Senior Software Engineer

Job Title:     Senior Software Engineer

Location:     Malvern

Package:     Highly Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Role Type:   Full-time / Permanent
Role ID:       SF17467

Be part of the QinetiQ journey. Join us as a Senior Software Engineer where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and many of the industry’s most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary. You will be part of a highly motivated, skilled and multi-disciplinary team delivering to enhance our national security, in sectors such as crypt-key, cyber assurance and other complex programmes. Your knowledge and expertise will thrive in a challenging yet rewarding environment, applying the latest in technologies and processes to provide solutions that keep our nation safe and secure.

Day-to-day you will:

• Work collaboratively within a cross industry team to deliver solutions within the Intelligence and Security Solutions Team to enhance our national security

• Support the delivery of cutting edge projects, shaping how delivery is executed and applying your development skills across a range of activities across the full software development lifecycle

• Design, develop and test new software applications and features whilst adhering to industry best practices

This role is full-time, 37 hours and 4 days onsite per week at our Malvern offices, with adaptive working options.

Essential experience of the Senior Software Engineer:

• A strong software engineering background such as HTML5, React.js, Node.js, ASN.1, RESTful APIs / JSON / HTTP, Rust, Spring Boot, Mongo, Java

• Good understanding of Windows and Linux OS

• A willingness to engage with the customer & good customer interaction

• Excellent problem solving skills, work with unique and challenging problems

Qualifications for the Senior Software Engineer:
We value difference and we do not have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn, then we would like to hear from you.

Please note that all applicants must hold, or be able to achieve Security Clearance as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Our Benefits

• Adaptive and flexible working

• Generous holiday allowance

• Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance, and Dental Insurance

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance

• Employee discount portal

• Holiday Trading

• Support for the Armed Forces community

• Payroll Giving and Volunteering

Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there has never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

You will experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experience enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

About QinetiQ

As a company of thousands of dedicated professionals, we are a world-centre of excellence in research and development and act as a catalyst for fast-track innovation, offering outstanding experimentation facilities, and technical, engineering and scientific expertise. QinetiQ is made up of dedicated experts in defence, aerospace, security and related markets, all working together to explore new ways of protecting what matters most. Being part of QinetiQ means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help to save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend. Come and find out how you can play a role.

Security

Please note that many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting. Applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment, subject to approval. A number of roles are also subject to restrictions on access to information, which mean factors such as nationality, previous nationalities held and the country in which you were born may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Application Guidance
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please contact your regional recruiting team in strictest confidence. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.