At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead software maintenance and enhancements in complex codebases while mentoring fellow engineers.
- Company: Join a leading tech consultancy focused on innovative software engineering projects.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Work in a dynamic team with a focus on reliability and maintainability.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by modernising systems and improving engineering quality.
- Qualifications: Strong Python skills and experience with C/C++ in complex environments.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 90000 £ per year.
Salary: £90,000 - £90,000 per year
Requirements:
- Strong hands-on software engineering experience in complex technical environments.
- Strong Python development skills.
- Experience working with C or C++ codebases, bindings, integrations, or interoperability.
- Experience maintaining, refactoring, or modernising existing or legacy software systems.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and root cause analysis skills.
- Ability to investigate complex incidents and deliver durable, well-engineered fixes.
- Understanding of software architecture, maintainability, reliability, and performance considerations.
- Experience with peer review, engineering standards, quality gates, and technical documentation.
- Ability to mentor other engineers and provide technical leadership in a hands-on capacity.
- Comfort working in structured delivery environments where evidence, quality, and engineering discipline are important.
- MOD DV Clearance.
- Preferred experience with MATLAB or Simulink integration.
- Preferred experience working on scientific, engineering, defence, aerospace, simulation, modelling, or complex systems software.
- Preferred exposure to performance optimisation, systems integration, or software used in high-assurance environments.
- Preferred experience supporting architecture evolution or major codebase upgrade programmes.
Responsibilities:
- Lead hands-on software maintenance, enhancement, and upgrade work across complex codebases.
- Investigate defects, incidents, and technical issues, carrying out root cause analysis and implementing robust fixes.
- Refactor and improve existing software to increase maintainability, reliability, and performance.
- Support architecture adaptation and evolution as system requirements change.
- Work across Python-based systems, including integration with C/C++ components or bindings where required.
- Contribute to codebase modernisation, engineering standards, tooling improvements, and quality processes.
- Support performance analysis and deliver improvements where needed.
- Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and help raise engineering quality across the team.
- Contribute to peer review, quality gates, and engineering governance.
- Produce technical evidence, documentation, and supporting material for project deliverables.
- Support planning activity, estimation, acceptance criteria, and delivery inputs.
Technologies:
- Support
- Matlab
- Python
This is a permanent senior hands-on role based in Portsmouth with home working and on-site presence required three days per week. The salary is £80,000 to £90,000 plus benefits. You will join a technically challenging environment where reliability, maintainability, and engineering quality are critical, working across established systems and helping modernise codebases, tooling, and standards while providing mentoring and technical leadership to the wider team.
MOD DV Cleared Senior Software Engineer employer: Sivara GmbH
Join a leading technology consultancy in Portsmouth, where you will thrive in a dynamic and supportive work culture that prioritises engineering excellence and employee growth. With a focus on complex software projects, we offer competitive salaries, flexible home working options, and opportunities for mentorship and technical leadership, ensuring that your contributions are valued and impactful.
