Test Tool Systems construction Practical understanding of the Software development process Able to script in some of these languages: Bash, Command shell/PowerShell, Perl, Python A working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications Test results analysis and reporting using various reporting tools or scripts. Able to source, assemble/build and commission an automated build, test and delivery equipment Ability to program in any of these languages: C, C#, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, etc

SoCode have partnered with the latest Challenger Bank who have just opened a new office in Cambridge. They have had $110 million in funding, have an office of 80 people, 1 million current accounts registered and are rapidly expanding internationally. Due to an aggressive growth plan they’re looking for the best Software Engineers and DevOps Engineers in Cambridge to join this project. This will be on a permanent or contract basis of £100k salary or up to £600 per day. Due to how fast they need people within the team, we are looking for Contract DevOps Engineers who have extensive experience with cloud technologies, ideally Google Cloud. Due to the academic nature of the team, they require a candidate with a degree from a Russell Group University. Your new contract will be to validate new deployment artefacts and configure them correctly for public deployment. You will need to oversee customer-facing and backend deployments of software and resolve or report operational issues, while interacting with the development teams throughout to improve functionality and performance. You will need to be able to build and support automation tools for fault-finding, testing, and deployment, as well as perform capacity planning and load testing. Security will also be an area you will work on, so you may need to build or maintain security systems. To be successful you will need to be an experienced DevOps Engineer with familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker and cloud systems. You will need to be familiar with infrastructure as code and deployment automation tools. It would be desirable to have a good understanding of cloud computing and testing concepts, with a fluency in software programming in languages such as Java and Python. Naturally if you have this, they will expect a good working knowledge of the concepts behind infrastructure, deployment and testing, of the git revision control system, and of how to build and run large distributed systems at scale. At SoCode, we pride ourselves on an attractive referral scheme. If you have Friends, Family or Colleagues looking for a new position in the near future tell them to contact us by either phone or email ensuring they provide us with your name. If we successfully find them a new position, we will provide you with thank you present to show our appreciation. For further information, and to learn how you can become part of this company’s future please contact Bradleigh Barnes at SoCode by submitting your CV to Bradleigh@Socode.co.uk

Lead Full Stack Developer(Python/Django) – Real-time Data £60,000 - £65,000 depending on experience Cambridge Permanent We are currently partnered with a client, who are one of the most sort after companies to work for in the whole of the Cambridge area. They are known for their market leading technology in real time data collection providing data to very prestigious companies within their sector. What sets this company apart from the rest is it incredible company culture with many of their staff being long term employees. This role is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who has previous experience in leading a team. My client is looking for a candidate they can really evolve with and build a team round. The Client is looking for a candidate to become a key member of the team. You will be developing technology for the data management and real time platforms. The company is expanding with its development in other sectors across different real time platforms. A successful candidate must be skilled in: 5 Years plus in Python Django software engineering Experience in leading a team Innovative in software development Deliver high quality code Experience developing web applications and APIs Desirables Experience working with sprint management systems – Jira Previous Agile / Scrum methodology experience Python and knowledge of Django Development in Linux environment This company historically have been known for its excellent company culture. Employees generally love working in this industry and for my client. If your looking for a senior role where the company is actively looking to build a team around a senior software engineer this role is defiantly for you. If you are interested in applying for this role, please email scott@socode.co.uk. At SoCode, we pride ourselves on an attractive referral scheme. If you have Friends, Family or Colleagues looking for a new position in the near future tell them to contact us by either phone or email ensuring they provide us with your name. If we successfully find them a new position, we will provide you with a thank you present to show our appreciation.

