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We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join the team in Newcastle. The role is hybrid approach with a mix of home working and office based days. To be successful in this role you will need to have experience with recruiting within the technology sector.

Talent Partner

Newcastle

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software delivery. We work with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and expert advice. 

We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner to join the team in Newcastle. The role is hybrid approach with a mix of home working and office based days. To be successful in this role you will need to have experience with recruiting within the technology sector, if you have experience of working within a consultancy that would also be advantageous although not essential. 

As a small team we are very hands on and proactive, you will build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business to meet our demand hiring forecast. We have offices in Bristol, Leeds and Scotland, you will be instrumental in proving high calibre candidates across these locations including Newcastle.

Lead end-to-end recruitment activity across a range of technical and business roles, including software engineering, data, cloud, DevOps, delivery, consulting, and leadership positions.

Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to understand current and future hiring needs and develop effective recruitment strategies.

Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, providing market intelligence, salary benchmarking, recruitment insights, and guidance on best practice hiring.

Proactively source and engage high-quality candidates using a variety of channels, including LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, referral networks, industry events, and talent communities.

Deliver an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle, ensuring timely communication and feedback.

Build and maintain talent pipelines for key skill areas to support future growth.

Promote Scott Logic's employer brand and employee value proposition across digital platforms, networking events, and recruitment campaigns.

Work closely with marketing and leadership teams to create engaging recruitment content and attraction strategies.

Utilise recruitment data and analytics to measure performance, identify trends, and continuously improve hiring outcomes.

Proven experience recruiting within technology, software engineering, digital, or consultancy environments.

Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge at all levels.

Experience sourcing niche and hard-to-find technical talent.

Strong knowledge of modern sourcing methodologies and recruitment technologies.

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Data-driven approach with experience using recruitment metrics to inform decision-making.

Understanding of UK employment legislation, GDPR, and recruitment best practices.

Passion for delivering an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience.

25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days with each year of service. 

Access to an employer pension scheme, group life assurance and much more. 

A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme. 

At Scott Logic, we value the flexibility of remote working alongside the value gained from spending time with our colleagues and clients. In our offices you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments.  

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.  

We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.   

You can find more information about our accreditations and values on our website. 

As Data Practice lead, you will be responsible for driving the strategy, growth and delivery of our data-related services. We are looking for someone with a positive, can-do attitude, growth mindset, natural curiosity and a bias for action. We want you to be an integral part of our growth journey.

Data Practice Lead

Bristol

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software engineering. We are trusted by some of the world’s leading organisations to build state-of-the-art, scalable and critical IT solutions. 

As well as building leading software solutions, our customer engagements include designing and building business-critical data solutions. Our Data Architects and Data Engineers work with customers across their entire data journey from strategy through to build and maintain.

The volume of data work is now at a point where we need to establish a standalone Data Practice. We are looking for an experienced Data leader to join our team and help shape our practice and continue to grow it, taking it to the next level.

As Data Practice lead, you will be responsible for driving the strategy, growth and delivery of our data-related services.

We are looking for someone with a positive, can-do attitude, growth mindset, natural curiosity and a bias for action. We want you to be an integral part of our growth journey.

Commercially Minded: Have an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset. Always looking at how we can help customers and, at the same time, grow our business.

Strategy and Vision: Define the vision and roadmap for Scott Logic’s data practice, including developing our service offerings (e.g. data platform design, data governance, advanced analytics, etc.).

Pre-sales Support: Work with our sales and customer teams to understand customer needs, define engagements and proposals, and ultimately help win new work.

Leadership: Leading and building a team of data specialists, establishing best practices and driving a culture of innovation.

Customer Engagements: Act as a strategic advisor to customers. Helping them shape data solutions, develop strategies and roadmaps and ultimately deliver value.

IP & Frameworks: Develop internal playbooks and repeatable methods, and work with colleagues to build accelerators.

Data Consulting: 5+ years of experience in data consulting or a related data role (e.g. Data Science or User-Focused Data Engineering).

Worked in a data consultancy: 2+ years of experience in a company with strong data consulting services.

End-to-end delivery: Experience driving the full data lifecycle, from strategy and design to leading software and data teams through scale-out and delivery.

Data experience: Deep knowledge and experience in areas such as Data Strategy, Data Platform, Data Engineering (ETL, Data Warehouse), Traditional Data Science (AI/ML), Data Governance and Cloud Technologies (Azure, GCP or AWS). 

Experience of Databricks: Experience in designing and building Databricks solutions.

Human-Centred Design: Expertise in creating intuitive "human-in-the-loop" experiences and data interfaces that use natural language. 

25 days’ annual leave, rising incrementally to 30 days after six years of service.

Access to an employer pension scheme and Group Life Assurance. 

A meaningful approach to evaluating your performance and providing feedback on your progress.

