Senior Software Engineer

Date Posted:

Country:
United Kingdom

Location:

Gloucester, Manchester, or London sites

Raytheon UK has a full‑time permanent opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our experienced software development team on our Gloucester, Manchester or London sites. You will be part of a cross‑functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas.

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

Additional opportunities for growth are available based on your professional profile. Our business provides Dev Sec Ops  at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support defence, intelligence and cyber sectors.

• 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

• Experience working in an Agile delivery team
• Java development using Spring Boot
• JavaScript frameworks – React, Angular, Vue, etc.
• Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
• Experience building enterprise‑level web applications or services
• Docker / Kubernetes containerisation and orchestration
• Unit and automation testing
• Familiarity with data visualisation techniques and tools
• Familiarity with structured and unstructured storage of data
• Use of code repositories, familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes
• MongoDB
• Apache Kafka
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

• Competitive salaries
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work among others
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced family‑friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site‑specific arrangements
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Adoption of a flexible working culture that is output‑oriented rather than time‑at‑desk focused. Formal flexible arrangements may be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Up to 5 paid days devoted to volunteering each year

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, RTX has over 180,000 employees worldwide across every continent and provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide.

RTX supports over 35,000 jobs across 13 UK sites, contributing more than £2.7bn to the UK economy annually and offering opportunities to suppliers nationwide.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.