Backend Software Engineer

As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll enjoy delivering mission critical solutions to National Security customers. You’ll develop cutting edge product that protects people, platforms, missions and information against constantly changing threats. You’re a Backend Software Engineer that enjoys developing novel products; leading, innovating and inventing by bringing the physical and digital together. You will be technologically curious, willing and able to tactically upskill on new technologies.   You will have the opportunity to join an existing team working on feature development and maintenance of a critical National Security project. Ultimately, you’ll work alongside our Engineering teams and clients to solve their complex and unique challenges.

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, secure code to appropriate coding standards
• Translate logical designs into working software
• Contribute to code reviews
• Produce detailed designs
• Effectively develop, document & test
• Work with well understood and emerging technologies and identify appropriate patterns

Required skills

• Python
• Linux
• Bash scripting
• Git
• Docker

Desirable skills

• Use of middleware technologies such as Apache Pulsar or Kafka
• Awareness of Agile/Scrum ways of working
• Atlassian or GitLab type tooling
• CI/CD pipelines

Due to the nature of this role, we require you to be eligible to achieve DV clearance. As a result, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the U.K. for the last 10 years.