

Location: London, UK - Hybrid (~2-3 days per week in office)
Contract: Permanent - Full-time
Package: £45,000 - 55,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits (see more below)
Appvia is a specialist platform engineering, software, and AI enablement consultancy, helping organisations modernise how they build, deliver, and operate technology.
We partner with public and private sector organisations to solve complex engineering challenges across cloud platforms, software delivery, DevOps, platform engineering, and AI. As Appvia continues to scale rapidly, we are investing heavily in growing high-performing teams across engineering, delivery, and commercial functions.
We are looking for a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist to join Appvia as the second permanent hire within our Talent Acquisition team.
This is a high-impact, delivery-focused role for an experienced technology recruiter who thrives in fast-paced consultancy environments and enjoys building strong technical teams at pace. You will work closely with hiring managers and leadership across the business to attract, engage, and secure high-quality talent across multiple disciplines including platform engineering, software engineering, delivery, data, AI, and cloud consulting.
We are looking for someone who can make an impact quickly - driving sourcing activity, building pipelines, managing candidate processes effectively, and closing strong candidates in competitive markets within their first month.
Reporting into the Talent Acquisition Lead, working closely with People Operations, you will play a key role in shaping Appvia’s continued growth and hiring capability.
Interview Process - 2 Stage
Requirements
You are a driven, delivery-focused recruiter who thrives in fast-paced, high-output hiring environments. You enjoy the challenge of finding and securing hard-to-reach technical talent, building strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders, and delivering quality hires at pace.
This role would suit someone coming from a high-performing technology recruitment agency background who is looking to move in-house while still maintaining a strong focus on delivery, sourcing, and hiring impact.
You will bring:
Benefits
Why join Appvia?
We are a self-funded, London-based consultancy, growing rapidly while staying true to what got us here: a human, engineering-led culture built on trust, ownership, and getting things done.
As we scale, we’re maturing as a business and expanding into new areas across platform engineering, software, data, and AI. We’re intentional about keeping our culture at the heart of it. We operate with a flat structure, agile ways of working, and a strong focus on collaboration, where good ideas come from anywhere and people are trusted to make an impact.
We work alongside our customers to solve complex, real-world problems: modernising systems, improving delivery, and building scalable platforms that enable long-term success.
If you want to be part of a team that values people as much as technology and gives you the space to grow while working on meaningful challenges, Appvia is the place to do it.
What’s on offer?
⚖️ Work-life balance
💚 For your well-being
🧠 Mental health support
😃 Other fun perks
But don’t just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity, and disability status.
Note: While all roles are active and approved at the time of posting, the dynamic nature of our start-up means some applications may be processed to pipeline talent for future opportunities rather than current openings. We will strive to keep you informed of any changes to the status of your application.