Graduate Technical Author Permanent – Full Time Cambridge, UK If you are a recent Graduate with a technical background and familiar with development tools, or perhaps a Junior/ Mid-level Technical Author looking for the next step in your career, I have a wonderful opportunity for you to develop both your technical and working skills in a dynamic environment. Our client is a leading security technology company, that offer software and hardware solutions to sensitive information for global banks, government bodies and blue chips companies across the globe. You will be joining a small authoring team, reporting directly to the Lead Author and responsible for working with the product engineering team undertaking technical publication, and authoring activities. It is crucial that you possess a high interest in technology, along with experience/ familiarity with development tools such as JIRA, Confluence, git, and Bitbucket. A willingness to learn is as equally important to our client. Alongside a competitive salary you will be rewarded with 26 days annual leave, bonus scheme, private healthcare, flexible working environment, social activities and much more! To find out more about this great company, learn more about the opportunity and discuss the remuneration and benefits package please contact me on Shannen@socode.co.uk / 01223 620870. At SoCode, we pride ourselves on an attractive referral scheme, so if you have friends, family or colleagues looking for new opportunities who could be interested in something like this then please ask them to reach out to me.

IT Support Engineer (Level 2) - London - Contract to Permenant SoCode is partnered with a multinational information technology company which provides excellent software solutions across a number of industries. They are looking for an experienced Support engineer in London although some national travel may be required for this position. Main Responsibilities Management of escalated Helpdesk support incidents within agreed SLAs through to completion, Provide service and support of the companies entire IT infrastructure in order to maintain optimum availability and communication, Help to review and improve the companies policies and procedures, Provide userbase training for skill transfer in IT service teams to improve first time fix rate, Maintain customer relationship to ensure understanding of their needs, Completion of projects vital to company’s IT infrastructure within the timescales and budgets. Essential Knowledge & Experience Experience of Level 1 and up level 2/1st up to 2nd line support and able to provide high level customer care and service, Strong IT and specialising desktop support knowledge, Advise and adopt new technologies, Demonstrate advance troubleshooting and configuration of c Windows Server & Desktop operating systems and Utilities, Office 365 & MS Back Office applications, Business Applications, Database, Anti-Virus and Backup. Will need a good understanding of ….. Server hardware, Network Appliance, Cisco Switches/Routers, Brocade, desktop/laptop/tablet hardware. LAN/WAN/SAN, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Switching, VPN, Firewall - Checkpoint, Wireless, Fibre Channel/iSCSI, VOIP. Active Directory, Exchange, IIS, Hyper-V/VMWare vCenter/Other virtualisation Technologies, MDT, MS System Centre. Application Packaging, Unified Communications, Skype for Business / MS Teams, Database Operations (SQL Server/Oracle).

Technical Architect - Cambridge - 6month Contract One of SoCodes exclusive clients are currently looking for a Tecnical Architect to join the growing team within their Cambridge office. You will be an experienced architect with minimum 3 years’ experience is required to join a new team for a global organisation. T he role is to advise and design a high availability environment based on an existing project, and the ability to shape the future based on global services including cloud based technology and SaaS is key. You will be confident with challenging external providers and internal teams alike, also ensuring that a technical enterprise level roadmap is available for managing stakeholders. Working with project teams and challenging is a must. If you wish to apply for this role, please follow the lik or send your CV to colt@socode.co.uk

Cyber Security process Consultant / Author - CONTRACT One of SoCodes exclusive clients are currently looking to take on a Cyber Security Process Consultant to join an expanding team within their Cambridge office. You will be an experienced cyber security consultant who is anle to define and build processes and procedures ensuring industry standards are met and adopted throughout the organisation. Experience of working within a global organisation and large scale transformation programmes is essential. The ideal candidate for this role would have progressed through Cyber roles from Analyst to Engineer with deep working knowledge of best practice cyber processes. A large part of the role will be user adoption and communication which is supported by the comapnies existing communications function. Working as part of the cyber security team you will be an excellent communicator, presenter, and confident with writing processes to a client facing standard.

