Senior Software Engineer

Raytheon UK has a full time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team on our Manchester or Gloucester sites.

You’ll be part of our experienced software dev function, working in a cross-functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas.

Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to be willing to attain an eDV clearance.

In this area of the business we prove Dev Sec Ops  at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support the defence, intelligence and cyber sectors. Collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver secure, mission critical systems using the latest technologies and innovations.

• Design and build software using industry best practice
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other engineers
• Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with your project
• Contribute to continuous improvement within your team
• Collaborate with your peers on technical direction within your team

• JavaScript frameworks (React, NextJS)
• Type Script
• Python
• Java
• REST API development
• OpenAPI / Swagger

• Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
• Containerisation & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

• Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
• Elasticsearch / Open search

• Unit testing and automation
• Testing frameworks (e.g. Mocha, Jest, Cypress)

• Experience working in an Agile delivery team
• Use of code repositories (e.g. Git Lab); familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes