Software Engineer (DV Cleared)

Full Stack Software Engineer – DV Cleared / eDV

Locations: Can be based in Manchester, Gloucester or London

We’re supporting a leading defence organisation delivering advanced technology solutions into the UK’s defence and national security sector. Due to continued growth, they are looking for Software Engineers at multiple levels to join their high-performing engineering teams.

This is an opportunity to work on mission critical systems that make a real world impact, within a highly secure environment.

Clearance : Active DV (Developed Vetting) clearance is required or eDV (Enhanced DV)

The Role

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you’ll be involved across the full development lifecycle, contributing to the design, development and integration of secure, scalable software solutions.

Responsibilities may include:

• Developing high-quality, maintainable code
• Contributing to system architecture and design decisions
• Working within Agile delivery teams

What We’re Looking For

Full stack experience within an agile team building enterprise‐grade web applications or backend services

• Java development with Spring Boot at the back
• 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

We appreciate you may not be an expert in every area above - we can support with training and development in some areas! Please do make an application and we will identify where we can best support your growth specific to your application.

What’s On Offer

• Work on highly impactful, secure programmes
• Strong career development and progression opportunities
• Collaborative, engineering led environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package