Senior Software Engineer

RTX

29d•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon UK have a full time, perm opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer to join our specialist teams in Manchester, Gloucester or London working fully onsite. As Senior Software Engineer, you'll be part of our experienced Software Engineering function, working in a cross-functional team, delivering and deploying critical software across a variety of business areas. We have opportunities for Software Engineers at every level within a team, so your Recruiter will discuss the great opportunities for development or challenges we offer based off your professional profile. Due to the interesting work we do and the sector this team is working in, we require all candidates to currently hold eDV clearance.

Requirements

Full stack experience within an agile team building enterprise‑grade web applications or backend services
Java development with Spring Boot
Front‑end development using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Vue)
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure
Containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or equivalent)
Unit testing and test automation
Use of code repositories (Git), including branching strategies, pull‑request workflows, and merge processes
Experience with data visualisation tools or techniques

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension
25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days
Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave
37hr working week
Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.
Flexible working culture focused on output, with more formal flexible working arrangements on request (assessed subject to role) - please highlight any requests to the Talent Acquisition team.