Software Professional

Job Description

Job Req ID: 55916

Posting Date: 1st May 2026

Function: Security

Location: Manchester

Salary: Competitive

Start Date - September 2026

About the role

These roles are based out of a strategic work location, and you’ll be expected to be in the office 5 days a week. Due to the secure nature of the role, there are no options for working from home.

You will need to be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting this role. You will need to have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.

Due to the sensitive nature of this role, you will be required to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) level Security Clearance (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/nationa…. An allowance of £5k per annum may be payable monthly while you hold this DV and continue to work in a role that requires that level of security clearance. The terms of this allowance will be made available if you are successful in being recruited into this role.

Our Engineering mantra is “Technical Excellence in Engineering” and we deliver some amazing technical capabilities for our customers which can only happen if we recruit, train and support our people.

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of our software delivery teams, working alongside our customers and partners to develop key customer services.

The team develop and maintain bespoke, highly complex, specialist capabilities that are critical to the success of our customers, who we work very closely with. We work across a wide variety of platforms and technology stacks, and we utilise a range of programming languages.

Join us as a graduate and you’ll get dedicated support, a personal buddy, hands‑on exposure across the business, and the chance to build real‑world, transferrable skills that set you up for long‑term success.

What you will be doing (Role accountabilities)

You will deliver the engineering strategy through delivery of high quality, and well-tested, software solutions, on time and on budget.

You will work closely with customers to identify and resolve complex technical issues; and will have authority to deliver discrete areas of work.

You will also have the opportunity to perform technical coaching and mentoring on your own areas of expertise, with a focus on continuously developing and improving team knowledge and capability.

What you'll need to succeed (Skills & Experience)

Learn job-specific skills:​

• Software engineering best practise, typically following an Agile methodology
• Object-oriented software engineering experience
• Use of languages and supporting technologies, such as C++, C#, Python, MEAN stack, docker, Jenkins, git

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Delivering for the customer: Software Engineering, delivering technical solutions to meet the customer needs, on time, on budget, and right-first-time.
• Owning outcomes: take personal responsibility for delivery of software engineering tasks.
• Sharing knowledge, through coaching, documentation & peer reviews

What we're looking for

• A passion for technology and problem-solving.

• Technical capability from your degree in secure software engineering

• Curiosity about how computer systems work

• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

• Willingness to learn, adapt, and embrace new challenges and learn new technical skills

• Natural problem-solvers, resolving issues whilst ensuring quality and managing impact and risk

Entry Requirements

At least a predicted 2:2 in a STEM subject

Or equivalent SCQF (Scottish credit and qualifications framework)

Our package

Tailored benefits make a real difference. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range to support your growth, wellbeing, and everyday life. You can design the package to suit you and your lifestyle. Your core benefits include:

• 10% on target annual bonus

• Access to an online private GP 24/7 for you and your immediate family

• Market-leading paid carers leave with up to 2 weeks off

• Equalized maternity, paternity, and adoption leave – 18 weeks’ full pay and 8 weeks’ half pay

• Discounted EE and BT products, including mobile and broadband

• Market leading Pension scheme – 5% from you and 10% from us

• Holiday purchase scheme

You can select additional benefits, including healthcare, dental, gym memberships and more when you’re ready.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.