Linux IT Support Engineer – Permanent - Cambridge- up to £35,000 plus on call allowance SoCode is partnered with an exciting client, using cutting edge AI technology to solve key business problems. They are a fast-growing UK-based company located in Cambridge and have a Global client portfolio. You will be working within a well-established, positive and friendly team providing Linux and application support. A successful candidate would need to provide a quality driven service and excellent customer care and support, in return you will be provided with excellent training and progression. Responsibilities include Linux and applications support First point of contact for system support queries and issues Work with system engineers and IT operations to coordinate and troubleshoot tickets to completion Carry out daily and weekly maintenance of key IT infrastructure Auditing duties and ensure all systems are secure, stable and optimised Work with other teams to deliver sprint commitments and objectives Ensure reporting docs and system planning tools are accurate and up to date You will be a key link with VIP users, so you will to keep them updated of customer maintenance, issues and updates on troubleshooting. Essential skills Experience of supporting Linux operating systems Basic understanding of MySQL (or similar) Exposure to Web / SaaS applications Knowledge of agile working practices Critical thinker and excellent problem-solving skills Good and proven communication skills both written and verbally Desired Skills and Experience (Or if you don’t have you will be trained on) Scripting such as Bash or Python Understanding and exposure of Python & PHP programming languages Used Jira or Target Process Usage of Bitbucket or equivalent tool There is a shift pattern with this role: 8am to 4pm 10am to 6pm 1pm to 9pm (at 4.30pm you can go and work remotely from home) You will also receive an on call allowance of £200 per month for one week on call per month Rewards Salary £30,000 - £35,000 plus on call allowance Benefits Private medical insurance, Salary life assurance, Income protection, Free office parking, 25 days paid holiday. Please apply today to Ross Haydon (ross@socode.co.uk / 01223 620870) to discuss the role and client in more detail At SoCode, we pride ourselves on an attractive referral scheme. If you have Friends, Family or Colleagues looking for a new position in the near future tell them to contact us.

A leading company in the telecommunications sector are looking for someone to replace a key member of the team who will be retiring soon. Having recently released multiple products to the market, they are need of an experienced R&D Project Manager from the sector (or similar) to join the business initially on a part-time basis (2-4 days based on a case-by-case basis, more junior candidates would probably require more time on-site). Based on the north-side of Cambridge a small team of talented and experienced individuals care for the new product development, and new feature development for the business. At least three years’ project management experience within an R&D function in the sector, working with multidisciplinary teams (software/hardware/mechanical). This is a good opportunity for someone wanting a bit more time to spend with family, somewhere near the end of their career looking to go part-time, or someone who would like to free up more time to spend on other projects (professional or otherwise!). The team is full of people with decades of experience in new product development, so opportunities for L&D strong in this position. Based on the commercial success of the upcoming product releases there is scope to go full-time in the future, but no guarantees can be made at this point. Benefits are as follows: 25 days holiday (pro rata) Pension NEST Childcare vouchers Costco Membership Training and development Please respond to this advert or email Hector@Socode.co.uk for more information.

RF Test Development Engineer £50,000 - £70,000 Annual Salary Cambridge North Company When thinking of a new company to work for, it’s likely you look for someone who is working on new technology, something you won’t be 100 percent familiar with. Something that would be referred to as “exciting”, “innovative” or “cutting edge”. There’s plenty of companies that will use such hyperbole when advertising themselves to new potential employees, but it’s not always true. However, in this instance, all those adjectives are true. This is a company who have developed the world’s first self-organising mesh technology to deliver Gigabit Fixed Wireless Access services. It’s presently being deployed around the world to provide 5G virtual fibre connectivity for mobile operators and broadband service providers. They’ve got strong financial backing and operate a genuine flexible working environment. The role You’ll be working as part of the development team, developing and testing the microwave communication product from early prototypes, through product approvals to volume manufacture. As opposed to simply documenting work and necessary changes, you’ll also be making modifications to SMT PCB’S and creating fixtures. You’ll also provide offshore support with new product introduction and assisting with test failure analysis. What you get in return In return you’ll be given the opportunity to play a key role in the growth in the growth and success of the company. You’ll be a part of a genuine flexible working environment, and work with brand new emerging technology. In addition, you’ll also receive a salary of up to £70,000, a generous company bonus and plenty of other benefits. Technical Requirements Always the fun part, make sure to have a read of the below to ensure you’re meeting the tech criteria: RF circuit and system test knowledge, ideally at microwave frequencies. Fault finding to component level for power supply, high speed digital and RF boards. Experience with European and US product approvals and environmental test, working with external test houses. Strong analytical, problem solving and reporting skills. Familiarity making modifications to SMT pcbs and creating/specifying test fixtures and wiring looms. And it would be useful if you knew something about: Knowledge of Wi-Fi, GPS, HALT, HASS and FMEA Electronics design (circuit and layout) Software design (Linux, C, C++ and Python) Call to action Number 1: Click the little apply button (don’t worry, we’ll discuss before your CV or application goes anywhere) Number 2: You can call for James Bokhorst on 07708899199 Number 3: You can find me on LinkedIn, trust me there’s not many people with the surname Bokhorst.

