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Locations: Glasgow, London, Manchester, or Leeds
Permanent Position, 2 days/week in office
Salary: Up to £90k + strong benefits

Lorien is proud to be recruiting on behalf of a prestigious client that combines the energy of a startup with the scale of a global enterprise. This is a unique opportunity to join a high-performing technology team that's driving innovation across a major tax and legal business.

Why This Role Stands Out:

Startup Mentality, Corporate Scale: Operate in a fast-moving, agile environment with the backing of a large, well-established organisation.
Tech-Driven Culture: Join a community of 160+ technologists embedded within a wider tax function, all focused on building scalable, AI-enabled systems.
High-Profile Impact: The tax team work with some of the most recognisable names in the world-from royalty to global celebrities.
Big Infrastructure, Big Projects: Tackle complex challenges with large-scale infrastructure and enterprise-level scalability.
Heavy Investment in Technology: The business is investing significantly in modern cloud platforms, AI, and automation.
Agile Done Right: Be part of an Agile environment with a strong DevSecOps culture and a commitment to continuous improvement.
People-First Culture: Consistently ranked in the Times Top 25 Employers for the past 10 years, this organisation genuinely looks after its people.
What You'll Be Doing:

Designing and architecting scalable, cloud-native systems and common services.
Leading the development of reusable components and AI-enabled tools.
Mentoring engineers and contributing to the software ecosystem blueprint.
Collaborating with product owners and engineering leads to accelerate delivery.
Building distributed microservices and event-driven architectures on Azure.
What You'll Bring:

Hands-on experience designing and developing large-scale systems.
Expertise in cloud-native architecture and REST APIs.
Strong programming skills in OO languages, such as C#, Java, Python, etc, and modern front-end frameworks.
Experience with React, Angular, Blazor, Vue, or ASP.NET MVC.
Secure coding practices and familiarity with DevSecOps tools.
Proven ability to lead, mentor, and communicate effectively across teams.
Bonus Skills:

Experience with generative AI, machine learning, and AI-driven development.
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless platforms.
Experience with messaging systems and distributed architectures.
Knowledge of Entity Framework, Cosmos DB, MongoDB or Cassandra.
Experience with GitHub Copilot, data analytics, and pair/mob programming.
Locations & Flexibility:
This role can be based at any of the following offices, with 2 days per week onsite:

Glasgow
London
Manchester
Leeds

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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