Senior Software Engineer – DevSecOps, Cloud & Leadership

Raytheon UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.

Life Assurance (6x salary)

15-25 holidays

Company bonus scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible Benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team on Manchester or Gloucester sites within a hybrid pattern. You will lead technical work or balance with people management, guiding junior engineers in a cross-functional environment, delivering critical software for defence and cyber domains.

Applicants must hold SC clearance and be eligible for eDV clearance. You will collaborate with stakeholders, design and implement end-to-end software, and contribute to continuous

Qualifications

• Full-stack experience across modern JS frameworks and Python/Java.
• REST API development using OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Cloud services (AWS or Azure) and container orchestration.
• IaC with Terraform/Ansible and relational databases.
• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software using industry best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers across teams.
• Contribute to milestones and continuous improvement.
• Guide junior engineers and help define technical direction.

Skills

Full-stack experience

JavaScript

React

NextJS

TypeScript

Python

Java

REST API

OpenAPI/Swagger

Cloud

AWS/Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Testing (Mocha/Jest/Cypress)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

OpenAPI/Swagger

Job description

Raytheon UK is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our team on Manchester or Gloucester sites within a hybrid pattern. You will lead technical work or balance with people management, guiding junior engineers in a cross-functional environment, delivering critical software for defence and cyber domains.

Applicants must hold SC clearance and be eligible for eDV clearance. You will collaborate with stakeholders, design and implement end-to-end software, and contribute to continuous