XCEDE WITH US!
Our people are at the heart of everything we do, which is why Xcede isn't just a workplace; it's a platform for your career aspirations. We're dedicated to creating an environment where you thrive, with excellent reward schemes, clear career advancement paths, a culture that empowers you, and flexible work arrangements that cater to your unique needs.
At Xcede, we believe in nurturing talent, fostering leadership, and helping you achieve your professional goals. We are consistently striving for quality in everything we do, from the clients we partner with to the level of training and development we offer, ensuring that your journey with us is marked by excellence.
Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting your career, we offer opportunities that will elevate you to new heights.
LIFE AT XCEDE
- Hybrid Working Scheme
- 5 Work from Anywhere Days
- Flexible Hours & Extended Lunch
- Early Finish Fridays
- Christmas & New Year Closure
- Relocation Opportunities
- Private Medical Insurance
- Generous Holiday Allowance
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Gym Subscription Programme
- CSR Day
- Local Office Perks
- Generous Commission
- Quarterly Holiday Incentives
- Biannual Awards
- Referral Scheme
- Local Incentives
- Birthday & Work Anniversary Gifts
- AGM
- Summer Party
- End-of-Year Party
- Monthly Social Events
- Charitable Fundraisers
- Interbrand Football Tournaments
OUR VALUES
We are results-driven and demonstrate the highest standards of service to those we work with and for.
We think big, move fast and demonstrate the resilience required for sustainable success.
We build open and collaborative relationships on a foundation of trust and mutual respect.
We are team players who encourage each other to be themselves and support each other to succeed.
"I love working for Xcede because they create a collaborative and friendly work environment that celebrates success in a healthy way. Joining as a graduate 6 years ago, Xcede has provided me with a lot of flexibility, excellent benefits, and continuous personal and professional growth opportunities. I have also been very impressed by the leadership shown at Xcede."
"Xcede stands out as the best company I've worked for because they have created an environment with people who are really supportive and truly want you to succeed. As a senior consultant, I've had unique opportunities to engage with directors, helping my personal brand and growth. The leadership has been truly impactful, and having a manager who genuinely cares for the team is a game changer."
"I love working at Xcede. Having joined as a graduate straight from University, I was nervous about starting in the working world. From day one, everyone was super helpful with any questions I had about recruitment in general, the market, and our areas of expertise. I’ve always had help and guidance from people above and have progressed from a Graduate Consultant to a Team Manager. We have created a fantastic atmosphere and culture with great support and events."
"Xcede offered me a life-changing opportunity to move to New York City and supported me throughout the visa and relocation process. The career progression opportunities are endless, speaking from experience as I have been promoted from senior consultant to AD within 6 years. Xcede excels in client management and delivery, and it's my favourite thing about working here."
"I joined Xcede as a graduate with the opportunity to work in the city for an established company that provides many global opportunities. There are so many people eager to help and share their knowledge. The thing I love most about working here is the people. It wouldn't be Xcede without the people."
"My journey with Xcede has been nothing short of exceptional. From the start, the team provided me with support and guidance I had never experienced before. Besides the great people, beautiful office views and working in one of the best places in the world, I found that Xcede encourages and supports employees to share their ideas and perspectives and to think freely, a place where diversity and inclusion are embraced."
OUR CSR JOURNEY
At Xcede, we place a strong emphasis on our commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), making it an integral part of our business. It is important to us, and since 2015, we have maintained a dedicated CSR team of passionate employees who actively drive initiatives to support our goals including our employee CSR Day, which allows for time to volunteer and contribute to communities.
Xcede proudly partners with Ethy, an organisation committed to sustainability and ethics. Ethy has developed a sustainability awareness solution that verifies commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to combat greenwashing. This partnership inspires us to make responsible choices in sourcing, labour practices, and reducing our environmental impact.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DE&I
People are at the heart of what we do. We work hard at Xcede Group to be accessible, inclusive and open. Integrity and inclusion are at the core of our ethos, and we are passionate about creating a culture where everyone can reach their full potential.
Through our journey, we address barriers to equality and promote diversity and inclusion so each of our global offices reflects their diverse local communities. We use our expertise to champion best practices in supporting our clients and candidates.
Our 'Women of Xcede Group' provides a platform for discussing current matters, celebrating success, collaborating, and inspiring change across our global offices. We're proud to say that 47% of our employee group identify as women. We're dedicated to continuing this support and nurturing further growth.
OUR CULTURE
With offices spanning the globe, Xcede understands the importance of adapting and evolving its workplace culture to align with the values and customs of the country in which it operates. This approach fosters a sense of belonging and resonates with employees who appreciate their distinct identities.
Within this, Xcede's overarching culture is marked by a shared commitment to excellence, innovation, and collaboration, transcending geographical boundaries. Xcede's belief in the power of a global network working cohesively towards common goals creates a unique blend of local traditions and global unity.
LATEST XCEDE JOBS
Data Engineer / DBA with multi database experience required for leading hedge fund based in London. Emphasis on SQL-Server, PostgreSQL and NoSQL production engineering environments.
Essential Skills: 3 years + experience in database engineering or production dba role; production environment experience with at least 2 of the following: SQL-Server, PostgreSQL and NoSQL; understanding of DB monitoring, analysis, disaster recovery, and performance tuning; one of the following programming languages (SQL, T-SQL, PL/SQL etc.) and BI services (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS) for design, maintain, administrate, secure, backup and recovery across production, back test, UAT and development environments; experience in scripting in Powershell/Shell script, Python would be a plus
Desirable experience - cloud DB admin in Azure and / or AWS
My client is a leading hedge fund based in London and is looking to expand its DBA engineering function due to the growing needs in the business. The environment is largely based around SQL Server technologies and the Microsoft platform. The team has multi-faceted skillsets including data warehouse architecture, business intelligence solutions, and database administration. The team is driven by the desire to attain high levels of professional excellence, delivering successful and lasting database solutions to the business.
