Java Full-stack Engineer

NPAworldwide; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their agile delivery team. This role involves implementing backend systems, data processing pipelines, and web applications for clients in the UK Government and Defence sector. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and be passionate about continuous learning and emerging technologies.

Benefits

Flexitime

Learning budget for courses and conferences

Social events fostering culture

Matched pension and healthcare packages

Qualifications

• Experience in contemporary software engineering practices and technologies.
• Proven ability to develop full-stack solutions.
• Confidence in Agile environments and working with high-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implementing software solutions, including design, development, and testing.
• Building continuous integration pipelines and ensuring software quality.
• Deploying software systems in public and private cloud environments.

Skills

Agile methodologies

DevOps techniques

Full-stack development

Software design

Continuous integration

Tools

GitLab

AWS

Azure

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 about learning and developing in new software and making a difference to how our client operates?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for Developers to join our client’s team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join one of our client’s 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 client’s organization involves a wide range of responsibilities, including:

• Implementing software solutions including design, development, and testing.
• Using a wide range of technologies, specializing in open-source libraries and components.
• Utilizing tools such as GitLab to build continuous integration pipelines, monitoring, and ensuring software quality and security.
• Deploying software systems to various environments including public (AWS and Azure) and private cloud.

Full Software Lifecycle involvement:

• Project concept formalization
• Requirement analysis and specification
• Software architecture design
• Software implementation and delivery
• Software training and support
• Software lifecycle and maintenance

Candidate specification

Our client’s Senior Software Engineers enjoy working on a variety of interesting and challenging projects. They seek proactive, can-do attitude and pride themselves on staying current with emerging technologies and best practices, emphasizing continuous learning and improvement.

Ideally, you will have exposure to:

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

Benefits

The Senior Software Engineer role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including:

• Flexitime: 37.5-hour weeks with flexible structuring and remote work options.
• Learning budget for conferences, courses, and materials.
• Social events fostering a fantastic culture.
• Future benefits: matched pension and healthcare packages.

The company values team cohesion, hosting quarterly meetings and annual training/work weekends, with offices in Bristol, Cheltenham, and Manchester.

Equal Opportunities:

They are committed to an inclusive workplace, valuing diversity and actively preventing discrimination. As a Disability Confident employer, they will provide reasonable adjustments during recruitment and offer interviews to candidates with health conditions or disabilities who meet minimum criteria.

They celebrate diversity and encourage contributions to their inclusion efforts.