SaaS jobs in Bristol

The South West edition of the UK Dynamics 365 and Power Platform User Group: two 45-minute talks on building and running Microsoft's low-code business stack, from people who work with it day to day. The group has just moved to Changing Social at St Bartholomew's House on Lewins Mead, round the corner from Bristol Beacon. Doors 6:30, two speaker slots, food and drinks provided, and a social afterwards for anyone who wants to stay. The November line-up was still being confirmed when this was written. Free, 41 places left at the time of checking.

CodeHub Bristol's fortnightly social coding night at DeskLodge House on Redcliffe Way. Bring a laptop and a project — a side thing on the back burner, something you want to learn, or an online challenge to work through — and spend the evening on it alongside other people doing the same. The shape is simple: gather and socialise from 6, intros at 6:30 (arrive by then, as reception closes after hours), then heads-down solo or paired hacking until around 8:15. All languages, all levels, complete beginners included. DeskLodge hosts and sponsors it, and there's a #hacknight channel on CodeHub's Discord.

Two Microsoft Fabric sessions for people who run data platforms day to day. Rob Sewell, a dual Microsoft MVP in Data Platform and Azure, demos MicrosoftFabricMgmt, the community open-source PowerShell module in fabric-toolbox, for scripting Fabric admin: install, authenticate, create and manage workloads, with live demos and a checklist to take back to your desk. Reid Havens, Microsoft MVP and BI lecturer at the University of Washington, joins remotely to build a Fabric App on top of an AI-ready semantic model, letting a coding agent do the heavy lifting. Arrive 17:45 for a prompt 18:00 start at Ecosurety, 2nd floor, 4 Colston Avenue. Free, with pizza and drinks from sponsor Method Resourcing Solutions.

A quarterly user group for people actually rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot, run by Kascade at Aerospace Bristol. This edition is built around an Agent-a-thon: small teams take a real business problem and build their own AI agent, with Kascade's Microsoft 365 specialists on hand. No coding experience needed. Around that: what's new in Copilot with live demos, real-world agent use cases, security and governance for agents, and time to compare notes with other Copilot users. It runs 10:00 to 15:00 and draws IT leaders, M365 administrators, Copilot champions and business sponsors. Free, places limited. The organisers state there are no sales presentations or product pitches.

A panel on what AI coding agents actually do to delivery speed and code quality, from engineers already using them on real projects. Software Crafters Bristol hosts senior engineering leaders from Accenture and Codurance to talk through where coding agents add value, where human expertise still has to sit, and how teams keep security and maintainability intact while shipping faster. Accenture provides the room and drinks, Codurance sponsors the pizza. Runs 18:00 to 20:00, with networking after the panel. Free on Meetup. The organiser says the building has some accessibility limits out of hours, so get in touch in advance if that matters to you.