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Feb 25, 2026
up to 6 Months
Senior Backend Engineer at Pulselive, London Kennington, 3 Months+, £400-£500 per day (Outside IR35)
£400 - £500 per day
Contract Spy Kennington, London, UK
Senior Backend Engineer - Contractor (Outside of IR35) Senior Software Engineer – Java (Contract - Outside of IR35) Duration: 3 Months Plus Start Date: ASAP Day Rate: £400 - 500 per day   As a  Senior Software Engineer (Java) – Contractor  at Pulselive, you’ll be focused on delivering robust, high-performance backend services and APIs that power digital experiences for millions of sports fans globally. This role is ideal for an experienced, hands-on engineer with strong Java and Spring expertise who thrives in a collaborative and fast-paced delivery environment. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to build, integrate, and optimize systems that handle real-time sports data, video, and live commentary. This position is project- and delivery-focused, with no line management or people-leadership responsibilities required. Key Responsibilities: Design and develop scalable backend systems...
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Feb 25, 2026
Duration not stated
Backend Engineer (Java) at Burendo, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote (United Kingdom)
We're an award-winning consultancy known for delivering exceptional products and services through technology. We work closely with organisations to help them accelerate value delivery and create outstanding customer experiences. Our purpose is simple: to empower organisations to make a real difference for people, society, and the planet through technology that's efficient, user-friendly, and solves problems fast. At Burendo, we believe that together, we can achieve incredible things. We are currently seeking a Backend Engineer (Java) to join us on a 6-month contract basis, inside IR35, starting as soon as possible. This role is fully remote, offering flexibility in working location within the UK. While not essential, the ability to travel to the North of England on occasion would be advantageous. Must-Haves Strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented programming principles Experience with Spring Boot or similar Java frameworks Proven experience designing and...
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Feb 25, 2026
up to 6 Months
DevOps Engineer at Bespoke Labs, Remote, 8-16 Weeks, £Contract Rate
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Senior DevOps Engineer (Freelance | Remote | Global) BespokeLabs - Mountain View, California (VC-backed, founded by IIT & Ivy League leaders) Type: Contract | Remote | 30–40 hrs/week | 8–16 weeks   About the Role We're building a new AI training initiative that requires real-world engineering experience . You’ll help design and document authentic DevOps + backend scenarios based on incidents you’ve handled—outages, scaling issues, secure deployments, distributed systems challenges, and more. Your experience will directly train next-generation AI systems.   What You’ll Do Capture real DevOps + backend incidents and convert them into benchmark tasks Contribute to secure, scalable, Kubernetes-native architectures Work across CI/CD, observability, identity, infrastructure-as-code, and backend services Collaborate with our team to build realistic engineering workflows  ...
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Mar 11, 2026
Duration not stated
AWS Engineer at Test Yantra Software Solutions Private Limited, Nottingham, £300-£350 per day
£300 - £350 per day
Contract Spy Nottingham, UK
Required Core Skills: AWS Cloud services with Python, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, AppSync, RESTful APIs 1. AWS Cloud services with Python and its frameworks such as Django on the backend 2. Cloud - AWS such as Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, AppSync. 3. Experience working with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQl 4.Good understanding of development best practices such as pair programming, TDD 5. Work in an agile Minimum years of experience: 8 to 10 Years Job Type: Freelance Pay: £300.00-£350.00 per day
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Mar 10, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Software Engineer at Red Badger, London, £Day Rate Outside IR35
Contract Spy London, UK
Joining a new project Ideally have worked on Financial Services Projects before (Payments would be great) Emphasis on Architecture over Development (Must have a solid Development Background) Must be comfortable sitting in client meetings and advising Start date ASAP Duration 3 months (Likely to extend) 3 days / week in person working (London) Immediate Interviews     The best bit about Red Badger is, of course, the team. We are really proud of our people; we support and learn a lot from each other; we work really hard but have fun doing it. We are a diverse group made up of 22 different nationalities, speaking 17 different languages.     Our 3 founders, Dave, Cain and Stu, who have considerable tech and consultancy experience and still own 100% of the company. We've been consistently profitable and have grown responsibly from the beginning.     We are based at Old Street in the heart...
