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At Whitespace, we build intelligent systems that people can trust- AI and digital platforms that power defence, government, and leading commercial organisations. Our work sits at the edge of what’s possible, where technology meets security and real-world impact.
<br><br>We’re engineers, designers, and problem-solvers who care about clarity, precision, and purpose. Our teams create technology that helps national programmes run smarter and global businesses act faster.

We move quickly, cut through noise, and give talented people the space to build things that matter. <br><br>Whether it’s a secure AI platform for government or automation for a global enterprise, the challenge is the same: make complex systems simple, reliable, and human to use.<br><br>If you want your work to count - join us.

Why We're Here

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<div>Are you a Lead Engineer ready to take on more technical leadership and help shape the future of AI-driven software?</div>
<div>if so...</div>
<div>We are building secure, high-performance solutions for clients across government, defence, and industry. We are at the forefront of AI innovation, developing platforms that bring trusted, explainable AI into real-world, mission-critical environments.</div>
<div>We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to head up a small, high-performing team, setting standards, driving design decisions, and mentoring others, while staying hands-on with development.</div>
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<div><strong>What You'll Be Doing</strong><br>Lead and mentor a talented backend team, setting coding and design standards.<br>Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs in Node or Python.<br>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into technical solutions.<br>Ensure code quality, reliability, and performance across all services.<br>Shape architecture decisions and influence the roadmap for AI-driven products.</div>
<div><br><strong>What You'll Bring</strong><br>5+ years of backend development experience with Node.js or Python.<br>Strong grasp of scalable server-side architecture and cloud-native design.<br>Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead technical delivery.<br>Familiarity with AI technologies or interest in working within the AI/ML space.<br>Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.</div>
<div><br><strong>Must be eligible for SC Clearance.</strong></div>
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Lead NodeJS Engineer

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<div>NodeJS Engineer that would like to work at the forefront of AI integration &amp; Edge deployments?</div>
<div>Want to work as part of a team that is developing LLM &amp; SLM capabilities and platforms for mission-critical projects across finance, energy &amp; Defence?</div>
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<div>We're a Belfast-based company that is looking to scale its team by hiring a Lead &amp; a Senior NodeJS engineer to continue scaling &amp; building new products.</div>
<div>We are looking for engineers with a wealth of experience in NodeJS development, building back-end platforms, and working cloud agnostically.</div>
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<div><strong>Skills;</strong></div>
<div>NodeJS Engineering<br>Back-end JS platform development<br>Server architecture development<br>Experience in cloud development (GCP, Azure or GCP)</div>
<div><br>For the right individual, this would be the ideal role to gain experience developing across multiple cloud deployment platforms and also be a part in building REAL AI platforms and products that are aiding organisations across the UK &amp; Europe.</div>
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NodeJS Engineers

