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Python Data Engineer

UK remote

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

40009

Published date:

11/19/2025

Lead Software Engineer

Altrincham, UK

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39877

Published date:

11/10/2025

Lead Software Engineer (Frontend / Mobile)

Cardiff

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39745

Published date:

10/31/2025

Head of IT

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39778

Published date:

10/31/2025

Summary

Role Profile Date: July 25

Post Title: Head of IT

The purpose of the role:

Reporting to the Director of Finance, you are responsible for advising our Executive Management Team on the strategic direction and impact of technology in our business. You are also responsible for leading the IT team to implement and embed approved solutions (through our transformation journey and beyond) that will support, enable and catalyse delivery of our strategic objectives.

You will

maintain an environment which operates best practice cyber security.
influence and guide effective organisational decision-making around technology and data, ensuring that systems and applications are streamlined, agile, secure and enable the delivery of effective and efficient services to our tenants.
ensure that the data we manage is visible, accurate and held securely to drive continuous improvement, enabling data-driven decision-making.
You will enhance digital literacy across the organisation, empowering colleagues to maximise the potential of technological innovations to enhance operational efficiency and decision effectiveness.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team and Board on emerging technologies, trends and opportunities.
- Develop and implement the IT strategy (including the business applications transformation programme) ensuring continued alignment with Tai Tarian’s Corporate Plan.
- Champion the use of service design principles to develop a culture of customer service excellence for both internal and external customers.
- Champion improvements in reporting, analytics, and data governance to support better decision-making.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused insights.
- Continually evaluate new technologies and champion innovation where it could enhance business performance.
- Develop KPI’s that demonstrates performance and value for money in the IT service.
IT Operations Management:
- Ensure high availability, performance, and security of the organisation’s IT infrastructure (on-premises and cloud-based).
- Ensure that the organisations information assets and associated systems are adequately protected, and compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements is achieved (e.g., GDPR, ISO standards, Housing Regulator guidance).
- Lead on the design, development and implementation of the organisations associated ICT Disaster Recovery plan, ensuring that an adequate backup strategy is in place to protect the organisation in the event of a disaster.
- Develop and enforce IT policies, procedures and risk management policies to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
- Manage IT budgets, ensuring cost-effective solutions and value for money.
Project Management:
- Collaborate with other departments to identify and implement technology solutions that meet their needs.
- Lead and manage IT projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Manage change effectively, addressing resistance and ensuring effective knowledge transfer and smooth transitions to new systems and processes.
Team Leadership:
- Recruit, lead, mentor, and inspire IT colleagues, championing a restlessness for continuous improvement, innovation and professional development, empowering colleagues to be self-sufficient, make decisions and be accountable to the team and business colleagues.
- Develop and implement a strategy to ensure that the team has the required capabilities to meet business and tenant needs, are building towards future capability requirements and that single points of failure are identified and mitigated.
- Foster a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, promoting equal opportunities for all team members, where employees are at the heart of decision making.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Act as the primary point of contact for IT-related matters, providing expert advice to senior management and the board.
- Understand different colleague and tenant needs to ensure that digital services are fit for purpose and do not exaggerate existing tenant vulnerabilities.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with external vendors and partners to ensure the delivery of high-quality IT services, managing outsourced services and contracts and ensuring that SLA’s are met.
Leading IT Transformation:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive IT transformation roadmap to deliver the Target Operating Model outcomes identified by the business.
- Lead the design, implementation and optimisation of digital products, platforms and infrastructure whilst supporting and maintaining legacy systems, ensuring alignment with the organisation's strategic goals.
- Develop and implement an organisational strategy for safely exploiting Artificial Intelligence.
- Develop and embed a Product Management model within the IT team.
Developing IT Literacy in the Business:
- Ensure knowledge transfer from third party vendors to business colleagues is effectively completed during systems implementation.
- Collaborate with department heads to identify specific IT training needs and design and implement training programs to enhance digital literacy across the organisation.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and development in IT skills among staff.
- Provide resources and support to help employees effectively use new and existing technology in their roles.
- Measure and report on the effectiveness of IT literacy initiatives.
Other
- Promote and adhere to our organisational values and behaviours in all aspects of your work.
- To carry out all duties with due regard to the provisions of Health and Safety Legislation.
- To work flexibly outside normal office hours if required.
- To undertake any other tasks and duties within the scope and grade of the post.

