Software engineering stories

IT roles top UK job applications as Software Engineer leads with average pay of GBP £61,268, outpacing salaries in other major sectors.

Four Australian tech leaders are showing motherhood can supercharge careers, challenging the industry’s persistent gender gap.

Moderne launches Prethink, arming AI agents with structured insight into sprawling codebases to cut rework and improve software governance.

Qodo launches a beta Azure DevOps integration that embeds its AI-driven, context-aware code review directly into pull request workflows.

Backslash raises USD $19m to secure emerging AI ‘vibe coding’ workflows as autonomous agents reshape how enterprise software is built.

Geekflare shifts from pure tech publisher to SaaS, launching Geekflare AI and Geekflare API after surpassing 100 million global readers.

Prophet bolsters its AI decision intelligence platform with senior engineering hires to drive product innovation and meet rising demand.

Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.

CodeRabbit launches Issue Planner beta, embedding AI prompt planning into Jira, Linear, GitHub and GitLab to cut failures from unclear briefs.

Belfast tech firm SciLeads will create 60 fully remote roles over three years as it scales its life sciences market intelligence platform.

Bending Spoons unveils a EUR €1.5m fellowship, offering major scholarships and mentoring to top computer science students across Europe.

Tech roles keep topping UK pay charts as AI skills drive a 9% rise in median salaries to GBP £48,595, outpacing wider wage growth.

Tata Communications has appointed Siddhartha Mundra as chief financial officer, with a phased transition completing on 1 May 2026.

Futurense launches FDE Academy in Bengaluru to train engineers for high-demand Forward Deployed Engineering and AI deployment roles.

GitLab unveils agentic AI strategy to orchestrate software delivery, adding governance tools, maturity assessments and a developer hackathon.

Digital.ai’s Patricia Prince-Taggart joins AnitaB.org board, aiming to strengthen leadership pathways and tech opportunities for women.

Finalists for the 2025 everywoman in Technology Awards spotlight women driving UK innovation in AI, cyber security and wider STEM careers.

Cybage appoints industry veteran Badhrinath Krishnamoorthy as Global President to spearhead international growth and sharpen execution.

Motorola opens a Cork R&D hub to develop mission-critical radio software, hiring nearly 200 staff to bolster global public safety systems.

Adactin has been added to Australia’s national AI Directory, linking its cloud and AI services with organisations seeking local expertise.