Senior Software Engineer - Lead Mission-Critical Systems

Northrop Grumman; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health care

Career development opportunities

Performance bonuses

Flexible hybrid schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Cheltenham for a hybrid role. You will design, develop and maintain critical infrastructure powering our services, and mentor teams to deliver robust solutions.

You’ll work on a range of challenging projects, driving innovation while aligning with customer requirements and engineering standards. You must possess strong software engineering experience, leadership potential, and a proactive mindset to push boundaries and define possible

Qualifications

• Experience as a Software Engineer across backend and frontend tech stacks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerisation and cloud platforms.
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and codebase contribution including peer review.
• Design software features to realise the product roadmap and explain design choices.
• Break down large work into well-defined tasks for Agile delivery.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Demonstrate development work to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Java Spring Boot

Python

Frontend React

CI/CD practices

Tools

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Maven

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

SQL

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Cheltenham for a hybrid role. You will design, develop and maintain critical infrastructure powering our services, and mentor teams to deliver robust solutions.

You’ll work on a range of challenging projects, driving innovation while aligning with customer requirements and engineering standards. You must possess strong software engineering experience, leadership potential, and a proactive mindset to push boundaries and define possible