Senior DevOps Engineer

Remote

Up to £80,000 + Benefits

The Role

As the Senior DevOps Engineer (and DevOps SME within the business), you will be responsible for building and maintaining the automated pipelines (CI/CD) that move code safely to Production without issue.

Key Responsibilities

Build & Release: Designing reliable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual steps (automated deployments, rollbacks, testing).

Cloud Architecture: Designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

Environment Management: Managing multiple environments (Test, Staging, Production) and ensuring smooth transition between them.

Source Control: Managing Git workflows, branching strategies, and resolving merge conflicts.

Quality Gatekeeping: Integrating automated testing and code quality checks directly into the deployment pipeline.

Tech Stack

Cloud: Azure

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform

CI/CD: Deep experience building automated pipelines, specifically using Azure DevOps.

Containerisation: Docker, AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service).

Scripting: Strong skills in PowerShell (preferred), Bash, or Python.

Observability: Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana.

SaaS: Salesforce and/or Mulesoft DevOps experience would be a plus but is not essential.

*Please note, although this is a remote role, we still require all candidates to be UK-based, as the role will require occasional travel to our office in Cardiff. We are unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this role, all applicants must have full UK right to work.*

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Operations Manager- responsible finance lender

We're recruiting for a growing social impact lender with offices in the South West. Our client supports SMEs that can't secure funding through the traditional banking systems. Our client has been operating for over 30 years and has supported 1000s of businesses from start-ups to growth companies. They continue to have a significant social impact in the region and wider community. 

The role

As an Operations Manager, you will support a dynamic Senior Management Team across a broad range of operational areas. The core function of the role is to embed a continuous improvement methodology which underpins and supports the next growth phase of the business. You'll also get heavily involved in supporting the day-to-day functions.

The role doesn't require previous management responsibilities, as there won't be any direct reports from day one, but the right candidate will require the confidence to manage people from a process and project perspective. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced role which covers projects across broad operational areas including, compliance, customer-journey, credit-risk, telecoms, systems and regulations then this is an excellent opportunity.

• Work alongside the Senior Management Team and support them on operational related projects and programmes of work
• Support the day-to-day operational functions of the business as required
• Design and embed a continuous improvement methodology
• Review and take oversight of activities including KYC/AML, compliance, systems, loan administration and regulatory changes
• Troubleshoot operational issues and ensure processes are improved to prevent future issues
• As the business continues to grow, take more management responsibilities providing coaching and training where necessary

Experience required

• Background in an operational or project role within a bank, commercial lender, SME or fintech
• Good awareness of FCA rules and regulations
• A good understanding of systems and processes with a financial services environment
• Proactive approach to business with a strong desire for continuous improvement
• Ability to work closely with leadership teams and influence change from at an operational level

This role will be Southwest and candidates will be required to work hybrid from a Bristol office.

Interim Finance Director

Cardiff

Long-term contract

£Negotiable

About

Our client is looking for an experienced financial leader for a long-term (12-18 month) assignment. This is a senior leadership role with a focus on strategic commercial decision-making and development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of finance, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, payroll, and performance monitoring

• Develop and manage a high-performing finance team

• Support commercial and strategic decision-making at board level

• Maintain strong cashflow, treasury, and capital oversight

• Drive automation, systems improvements, and audit processes

• Build financial models in collaboration with data teams to support strategic planning

Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with at least 10 years' experience.

• Large corporate experience

• Skilled in financial leadership, modelling, analysis, and strategic planning

• Excellent communicator with strong commercial insight

Ideal candidates will be able to start by the end of July. No VISA sponsorship available. Call Tom Miller at Vargo Group on 07901 913560 for more information.

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Software Engineer

Remote

Up to £60,000 + Benefits

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Lead, you will build reliable backend services that power our lending platform. This is a role for a developer who cares about writing clean, readable code and wants to master modern software engineering practices under the guidance of a Senior team.

Tech Stack

Core: Modern Python (3.10+), React (Hooks/Context), REST APIs.

