Lead Software Engineer - Secure Environment

We’re looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help build and scale secure backend platforms used by National Security and Defence customers. You’ll work on modern cloud‑based systems using a mix of commercial and open‑source technologies across private and public cloud environments.

What you’ll be doing

Designing, building, deploying and improving backend services and platforms

Delivering features that meet both functional and non‑functional requirements

Estimating and shaping user stories as part of an Agile team Shipping small, frequent releases to keep momentum high Working closely with other engineers in cross‑functional teams

Building, optimising and running CI/CD pipelines

Owning and supporting the services your team delivers in production

What we’re looking for5+ years’ experience delivering production‑grade cloud solutions

Strong Java experience, with exposure to JVM languages such as Kotlin or Scala

Experience with Kafka or similar messaging platforms

Background in Agile Dev Sec Ops  environments and Zero Trust architectures

Experience integrating with services such as PostgreSQL, Redis and S3

Solid engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing, documentation, code reviews and continuous delivery

Comfortable using Git Hub, Git Lab and Atlassian tools

Strong TDD experience

Hands‑on experience with microservices and distributed systems

Exposure to Big Data technologies

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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