At Scott Logic, we value the flexibility of remote working alongside the value gained from spending time with our colleagues and clients. In our offices, you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments. We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment.

We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. We believe diversity drives innovation, and embrace a culture where everyone can contribute, irrespective of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.

We are looking for an administrator to join the team on a 12 -month fixed-term-contract. The role is hybrid, from Newcastle. To be successful in this role you will need to have experience with complex diary management.

Recruitment Administrator

We are looking for an administrator to join the team on a 12 -month fixed-term-contract. The role is hybrid, from Newcastle. To be successful in this role you will need to have experience with complex diary management, if you have experience of working within an internal recruitment team that would also be advantageous although not essential. 

As a small team we are very hands on and proactive, you will build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the business. We have offices in Bristol, Leeds and Scotland, you will be instrumental in booking in candidates across these locations including Newcastle.

Experience in an administrative or office support role.

Strong organisational skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise effectively.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Proficiency in using office software, including MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.

This role is for someone who can confidently plan and lead research activities, engage with stakeholders at all levels, and help teams make better decisions through insight and evidence.

Senior User Researcher

Edinburgh

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software delivery. We are trusted by some of the world’s leading organisations to build reliable, high-performance, business-critical solutions – and expert advice.

Scott Logic is looking for a Senior User Researcher to help shape and improve public services through evidence-led design and delivery.

You will work as part of multidisciplinary teams alongside service designers, business analysts, product managers, delivery managers, engineers and architects to understand user needs, identify opportunities for improvement and ensure services are designed around the people who use them.

This is a senior delivery role. We are looking for someone who can confidently plan and lead research activities, engage with stakeholders at all levels, and help teams make better decisions through insight and evidence.

The role sits within Scott Logic's Product and User-Centred Design capability, which supports complex public sector programmes across the UK.

One of the first opportunities likely to be available to the successful candidate is a major transformation programme supporting fisheries and marine licensing services in Scotland.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team of product, business analysis, design, architecture and engineering specialists, you would help build an understanding of the needs of vessel owners, fishing communities, marine staff, operational teams and policy colleagues. Research would help inform decisions about future service design, operational processes and digital capabilities.

The work will involve engaging with a wide range of users and stakeholders, understanding complex service landscapes and helping ensure future decisions are grounded in real user needs rather than assumptions.

As with many public sector programmes, the challenge is not simply about technology. It is about understanding people, services, policies and operational realities, then turning those insights into practical improvements.

Leading user research across discovery, alpha, beta and live phases.

Planning and conducting interviews, usability testing, contextual research and workshops.

Working closely with multidisciplinary teams to shape products and services.

Synthesising research findings into clear insights and recommendations.

Helping teams understand the needs, behaviours and priorities of users.

Supporting service design, product and delivery decisions through evidence.

Engaging with client stakeholders and building trusted relationships.

Contributing to bids and proposals where user-centred design expertise is required.

Supporting the continued growth of Scott Logic's User-Centred Design capability.

Helping develop reusable approaches, patterns and delivery assets that strengthen future projects.

Significant experience delivering user research within complex digital or service transformation programmes.

Experience working as part of multidisciplinary teams.

Strong understanding of Government Digital Service principles, service standards and user-centred design practices.

Experience planning and delivering a range of qualitative research activities.

Strong analysis and synthesis skills, with the ability to turn findings into actionable recommendations.

Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

Experience working with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior decision makers.

Ability to communicate research findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience working within large organisations or complex service environments.

A strong understanding of accessibility, inclusion and designing for diverse user needs.

At Scott Logic, we value the flexibility of remote working alongside the value gained from spending time with our colleagues and clients. In our offices you’ll find employee-led clubs and events, as well as free games, books, and refreshments. 

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. 

Lead and mentor collaborative teams who value experienced testers and their direction in delivering business-critical systems for high-profile clients.

Lead Test Engineer

We work with some of the UK’s biggest companies and government departments to provide a pragmatic approach to technology, delivering bespoke software solutions and expert advice. 

Established as a software consultancy, Scott Logic has been at the forefront of digital transformation, helping businesses across various industries navigate the sophistications of the modern digital landscape.   

We offer a wide range of services, including software development, user experience (UX) design, data visualization, and financial consulting. We pledge to develop high-quality software solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of each client.  

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle, delivering mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations. You’ll typically work in small, tight-knit multidisciplinary teams, decoding tough software problems. We like our teams to have high levels of freedom and value collaboration and pragmatism.   

As a company we are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling, and frameworks for the job. Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed collectively. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.  

Technologies and experience we value include: 

Experience on large scale or complex Web Application and or API Testing

Experience in Automation testing with technologies such as; Selenium, Cucumber, SoapUI

Strong collaboration and communication techniques.  

Comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of testing in a context-driven way.

A desire to learn new technologies and approaches.  

