Backend Engineer

SiXworks; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of secure digital solutions in the UK is seeking a skilled Back End Engineer to join their innovative team in the Defence and Security Sector. The successful candidate will have over 5 years of backend development experience, expertise in Python, and the ability to manage data pipelines and create APIs. This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and contribute to high-impact projects in a secure environment. Candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience as a backend developer.
• Expertise in Python programming.
• Proven experience in data pipeline creation and management.

Responsibilities

• Extend capabilities of an existing platform.
• Work within a small engineering team.
• Utilize AI approaches and ASP logic programming.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Data pipeline management

API creation

Database integration

Working with JSON schemas

ASP or logic programming

Geospatial file formats

Optimisation problems

Job description

Overview

About The Job

We are looking to recruit a Back End Engineer to join us on fast moving, innovative and influential work that is underway in the Defence and Security Sector. The role is to be part of a small highly skilled engineering team to extend the capabilities of an existing platform using a combination of AI approaches (e.g., LLM) and ASP logic programming.

Responsibilities / Qualifications

• 5 years minimum experience as a backend developer
• Experience with Python
• Data pipeline creation and management
• API creation and integration
• Database creation and integration
• Working with system models and JSON schemas

• ASP (Answer Set Programming) or other logic programming language
• Experience dealing with geospatial file formats
• Expertise in optimisation problems

About SiXworks

SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.

Why join SiXworks?

Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We are powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we are an unstoppable force of digital innovation.

SiXworks’ expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier-agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open-source and best-of-breed technologies.

UK Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.

More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels – GOV.UK

Data and Privacy

SiXworks is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organisation. SiXworks will be the hiring entity. By proceeding with this application, you understand that SiXworks will share your personal information with other IBM subsidiaries involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More information on how IBM protects your personal information, including safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, is available here: https://www.ibm.com/privacy