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Mar 10, 2026
Duration not stated
Platform Engineer at Tangible, Remote, £Contract Rate
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Location: Fully Remote Team: Tech Team Employment Type: Contract Tangible is a fast-growing, tech-driven platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private-markets secondaries space. By combining deep sector expertise with modern infrastructure, we unlock liquidity across private equity, private credit, and real assets, transforming the industry and enabling investors to move faster and smarter. We are looking for a Platform Engineer/SRE to own Tangible’s cloud infrastructure, system reliability, and core platform services. This role goes beyond traditional DevOps. You will be responsible for availability, scalability, and resilience, while also building and maintaining core internal services in Python and Node.js that enable product teams to move fast and safely. Tasks Own and operate Tangible’s AWS infrastructure, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance Act as the primary owner of system uptime, incident response,...
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Mar 10, 2026
Duration not stated
AI-Driven Test Automation Engineer (Cursor-First) at Tangible, Remote, £Contract Rate
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Location: Fully Remote (accepting applications globally) Team: Tech Team Employment Type: Contract * *Company Description * * Tangible is a fast-growing, tech-driven platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private-markets secondaries space. By combining deep sector expertise with modern infrastructure, we unlock liquidity across private equity, private credit, and real assets, transforming the industry and enabling investors to move faster and smarter. We’re looking for a smart, curious AI-driven Test Automation Engineer who loves breaking systems, automating the boring stuff, and using AI as a daily co-pilot. This role is heavily Cursor-driven, focused on building and evolving automated tests using Cypress, while understanding both manual QA procedures and automation principles. You don’t need 10 years of QA experience: we care more about how you think, how fast you learn, and how well you use AI to amplify your impact....
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Mar 10, 2026
Duration not stated
Golang/Go Developer LLM - Remote at YO IT CONSULTING, Remote, £Contract Rate
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Work Mode: Remote Engagement Type: Independent Contractor Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time Contract Language Requirement: Fluent English Role Description As an hourly-paid, fully remote Go Engineer for AI Data Training, you will review AI-generated Go code and explanations or generate your own, evaluate the reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving, and provide expert feedback that helps models produce answers that are accurate, logical, and clearly explained. You will assess solutions for correctness, readability, and adherence to backend-style best practices; identify errors in concurrency, error handling, or conceptual understanding; fact-check information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate idiomatic Go; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This role is with, Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of that provides AI training...
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Mar 09, 2026
Duration not stated
Product Engineer (Contract) – React / Node / AWS at Crumb., London Area, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy London Area, United Kingdom
About Crumb Crumb is building the infrastructure for the independent legal economy. We believe that by 2030, the majority of lawyers will work independently. The standard for legal delivery has never been higher, but the tools to run an independent practice haven’t kept up. Crumb provides the operating system for fractional lawyers — helping them manage their practice, understand their work, invoice clients, and connect with new opportunities. The Role We’re looking for a Product Engineer (Contract) to help ship core features of the Crumb platform. You’ll work directly with the founders to build and launch production software quickly. This role is focused on execution — turning product ideas into working systems. You’ll work across the stack, building real product features used by independent lawyers. Typical work includes: Building product features end-to-end using React, Node.js, and TypeScript Implementing integrations and webhooks Designing asynchronous...
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Mar 06, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Software Deployment Engineer at Mindera, London, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)
Contract Spy London, UK
Mindera are currently looking for a Senior Software Deployment Engineer who can lead the delivery, configuration, testing, and rollout of applications and retail device solutions across complex, large-scale environments. In this role you will help shape deployment strategy, drive automation, improve reliability, mentor engineers, and work closely with product, platform, and engineering teams to ensure smooth, secure, and high-quality releases that reaches thousands of customers. This is a hybrid role and you will be expected to be on site in Bracknell 3 days per week. Requirements Deployment & Configuration Leadership Lead end-to-end deployment processes across Dev, Test, UAT, Pre-Prod, and Production. Design scalable, repeatable deployment workflows and environment strategies. Drive automation across CI/CD pipelines using scripting, IaC, and tooling improvements. Ensure environment readiness, configuration integrity, and release reliability....
