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Mindera

Software Deployment Engineer - Contract - Outside IR35

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Freelance

05-03-2026

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Skills

Java JavaScript TypeScript CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Monitoring Test Quality Assurance Windows Regression Shell JavaScript/TypeScript CI/CD Pipelines Android

Job Specifications

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 deployments via smoke tests, configuration checks, and post-deploy verification

Testing & Quality Assurance

Support integration, regression, and end-to-end testing
Test applications and retail devices (POS, handhelds, Android devices)
Perform functional checks, logs analysis, and monitoring to validate successful releases
Work with QA/engineering teams to diagnose issues and ensure release quality

Operational Support

Troubleshoot deployment failures, environment differences, and configuration issues
Analyse logs to identify bugs, misconfigurations, or integration problems
Support production systems using observability tools (Dynatrace)
Maintain deployment documentation, configuration guides, and environment runbooks

What You Bring

Experience deploying and configuring software across multiple environments
Strong understanding of CI/CD processes, pipelines, and release management
Practical experience testing applications and devices (web, Windows, Android)
Ability to analyse logs, troubleshoot issues, and support distributed systems
Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating with backend services
Experience with Windows and Android platforms
Knowledge of POS systems, retail devices, or retail domain concepts (advantageous)
Ability to read and understand code (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, shell scripts)
Experience with containerised deployments (Docker/Kubernetes)

Benefits

Competitive day rate

About the Company

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera. We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world. You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a co... Know more