Successful candidates will almost certainly have a computer science based degree from reputabale university. A demonstrable track working in a large and complex database enivonments working at top tier end user organisations. Typical orgnisations my client is interested in seeing candidates from would include: Big Tech, hedge or prop trading firms, commodities trading firms, rapidly growing fintech companies, large and complex consumer lead retail businesses or investment banks.
This is a hugely exciting opportunity to work in one of the most reputable hedge funds in London, working with some of the best technology minds in the buy side sector.
For a full spec, please reaach out to Ben Davis.
Xcede are currently working with an early stage start-up who are looking to implement organisational change through the use of GenAI, specifically LLMs. Are you excited by this growing space in the technology sector? Are you a Python expert? Do you want more autonomy across your work? If the answer is yes, keep reading.
Deliverables:
- Liaising with the Front-end, Infrastructure and Product Teams to design the API.
- Implementing a FastAPI server, deployable to AWS Lambda. This must have low latency, robustness, scalability, with clean documentation.
- Lead and mentor more junior memebers of the software team.
Requirements:
* Obtained or studying towards a BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics
* A strong profile of work/personal projects, open-source contributions, or hackathons
* Proficiency in Python and backend development (e.g. FastAPI, Asynchronous
programming)
* Experience with serverless architecture Experience with web security and
authentication (e.g. TLS, AWS Cognito)
The team are currently working to a hybrid model, meeting roughly twice per week in an agreed location around London. A more permanent office space will be used when the team grows to a more reasonable size.
*Please not that sponsorship is not provided for this role*
If you this sounds of interest and you would like more information, please email will.harris@xcede.com
Xcede are representing a sustainable manufacturing company in the heart of Germany. They are looking to hire a Software/ DevOps Engineer to add to their 3000 staff members, situation across 20 countries.
Your future tasks include:
- Building a workflow solution platform
- Development of microservices in a cloud system
- Connection of external and internal applications and services
- Expansion of infrastructure in AWS to IaaS (CDK)
- Interface definition and connection to customer-specific systems Comprehensive, long-term oriented training with a mentor system
- Attractive remuneration commensurate with the job requirements
Your professional and personal profile
- Many years of experience in administration and development of software
- Experience with at least one of the following programming or scripting languages: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Golang
- Experience in connecting third-party systems (ERP, CRM, planning systems, etc.) via common APIs and file formats (e.g. REST, JSON, etc.)
- Experience with: CI/CD, VM (EC2), Docker and GIT
- Very good knowledge of German and good English, both spoken and written
They offer you
- Comprehensive, long-term oriented training with a mentor system
- Attractive remuneration commensurate with the job requirements
- 30 days vacation
- Holiday and Christmas bonuses
- As a rule, individually adapted working time models
- internal career and advancement opportunities
- extensive training and further education opportunities
- a good and collegial working atmosphere
- innovative family management
- Attractive health offers including our own fitness studio and massage offers
- modern company restaurant
- short hierarchy and organizational paths
Senior Product Manager - AI - London based 1/2 days Per Week
We at Xcede have partnered with a modern consultancy that specialises in building greenfield data driven platforms and applications for global clients. Projects have included building personalised customer journeys leveraging technologies such AI.
The role will involve working with a small but experienced London based team made up of engineers, designers and other product managers to build end to end solutions in a client facing role.
Requirements
Must have at least 3+ years' experience working for a well-established consultancy (MBB, Big 4 etc)
Experience working as a Product Manager for an agile B2B tech business, ideally within a startup/scale up environment.
A decent level of technical understanding, with experiencing building product related to AI and or ML. Previous experience working as a data engineer, data scientist or software engineer would be a bonus.
Whilst data domain experience is needed a client service mindset is an absolute must.
They are offering between £80k - £100k base salary + benefits.
Senior Product Designer
Hybrid (London)
£75,000-£85,000
Exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Designer to join an innovative team building a product that most of us will use at some point in our lives.
Partnered closely with a Product Owner, you will have ownership of the design direction of the search function of the product and bring your specific creative intelligence and skills to a cross-functional squad, exploring how AI can be used to help power search tools.
Security Business Analyst
6-month contract
Inside Ir35
Remote
I'm currently supporting a tier 1 banking client who is looking for a Security Business Analyst to join the team.
The ideal candidate must have extensive work experience in data strategy, management and operational reporting and enabling technologies.
Requirements
-Demonstrated work experience in threat management, cyber security, cloud security, or application security.
-Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting with strong gathering of requirements and stakeholder management.
-Extensive experience with Microsoft Office product suite
Desired Qulifications
- MBA
- CISSP
- CISM
- CISA preferred
Azure Security Enigneer
6-month contract (scope to be extended)
Market rate - Outside Ir35
Remote working - Must be UK-Based
Active Security Clearance required
Currently, we're seeking an Azure Security Engineer to be part of a dynamic project collaborating with one of the leading utility companies in the UK.
The ideal candidate for the Azure Security Engineer role must have substantial hands-on experience with Azure Security tools.
Requirements
* Own the enterprise-wide deployment an documentation of Windows Defender Application Control
* Own the packaging, deployment and documentation of applications in EndPoint Manager
* Develop next tranche of Flow and Workbooks including devices.
* 2025 Development plan support development of an enterprise wide use matrix with Cyber Security Manager: converging user / identity / device and controls at scale
* Develop Azure Sentinel Analytics and Playbooks to reduce time to triage
* Together with the Cyber Security Manager Develop 365 Defender Vuln Management and Threat Intelligence feed(s)
For more information on this role, please apply below.