Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Location:  Coventry. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role. 

Salary: Negotiable, dependant on experience

What you’ll be doing: 

• Playing a key role in software engineering activities for the development and deployment of new products
• Understanding our customers’ challenging needs, developing, validating, and managing requirements
• Developing software applications and services and integrating the solutions within a diverse range of products and sub-systems
• Developing, testing and delivering info-centric solutions
• Taking accountability for technical work packages and verifying that customer needs are satisfied through qualification and test activities
• Working within a diverse group of engineers, providing guidance, and coaching to others

Your skills and experiences: 

Essential:

• Expertise and understanding of Engineering lifecycles and System Engineering principles
• Experience of delivering IT solutions architecture
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment pipeline and associated toolsets
• Proficiency in Agile toolsets e.g. Atlassian Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and GIT
• Interfacing, APIs, and networking protocols (TCP/UDP)
• Proficient in software development languages and databases

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the full IT stack .NET/Core, C#, Ansible
• Working to high standards of technical assurance and quality
• Relational databases (MySQL) on Windows/Linux platforms

Benefits: 

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive. 

The Technical Strategy Group:

To support our ongoing need to recruit the best engineering talent, BAE Systems Submarines is delighted to shortly be opening a brand-new office in Coventry. BAE Systems Submarines is experiencing a period of significant growth and we are now actively recruiting a variety of roles and specialisms to support our ongoing submarines programs which is critical to delivering our national endeavour. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems? 

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 24^th January 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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