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Mar 05, 2026
Duration not stated
Software Deployment Engineer at Mindera, Bracknell/Remote, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)
Contract Spy Hybrid (Bracknell, UK)
Mindera are currently looking for a Software Deployment Engineer to deliver, configure, test, and roll out software and device solutions across multiple environments. You'll work closely with software engineers, product teams, and platform specialists to ensure seamless deployments that support millions of customers and thousands of colleagues. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys hands-on deployment, automation, configuration, testing, and troubleshooting across a wide technology landscape. This is a hybrid position where you will be expected to be onsite in Bracknell 3 days per week. Requirements Deployment & Configuration (Primary Focus) Deploy application releases across Dev, Test, UAT, Pre-Prod, and Production environments Configure applications, services, and devices according to environment needs Automate deployment activities through CI/CD pipelines and scripting Manage deployment schedules, releases, and environment readiness Validate...
Contract Spy
Mar 04, 2026
Duration not stated
AWS Engineer at Test Yantra Software Solutions Private Limited, Nottingham, £300-£350 per day
£300 - £350 per day
Contract Spy Nottingham, UK
Required Core Skills: AWS Cloud services with Python, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, AppSync, RESTful APIs 1. AWS Cloud services with Python and its frameworks such as Django on the backend 2. Cloud - AWS such as Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, AppSync. 3. Experience working with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQl 4.Good understanding of development best practices such as pair programming, TDD 5. Work in an agile Minimum years of experience: 8 to 10 Years Job Type: Freelance Pay: £300.00-£350.00 per day
Contract Spy
Mar 03, 2026
up to 6 Months
Senior Software Engineer at Red Badger, London/Remote, 3 Months+, £Day Rate (Outside IR35)
Contract Spy Hybrid (London, UK)
Joining a new project Ideally have worked on Financial Services Projects before (Payments would be great) Emphasis on Architecture over Development (Must have a solid Development Background) Must be comfortable sitting in client meetings and advising Start date ASAP Duration 3 months (Likely to extend) 3 days / week in person working (London) Immediate Interviews   The best bit about Red Badger is, of course, the team. We are really proud of our people; we support and learn a lot from each other; we work really hard but have fun doing it. We are a diverse group made up of 22 different nationalities, speaking 17 different languages.   Our 3 founders, Dave, Cain and Stu, who have considerable tech and consultancy experience and still own 100% of the company. We've been consistently profitable and have grown responsibly from the beginning.   We are based at Old Street in the heart of ʺtech cityʺ...
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Mar 03, 2026
Duration not stated
Platform Engineer at Tangible, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote
Location: Fully Remote Team: Tech Team Employment Type: Contract Tangible is a fast-growing, tech-driven platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private-markets secondaries space. By combining deep sector expertise with modern infrastructure, we unlock liquidity across private equity, private credit, and real assets, transforming the industry and enabling investors to move faster and smarter. We are looking for a Platform Engineer/SRE to own Tangible’s cloud infrastructure, system reliability, and core platform services. This role goes beyond traditional DevOps. You will be responsible for availability, scalability, and resilience, while also building and maintaining core internal services in Python and Node.js that enable product teams to move fast and safely. Tasks Own and operate Tangible’s AWS infrastructure, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance Act as the primary owner of system uptime, incident response,...
Contract Spy
Mar 03, 2026
Duration not stated
AI-Driven Test Automation Engineer (Cursor-First) at Tangible, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote
Location: Fully Remote (accepting applications globally) Team: Tech Team Employment Type: Contract * *Company Description * * Tangible is a fast-growing, tech-driven platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private-markets secondaries space. By combining deep sector expertise with modern infrastructure, we unlock liquidity across private equity, private credit, and real assets, transforming the industry and enabling investors to move faster and smarter. We’re looking for a smart, curious AI-driven Test Automation Engineer who loves breaking systems, automating the boring stuff, and using AI as a daily co-pilot. This role is heavily Cursor-driven, focused on building and evolving automated tests using Cypress, while understanding both manual QA procedures and automation principles. You don’t need 10 years of QA experience: we care more about how you think, how fast you learn, and how well you use AI to amplify your impact....
