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client is a major defence and aerospace company. Date Posted: 2026-08-06 Country: United Kingdom Location: Harlow, Essex Position Role Type: Onsite Software Engineering Manager (ATMS) Harlow Permanent, full time Hybrid (min 3 days a week on site) Benefits: £: Competitive salary Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5 … technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence. As a key member of the Engineering Leadership Team, the successful candidate will lead a multidisciplinary software engineering team, delivering innovative software solutions and technical expertise to military ...

Software Engineering Manager Manchester | Permanent | Up to £110,000 + Bonus The Opportunity A growing technology business is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to join its Manchester-based technology team. This is a key leadership position, offering the opportunity to influence how engineering teams operate, develop technical talent and contribute to the continued evolution of a successful digital product environment. You'll be joining an established engineering function with ambitious plans for growth, working alongside product and technology colleagues to deliver high-quality software and continuously improve the way teams ...

Role: Software Engineering Manager Location: York Salary: Excellent + Benefits Work-Pattern: Hybrid About the Role We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead and develop a software engineering team, driving the delivery of high-quality, reliable and maintainable software solutions. This is an opportunity to combine people leadership with technical oversight, engineering operations and continuous improvement. You'll play a key role in developing a collaborative, high-performing team, ensuring effective delivery and embedding best practices across the software development lifecycle. Working closely with senior technical ...

Reading/Hybrid (2/3 days a week onsite ideally) 6 months initially £92ph inside IR35/Umbrella JOB DESCRIPTION Enterprise Architect - Digital Engineering – Software Engineering Active SC Clearance is Mandatory Aerospace and Defence Experience – demonstrable background delivering architecture within MOD, Defence Digital, or UK aerospace … environments. Job Purpose Enterprise Architect – Software Engineering is responsible for the integration of the Software Factory solution within the whole Digital Engineering environment. This will include all aspects of the architecture i.e. people, process and technology. To ensure the Software Factory solution architecture is optimised ...

Title: Software Engineer Location: Christchurch, BH23 6NW Salary: Competitive Job Type: Full time, Permanent About us: Averna powered by Spherea designs, manufactures and supports complex test systems for aerospace, defence and other regulated industries. The role: This is an engineering software role, not general business application development. … will develop software for test, measurement, simulation and control systems, interacting with instrumentation, data acquisition hardware, communications interfaces and units under test. The software supports test sequences, data processing, operator guidance, diagnostics and traceable evidence. You will work across the lifecycle with systems, hardware, electrical, mechanical and project ...

Software Engineer will work within the Systems and Software team in the Programmes area of STS Defence, developing and maintaining software throughout the Software Development Lifecycle from requirements elicitation, through to in service delivery. The post will provide hands on software development on projects … stakeholders undertaken by the company. This includes responsibility for developing and managing code, writing documentation and working with other engineering peers to working to relevant quality standards across the software team. The Software Engineer will also assist in support of wider business objectives exploring new technologies ...

+Inside IR35 + 70 - 78 ph +Sole British national only - due to nature of the project We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer - Digital Engineering/Software Engineering to support the technical delivery of Software Factory projects and initiatives within a sensitive Defence and aerospace environment. … This role will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management, coordinating project activities, managing technical risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timescales and quality standards. Candidates must have demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas: Aerospace Software ...

+Inside IR35 + 75 - 82 ph +Sole British national only - due to nature of the project We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer - Digital Engineering/Software Engineering to support the technical delivery of Software Factory projects and initiatives within a sensitive Defence and aerospace environment. … This role will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management, coordinating project activities, managing technical risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timescales and quality standards. Candidates must have demonstrable experience in at least one of the following areas: Aerospace Software ...

Imperial College London Graduate Software Engineer Imperial College London Graduates Only | AI Scale-Up | £70,000 Starting Salary | Central London The opportunity to build, learn and make an impact from day one. Are you an exceptional Imperial College London graduate with a passion for software engineering … work at the forefront of AI? We're working with an ambitious, fast-growing AI scale-up looking for a bright, driven Graduate Software Engineer to join its team in Central London. This is an opportunity to join a high-calibre, intellectually curious team where the learning curve ...

