Senior Software Engineer / Senior Full-Stack Engineer

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At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon UK have a full time, permanent opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team on our Manchester or Gloucester sites.

You'll be part of our experienced software dev function, working in a cross-functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas.

Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to be willing and eligible to hold SC and eDV clearance.

In this area of the business we prove DevSecOps at scale, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, cyber and geospatial intelligence capabilities to support the defence, intelligence and cyber sectors. Collaborating with customers and suppliers to deliver secure, mission critical systems using the latest technologies and innovations.

Responsibilities

Design and build software using industry best practice
\n Collaborate with stakeholders and other engineers
\n Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with your project
\n Contribute to continuous improvement within your team
\n Collaborate with your peers on technical direction within your team
Desired Skills and Experience

Core Software Engineering

JavaScript frameworks (React, NextJS)
\n TypeScript
\n Python
\n Java
\n REST API development
\n OpenAPI / Swagger

Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud services (AWS or Azure)
\n Containerisation & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
\n Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)

Data & Search Technologies

Relational Databases (e.g. PostgreSQL)
\n Elasticsearch / Opensearch

Testing & Quality

Unit testing and automation
\n Testing frameworks (e.g. Mocha, Jest, Cypress)

Delivery & Collaboration

Experience working in an Agile delivery team
\n Use of code repositories (e.g. GitLab); familiarity with branching strategies, pull requests and merge processes