Java UI Developer - Real-time engineering & Defence

Java UI Developer – Real-time Defence Systems

Farenborough, Surrey - 5 days onsite

£70,000–£85,000 + benefits

UK Passport required - eligible for MOD clearance

Standard 8 is recruiting a Java UI Developer for an engineering team building real-time, high-data systems used in live operational environments.

This is not web apps. It’s performance-heavy software, complex GUIs and systems that have to work first time.

The Job

You’ll join an experienced Java team developing desktop applications for data-intensive, mathematically heavy systems.

Day to day:

• Building Java applications with React or JavaFX or Swing
• Working in Linux environments
• Contributing to real-time processing systems
• Testing properly, not just hoping for the best

What You Need

• 5+ years’ Java background software engineering experience
• Solid GUI development
• Experience with real-time or high-throughput systems
• Comfortable working on Linux

You’ll need to be methodical, adaptable and take pride in your work. No hand-holding.

Nice to Have

• Linux optimisation and deployment experience
• Networking fundamentals (IP protocols, Ethernet configuration)
• Low-level Linux or driver interfacing
• DSP, signal or radar or lidar or image processing knowledge

Non-Negotiables

• UK national with a valid UK passport for high-level Security Clearance