Software Engineer

BT Group; Ipswich City; On-site; AUD 115,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Technical progression pathway

DV market aligned salaries

DV allowance up to £5k/yr

World-class training and development

10% on target bonus

Extended family leave benefits

BT Pension scheme

Job summary

BT Group in the UK is seeking a Software Engineer to join our security-focused engineering teams. You will work across challenging areas from UI to cloud-native services, building software that protects critical systems and delivers real-world impact.

We welcome engineers with strong fundamentals, curiosity, and a desire to learn. Note: this role requires eligibility for UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and may require being a sole British citizen with long UK residence as per vetting

Qualifications

• Software Development, Programming or Scripting experience.
• Software Testing and DevOps experience.
• Familiar with collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Source code management using Git-based platforms such as GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.
• Experience working within Agile software development teams.
• Experience of test and infrastructure automation using related frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Develop resilient, well-tested code across front-end and back-end stacks.
• Perform code reviews and ensure code quality standards.
• Keep up to date with the latest best practices in software development.
• Create powerful user interfaces for technical users and validate requirements.
• Ensure platforms meet performance, availability and reliability SLAs.
• Improve monitoring, logging and alerting to detect incidents.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines for faster and reliable delivery.
• Share knowledge and collaborate across teams.

Skills

Software Development

Software Testing

DevOps

Jira

Confluence

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

GitLab

Bitbucket

Job description

Job Title: Software Engineer

Req ID: 61475

Job Function: Security

Posting Start Date: 05/08/2026

Posting End Date:

Division: UK Business

Job Location: GBR Cheltenham TE, GBR Ipswich - Orion Building, GBR-London-BTHQ One Braham, GBR-Manchester-Deansgate

Advertised Salary: Competitive DV market aligned salaries

About The Role

If you enjoy solving difficult technical problems and building software that has real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you. We're growing our engineering teams and recruiting Software Developers at all experience levels to help tackle some of the most interesting challenges in cyber security. Whether you're designing intuitive user interfaces, developing cloud-native applications, building scalable backend services, processing large volumes of data, or working close to the operating system, you'll be creating technology that protects critical systems and makes a genuine difference.

Note:

This role requires eligibility for UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. As a result, applicants must typically be sole British citizens and have lived in the UK continuously for the previous 10 years, subject to UK Government vetting requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing

Above all, we're looking for engineers who are naturally curious, enjoy solving difficult problems, and are excited by the opportunity to work across multiple areas of software engineering. You don't need to tick every box. If you're passionate about technology, enjoy learning, and have experience in some of the technologies or disciplines we've described, we encourage you to apply. We're interested in people with strong fundamentals, an appetite for solving challenging problems, and the ambition to continually develop your skills. If you're equally excited by the prospect of building a polished user interface, designing backend services, analysing system performance, working with cloud-native platforms, or exploring how software works under the hood, you'll fit right in.

Examples of what we expect from our developers include:

Software development

• Develop resilient, well tested code
• Perform code reviews & work with team members to ensure code quality standards are met
• Keep up to date with the latest best practices

Frontend Development

• Create powerful, flexible user interfaces for a technical user base
• Engage with end users to understand their needs and design user interfaces

Backend Development

• Ensure the platform meets performance, availability, and reliability SLAs
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and risks in production environments.
• Maintain and improve monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks to detect and prevent incidents.

Automation and Efficiency

• Build and maintain tools to automate routine tasks, such as deployments, scaling, and failover.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipeline improvements for faster and more reliable software delivery.

Team

• Identify and contribute to the improvement of inefficient ways of working
• Actively contribute and engage in knowledge sharing activities

Essential Skills / Experience

• Software Development, Programming or Scripting
• Software Testing and Dev Ops
• Using collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence
• Source code management using Git-based platforms such as GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket
• Experience working within Agile software development teams
• Experience of test and infrastructure automation using associated frameworks

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Mobile Development
• Reverse engineering
• Vulnerability research
• Software security
• Distributed and resilient data processing systems
• High-performance computing
• Operating systems and software internals
• Designing accessible, efficient and intuitive user interfaces
• Automation and platform engineering
• Containerisation and cloud-native technologies

Programming Languages

• C, C++
• C# or Java
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Objective-C
• Python
• Scala

Platforms & Operating Systems

• Linux
• Windows
• macOS, iOS
• Kubernetes

Our Package

When you join our team, you'll play a role in delivering work that makes a real difference across the UK. In return, you'll be rewarded with a market-leading Total Reward package that reflects the value of your skills and expertise. From structured technical progression and industry-recognised training to generous family support and flexible benefits, we're committed to helping our people succeed at every stage of their career journey.

• A structured Technical Progression Pathway to recognise and reward appropriate technical people.
• Competitive DV market aligned salaries
• Tiered role based DV allowance of up to £5k per annum paid monthly
• World-class training and development opportunities
• 10% on target bonus
• Equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.
• Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.
• BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
• New BT Better Workplace working environments at strategic locations across the UK
• Huge range of flexible benefits including an EV salary sacrifice, cycle to work, healthcare, season ticket loan, additional annual leave
• On-call allowance (Depending on role requirements)
• Access to 100’s of retail discounts including the BT shop
• 24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues
• Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes
• 25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service
• 2 weeks paid carer’s leave
• Discounted broadband, mobile and TV packages
• Enhanced life assurance of up to ten times base salary

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