Business Systems Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 55,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong ERP implementation, ERP engineering, or ERP development experience
• Hands-on experience customising ERP systems rather than only supporting them
• Coding or scripting experience, ideally Python, although strong experience with another language may also be considered
• Strong SQL experience
• Experience working with APIs and integrations
• Hands-on Linux server administration experience
• Experience owning or supporting self-hosted business-critical systems
• Experience with manufacturing, stock, inventory, procurement, or similar ERP processes
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of a technical platform
• Direct ERPNext/Frappe experience is highly desirable, particularly around customisation, API integration, and production deployment
• Experience with MariaDB, Redis, Nginx, shell scripting, Xero integrations, BOM/MRP processes, or PLM environments would also be useful

Responsibilities:

• Implement and configure ERPNext from scratch
• Understand and map internal business processes
• Customise ERPNext/Frappe around those processes
• Develop custom functionality and scripts where required
• Work with Python/Frappe, SQL, and REST APIs
• Manage the self-hosted Linux server environment
• Support deployment, upgrades, backups, monitoring, and ongoing administration
• Support manufacturing, stock, procurement, and inventory workflows
• Build reports, dashboards, and workflows
• Migrate and validate existing data
• Integrate ERPNext with other business systems

Technologies:

• API
• ERP
• Support
• Linux
• MariaDB
• Nginx
• Python
• REST
• Redis
• SQL

More:

We are a small engineering and technology company in Ely developing advanced industrial measurement technology at an early prototype stage. We are introducing ERPNext as the central system for managing manufacturing, stock, procurement, engineering processes, HR, and wider business operations. This is a permanent, full-time hybrid role based in Ely, Cambridgeshire, with 4 days onsite and 1 day from home. We offer a salary of up to £55,000 and the opportunity to take ownership of a new ERP environment from the beginning, working closely with a small technical team as our processes and systems are still being built.

last updated 38 week of 2026