# Contract Software Engineer at Spectrum IT Recruitment in…

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# Contract Software Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment 

** London, United Kingdom ** Full Time ** Technology Jobs ** United Kingdom ** Posted 4d ago

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## Job Description

Spectrum IT are seeking an experienced **Contract Software Engineer**to join a leading business and technology consultancy client; this role will ultimately support a Central London End client (Soho area) and will be for an initial 6 month contract. 1 day onsite per week in London and the role has been deemed **INSIDE IR35**.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Lead the design and development of high-quality software solutions and tools that meet product and business needs.
- Collaborates with principal engineers and architects in defining and championing best practices.
- Create software solutions that integrate with monitoring and operations tools.
- Write clean, efficient code following good design patterns and promotes these practices across their team.
- Lead research activities such as technical spikes and proofs of concept to explore problems and possible solutions.
- Lead troubleshooting and issue resolution activities across the software life cycle.
- Actively tests their code using automated test-driven techniques and ensuring high code quality and coverage.
- Participates and leads collaborative activities such as pairing and code reviews. Supports, coaches and mentor junior engineers, promoting technical standards.
- Actively collaborates with product owners, other engineers and testers in defining acceptance criteria and ensuring good quality user stories.
- Participates in planning and estimation activities and assists with the successful delivery of software from inception to production environments.
- Writes, reviews and maintains technical documentation.

**Essential Skills & Experience**

- Proactive, and result oriented.
- Excellent communicator and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Expertise in object-oriented programming languages (Java, C#)
- Expertise in scripting languages: Bash, Python or Ruby
- Test-driven development practices (TDD, BDD, etc.)

**Suitable candidates for this role will be required to complete an online skills test to showcase your role and tech suitability.**

Compiled by :**Aaron Giles**
Compiled on : **19/08/2026**

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Posted August 19, 2026