Head of Software Engineering Midlands | Hybrid Working Up to £120,000 + Benefits An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced technology leader to join a growing organisation as Head of Software Engineering . This role will lead software engineering teams responsible for delivering … high-quality technology solutions that support business growth and innovation. You will play a key role in developing engineering capability, driving best practice, and ensuring the successful delivery of technology initiatives across the organisation. The Role Lead and develop software engineering teams. Drive excellence across software ...

Title: Software Engineer Job Type: Contract Working Arrangements: Onsite Industry: Defence Job Location: Dorset Rate: Negotiable (Inside IR35, PAYE Umbrella) **Due to the nature of this position, the successful candidate must be able to obtain SC Security Clearance** Profile – Software Engineer Our client is an established specialist … wins and is expanding within the UK and abroad, offering employees the opportunity to work in a varied and highly technical environment. Job Role – Software Engineer The Software Engineer shall create software that will interact with instrumentation, data acquisition equipment, electronic hardware, communications interfaces, units under test ...

Lead Software Engineer – Python, React & AI London | Hybrid Working | £80,000–£110,000 + Bonus + Benefits | Permanent Intelligent Talent is recruiting experienced Lead Software Engineers (Tech Leads/Technical Lead) for an established international professional services organisation investing in its internal software engineering … This isn't a role focused on maintaining legacy applications or managing developers from a distance. It's about building brand new products and software, making technical decisions and taking responsibility for getting products into production. You'll spend around 70–80% of your time hands-on, working with ...

week in the office | Up to £115,000 We're working with a major UK organisation investing significantly in AI and modern engineering , and we're looking for an experienced Agentic AI Engineer to join a highly capable technology function. This isn't simply an LLM integration role. … work at the intersection of Agentic AI, Software Engineering, Architecture and Data , partnering directly with business stakeholders to identify complex operational problems and build agentic solutions that deliver genuine business value. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving ambiguous problems, can move comfortably ...

Lead Software Engineer – Python, React & AI Bristol | Flexible Hybrid Working | £80,000–£110,000 + Bonus + Benefits | Permanent Intelligent Talent is recruiting experienced Lead Software Engineers (Tech Leads/Technical Lead) for an international professional services organisation expanding its software engineering capability and developing … powered applications. The focus is on building production software using Python, React, TypeScript and Large Language Models, with increasing investment in agentic AI. This is a hands-on engineering position. Around 70–80% of your time will be spent building software, with the remainder focused on technical ...

Software Engineering Manager Location: London (Hybrid,3 days per week in office) Employment Type: Full-Time An award-winning payments company transforming the way businesses and consumers move money. Through innovative technology, exceptional customer experiences, and a culture of continuous improvement, we are building the next generation … payment solutions. As they continue to grow, we are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead high-performing software engineering teams, drive technical excellence, and help deliver scalable, secure, and resilient payment platforms. Must come from a .Net background with experience within either, Payments ...

supporting a leading technology consultancy that is expanding its AI practice and is looking for a Senior AI Engineering Consultant to help deliver innovative AI-powered solutions for enterprise clients. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of Generative AI, partnering with organisations to design, build … solutions across Azure, AWS and GCP. We're looking for someone with a genuine passion for AI who combines strong consulting experience with a software engineering background and the ability to turn technical innovation into real business value. The Role You'll work closely with clients to define ...

supporting a leading technology consultancy that is expanding its AI practice and is looking for a Senior AI Engineering Consultant to help deliver innovative AI-powered solutions for enterprise clients. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of Generative AI, partnering with organisations to design, build … solutions across Azure, AWS and GCP. We're looking for someone with a genuine passion for AI who combines strong consulting experience with a software engineering background and the ability to turn technical innovation into real business value. The Role You'll work closely with clients to define ...

days per week onsite in London ***Ecommerce/Retail/SAP Commerce/SAP Hybris/AI transformation/React/C#/microservices engineering background to help modernise my client's ecommerce platform*** My client, a large-scale e-commerce business, is seeking an exceptional Principal Engineering Practice Lead/Technical Authority to drive engineering excellence, AI transformation and technical innovation across multiple engineering teams. This is a high-impact contract for a senior technical leader who combines hands-on engineering expertise with proven experience leading AI transformation, the authority to challenge architectural ...

