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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.

Software Developer

Location: London or Leeds – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Grade: GG09 – GG11

Referral Bonus: 5000

We are looking for the absolute best full-stack Java Software Engineers in the industry to join our team following continuous growth and success in the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors. Behind great solutions there are great people: our employees. We pride ourselves on being able to solve some of our customers’ most complex problems. Our people are what differentiate us, they are ingenious, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. In general, we work in teams. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with balanced, high quality solutions.

We work hard and often go the extra mile, but we recognise people’s efforts and that everyone has a life outside of work. We encourage people to speak up if they want to rotate to a new project in support of career development, or even just to face a new challenge. Our breadth across the UK Government and Law Enforcement sectors provides diverse opportunities for our people to develop their careers in new areas of expertise or with new clients.

Essential Skills and Experience

We want people who love to code and know how to deliver solutions following best practise from within the industry and love the hands-on role. Java is at the heart of what we do for our clients in this space – so you’ll have plenty of experience across related technologies and a proactive and driven manner to ensure you continue to be at the fore front of our technical experience and at the very top of your game.

You’ll seamlessly fit into our enterprise delivery teams, ensure we deliver in an agile and effective way and bring your experience to ensure our pipelines are strong, our NFRs are met and we deliver high quality software that you will be proud of.

The Software Engineer will need the following technical experience:-

  • Java
  • React
  • PostGres
  • Kafka
  • ElasticSearch
  • AWS
  • Ansible
  • REST
  • Docker
  • API Gateways
  • JavaScript
  • Mongo
  • SQL

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of our work, the successful candidate for this role will be required to undergo security clearance and must eligiable.

What you will learn

  • We will help you keep up to date with the latest cutting-edge tools and new technologies, although in some cases you’ll be the one helping us!
  • Want to try a new field or technology? We actively support role rotations, so you can continue to learn and develop your career on new projects

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.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Government

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Government contracts are an area we have many decades of experience in. Government and key infrastructure networks are critical targets to defend as the effects of these networks being breached can be devastating.

As a member of the Government business unit, you will defend the connected world and ensure the protection of nations. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.

Company benefits

Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Buy or sell annual leave
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave – Up to 52 weeks with the option of returning to work on reduced hours for the first 13 weeks
Enhanced paternity leave – 4 weeks for eligible employees
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Family health insurance
Gym membership – Discounts available
Health insurance
In house training
LinkedIn learning license
Lunch and learns
Mental health first aiders
Neo-natal leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Relocation packages
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Shared parental leave
Reservist leave – 15 days
Referral bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Secure on-site parking
Modern office
Collaboration spaces
Private booths
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave

Working at BAE Systems

Company employees:

Around 110,000

Hiring in countries

Australia

Canada

Japan

Malaysia

Norway

Poland

Qatar

Singapore

United Kingdom

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