Senior Software Engineer

Raytheon UK have a full time, perm opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our specialist teams in Manchester, Gloucester or London working fully onsite.

As Senior Software Engineer, you'll be part of our experienced Software Engineering function, working in a cross-functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas.

We have opportunities for Software Engineers at every level within a team, so your Recruiter will discuss the great opportunities for development or challenges we offer based off your professional profile.

Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to currently hold eDV clearance.

Responsibilities

• 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

Required Experience

• Full stack experience within an agile team building enterprise‑grade web applications or backend services

• Java development with Spring Boot

• Front‑end development using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue)

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

• Containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent)

• Unit testing and test automation

• Use of code repositories (Git), including branching strategies, pull‑request workflows, and merge processes

• Experience with data visualisation tools or techniques

We appreciate you may not be an expert in every area above - we can support with training and development in some areas! Please do make an application and we will identify where we can best support your growth specific to your application.