Senior Software Engineer x 2
Portsmouth (Hybrid working)
£68.55 Inside IR35
12 month contract
About the Role
We are seeking 2 highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineers to join a growing engineering team. This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical systems that support national security, advanced defence platforms, and next-generation technologies.
As a senior member of the team, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and delivering high-integrity software solutions within a secure and collaborative environment.
What you’ll be doing:
* Designing, reviewing, developing, testing, documenting, configuring and delivering software products to the agreed standards and procedures using the specified tools, within schedule and estimates
* Resolving the complex challenges, issues and faults associated with installation, commissioning, operation and performance of systems
* Providing specialist technical advice and guidance to other professionals, technician engineers and/or customers, and works with a high degree of technical autonomy
* Testing software products sufficiently to ensure software product quality is maintained and minimal or no re-work is required
* Investigating and resolving issues and problems raised during any stage of the development lifecycle, including software and system integration, qualification, and in-service trials
* Production of appropriate technical documentation
* Communicating effectively, identifying early potential risks, seeking clarification and providing feedback to team members and leadership
* Supporting estimation of development activities
Your skills and experiences:
* BEng/BSc in Computer Science or similar software qualification
* Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle
* Excellent software coding, integration and testing skills
* Extensive knowledge of programming languages, C++, C# and Ada highly desirable