Senior Software Engineer £75,000 GBP Hybrid WORKING Location: Cambridge, East of England - United Kingdom Type: Permanent An innovative cyber security technology business is seeking talented Software Engineers specialising in C++ or Rust to help develop next-generation network security products protecting some of the world's most … domain technologies, which help organisations protect sensitive networks and control the secure transfer of information between different security domains. Working within a highly skilled engineering team, the successful candidate will contribute to the development of security-critical software used in demanding environments across Defence, National Security, Energy ...

Python Software Engineer - GIS/Linux/Scientific Location: Exeter, Devon (Hybrid – 3 days onsite) Contract: 12 months Rate: to £650 per day (Inside IR35) EMBS Technology is currently recruiting for two experienced Python Software Engineers to join a major UK organisation working on next-generation scientific modelling … forecasting systems. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced Python Software Engineers to contribute to a significant technology transformation programme, helping integrate new scientific modelling applications with existing large-scale operational systems. Working alongside software developers, data specialists and scientific teams, you'll help design, develop and maintain ...

Lead/Senior Software Engineer/DV Clearable/5 Days Onsite Location: London We're seeking experienced Lead and Senior Software Engineers to join a high-performing engineering team delivering modern, secure and scalable software solutions. This is an opportunity to work on complex technology … challenges, contribute to large-scale modernisation programmes, and help drive the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices within highly regulated environments. The Role As a Lead or Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building and delivering high-quality software systems that balance ...

Software Engineer Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire to £65k + generous benefits Our client has been established for almost a century and are market leaders in the design and manufacture of bespoke rail solutions for supply across the globe, and as a result of continued success and exciting plans … future, are now seeking to recruit an experienced and professional Software Engineer to join their software design and development team. Reporting to the Engineering Manager and based in Burton-on-Trent, the successful Software Engineer candidate will be responsible for the design, development, test and maintenance ...

# Software Test Engineer **Location:** Dorset – Dorchester/Winfrith Newburgh **Employment Type:** Permanent **Working Pattern:** Hybrid **Sector:** Defence/Maritime Engineering ## The Opportunity We are looking for a **Software Test Engineer** to join a highly skilled engineering team working on complex,high-integrity software and systems within the defence and maritime sector. The role will focus on the **delivery of software test activities throughout the software development lifecycle**,including test planning,test management,execution,verification and reporting. You will work closely with software,systems and integration engineers to develop logical ...

Enterprise Architect – Digital Engineering (Software Engineering) Location: Reading HQ – 2–3 days onsite per week Rate: Up to £100 per hour Inside IR35 Clearance: Active SC mandatory; DV preferred We are seeking an experienced, security-cleared Enterprise Architect – Software Engineering to support a major Defence … Aerospace programme. You will lead the integration of a Software Factory into the wider Digital Engineering environment, aligning people, processes and technology with architectural strategy, governance and Secure by Design principles. You will help shape solutions supporting Digital Twin, Digital Thread and the wider systems engineering lifecycle ...

ideal mix of skills, experience, and attitude, to place with our vast array of clients. From Business Analysts in large government organisations to Software Developers in the private sector – we are always in search of the best talent to place, now. This exciting Project Manager permanent role is based … Bournemouth, operating a hybrid working model. The Project Manager role is based within the software engineering delivery function. The Project Manager will work across multiple Agile development teams. The Project Manager role would suit a Technical Project Manager or Technical Delivery Manager who has experience working closely with ...