Software developer

Software Developer

Requirements:

  • Office presence: 3/d a week
  • Role location: Gloucester or Manchester
  • Clearance required: SC to start, ability to undergo DV
  • Pay rates: £550/d - £625/d
  • IR35 Status: Inside
  • Contract Lenght: 6 - 12 months

Role overview:

This contract opportunity is ideal for a Software Developer who thrives in modern cloud-native environments and wants to contribute to critical UK secure sector systems. You'll be joining a high-performing engineering team responsible for designing, building, and maintaining applications that underpin essential national-level services. The work is hands on, impactful, and suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges in a secure, mission driven setting.

Key Focus of the Role
  • Building quality, scalable applications using JavaScript, React, and Node.js

  • Designing and deploying cloud native solutions on AWS, leveraging best-practice architectures

  • Implementing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

  • Contributing to secure, resilient systems that support UK government and defence-related operations

  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, production-ready software

  • Ensuring code quality, security, and performance across the full development life cycle

Why This Role Matters

You'll be working on systems that directly support the UK's secure sector operations - meaning reliability, security, and engineering excellence are non negotiable. Your work will help maintain and evolve platforms that are critical to national infrastructure and public safety.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason , please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

Job Details

Company
Sanderson
Location
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Salary
£550 - £625 per day, Negotiable, Inc benefits
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