Software Engineer in Portsmouth

Naimuri is offering the chance to help make the UK a safer place through innovation, working in partnership with government, defence, and law enforcement organisations on challenging data and technology problems. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work. We are happy to support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements during the recruitment process.

About us: We’ve been around for about ten years and grown from being a little-known tech start-up to creating our own community at the heart of the thriving and diverse tech and digital ecosystem of Greater Manchester. Our business is focused on four cornerstones: Wellbeing, Empowerment, Perpetual Edge and Delivery. People and culture are at the heart of Naimuri so that collectively, we can realise our mission of “making the UK a safer place to be.”

About the role: We are seeking a talented and passionate Full Stack Software Engineer to join a software delivery team supporting projects initially within the Defence sector, with opportunities to work in other sectors in the future.

What You’ll Do:

• Support the development of application functionality and features.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code, adhering to best practices and coding standards.
• Implement and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure application quality and reliability.
• Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring code quality.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies, frameworks, and best practices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes and tools.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven professional experience as a Software Engineer or similar role (3+ years).
• Previous demonstrable experience in delivery through Agile methodologies.
• Experience with SQL, React, NextJS, NodeJS and full-stack development.
• Proficiency with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Awareness of software development best practices, including testing, debugging, and performance optimisation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

It would be advantageous if you also had:

• Prior experience working in the Defence domain.
• Awareness of Secure by Design (SbD) principles (e.g., JSP 440/604).
• Familiarity with AWS.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Experience with Express, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, Elastic stack, graph databases, e2e testing using Cypress or Playwright, CI/CD pipelines.

Location: The location for this role is in, or around the area of Portsmouth. The role would be hybrid working where you can work from home for part of your working week with time on site based on the needs of your assigned delivery and agreed Ways of Working for your team. Onsite location would be in Portsmouth primarily, and would normally be a maximum of one or two days per week based on specific delivery demand.

Pay and benefits: Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role’s base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. A full-time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. Benefits include flexible/hybrid working options, a company performance-related bonus, pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, AXA group 1 medical cover, and a personal training budget.

Recruitment Process: Our recruitment team will discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.