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Mindera

Senior Software Deployment Engineer - Contract - Ouside IR35

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

Senior

Freelance

05-03-2026

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Skills

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

Job Specifications

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
Define and enforce best practices for deployment validation, smoke testing, and post-deploy checks

Testing & Release Quality

Lead integration, regression, and end-to-end testing activities in collaboration with QA
Oversee testing of applications and retail hardware (POS, handhelds, Android devices)
Implement robust pre-release validation frameworks, including monitoring, logging, and configuration verification
Lead root-cause analysis for release issues and ensure continuous quality improvements

Operational Excellence

Act as a senior escalation point for deployment failures and complex environment issues
Perform advanced log analysis to diagnose deep technical problems across distributed systems
Drive improvements in observability, monitoring dashboards, alerting, and runbook quality
Ensure production systems meet operational, security, and compliance requirements
Support incident management, including leading technical investigations

What You Bring

Significant experience deploying and configuring software across complex,multi-environment estates
Strong expertise in CI/CD principles, release orchestration, and environment management
Proven ability to test applications and hardware across Windows, Android, and retail platforms
Experience leading containerised application deployments (Docker/Kubernetes)
Advanced troubleshooting skills with logs, distributed systems, and cross-service integrations
Strong understanding of REST APIs, configuration dependencies, and backend integrations
Experience working with POS systems, retail devices, or large enterprise environments
Ability to read and understand code (JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, shell scripts)
Ability to influence engineering decisions and drive improvements across teams

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