<html><head></head><body><h3>About Whitespace</h3>
<p><br>Whitespace leads in creating intelligent interfaces for enterprises, empowering them to harness the full potential of AI and human collaboration.</p>
<h3>&nbsp;<br>Role Summary</h3>
<p>We're seeking a talented Mid-Level Frontend Engineer to join our team in building the next generation of Design Systems that seamlessly integrate with AI/agents. As a key member of our frontend engineering team, you'll work on rapidly designing and implementing user-friendly interfaces for various products and platforms, focusing on accessibility, scalability, and maintainability.</p>
<h3>&nbsp;<br>Key Responsibilities:</h3>
<div>&nbsp;<br><strong>Design System Development:</strong> Contribute to the creation and maintenance of Whitespace's Design System, incorporating AI-forward components.<br><strong>Collaboration:</strong> Work closely with cross-functional teams, including designers, engineers, data scientists, and agent development teams to ensure seamless integration of Design System components across all products, platforms, and AI/agent-powered interfaces.<br>UI/UX Expertise: Develop UI components using React and NextJS/React (bonus to have server-side rendering expertise), focusing on performance optimization for improved user experience.<br><strong>Accessibility: </strong>Implement accessibility features in Design System components, following WCAG 2.1 guidelines, ensuring all users can access our products and platforms.<br><strong>Scalability and Maintainability: </strong>Architecture scalable solutions that can support multiple products, platforms, AI/agent interfaces, and client-specific requirements simultaneously while adhering to highest code quality standards.<br>&nbsp;</div>
<h3><strong>Nice-to-Haves:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Experience with Figma and Storybook integrations</li>
<li>Familiarity with NextJS/React advanced concepts (server-side rendering, state management)</li>
<li>Experience of Svelte</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of accessibility tools and techniques for AI-forward components&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<h3>Required Skills &amp; Knowledge:</h3>
<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Frontend Development:</strong> Proficiency in React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.<br><strong>Accessibility:</strong> Compliance with WCAG 2.1 guidelines<br><strong>Scalability: </strong>Proven experience designing scalable systems<br><strong>Agile Methodologies:</strong> Comfortable with Agile development process</p>
<h3><br><strong>What We Offer:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Work on impactful, cutting-edge products powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.</li>
<li>Be part of an agile, close-knit team that values creativity, quality, and continuous learning.</li>
<li>A Flexible Working Environment, With Typically 2 Days Of Hybrid Working In Our Belfast Office, And One Of The Best Work-life</li>
<li>Balances You’ll Find</li>
<li>A (Mon to Thurs) 4-day work week during the holidays - July, August and December</li>
<li>The last Friday of every month off</li>
<li>Early finish every working Friday at 3pm</li>
<li>25 days of annual leave, plus all NI bank holidays</li>
<li>EMI Share options in a rapidly growing scale-up</li>
<li>Closing date: Open until filled</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>We're Looking for Someone Who:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Can work effectively within a close-knit team, driving collaboration to achieve shared goals.</li>
<li>Employs strong analytical and problem-solving skills to deliver solutions tailored to client needs.</li>
<li>Stays up-to-date with the latest web development trends, standards, and best practices.</li>
</ul>
<div>Sound like you?</div></body></html>

Frontend Engineer

<html><head></head><body><h3>About Whitespace</h3>
