UK Security-Cleared Senior Software Engineer - Hybrid

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

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain the infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions, and you will lead a team through technical and delivery challenges.

You will work on a variety of projects with complex challenges in a unique space, guiding your team to meet customer requirements while gaining the highest level of UK Government clearance.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Software Engineer in backend/frontend development.
• Proficient in Java and Python with modern frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD and cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on development and actively contribute to the code base including peer review of code
• Perform design of software features to realise the product road map and be able to explain design choices
• Support breaking down of large pieces of work into well-defined tasks to be implemented in an Agile manner
• Support setup and maintenance of continuous integration and deployment pipelines
• Perform demonstrations to internal and external customers of development work

Skills

Backend development

Frontend development

Java

Python

Spring Boot

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

SQL

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Communication

Agile

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain the infrastructure that powers our services. You will be self-driven and organised with a passion for building elegant and stable solutions, and you will lead a team through technical and delivery challenges.

You will work on a variety of projects with complex challenges in a unique space, guiding your team to meet customer requirements while gaining the highest level of UK Government clearance.