25 days’ annual leave, rising to 30 days with each year of service.

Access to an employer pension scheme and group life assurance.

A range of optional benefits such as discounted gym membership and a cycle-to-work scheme.

This role is based in our city centre office and is likely to involve occasional travel (infrequent day trips or a few days at a time) to visit our clients, across the UK. If you are interested in more travel, then opportunities are available, we are open to conversation on this.  

This role is for someone who can confidently plan and lead content design activities, engage with stakeholders at all levels, and help teams turn complex policy, legal, regulatory and operational information into content that users can understand and act on.

Senior Content Designer

Scott Logic is looking for a Senior Content Designer to help shape and improve public services through clear, accessible and evidence-led content. You will work as part of multidisciplinary teams alongside user researchers, service designers, business analysts, product managers, delivery managers, engineers and architects to understand user needs, design content across digital and offline journeys, and help ensure services work for the people who use them.  

This is a senior delivery role. We are looking for someone who can confidently plan and lead content design activities, engage with stakeholders at all levels, and help teams turn complex policy, legal, regulatory and operational information into content that users can understand and act on. The role sits within Scott Logic’s Product and User-Centred Design capability, which supports complex public sector programmes across the UK. 

One of the first opportunities likely to be available to the successful candidate is a major transformation programme supporting fisheries and marine licensing services in Scotland. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team of product, business analysis, design, architecture and engineering specialists, you would help design content connected to vessel licensing, marine regulation, casework, policy requirements, operational processes and digital service journeys.  

Content design would help the team make complex services clearer, more accessible and easier to use for vessel owners, fishing communities, marine staff, operational teams and policy colleagues. The work will involve understanding complex service landscapes, mapping content and service journeys, testing content with users, and helping teams make practical decisions that are grounded in evidence rather than assumptions.  

As with many public sector programmes, the challenge is not simply about technology. It is about understanding people, services, policies and operational realities, then turning that understanding into clear content that helps users complete their goals. 

Planning, leading and delivering content design activities across public sector delivery teams.  

Creating, editing and improving clear, accessible content across digital and offline service journeys.  

Working closely with user research, service design, product, business analysis, delivery and technical colleagues to understand user needs and iterate content based on evidence.  

Turning complex policy, legal, regulatory and operational information into content users can understand and act on.  

Creating and iterating content patterns, prototypes, guidance, forms, notifications, error messages and service copy where needed.  

Mapping content and service journeys to identify gaps, risks, assumptions and dependencies.  

Engaging confidently with client stakeholders, including operational, policy and delivery colleagues.  

Championing accessibility, inclusion, plain English and evidence-led content decisions within complex public sector programmes.  

Supporting the continued growth of Scott Logic’s User-Centred Design capability by helping develop reusable approaches, patterns and delivery assets that strengthen future projects.

Strong experience as a Senior Content Designer in multidisciplinary digital or service delivery teams.  

Experience planning and leading content design independently, including shaping proportionate content approaches for complex services.  

Strong understanding of user-centred design, accessibility, plain English, content testing and evidence-led iteration.  

Strong content design skills, including content auditing, journey mapping, prototyping, pair writing and creating clear service content.  

Ability to turn complex policy, process and domain information into clear content, guidance and service copy.  

Ability to work closely with user research, service design, product, business analysis, delivery and technical colleagues.  

Ability to engage confidently with users and stakeholders, including operational, policy and delivery colleagues.  

Clear written and verbal communication, with strong judgement about how to explain content decisions to technical and non-technical audiences.  

Experience working in complex public sector service environments.  

A strong understanding of accessibility, inclusion and designing for diverse user needs.  

Experience working on Discovery and Alpha phases of delivery

This Platform Engineer role will help our clients across the full software lifecycle – designing, building and managing cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms to support modern DevOps practices.

Platform Engineer

Leeds

At Scott Logic, we have a reputation for world-class software delivery. We are trusted by some of the world’s leading organisations to build reliable, high-performance, business-critical solutions – and expert advice.

Many of our clients look to us to lead across the full software lifecycle, from initial conception through to production deployment and beyond. Our Platform Engineers are a vital part of this – designing, building and managing cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms to support modern DevOps practices. Their work includes CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines, building the platform infrastructure to deliver robust, cost-effective services to end users at scale, and supporting all stages of migrating complex systems from on-premises infrastructure to a multitude of cloud providers.

These are hands-on, client-facing roles, with openings at senior or lead level to suit your experience. You may be leading teams, setting technical direction, advising clients or solving tough engineering challenges. Our clients include large global corporations and government departments, and you’ll be working on systems that make a difference to millions of people, within a company that is friendly, welcoming, and where individual contributions always make a difference.

