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Airbus • Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Software Developer

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

SECURITY CLEARANCE : Eligibility to gain UK SC Security Clearance

TRAVEL REQUIRED : Occasional travel within UK / and international

LOCATION : Portsmouth (60% of your working week must be office based)

TYPE : Full time

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

  • Financial Reward : Competitive salary, annual profit share, contributory pension, share options, car leasing scheme, free onsite parking, season ticket loan, tax-free technology scheme, discounted shopping and much more
  • Work / Life Balance : 37 hour week, flexible working around core hours and Friday afternoons off, hybrid working, up to 2 additional days per month as TOIL, option to buy/sell holiday.
  • Personal Development : Personalised development plan, Airbus Leadership University and unlimited access to 10,000+ E-learning courses, internal mobility including international opportunities
  • Health & Wellbeing : Wellbeing benefits (including 24/7 online GP and mental health support), Employee Assistance Programme, discounted family health / dental insurance / eye tests, cycle-to-work scheme, on-site canteen and coffee shop, lunchtime pilates
  • Family and Caregiving : Life assurance, enhanced pay for parental leave (23 weeks at 100% pay), adoption / shared parental / caregiving leave
  • Inclusive Environment : Wellbeing room, Multi-faith room, Employee Representative Groups (Gender, LGBTQ+, International, Generational, Disability, Social & Cultural Diversity, Neurodiversity)

Are you an experienced Java developer with Microservices expertise? Passionate about Agile environments? Interested in a stable, technical role contributing to developing Management Systems for satellite solutions? Then we have the role for you!

This role is a programming-focused, hands-on technical role, involving core development, validation, automation testing, and some firefighting. You will contribute across the full software development life cycle, from design (UML/SysML) through development and test.

Career progress includes Technical Lead, Expert, Architect, Senior Software Developer or Software Design Authority.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE TEAM

  • Development of code within an agile environment (scrum) in line with the System Design. Development of Unit Tests to support developed code
  • Alignment to project coding standards and guidelines, enforced using tools such as SonarQube.
  • Ability to work with the Atlassian suite of products.
  • Ability to work closely and interact with both System and Test Engineers.
  • Support Task estimation in accordance with sprint planning.
  • Attend daily stand-up meetings, Sprint retrospectives and Iteration reviews. Attend Product Team Reviews, as needed, to understand the System Model and validate maturity

ABOUT YOU - Your Skills

  • Solid background in programming and validating Java software within a MicroServices environment. We currently use Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.35
  • Knowledge of Spring Boot and the Spring Framework with experience of developing in Spring with Hibernate
  • Solid knowledge of Web Services using RESTful APIs
  • Experience with CI/CD delivery techniques
  • Knowledge and use of software design patterns
  • Good communication skills to champion tech approaches and help lead tech transformations

Not a 100% match? No worries! Airbus supports your personal growth with customised development solutions.

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU

Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:
AIRBUS Defence and Space Limited

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Software Engineering

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Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Annual bonus
Enhanced maternity leave
Open to compressed hours
Accrued annual leave
Sabbaticals
Enhanced sick pay
Adoption leave
Health insurance
Enhanced paternity leave
Family health insurance
Complimentary Medical Services
Referral bonus
Bike parking
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Teambuilding days
In house training
Employee discounts

Working at Airbus

Company employees:

150,000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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