Quality: Pytest, Git, CI/CD.

Core Responsibilities

Build & Maintain: Write clear, maintainable Python code for our backend services.

Fullstack Exposure: Contribute to React frontend tasks (wiring APIs, managing state, handling hooks like useState).

Quality First: Write robust unit tests (using pytest) and ensure code reliability.

Integrations: Consume REST APIs and handle common request/response patterns.

Requirements

Python Proficiency: You understand standard libraries and how to structure a project cleanly.

React Familiarity: You can navigate a React codebase, create components, and handle basic state.

Growth Mindset: You are eager to learn about system architecture and reliability from senior engineers.

Communication: Our ethos is one of continuous improvement, driven by a highly collaborative environment. While there is plenty of deep work involved, this isn't a solitary role—we prioritize pairing, design discussions, and shared problem-solving over working in isolation.

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Senior Software Engineer

Remote

Up to £80,000 + Benefits

The Role

Reporting to the Engineering Lead, you will drive the design of our core lending platform. We are looking for an engineer who understands modern, high-performance Python—not just scripting. You will architect event-driven systems, handle asynchronous workflows, and mentor the team on scalability best practices.

Tech Stack

Core: Modern Python (3.10+), AsyncIO, REST APIs.

Data: SQL (PostgreSQL), NoSQL, Event-Driven Architecture.

Ops: Containerisation (Docker), CI/CD, Cloud Native.

Core Responsibilities

Architecture & Scale: Design scalable, asynchronous backend systems. You will make high-level decisions on concurrency, latency, and caching.

Technical Leadership: Lead the team on performance tuning and reliability patterns (retries, idempotency).

Code Quality: Enforce a high standard of testing (Unit, Integration, Contract) and modern dependency management.

Mentorship: Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code reviews to drive technical growth within the team.

Requirements

Deep Python Expertise: You know the internals of the language, specifically memory management, packaging, and performance tuning.

Distributed Systems: Proven experience designing systems that handle high load and asynchronous processing.

Methodology: Extensive experience in Agile environments (SAFe experience is a strong plus).

Communication: Our ethos is one of continuous improvement, driven by a highly collaborative environment. While there is plenty of deep work involved, this isn't a solitary role—we prioritize pairing, design discussions, and shared problem-solving over working in isolation.

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Financial Controller

Up to £80,000

Cardiff (Hybrid)

The Role

Following a period of significant international growth, our engineering client is seeking a hands-on, commercially-minded Financial Controller. The successful candidate will lead BAU financial operations during a period of intense expansion into new markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Reporting: Prepare and present monthly management accounts, board packs, and KPIs for the board.

• Post-Investment Integration: Implement robust financial controls and standardized reporting across all global subsidiaries.

• Project Accounting: Oversee the financial performance of high-value technical projects, including margin analysis on scrubber installations and asset life-extension contracts.

• Cash Flow & Treasury: Manage global liquidity and multi-currency transactions, ensuring the group’s capital is optimized for current project backlogs.

• Audit & Compliance: Lead the year-end audit process and ensure tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

• System Optimization: Lead the upgrade of financial ERP systems to ensure seamless integration between the Cardiff HQ and international sites.

• Leadership: Direct line-management of the finance team (Accounting, Reporting, AP, AR and Payroll)

Technical Requirements & Qualifications

• Certification: Fully qualified (ACCA/ACA) with 3+ year' post-qualification experience (PQE).

• Industry Experience: Proven background in engineering, construction, or heavy industrial services. Experience with long-term contract accounting (IFRS 15) is desirable.

• IT Literacy: Advanced Excel skills are mandatory. Experience with Microsoft Business Central/Dynamics is desirable.

• Stakeholder Management: Experience working within a multi-entity, multi-currency group, and/or on capital intensive projects, is desirable.

What We Offer

• Growth: Opportunity to develop the finance function as the group's global footprint expands, working closely with the executive team/board.

• Rewards: Highly competitive package.

• Location: Based in our modern Cardiff HQ (Hybrid)

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