Lead Full Stack Software Engineer
£75000 GBP
4 day work week, 10% bonus and others
Onsite WORKING
Location: Gloucester, South West – United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Full Stack Software Engineer
Salary: Up to £70,000
Location: Gloucester (4 day work week)
Clearance Requirement: SC Cleared and willing to undergo Enhanced Developed Vetting (DV+)
Industry: Defence
About the Company
Our client is a leading global security and aerospace organisation supporting some of the most complex national defence and intelligence missions in the UK. Their engineering teams work at the forefront of innovation, combining deep technical expertise with a mission-driven mindset. Based in Gloucester, their work spans secure DevSecOps systems, next-gen cloud platforms, and secure software solutions for sensitive UK Government programmes.
The Opportunity
Our client is seeking ambitious Full Stack Software Engineers to contribute to high-impact projects across the national security and central intelligence landscape. You’ll be part of a collaborative team building modern, secure software systems that directly support the UK’s national interest. Whether you’re early in your career or operating at a senior level, this is an opportunity to make meaningful contributions in a fast-paced, agile environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Working with end users and stakeholders across the entire software development lifecycle
- Designing, developing, testing, and debugging secure software systems
- Building and optimising CI/CD pipelines and microservice-based architectures
- Migrating on-premise systems to modern cloud-first solutions, particularly AWS
- Supporting junior engineers and contributing to a high-performance team culture
- Documenting code, architecture, and decision-making to support maintainability and quality
Key Skills & Experience
Essential:
- British-born sole UK national
- SC Cleared and willing to undergo Enhanced DV+ clearance
- Proficient in Java, with exposure to Python
- Strong experience developing on Linux
- Version control using Git
- Agile development (SCRUM)
- Working with both relational databases (Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB)
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD Pipelines, Apache NiFi, and Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)
- Front-end skills: JavaScript/TypeScript, React
- Search and analytics tools: Elasticsearch, Kibana
Nice to Have:
- Experience developing for AWS Cloud (EC2, EKS, Fargate, IAM, S3, Lambda)
- Knowledge of serverless and microservices architectures
- Understanding of CI/CD challenges for cloud deployments
- Previous experience migrating systems from on-prem to the cloud
Experience with JSF (Primefaces), Hibernate
Reference: AMC/DRI/FSSE
Postcode: GL1
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