DV Cleared Software Engineer

Gold Group Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Job summary

Gold Group Limited is seeking a DV Cleared Software Engineer in London (Leicester Square) with 3 days on-site per week. You will design, develop and maintain critical infrastructure, collaborating across teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

A leadership mindset is valued to guide your team through technical and delivery challenges while aligning with customer requirements. Ideal candidates hold active DV clearance and have hands-on experience in Java Spring Boot, Python,

Qualifications

• DV security clearance is required for the role.
• Experience as a Software Engineer with backend or frontend focus and agile delivery.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation and cloud platforms.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills, with collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on development and contribute to codebase including peer reviews.
• Design software features to realise product roadmap and explain design choices.
• Break down large tasks into well-defined Agile work items.
• Support setup and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Demonstrate development work to internal and external customers.

Skills

DV clearance

Backend development

Frontend development

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Databases

Team leadership

Agile

Communication

Tools

Java Spring Boot

Maven

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Npm

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Job description

Role: DV Cleared Software Engineer

Location: London (Leicester Square) - 3 days per week on-site

Salary: £44,000 - £66,000 + bonus + benefits

DV Cleared Software Engineer needed to join our client, an established defence engineering firm based in London.

As a Senior Engineer you play a pivotal role in designing, developing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our services. 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.

In addition, you will have a strong leadership mentality, guiding your team through both technical and delivery challenges to accommodate the customer's requirements.

Due to project constraints we can only consider applicants who hold a current active DV security clearance.

What the role of the DV Cleared Software Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the DV Cleared Software Engineer will include:

• 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 experience you need to be the successful DV Cleared Software Engineer:

• Experience as a Software Engineer in one of:
• Backend development and it's ecosystem (Java Spring boot, Maven, Python)
• Frontend development and it's ecosystem (JS/TS, React, Npm)
• Familiarity with CICD, containerisation, deployment technologies & cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
• Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB
• Strong communication, collaboration & problem solving skills, ideally with some experience in agile ways of working.