Lead Software Engineer - Hybrid, UK Security Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Cash health plan

Holiday buy/sell scheme

Career development programmes

Specialist training

Performance-based bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Manchester, hybrid. The role involves owning team deliverables, guiding the software lifecycle from design to deployment, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust solutions.

The successful candidate will have strong Java backend or React frontend experience, familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation, and cloud platforms, and excellent communication in an agile setting.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Software Developer with backend Java (Spring Boot) or frontend React.
• Proven experience designing, developing and deploying scalable backend systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation, deployment technologies and cloud platforms (Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the team's deliverables, working closely with the Scrum Master to define the best path forward.
• Contribute across the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, testing and deployment.
• Collaborate with product teams, front-end engineers and QA to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior developers, contributing to team capability and skill growth.

Skills

Backend Java (Spring Boot)

Frontend React

CI/CD

Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Manchester, hybrid. The role involves owning team deliverables, guiding the software lifecycle from design to deployment, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust solutions.

The successful candidate will have strong Java backend or React frontend experience, familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation, and cloud platforms, and excellent communication in an agile setting.