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Being a developer at Scott Logic

Tackling complex, business-critical problems

Developers at Scott Logic take design seriously, avoid overengineering and favour simplicity above all else. As a developer at Scott Logic, you’ll be working on complex and challenging projects, collaborating effectively and ensuring a rapid pipeline from development to test and production. If you enjoy solving problems and collaborating to build great solutions, there are opportunities across all of our offices. We're also a Most-Loved Workplace, and you can find out more below about what makes the Scott Logic culture so special.

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Consultant Software Engineer

Bristol

We’re looking for a passionate, proactive Software Engineer for this hands-on, client-facing role, offering the opportunity to be involved in the full development lifecycle.

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Lead Software Engineer

Newcastle

This is a hands-on, client-facing Lead Software Engineer role, leading and mentoring teams throughout the development lifecycle to deliver business-critical systems for our clients.

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What sets Scott Logic apart

Find out more about what makes the Scott Logic culture so special.

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Our commitment to open source

At Scott Logic, we believe that open source offers immeasurable benefits and are keen to see increased adoption, while tackling the sustainability challenges. There are four main ways by which we deliver on our commitment, through Consumption, Contribution, Creation and Partnering. We are actively involved in the open source community, partnering on research, running meetup groups, and sharing our thought leadership.

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Beyond the Hype podcast

Beyond the Hype is a monthly podcast from the Scott Logic team where we cast a practical eye over what is new and exciting in software development – everything from Kafka to Kubernetes, AI to APIs, microservices to micro-frontends. We look beyond the promises, the buzz and excitement to guide you towards the genuine value. You can subscribe here to Beyond the Hype and listen below to the latest episode.

Meet some of our current developers

Peter McHugh

Pete

Lead Developer, Edinburgh

“I have now been at Scott Logic for over eight years instead of making like a typical dev and job-hopping every couple of years. My reason for staying is simple: I have been on a definite path since the day I joined in 2012 after graduating from university.”

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Joe

Software Developer, Edinburgh

“Much of what I have learned about software development has been on the job, enabled by the culture at Scott Logic of constant learning."

Paul Graham

Paul

Lead Developer, Newcastle

"Scott Logic always stood out in the North East as one of the best places to work, so when I started looking for a new job that was where I was going to aim to go."

If you’d like to know more about developer roles at Scott Logic, we’d be happy to chat.

Drop an email to applications@scottlogic.com