Cyber Software Engineer: Innovate & Defend

Sanderson Government & Defence; Romsey; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote training opportunities

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking engineers to analyze threats and evolve capabilities by exploring existing and emerging technologies. You will design, prototype, and test tooling to meet novel customer requirements while maintaining integrity as a trusted advisor across mission-led programmes.

The role emphasizes software development, secure architectures, and DevOps practices, with a focus on delivering robust, testable software within modern IDEs and AI-enhanced tooling.

Qualifications

• Experience applying software analysis and reverse engineering to real systems.
• Familiarity with Linux-based OS internals and security architecture.
• Proficiency with virtualization, emulation and containerisation for dev and testing.
• Experience deploying AI-based systems for software development or analysis.
• Ability to deliver engineering software from design to delivery in modern IDEs using Agile methods.
• Experience writing testable code and integrating with automated verification pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into existing and emerging technologies to understand threats and evolve capabilities.
• Design, prototype, build and test tools; address novel customer requirements.
• Advise as a trusted advisor with integrity to support mission-led programmes.

Skills

Reverse engineering

Linux internals

Virtualization

AI in development

CI/CD

Agile development

Testable code

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

CI/CD tools

Job description

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking engineers to analyze threats and evolve capabilities by exploring existing and emerging technologies. You will design, prototype, and test tooling to meet novel customer requirements while maintaining integrity as a trusted advisor across mission-led programmes.

The role emphasizes software development, secure architectures, and DevOps practices, with a focus on delivering robust, testable software within modern IDEs and AI-enhanced tooling.