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You will work closely with engineering teams to foster commercial awareness, ensure a clear understanding of how technical decisions impact business outcomes and inspire innovation.\nWhen you join Mindera we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.\nAt Mindera we encourage the use of AI to assist with coding and related tasks. We find a persons skill in engineering and software craft, has a big impact long term successful delivery, with or without AI. 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