Job Description Flexible workingWe recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer a range ofworking patterns, including full-time, part-time, and compressed hours. However, some homeworking may beavailable depending on business needs. We also support flexible start and finishtimes, where possible, to help you manage your personal and professionalcommitments.Find out more about flexible working on our website.About usGCHQ is an intelligence, cyber, and security agency with a mission to keep the UKsafe. We use cutting-edge technology, ingenuity, and partnerships to identify,analyse, and disrupt threats. Working with our intelligence partners, MI5 and MI6,we protect the UK from terrorism, cyber-attacks, and espionage. At GCHQ, you will dovaried and fascinating work in a supportive and inclusive environment thatemphasises teamwork.The roleAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in solving mission-criticalchallenges. You will contribute to the architecture and design of both new and existingsystems, establish and promote best practices, and deliver high-quality softwaresolutions. Drawing on your expertise in various software engineering methodologies,you will introduce fresh ideas and innovative approaches that make a real impact at thecore of our mission: keeping the UK safe, both in the real world and online.You’ll review pull requests, define code review, branching, anddeployment strategies, and work across a variety of software engineeringframeworks. Operating at a deep technical level, you’ll apply your expertise inlanguages such as JavaScript, Java, C++, Node.js, Python, Rust, Go, and .NET.As part of a wider network of peers, you’ll collaborate andlearn from others. About youAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will bring expertise in modern programminglanguages and frameworks such as C++, Golang, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Node.js,Python, Rust, along with experience working with cloud platforms AWS, Azure, GCP.You will have successfully led Agile project teams, evaluated customer businessrequirements, and delivered high-quality software solutions that make a real impact.We welcome experienced professionals from a variety of related fields, includingsoftware engineering and security, site reliability engineering, and data engineering.Your genuine enthusiasm for software engineering, combined with your ability tomentor others, collaborate effectively, and stay ahead of emerging technologies,makes you a valuable contributor to a forward-thinking engineering community.Training and developmentAt GCHQ, we’re committed to your growth and development. This lays the foundation for a learning journey tailored to your goals andpreferred style of development.From day one, you’ll have access to mentors and subject matter experts to help yousettle into the role, and you can continue to have a mentor for as little or as long asyou choose throughout your career. From books, online courses, and conferences to real-world projects supported byyour team, we will provide the resources you need to grow. You will have access tolearning and development opportunities tailored to your role, covering a wide rangeof software disciplines including front-end design, site reliability engineering, dataengineering, solution architecture, machine learning operations, UX, Agile, cloudengineering, and security. We will even support formal qualifications with dedicatedfunding, and provide subscriptions to platforms like Cloud Academy, Pluralsight, andO Reilly to help stay ahead.
Whether you are exploring advanced software engineering patterns, gaining certifications like AWS Developer or Certified ScrumMaster, or developing leadership skills through internal training, we will help you buildthe career you want. 1,750 on arrival and £1,750 aftercompleting probation, plus other benefits including: 25 days of annual leave, automatically increasing to 30 days after 5 years ofservice, plus10.5 days of public and privilege holidays opportunities for recognition through our employee performance scheme interest-free season ticket loan (for parking and travel) excellent pension scheme cycle to work scheme on-site facilities such as a gym, restaurant, and coffee bars (available at somelocations) paid parental and adoption leave.Equal opportunitiesAt GCHQ diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. We therefore welcome and encourageapplications from everyone, including individuals from groups that are under-represented in our workforce, such as women, people from ethnic minoritybackgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and those from low socio-economicbackgrounds.
Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on ourwebsite here. We are Disability ConfidentGCHQ is proud to have achieved Leader status within the Department for Work andPensions’ Disability Confident scheme. This initiative encourages employers to thinkdifferently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain, anddevelop disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, we aim to ensure that afair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who best meet the essentialminimum criteria for this position, will be offered an interview, if it is practical for us todo so. (evidence of where you’ve taken ownership of a technical project or piece ofwork demonstrate the ability to understand several modern languages/frameworks,such as C++, Golang, Java, JavaScript, .Net, Node.js, Python, Rust experience working in an Agile technical project team demonstrate competency as a Software EngineerWhat to expectOur recruitment process is fair, transparent, and based on merit. This role requires the highest level of security clearance, known as DevelopedVetting (DV). It’s something everyone in the UK Intelligence Community undertakes.Please note we have a strict drugs policy. This is good practice and will help youmanage your application with us more securely.