Senior Software Engineer – Hybrid, UK Security Clearance

Northrop Grumman UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain critical infrastructure powering our services. The role is hybrid and based in Manchester with responsibilities spanning end-to-end delivery and hands-on coding.

You will lead development, collaborate across teams, and guide delivery with strong engineering judgment while aligning with customer requirements. UK government clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Software Engineer with backend (Java Spring Boot) and frontend (JS/TS, React).
• Familiarity with CICD, containerisation, deployment tech & cloud platforms.
• Understanding of database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDB.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and codebase contribution with peer reviews.
• Design software features to realise the product road map and explain design choices.
• Break down large work into well-defined tasks in Agile.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrate development work to internal and external customers.

Skills

Backend development

Java

Spring Boot

Maven

Python

Frontend development

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Npm

CI/CD

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

SQL

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Communication

Agile

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK in Manchester is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain critical infrastructure powering our services. The role is hybrid and based in Manchester with responsibilities spanning end-to-end delivery and hands-on coding.

You will lead development, collaborate across teams, and guide delivery with strong engineering judgment while aligning with customer requirements. UK government clearance is required.