Software Engineer (Microservices)

BAE Systems; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and aerospace company is seeking a Software Engineer for their Microservices team in England. In this role, you will translate business requirements into technical specifications and build full stack applications. Ideal candidates will have web development experience, knowledge of frameworks like VueJS or React, and familiarity with microservices. The role offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health and lifestyle benefits

Green car scheme

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in web development and engaging with customers.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Working knowledge of microservices and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into technical design specifications.
• Build and deploy full stack web applications using agile methodologies.
• Investigate and respond to incidents ensuring service level agreements are met.
• Create user guides and standard operating procedures.

Skills

JavaScript or TypeScript

HTML

CSS

VueJS or React

Node, .Net

Unit and end to end testing

CI/CD release pipelines

Git and/or Docker

RESTful API

MSSQL / SQL

Microservices development

Job description

Overview

Would you like to develop leading edge business intelligent solutions or solve complex business challenges through insight? We currently have a vacancy for a Software Engineer for our Microservices team. You will be working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements to design and deliver relevant and informative data feeds into business solutions to provide meaningful outputs to the business.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements and rules into technical design specifications, including engaging directly with customers and eliciting requirements and potential UX designs
• Build and deploy full stack web applications into the business, using an agile framework/methodology
• Investigate and respond to incidents in a timely and responsive manner ensuring service level agreements have been achieved
• Create user guides and standard operating procedures

Knowledge and experience

• Knowledge and experience of web development, including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML and CSS. As well as knowledge and understanding of material design.
• Knowledge and understanding of front end and back end frameworks, such as VueJS, React and Node, .Net
• Understanding of unit and end to end testing
• Knowledge of web development CI/CD release pipelines, IDEs, Git and/or Docker
• Knowledge of Authentication methods, such as LDAP, Active Directory, KeyCloak
• Knowledge of architectural standards such as RESTful API
• Knowledge and understanding of MSSQL / SQL, writing queries using multiple tables, and interpreting results
• Working knowledge of microservices development

About us

The Shared Services Data & Analytics Hub is at the heart of the company data and insights landscape, bringing together data from our global sectors to generate a broad range of insights to inform key business decisions.

Why join us

We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments. Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Salary: Up to £45,000 dependent on experience, as well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.