Key Skills and Competencies:

Technical Expertise:
- Proven experience in a senior IT leadership role, ideally within the housing, public sector, or not-for-profit environment.
- Proven track record of aligning IT with business strategy and delivering enterprise-scale initiatives.
- Excellent understanding of cybersecurity, risk, and data protection.
- Understanding of IT enterprise architecture and infrastructure and customer service desk provision.
- Experience with digital transformation and cloud computing solutions.
- Familiarity with frameworks like ITIL, ISO 27001, PRINCE2, Agile methodologies.
- Experience working with Microsoft 365, Azure, or similar platforms.
Leadership and Management:

- Proven experience in leading and managing IT teams, providing clear direction and guidance to ensure required outcomes are delivered.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of managing outsourced services.

Strategic Thinking:

- Ability to develop and implement strategic plans.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
- Strong business acumen with a customer-centric mindset.

Personal Skills:

- Good judgment with knowledge and experience to make the right decision.
- Ability to build meaningful relationships and partnerships, based on mutual trust and accountability.
- Resilient in an environment of conflicting and complex demands.
- Ability to influence to deliver on strategic outcomes.
- Strong communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience and Qualifications

Essential:

- 6+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, preferably within the housing or public sector, with responsibilities aligned to those in the skills and competencies section above.
- Demonstrable experience of at least one new system implementation (not upgrade).
- Evidence of recent continual professional development.

Desirable:

- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Leadership Qualification such as ILM (level 6/7).
- Professional certifications such as ITIL, Project Management Professional, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional are desirable.

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Commericial Lead Analyst

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39712

Published date:

10/31/2025

Summary

Commercial Lead Analyst – Personal Lending

We’re partnered with a fast-growing, forward-thinking financial services organisation that's reshaping the personal lending market. This is an opportunity to sit at the heart of commercial decision-making and make a visible impact in a data-driven, high-growth environment.

As the Commercial Lead Analyst, you'll take ownership of performance insights and profitability modelling across the personal loans portfolio. This role blends commercial trading analysis, strategic financial modelling, and hands-on problem-solving — ideal for someone who loves getting deep into the numbers and influencing outcomes.

What you’ll do

Be the go-to expert for understanding daily and weekly trading performance
Analyse trends, investigate shifts in performance, and explain the “why” behind the numbers
Own and enhance profitability modelling, forecasting portfolio performance and unit economics
Work closely with Pricing, Credit, Finance and Product teams to shape strategy and optimise growth
Use SQL and (ideally) Python to build robust reporting and predictive tools
Present insights to senior stakeholders and influence decisions across the business
Balance fast-paced commercial trading work with longer-term strategic modelling initiatives

You'll have the autonomy to run your own analysis, spot issues proactively, and drive improvements — while working alongside experienced, data-literate leaders.

What we’re looking for

Proven experience in analytics, commercial finance, credit risk, pricing, trading analysis, or a similar quantitative role
Exposure to financial services or lending (personal or commercial) is a bonus
Strong SQL skills; Python or coding experience is an advantage
Genuine commercial curiosity and the ability to turn data into decisions
Confident communicator with experience influencing stakeholders
Self-starter who enjoys solving problems and improving processes

What’s in it for you

£52,000–£70,000 salary (depending on experience)
Shares worth £12,000–£23,000 (performance-linked)
Hybrid working — office attendance in Cardiff twice per month
Supportive, ambitious culture with real career development opportunities
Chance to play a key role in the growth of a rapidly scaling lending business

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Technical Consultant

Cardiff, UK

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39613

Published date:

10/24/2025

Summary

Job Description

1. Title and overview

Senior Technical Consultant We are looking for a Technical Consultant to join our consultancy practice and provide expert advisory across major client programmes and digital transformation initiatives. The role acts as a trusted technical partner to senior stakeholders, ensuring that architecture decisions, solutions, and delivery approaches are robust, scalable, and aligned with strategic objectives. In addition to advisory responsibilities, the role will also provide hands-on support to delivery teams, resolve technical issues, and contribute to the growth and maturity of the wider practice.

2. Salary

The successful candidate will receive £95k per annum along with benefits and discretionary company bonus.

3. Team

Senior Management Team (SMT) working across Empyrean (ED), providing experienced technical consulting services to our clients.

4. Key responsibilities

Technical Delivery & Programme Leadership • Lead and manage technical projects from initiation through to successful completion, ensuring

adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality thresholds • Coordinate with stakeholders to allocate resources, set priorities, and mitigate risks • Monitor project progress, identify dependencies and bottlenecks, and implement corrective

actions as necessary • Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in collaboration with delivery teams • Work closely with clients to understand their technical requirements, assess current systems

and processes, and provide strategic recommendations • Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and technical roadmaps • Design and implement technical solutions, including evaluating technologies and architecting

optimal approaches • Identify and proactively manage risks, escalating where necessary to ensure continuity and

delivery success

Team Leadership & Capability Development • Provide guidance and coaching to team members to support professional growth • Set performance goals, conduct reviews, and recognise achievements • Help embed a culture of collaboration, learning, and technical excellence • Where appropriate, support our clients in knowledge transfer to build their capability • Stay up to date with advancements in technology, industry developments, and competitors,

bringing thought leadership into client engagements and internal practice initiatives

