Senior Software Engineer

Raytheon Systems; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence and aerospace technology company in the UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in Manchester. This role involves working in a cross-functional team to deliver critical software across various sectors. The ideal candidate will have experience in Agile delivery, cloud services, and container orchestration. The company offers a flexible working culture with opportunities for remote or hybrid work arrangements, along with comprehensive benefits including a generous holiday allowance and pension contributions.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Early finish Fridays

10.5% company pension contribution

Discretionary company bonus scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family-friendly policies

Qualifications

• Eligible and willing to proceed for SC clearance and eDV clearance.
• Experience in software development and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software using industry best practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other engineers.
• Contribute to milestones associated with your project.
• Collaborate on technical direction within your team.

Skills

Experience of working in an Agile delivery team

Cloud services (AWS or Azure)

Containerisation and Orchestration (Docker / Kubernetes / Openshift)

Elasticsearch/Opensearch

Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)

Golang / JavaScript / TypeScript

JavaScript frameworks - React, NextJS

REST API development

Use of Code repositories

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

OpenAPI/Swagger

Mocha

Jest

Job description

Overview

Senior Software Engineer to join our team on our Gloucester or Manchester sites.

As Senior Software Engineer, you'll be part of our experienced software dev function, working in a cross-functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas.

Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to eligible and willing to proceed for SC clearance and eDV clearance.

This area of the business we prove DevSecOps at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support the defence, intelligence and cyber sectors. Collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver secure, mission critical systems using the latest technologies and innovations.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software using industry best practice
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other engineers
• Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with your project
• Contribute to continuous improvement within your team
• Collaborate with your peers on technical direction within your team

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience of working in an Agile delivery team
• Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
• Containerisation and Orchestration (Docker / Kubernetes / Openshift)
• Elasticsearch/Opensearch
• Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
• Golang / JavaScript / TypeScript
• JavaScript frameworks - React, NextJS
• REST API development
• Use of Code repositories, familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes.

Nice to have Skills and Experience

• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
• Python
• OpenAPI/Swagger
• Testing experience (e.g. Mocha, Jest)

Benefits and Work Culture

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (increasing up to 2 days with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days
• 37 hour working week with early finish Fridays!
• 10.5% company contribution pension with 6% employee contribution
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focused. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

Raytheon UK

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses - Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

Supporting over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, RTX is helping to drive prosperity. Each year our work contributes over £2.7bn to the UK economy and offers a wealth of opportunities to 4,000 suppliers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We're investing in all corners of the country, supporting 29,040 jobs in England, 3,040 in Northern Ireland, 1,900 in Scotland and 1,600 in Wales.