<p><br>Whitespace leads in creating intelligent interfaces for enterprises, empowering them to harness the full potential of AI and human collaboration.</p>
<h3>&nbsp;<br>Role Summary</h3>
<p>We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team in building the next generation of Design Systems that seamlessly integrate with AI/agents. As a key member of our frontend engineering team, you will work on rapidly designing and implementing user-friendly interfaces for various products and platforms, focusing on accessibility, scalability, and maintainability. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of Design System components across all products, platforms, and AI/agent-powered interfaces.</p>
<h3><br>Requirements</h3>
<div><strong>Design System Development</strong></div>
<div>Contribute to the creation and maintenance of Whitespace's Design System, incorporating advanced AI-forward components.<br>Collaborate with designers and engineers to develop scalable and maintainable UI components using React and NextJS (server-side rendering expertise preferred).<br><strong>&nbsp;</strong><br><strong>Collaboration</strong></div>
<div>Work closely with cross-functional teams including designers, data scientists, and agent development teams to ensure seamless integration of Design System components across all products and platforms.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>UI/UX Expertise</strong></div>
<div>Develop high-performance UI components that enhance user experience through React and NextJS.<br>Implement accessibility features in Design System components following WCAG 2.1 guidelines.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Scalability and Maintainability</strong></div>
<div>Architect scalable solutions to support multiple products, platforms, AI/agent interfaces, and client-specific requirements simultaneously while adhering to the highest code quality standards.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<h3><strong>Nice-to-Haves:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Experience with Figma and Storybook integrations</li>
<li>Familiarity with NextJS/React advanced concepts (server-side rendering, state management)</li>
<li>Experience of Svelte</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of accessibility tools and techniques for AI-forward components&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<h3>Required Skills &amp; Knowledge:</h3>
<p>&nbsp;<br><strong>Frontend Development:</strong> Proficiency in React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.<br><strong>Accessibility:</strong> Compliance with WCAG 2.1 guidelines<br><strong>Scalability: </strong>Proven experience designing scalable systems<br><strong>Agile Methodologies:</strong> Comfortable with Agile development process</p>
<h3><br><strong>What We Offer:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Work on impactful, cutting-edge products powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.</li>
<li>Be part of an agile, close-knit team that values creativity, quality, and continuous learning.</li>
<li>A Flexible Working Environment, With Typically 2 Days Of Hybrid Working In Our Belfast Office, And One Of The Best Work-life</li>
<li>Balances You’ll Find</li>
<li>A (Mon to Thurs) 4-day work week during the holidays - July, August and December</li>
<li>The last Friday of every month off</li>
<li>Early finish every working Friday at 3pm</li>
<li>25 days of annual leave, plus all NI bank holidays</li>
<li>EMI Share options in a rapidly growing scale-up</li>
<li>Closing date: Open until filled</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>We're Looking for Someone Who:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>Can work effectively within a close-knit team, driving collaboration to achieve shared goals.</li>
<li>Employs strong analytical and problem-solving skills to deliver solutions tailored to client needs.</li>
<li>Stays up-to-date with the latest web development trends, standards, and best practices.</li>
</ul>
<div>Sound like you?</div></body></html>