Building the ED Business / Practice Growth • Challenge and shape realistic estimates and scoping activities working with ED’s Technical

Leads • Identify and support business growth opportunities, including tenders, client pitches, and

proposal development • Build trusted long-term relationships with clients, identifying new opportunities and

converting them into delivery • Bring solution-oriented thinking to complex client problems and serve as a trusted technical

advisor • Provide the technical leadership required to support agreed business growth targets • Help define and iterate the ED practice vision and strategy • Track internal OKRs and progress against transformation objectives • Demonstrate flexibility and continuously seek ways to improve how the practice operates

Technical Governance & Standards • Establish and enforce technical standards, methodologies, and best practices across project

delivery • Promote a culture of quality assurance and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and

industry standards • Drive process improvements and efficiency enhancements to optimise technical workflows

and deliverables • Take accountability for technical decisions in respect of client delivery • Support the Digital Transformation Director in securing relevant accreditations (e.g. ISO

frameworks, Cyber Essentials Plus) to enable business growth • Provide comprehensive technical advice and oversight across all projects within the portfolio

5. Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering) or equivalent practical experience.

• Proven experience in a technical leadership role. • Proven experience in IT architecture and designing high value technical solutions. • Strong knowledge and expertise in relevant technical domains, including software

development, DevOps, infrastructure (Azure), network architecture, and data management. • Experience in delivering multiple technical projects simultaneously. • Strong leadership and people management skills • Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on innovation and continuous

improvement. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate

with diverse stakeholders. • Familiarity with industry standards, regulations, and best practices relevant to the

organisation's domain. • Ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast-paced environment and drive change effectively.

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Senior Project Manager (Software)

Exeter, UK

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39481

Published date:

10/22/2025

Parter Sales Manager (Moorepay)

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39415

Published date:

10/22/2025

Partner Sales Manager (Zellis)

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39414

Published date:

10/20/2025

Application Support Engineer

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Permanent

Full-time

Job ID:

39348

Published date:

10/15/2025

Summary

Job Description October 2025

Support & Testing Engineer

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Job Description

Objectives 1. Support and maintain internal and customer facing applications, providing an excellent level

of service to internal and external customers. 2. Monitor and resolve application related incidents, feeding into incident and problem

management processes. 3. Carry out software testing and fixes, delivering code and artefacts to a high standard 4. Ensure good engineering practices and documentation. 5. Work on development and continuous improvement projects. 6. Startup mentality

Key Tasks

1. Support and maintain internal and customer-facing applications, providing an excellent level of service to internal and external customers: a. Work with first line support to pick up the technical aspect of support and

maintenance and where needed, cover first line support. b. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues reported by internal and external users

promptly. c. Collaborate with the development team as needed to deploy updates and

improvements to applications. d. Create support documentation to help customers utilise applications effectively,

including user guides, FAQs, support reports etc.

2. Monitor and resolve application-related incidents, feeding into incident and problem management processes: a. Monitor application performance and availability using monitoring tools. b. Work with first line support to log, prioritise, and resolve incidents, ensuring they

are addressed within agreed service levels. c. Analyse incident patterns and root causes, contributing to the development of

preventive measures.

3. Carry out software testing and fixes, delivering code and artefacts to a high standard: a. Perform thorough testing of new and existing features, including unit, integration,

and regression testing. b. Identify and fix bugs in the codebase, ensuring high-quality and reliable software

releases. c. Document test cases, results, and fixes to maintain a comprehensive record of

testing activities. d. Collaborate with developers to ensure timely issue resolution and product

improvement.

4. Ensure good engineering practices and documentation: a. Adhere to coding standards and best practices, conducting code reviews to maintain

code quality. b. Create and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture, design

specifications, and user guides. c. Implement version control practices and ensure that all code changes are properly

tracked and documented.

5. Work on development and continuous improvement projects:

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a. Identify opportunities for process optimisation and automation within the development and support workflows.

b. Participate in regular retrospectives and feedback sessions to drive continuous improvement.

c. Research and implement new tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance the efficiency and quality of development and support activities.

d. Support the development team to deliver build projects where time allows.

6. Startup mentality: a. Adopt a start-up mentality and work collaboratively to drive growth b. Track our internal objectives and key results c. Build strong networks within ED to identify and collaborate on work others are

leading d. The key to successful delivery of this role will be the ability to be flexible and

constantly look for opportunities to improve everything we do.

Reporting to Line Manager: Team Lead

Responsible for Empyrean laptop and any other equipment provided by Empyrean

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