At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build innovative software while collaborating with a dynamic team.
- Company: Join Raytheon UK, a leader in defence and aerospace technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous holiday, and flexible working options.
- Other info: Flexible culture with opportunities for volunteering and career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on national security with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in software development and agile teamwork is essential.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
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
- Core Software Engineering across a variety of languages, e. g. Java Script frameworks (React, Next JS), Type Script, Python, Java
- REST API development
- Open API / Swagger
- Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
- Containerisation & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Relational Databases (e. g. Postgre SQL)
- Elasticsearch / Opensearch
- Unit testing and automation
- Testing frameworks (e. g. Mocha, Jest, Cypress)
- Experience working in an Agile delivery team
- Use of code repositories (e. g. Git Lab); familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes
About the company
At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology.
As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.
As a leading defence and aerospace company operating across the United Kingdom, Raytheon UK helps to solve our customers' toughest challenges.
We are a major supplier to the UK government and customers around the globe, providing defence solutions across all domains: land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace.
We also provide digital and training transformation solutions to commercial and military customers.
With circa 2000 employees and major facilities operating throughout the UK including Broughton (Wales), Livingston and Glenrothes (Scotland), and Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester (England); we are committed to investing in British careers and technology development.
Cyber
Our National Security Cyber business delivers mission-critical solutions that safeguard our national security 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Working in a mature, agile environment, our SCRUM teams work synchronously with our customers to solve some of the toughest digital challenges faced in the world today.
Benefits and perks
- Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
- 6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension
- 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
- Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
- Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
- Enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
- Work Culture
- 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!
- Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
- Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
- Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.
• This position is classified as
- Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite.
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