Full Stack Software Engineer

Internetwork Expert; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Home office budget for remote work

Share options or equity consideration

Job summary

Minerva Defence is seeking a full-stack software engineer who will own end-to-end feature development, from front-end interfaces to back-end services, embedded components, and ML on edge devices. You will work on products used by frontline operators, taking responsibility for deployment and field testing while expanding your skillset across new areas as required.

The role emphasizes ownership, reliability and performance across the stack, with opportunities to contribute across networking and

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping production software at a high standard.
• Ability to own features across backend, frontend, embedded, ML and networking.
• Willingness to learn new areas to deliver reliable software.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead on developing new features based on customer feedback or new Minerva products.
• Work across the full stack—backend (Python), frontend, embedded, networking or ML.
• Ensure reliable, robust feature updates that improve users’ operational output in a timely fashion.

Skills

Full stack ownership

Backend development

Frontend development

Embedded systems

ML on edge devices

Networking

DevOps

Python

Linux

Tools

Python

Job description

As a full stack software engineer with Minerva you will be responsible for taking feature requests from frontline users and designing, implementing, testing and shipping them. We are looking for engineers who are comfortable taking full ownership of this process across the whole stack; whether that is backend, frontend, embedded, ML or networking.

Minerva Defence is one of the fastest-growing defence technology companies in Europe. We create the software, hardware and networking that make unmanned systems effective on the modern battlefield, all ideated, designed and manufactured end-to-end in the UK, and in active use today. We are deliberately low-profile: a team of around 60, small in headcount and outsized in effect. We look for people who are not just talented but genuinely committed to the work, the team, and the purpose behind it.

You will work directly on products used by large numbers of frontline operators on a daily basis. You will be responsible for implementing features to improve their operational output, whether direct user requests or ideas of your own. We expect our full stack engineers to take complete ownership of the features they write, across implementation, field testing and deployment. As a result, we are looking for candidates who are comfortable across the full stack, including networking and lower-level work, and who are willing to jump into learning about new areas they are less familiar with if that’s what is needed to get the job done in a reliable way.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead on developing new features based on customer feedback, or novel Minerva products.
• Work across the full stack, whether that’s backend (largely Python), frontend, embedded, networking or ML.
• Do whatever it takes to ensure our users get reliable, robust feature updates which improve their operational output in a timely fashion.

Minimum:

• Proven experience shipping production software at a high standard
• A solid grounding in backend and frontend development
• A strong understanding of devops
• Willingness to expand your skillset into new areas, if that is what is required.
• Willingness to be involved in field testing of the features you own

Preferred:

• Experience with Linux and lower-level languages
• Experience with networking and cyber-security
• Experience with deploying and optimising machine learning models on edge devices

The job is demanding enough, so we try to take the everyday pressures off your plate. The benefits are built around that, starting with a genuine stake in what we are building.

• Share options vesting over three years, so you own a real piece of it
• Bupa private health, fully funded from day one
• 6% employer pension contribution
• 25 days leave plus bank holidays, and properly enhanced cover for both parents
• Enterprise level AI tooling, with as many tokens as you need to accelerate your work
• Relocation support if you are moving to join us, or a home office budget if you work remotely

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