Senior Software Engineer
Posted 5 days ago by BAE Systems
£69 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Senior Software Engineer involves joining a growing engineering team to work on mission-critical systems that support national security and advanced defence platforms. The position requires designing, developing, and delivering high-integrity software solutions in a secure environment. Candidates will be responsible for resolving complex challenges and providing technical guidance while ensuring software quality throughout the development lifecycle. This is a hybrid position based in Portsmouth, England, on a 12-month contract basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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
Key Skills:
- 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
Salary (Rate): £68.55/hr
City: Portsmouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
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