Senior Frontend Engineer

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<div><strong>Partner Manager</strong></div>
<div>Reporting to: Chief Partnership Officer</div>
<div>Location: UK - preferably in the SE/SW of England, but not required. Belfast is the HQ and</div>
<div>this role can be based there</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>About Whitespace</strong></div>
<div>Whitespace leads in creating smarter, safer AI solutions for enterprises and governments. As</div>
<div>AI reshapes industries, many organisations struggle to harness its power responsibly,</div>
<div>securely, and at scale.</div>
<div>Whitespace bridges this gap with Collective — the AI Operating System for high-assurance</div>
<div>environments. Built for scale, trust, and action, Collective enables AI to perform securely and</div>
<div>effectively in the world’s most complex and sensitive contexts — from defence and critical</div>
<div>national infrastructure to enterprise and public sector ecosystems.</div>
<div>We’re not just building AI systems. We’re building the connective tissue for a future where</div>
<div>humans and machines operate as one intelligent ecosystem — where trust, sovereignty, and</div>
<div>intelligence converge.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Role Summary</strong></div>
<div>The Partner Manager will define how Whitespace scales globally by turning partnerships into</div>
<div>the core engine of trust, market access, and adoption.</div>
<div>Reporting to the Chief Partnership Officer, you will shape, grow, and manage strategic</div>
<div>relationships across defence, hyperscaler, and enterprise technology ecosystems. This role</div>
<div>sits at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution — combining commercial</div>
<div>acumen with a deep understanding of secure-by-design AI deployment.</div>
<div>You will operate as a trusted partner internally and externally, influencing investment</div>
<div>priorities and helping define how Collective integrates into the world’s most critical</div>
<div>technology and defence organisations.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></div>
<div><strong>Partnership Development</strong></div>
<div>Identify, qualify, and engage strategic partners that align with Whitespace’s product roadmap</div>
<div>and mission</div>
<div>Structure, negotiate, and formalise agreements across OEM, channel, alliance, and GTM</div>
<div>frameworks</div>
<div>Design and deliver joint go-to-market and enablement programmes with hyperscalers,</div>
<div>systems integrators, and sovereign technology organisations.</div>
<div>Build frameworks that ensure compliance with secure-by-design and data sovereignty</div>
<div>principles.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Ecosystem Management</strong></div>
<div>Develop and manage a high-performing partner ecosystem across defence, AI, and</div>
<div>enterprise verticals</div>
<div>Establish clear success metrics and quarterly reviews to track partner performance, pipeline</div>
<div>contribution, and shared outcomes</div>
<div>Lead cross-functional initiatives that connect partnerships with Product, Engineering, and</div>
<div>Delivery priorities.</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Strategic Alignment</strong></div>
<div>Work with the Chief Partnership Officer and COO to influence strategic direction, resource</div>
<div>allocation, and partner-driven investment decisions</div>
<div>Surface market intelligence, policy developments, and funding programmes shaping</div>
<div>sovereign AI ecosystems</div>
<div>Represent Whitespace at industry events, trade missions, and policy forums, building</div>
<div>visibility and credibility with key stakeholders</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Internal Collaboration</strong></div>
<div>Coordinate across Product, Engineering, and Commercial teams to operationalise partner</div>
<div>commitments</div>
<div>Support onboarding, CRM visibility, and performance dashboards for partner-related activity</div>
<div>Champion a partnership mindset throughout the company — creating repeatable</div>
<div>frameworks for collaboration and trust</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Role Requirements</strong></div>
<div><strong>Experience (preferred)</strong></div>
<div>Minimum 2 years in partner, channel, or alliance management within AI, defence technology,</div>
<div>enterprise software, or related sectors (ideal)</div>
<div>Proven success establishing partnerships that delivered measurable market or revenue</div>
<div>growth</div>
<div>Experience negotiating complex commercial and technical agreementsJOB DESCRIPTION</div>
<div>Familiarity with regulated or high-assurance environments (MOD, NATO, government,</div>
<div>defence primes, or hyperscalers)</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>Skills &amp; Attributes</strong></div>
<div>Strategic thinker with the ability to build and execute long-term partner strategies</div>
<div>Excellent communicator and relationship builder at C-suite and executive levels</div>
<div>Strong commercial judgement and understanding of contractual frameworks</div>
<div>Analytical, structured, and capable of simplifying complex ecosystems into actionable plans</div>
<div>Operates with autonomy, clarity, and accountability in fast-moving environments</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div><strong>What We Offer</strong></div>
<div>The opportunity to shape the partnership model powering Collective, the AI Operating</div>
<div>System for high-assurance environments</div>
<div>Work directly with leadership and world-class partners across defence, AI, and deep-tech</div>
<div>ecosystems</div>
<div>Competitive compensation package including equity participation and performance-linked</div>
<div>incentives</div>
<div>Exposure to sovereign and enterprise AI programmes that directly influence national</div>
<div>capability and digital transformation agendas</div>
<div>Four-day working weeks during July, August, and December</div>
<div>3pm Friday finishes all year round</div>
<div>A team that values precision, curiosity, and impact over bureaucracy</div>
<div>Join Whitespace to build the ecosystem that defines the future of trusted, sovereign AI —</div>
<div>where innovation meets assurance, and ambition meets purpose.</div>
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Partner Manager

<html><head></head><body><div>Job Title: Senior Account Executive<br><br><br>Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent<br><br>Salary: Competitive<br><br>We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Account Executive to join our dynamic team in the computer software industry. As a Senior Account Executive, you will be responsible for managing and growing key client accounts, driving sales revenue, and building strong relationships with clients.<br><br>Key Responsibilities:<br>- Develop and execute strategic account plans to achieve sales targets and objectives<br>- Identify and pursue new business opportunities within existing accounts<br>- Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders<br>- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure client satisfaction and retention<br>- Provide regular updates and reports on account performance and sales activities<br><br>Requirements:<br>- Proven track record of success in a sales or account management role within the computer software industry<br>- Strong understanding of software products and services<br>- Excellent communication and negotiation skills<br>- Ability to work independently and as part of a team<br>- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or related field<br><br>If you are a motivated and results-driven professional with a passion for sales and account management, we would love to hear from you. Join us at [Company Name] and take your career to the next level. Apply now!</div></body></html>

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