Contract Spy
Mar 03, 2026
Duration not stated
Golang/Go Developer LLM at YO IT CONSULTING, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote
Work Mode: Remote Engagement Type: Independent Contractor Schedule: Full-Time or Part-Time Contract Language Requirement: Fluent English Role Description As an hourly-paid, fully remote Go Engineer for AI Data Training, you will review AI-generated Go code and explanations or generate your own, evaluate the reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving, and provide expert feedback that helps models produce answers that are accurate, logical, and clearly explained. You will assess solutions for correctness, readability, and adherence to backend-style best practices; identify errors in concurrency, error handling, or conceptual understanding; fact-check information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate idiomatic Go; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This role is with, Careers, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of that provides AI training data...
Contract Spy
Mar 02, 2026
Duration not stated
Platform Engineer at Tangible, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote (United Kingdom)
Location : Fully Remote Team : Tech Team Employment Type: Contract Tangible is a fast-growing, tech-driven platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private-markets secondaries space. By combining deep sector expertise with modern infrastructure, we unlock liquidity across private equity, private credit, and real assets, transforming the industry and enabling investors to move faster and smarter. We are looking for a Platform Engineer/SRE to own Tangible’s cloud infrastructure, system reliability, and core platform services. This role goes beyond traditional DevOps. You will be responsible for availability, scalability, and resilience, while also building and maintaining core internal services in Python and Node.js that enable product teams to move fast and safely. Tasks • Own and operate Tangible’s AWS infrastructure, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance • Act as the primary owner of system...
Contract Spy
Mar 02, 2026
Duration not stated
Rust Developer -AI Training at YO IT CONSULTING, Remote, £Contract Rate
Contract Spy Remote (United Kingdom)
Contract Remote Role Description As an hourly paid, fully remote Rust Engineer for AI Data Training, you will review AI-generated Rust code and explanations or generate your own, evaluate the reasoning quality and step-by-step problem-solving, and provide expert feedback that helps models produce answers that are accurate, logical, and clearly explained. You will assess solutions for correctness, safety, and adherence to the prompt; identify errors in ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, or algorithmic reasoning; fact-check information; write high-quality explanations and model solutions that demonstrate idiomatic Rust patterns; and rate and compare multiple AI responses based on correctness and reasoning quality. This role is with, a fast-growing AI Data Services company and subsidiary of that provides AI training data for many of the world’s largest AI companies and foundation model labs. Your work will directly help improve the world’s premier AI models...
Contract Spy
Mar 02, 2026
Duration not stated
Senior Solidity Engineer at Test Yantra Software Solutions Private Limited, London, £400 per day
£400 per day
Contract Spy London, UK
Must have skills: Demonstrable experience with Solidity. Strong understanding of blockchain security practices and potential vulnerabilities. Proficiency in Hardhat and Foundry. Experience with Solidity security testing tools like Slither, Mythril, Echidna Practical experience with scripting languages like Javascript or Typescript. Ability to craft unit, integration, fork, and invariant tests, ensuring code longevity. Demonstrable aptitude for best development practices, data structures, algorithms, and methodologies. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline. Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Self-motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Proficient communication skills in English. Development background in sectors such as banking, finance, or trading, paired with a comprehensive grasp of financial instruments and systems. Bonus...
Contract Spy
Feb 27, 2026
6 Months or more
Engineering Manager at Mindera, London Paddington/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)
Contract Spy Hybrid (Paddington, London, UK)
We are seeking a passionate Software Engineering Manager who will provide technical expertise and operate with excellence. Being creative, curious, and confident, you will be an integral part of our empowered, self-managing, multi-disciplinary engineering teams - designing, building, releasing, and maintaining products. You will play a key role in driving our ambition to create a best-in-class software engineering team, environment, and culture. This is an initial 6 month contract (outside IR35) that requires you to work on client site 3 days a week in London, Paddington.   Your key accountabilities will include: • Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing software engineering team. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the team. Facilitate communication and collaboration among team members. Ensure budgets, people and resource allocation, and workload, balance across projects. • Agile Delivery:...
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