General information

Working time: Full time

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

City: Manchester

Number of hours per week: 40

Gross salary: 42700

Timeframe: Yearly

Description

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Opportunity:

This is more than just a job; it’s a mission.

As a Senior Software Engineer you play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions. You will have the chance to work on a variety of exciting projects with complex challenges within a unique space. You’ll be at the forefront of delivering core solutions that have real world impact.

Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the Defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation programme.

“My purpose; to lead a team of software engineers with the brightest minds, to push the boundaries and define possible together.”

Required skills:

We are looking for:

  • Hands on experience of developing software in Java, JavaScript or Python
  • Understanding of Cloud-based architectures in AWS or Azure
  • Use of DevOps Automated Deployment tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab, Docker, OpenShift or Kubernetes
  • Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB

Your responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

  • Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base including peer review of code
  • Perform design of software features to realise the product road map and be able to explain design choices
  • Support breaking down of large pieces of work into well-defined tasks to be implemented in an Agile manner
  • Support setup and maintenance of continuous integration and deployment pipelines
  • Perform demonstrations to internal and external customers of development work 

What we offer:

Benefits:

We can offer you a range of flexible working options to suit you, including optional compressed working schedule with every other Friday off. Our benefits including private health care, career development opportunities and performance bonuses. For a comprehensive list of benefits, speak to our recruitment team.