Graduate Software Engineer - Leeds

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

Graduate Software Engineer

Start Date: Sept 2025

Base location: Leeds

Role Profile

As a Graduate Software Engineer, we expect you to be ready to tackle (and enjoy!) programming tasks from the outset, but we will take the time to mentor you through smaller packages of work and enhancements to our product range. You will work primarily in Java , however we always look for the best framework for the job; some of our developments use C# .NET, C++ and HTML5 technologies.

Day to day tasks could include:

• Assisting in the design, test and implementation of software which forms part of a properly engineered system
• Overcoming development obstacles to deliver quality code on time
• Helping to specify user/system interfaces
• Assisting in producing detailed designs and documents using required standards, methods and tools
• Understanding and translating business design into a logical design, for a simple software application
• Producing physical designs that describe the required structure and behaviour of a simple software application characterised by low-risk non-functional requirements

Who are we looking for?

• Passionate about Software Engineering and have a level of experience programming
• Aptitude in one or more of the following:

• Java – Java JEE, JSP, JSF, EJB, Spring, JDBC
• Microsoft – C#, C++, .NET, SharePoint, ODBC
• Web – HTML, XML, SOAP
• O/S – Linux, Windows
• Mobile – iOS, Android

Entry Requirements

• On track to achieve/ already achieved a 2:2 or above in Computer Science (or similar)
• You will need to have graduated within the last 3 years

What’s in it for you?

• Work-life balance is important; you’ll get 25 days holiday a year and, via our flexible benefits package the option to buy/sell and carry over from the year before
• Our flexible benefits package includes; a competitive pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, taste cards and more
• You’ll have a dedicated Career Manager to help you develop your career and guide you on your journey through BAE
• You are welcome to join any/all of our Diversity and Support groups. These groups cover everything from gender diversity to mental health and wellbeing.
• £34,000 starting salary, rising over the course of the programme
• £2,000 welcome payment

Security Clearance

Only those with the permanent and unrestricted right to live and work in the UK will be considered for a position within BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. Due to the nature of our work, successful candidates for this role will be required to go through Government SC clearance prior to starting with us.

What are the next steps?

• CV Submission & Review
• Digital Assessment
• Live Interview

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.

Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever-changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.#J-18808-Ljbffr