Java Full-stack Engineer

NPA WorldWide; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK Government and Defence sector is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their agile delivery team. This role involves implementing software solutions and collaborating with stakeholders while embracing a culture of continuous improvement and learning. The position offers flexible hours, competitive salary, and extensive benefits, fostering a dynamic working environment.

Benefits

Flexitime

Learning budget for conferences and training

Monthly social events

Matched pension and health care package

Qualifications

• Experience in contemporary software engineering with appropriate technology usage.
• Confidence as a polyglot developer/engineer.
• Experience in DevOps practices including CI/CD and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Implementing software solutions including design, development, and testing.
• Building continuous integration pipelines using tools like GitLab.
• Involvement in the full software lifecycle from project concept to maintenance.

Skills

Contemporary software engineering

Full-stack solution development

DevOps techniques

Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Working with high-level stakeholders

Job description

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Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Can you think strategically and join the dots across multiple activities to build the bigger picture? Do you enjoy working at pace, identifying new and improved ways of doing things and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders? Are you passionate to learn and develop in new softwares and make a difference to how our client operates?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for Developers to join our clients team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join one of our clients small, fast-paced, agile delivery teams; using agile methodology and DevOps techniques to build backend systems, data processing pipelines, and progressive web apps for customers in the UK Government and Defence sector.

Responsibilities

Job description:

Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Can you think strategically and join the dots across multiple activities to build the bigger picture? Do you enjoy working at pace, identifying new and improved ways of doing things and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders? Are you passionate to learn and develop in new softwares and make a difference to how our client operates?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for Developers to join our clients team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join one of our clients small, fast-paced, agile delivery teams; using agile methodology and DevOps techniques to build backend systems, data processing pipelines, and progressive web apps for customers in the UK Government and Defence sector.

Responsibilities

Senior Software Engineering at our clients organization consists of a wide range of responsibilities, the list below gives a flavor of some of the tasks you may be asked to undertake.

• Implementing software solutions including design, development, and testing.
• Use a wide range of technologies, specialising in the use of open-source libraries and components.
• Use tools such as GitLab to build continuous integration pipelines, which help monitor and ensure software quality and security.
• Deploy software systems to a mixture of environments including public (AWS and Azure) and private cloud.

Full Software Lifecycle involvement:

• Project concept formalization
• Requirements analysis and specification
• Software architecture design
• Software implementation and delivery
• Software training and support
• Software life cycle and maintenance

Candidate specification

Our clients Senior Software Engineers enjoy working on a variety of interesting and challenging projects, so they want their team to have a proactive and can-do attitude to their work. They pride on keeping up with emerging technologies and delivery best-practice, so it is important that you enjoy learning and continuous improvement. .

You will ideally have exposure to.

• Contemporary software engineering including selection and application of appropriate technology and patterns.
• Confidence developing full-stack solutions as a polyglot developer/engineer.
• DevOps and the techniques which enable it - including virtualisation, containerisation, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and infrastructure as code.
• Working with high-level stakeholders - both internally and externally.
• Working in agile environments using methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.

Benefits

The Senior Software Engineer role is an excellent opportunity, and our client reward their staff well with a competitive salary and impressive benefits package which includes:

• Flexitime: 37.5 hour weeks to structure however you want with working from home available
• Learning: Budget for conferences, training courses and other materials
• Social: Fantastic culture with monthly social events
• Future You: Matched pension and health care package

Our client understands the importance of getting to know your colleagues. Whole company meetings are held every quarter, and a training/work brief weekend is held once a year, among many other social events.

They have offices in Bristol, Cheltenham and Manchester.

Equal Opportunities:

Theyre proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. They believe that diversity strengthens our team, and were actively working to prevent discrimination in all its forms.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will:

• Provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process if needed
• Offer an interview to people with health conditions or disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for a role.

We celebrate the uniqueness of our people and encourage everyone to contribute to our inclusion journey.

Qualifications:

• Contemporary software engineering including selection and application of appropriate technology and patterns.
• Confidence developing full-stack solutions as a polyglot developer/engineer.
• DevOps and the techniques which enable it - including virtualisation, containerisation, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and infrastructure as code.
• Working with high-level stakeholders - both internally and externally.
• Working in agile environments using methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

• Flexitime: 37.5 hour weeks to structure however you want with working from home available
• Learning: Budget for conferences, training courses and other materials
• Social: Fantastic culture with monthly social events
• Future You: Matched pension and health care package

Salary Type : Annual Salary

Salary Min : £ 60000

Salary Max : £ 80000

Currency Type : GBP