SoCode are working in partnership with an exciting software company in Cambridge who despite being an important segment of a global company, the team emphasises interesting projects, people-focused culture and a collaborative mindset. Our client is going through an exciting growth period a pragmatic QA Engineer to join them on a permanent basis. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within manual testing and gain an opportunity to train develop into automation. Our client works in highly complex domains, so the ideal candidate will be motivated to learn about their customers and what they would like to achieve. Learning and development is the foundation of the team, all QA will have the opportunity to become both domain and product experts’ overtime! Skills, experience & traits; Excellent communicator, ability to clearly explain topics to colleagues as well as being able to understand Proactive in your approach to communication Apply sound logic in situations where you are working autonomously Ability to learn new skills and techniques when required to adapt to changes in product Motivated to learn and improve yourself as well as improving the way the team works together and the products they make Methodical approach to your work, ability to break down complex issues into smaller, more logical parts Experience in manually testing software, using industry standard approaches to confirm that features, changes and bug fixes to software work as expected Key responsibilities: Working in small scrum teams alongside developers, shaping and evolving the way your team works to deliver awesome features Getting involved at the earliest stages possible in feature development, such as reviewing UX designs and mock ups or discussing the details of changes being requested by the product manager or customers Representing the end users, feeding back on the usability of the product by applying our domain and product knowledge for each change being made Training members of your immediate team an from the wider company on how to use products more effectively Getting involved in all stages of the development life cycles, not just testing the implemented features Our client offers an incredibly flexible and mature working environment, they also have one of the best benefits packages I’ve come across in Cambridge so far. So if this is of interest – please get in touch with me to discuss more by calling 01223620869 or email trish@socode.co.uk.

Lead Firmware Engineer- Permanent- Cambridge- £55k-£65k + bonus SoCode are working closely with a market leading client in Cambridge to help them find a Lead Firmware/Embedded Engineer who is capable of not just hands on coding, but but leading a team whilst working closely with a hardware and electronics team. The Lead Engineer will be responsible for the development and test of a range of key products for the business. Their work will include the development of microcontrollers and other SOC's managing the entire software live-cycle, hardware/software integration and managing stakeholders. The Role: Lead all the firmware activities (entire lifecycle) and manage a team of engineers of varyied experience Work with the Head of Electronics Engineering to execute and deliver the Innovation Master Plan Maintain, expand and document already existing complex firmware for microcontrollers (C) Create new firmware platforms (C) for microcontrollers and other SoC’s allowing code reuse across projects Work with third parties to bring the latest technology to the business portfolio. This includes IoT, AR and AI systems Work with hardware engineers to research potential IC’s and SoC’s for new applications Candidates must be prepared to travel occasionally internationally Skills Required: Ideally a qualified Lead Firmware Engineer with at least 10 years’ experience and previous experience in embedded systems (microcontrollers) for high-volume consumer electronics or similar Proven track record of developing complex software in Embedded C to a high standard (bare-metal and RTOS) Must be able to demonstrate a deep understanding of microcontrollers and best practices for embedded software development Strong skills with firmware IDEs/tools (Eclipse, MPLAB, Tortoise SVN, Bugzilla). Previous experience with Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M4 would be highly beneficial Experience of IoT systems/platforms. Previous experience with Mbed OS and Pelion or similar would be highly beneficial This is an urgent role where successful applicants can expect to be interviewed extemely quickly. They would be in line for a competitive salary and bonus structure whilst having the opportunity to work on a consumer product seen in many homes across the world. If you owuld like to know more, please email your CV to nick@socode.co.uk