Our Platform Engineers combine a deep level of fundamental knowledge of how to deploy and maintain reliable and scalable systems, with a broad awareness of wider software engineering principles and experience with the latest DevOps tooling, both cloud and on-prem. We’re technology-agnostic and we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset.    

You’ve worked with modern Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep.

You are familiar with one or more major cloud platform, particularly AWS or Azure.

You have good CI/CD and deployment automation experience.

You’re comfortable using Python or other scripting languages for DevOps tasks.

You’re a problem-solver, pragmatically exploring options and finding effective solutions. 

You have strong communication skills and take a collaborative approach to your work.

You have an interest in good practices around security, reliability, observability, cost efficiency, performance and governance – collaborating with others to ensure these are in place.

For lead roles, you have good technical leadership experience, understanding what makes a team successful and how to support colleagues in their own career development.

Experience with containerisation, Kubernetes or working with data platforms is nice-to-have.

This Lead Data Engineer role will contribute to helping our clients get the best out of their data, setting technical direction and advising them on how to solve tough engineering challenges.

Lead Data Engineer

Our clients are increasingly looking to us to help them make the best use of their data. In building data platforms and pipelines, our data engineers create the foundation for diverse data & analytics solutions, including data science and AI. They build data lakes and warehouses, create the processes to extract or access operational data, and transform siloed datasets into integrated data models that allow insight into business performance and problems or training of ML models.

These are hands-on, client-facing roles, with openings at senior or lead level to suit your experience. You may be leading teams, setting technical direction, advising clients or solving tough engineering challenges.

Our data engineers combine a strong software engineering approach with solid data fundamentals and experience with modern tools. We’re technology agnostic, and we’re open minded when it comes to your existing skillset.      

Good experience with some of the technologies and approaches typical in modern data engineering and reporting. Including storage, data pipelines to ingest and transform data, and querying & reporting of analytical data. 

You've worked with technologies such as Python, Spark, SQL, Pyspark, PowerBI etc.

You’ve got a background in software engineering.  

You’re a problem-solver, pragmatically exploring options and finding effective solutions. 

An understanding of how to design and build well-structured, maintainable systems. 

Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to work. 

You embrace the chance to try new things, learn new skills and grow your experience. 

Experience of relevant cloud services within AWS, Azure or GCP.

Experience working in an Agile environment.

Experience working with common vendor products such as Snowflake or Data Bricks.

We have shared values that govern our behaviour toward others and the environment. We are proud to be a B Corp, a global movement of businesses driving for a more inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy.

Are you a flexible and experienced leader looking for a hands-on, client-facing role in a growing software consultancy?

Delivery Manager

Glasgow

Scott Logic is an independent software consultancy helping some of the world's most complex organisations solve hard technology problems. We work across financial services, public sector, and beyond - building high-quality, bespoke software, data, and AI solutions with small, expert teams.

We offer a wide range of services, including software development, user experience (UX) design, data engineering, data visualisation, AI, and financial technology consulting. We pledge to develop high-quality software solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of each client.

This is a hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle, delivering mission-critical projects for high-profile global organisations. You'll work in small, expert multidisciplinary teams, typically embedded with the client, navigating complex delivery challenges across software engineering, data, and AI programmes. We like our teams to have high levels of freedom and value collaboration and pragmatism. 

Leading the delivery of complex technology projects for clients, taking accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and quality throughout the engagement.

Building and maintaining strong, trust-based client relationships – acting as a credible delivery partner at senior stakeholder level.

Working within small, expert multidisciplinary teams, typically embedded with the client, to navigate challenging delivery environments across software engineering, data, and AI programmes.

Taking responsibility for project financials, forecasting, and reporting to achieve targeted commercial outcomes.

Supporting the onboarding of consultants to projects; working with line managers to assess project fit and set people up for success.

Undertaking line management of assigned consultants, including performance feedback, annual reviews, and ongoing development conversations.

Contributing actively to Scott Logic's delivery community – sharing lessons learned, developing toolkits, and helping shape how we deliver at scale.

As a company we are technology agnostic and use the right language, tooling, and frameworks for the job. Our people enjoy working in an environment where they can grow and succeed collectively. We hire people who align with our core values of Passion, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Professionalism.

We deliberately hire a range of profiles. The following reflects experience we value, but we don't expect any single candidate to bring all of it:

Proven experience managing software development projects using Agile frameworks, with a solid understanding of Waterfall-based delivery and when each is appropriate.

Experience delivering data or AI-enabled programmes - understanding the iterative, experiment-led nature of these engagements and how delivery approaches may need to adapt.

Familiarity with AI-assisted tooling within the SDLC - such as code generation, automated testing, or delivery intelligence tools - and genuine curiosity about how these capabilities are evolving.

Programme-level experience, coordinating across multiple workstreams, suppliers, or delivery teams, would be advantageous.

A track record of leading and motivating high-performing software delivery teams, including distributed or hybrid teams.

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