Overview
Job title: Software Engineer (Microservices)
Location: Preston (Or any BAE Site Shared Services). We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
Salary: Up to £45,000 dependent on experience
What you'll be doing
* Translate business requirements and rules into technical design specifications, including engaging directly with customers and eliciting requirements and potential UX designs
* Build and deploy full stack web applications into the business, using an agile framework/methodology
* Investigate and respond to incidents in a timely and responsive manner ensuring service level agreements have been achieved
* Create user guides and standard operating procedures
Your skills and experiences
Essential:
* Knowledge and experience of web development, including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML and CSS. As well as knowledge and understanding of material design.
* Knowledge and understanding of front end and back end frameworks, such as VueJS, React and Node, .Net
* Understanding of unit and end to end testing
Desirable:
* Knowledge of web development CI/CD release pipelines, IDEs, Git and/or Docker
* Knowledge of Authentication methods, such as LDAP, Active Directory, KeyCloak
* Knowledge of architectural standards such as RESTful API
* Knowledge and understanding of MSSQL / SQL, writing queries using multiple tables, and interpreting results
* Working knowledge of microservices development
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Microservices Team
The Shared Services Data & Analytics Hub is at the heart of the company data and insights landscape, bringing together data from our global sectors to generate a broad range of insights to inform key business decisions.
Would you like to develop leading edge business intelligent solutions or solve complex business challenges through insight? We currently have a vacancy for a Software Engineer for our Microservices team. You will be working closely with stakeholders to understand requirements to design and deliver relevant and informative data feeds into business solutions to provide meaningful outputs to the business.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
Closing Date: 24th September 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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