Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Naimuri - a QinetiQ company - can offer you the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation, working in partnership with government and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems out there.
We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process.
About us
We’ve been around for about ten years and grown from being a little-known tech start-up to creating our own community at the heart of the thriving and diverse tech and digital ecosystem of Greater Manchester.
Our name Naimuri is Japanese and simply means…
‘nai’ meaning ‘not’
‘muri’ meaning ‘overburden’
These principles apply to every aspect of an organisation from technology, process and infrastructure, through to people, culture and leadership. This means that we empower our teams to do what they think is the right thing, giving them the skills and confidence to explore new ways of working, and to create a bias-free environment, where all our people feel comfortable collaborating to deliver the finest ideas and solutions in an agile environment.
Our business is focused on 4 cornerstones, which shape and underpin the way in which we go about work and treat each other. These are: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge and Delivery.
People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri, so that collectively, we can realise our mission of ‘making the UK a safer place to be’.
About the role
As part of one of our software delivery teams you will be working on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years. Our teams are small and are responsible for the following:
- Designing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining software solutions.
- Full stack development using Front End technologies, such as React, integrating AWS services and open source tooling, using a variety of different databases (e.g. MongoDb or ElasticSearch) and developing in Python.
- Working with our DevOps specialists to help manage and maintain their own infrastructure (using Kubernetes).
- Building and adding to automated testing and delivery pipelines (using GitLab).
- Taking accountability for quality as a team, including pair programming and participating in code reviews.
So, you’ll develop new components, you’ll fix bugs, you’ll learn new ways of doing things and we will learn from you. You’ll have the freedom and autonomy to do your best work, with plenty of support along the way.
Here are some things we’ve worked on recently that might give you a better sense of what you’ll be doing day to day:
- Improving systems integration performance, using Apache Ni-Fi, by balancing scaling and flow improvements through chunking
- Implementing AWS Security Control Policies to manage global access privileges.
- Validating and Converting data into a common data format using Avro Schemas and JOLT
- Designing a proxy in-front of our Kubernetes cluster egress to whitelist traffic and mitigate any security risks
- Implementing Access/Role Based Access Control in ElasticSearch
- Writing a React UI using an ATDD approach with Cypress
Right now, we are particularly looking for:
Core Skills: React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kubernetes, AWS familiarity, Automated testing frameworks (Cypress, Jest).
Familiarity with: AWS, Other automated testing frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cucumber).
Specialised Skills: Material UI, Elastic Stack (EKS/ELK), ExpressJS.
Soft Skills: Engaging with technical and non-technical customers, independent working, Agile (Kanban) expertise.
About you
We’re looking for someone with experience developing software solutions. You should have some opinions on:
- What good code looks like (front end or back end)
- How to operate systems on top of elastic infrastructure
- How to spot smells in the code
Knowledge of developing on the cloud is preferred, although not essential. Solid fundamentals with software development, systems integration, problem solving, and teamwork pave the way.
You might have a degree, it might be in a related field. You might not, and you can demonstrate how you’ve trodden the path for yourself.
Pay and benefits
Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.
A full time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process.
Our core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm and our office hours are between 7:30 and 18:00 Monday to Friday.
Benefits include:
- Flexible/Hybrid working options
- A company performance related bonus
- Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
- AXA group 1 medical cover
- Personal training budget
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- A flexible benefits scheme
Recruitment Process
We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.
We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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