Lead Software Developer Full Time

NorthropGrumman
Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together. Salary: £48,200 – £72,400 Role Clearance Type: You must be able to gain & maintain UK government clearance. Location: Burlington House, New Malden, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, UK. About Your Opportunity: Work on pioneering projects using cutting-edge technology for strategically important National Defence Programmes. We are growing our Software Development team with creative and ambitious Software Engineers. Working within an Agile environment, with a focus on JavaScript and TypeScript, your experience will cover a range of technologies to help build the web-based geographic visualisation capability for our class leading multi-domain Command and Control (C2) software. Your Benefits: Flexible working schedules – we offer flexibility to move between projects, including internal research and development work looking at new technologies and business opportunities, plus flexible working patterns and hybrid working arrangements. Flexible Benefits Package – choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments. Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognized through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities Your Responsibilities: Capture, interpret and develop customer requirements Design and develop JavaScript and TypeScript components Unit and Integration testing Carry our peer reviews on other team members work, including design and user documentation as well as code reviews Contribute to Agile planning and management activities Your Experience: Proven commercial experience in JavaScript and TypeScript Single Page Application design and development Familiarity with development on Linux operating systems Experience of the full development lifecycle Yarn / NPM Your Future Team: “My aim is to build a software team that attracts the strongest candidates, and allows them to reach their full potential in a trusted environment with excellent job security and growth prospects.” Dave Brunton – Software Grumman UK We are an open, friendly and supportive team of approximately 45 engineers across software, test and systems disciplines, with a great balance of experienced and junior engineers all working together to deliver quality systems. We are clear about our focus on addressing what the customer needs via new feature development or supporting existing systems. Our matrix driven organisation provides new experiences and skills, with continuous development both at a functional level and at a programme level. We are proud of our quality of work. Diversity is at the heart of our success. Our team share experience, knowledge and new thinking gained from a wide range of backgrounds perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements across several industries. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments. About Our Responsibilities: Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, cultivating a place where you can learn and thrive, working alongside the best minds in industry. We’ll give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business. We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do. How to Apply: Interested in our opportunity? Yes – then simply submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by one of our expert recruiters who’ll then respond advising you of the outcome and next steps for successful candidates. Possibly, I’d like to find out more – email to connect with one of our Sourcing Specialists who will be happy to support you with any enquiries. Background checks and potentially security clearance form part of the recruitment process, our team will inform you of the procedures when required. Northrop Grumman UK: Work with a global brand that makes a real contribution to our nation’s security and future. At Northrop Grumman UK, the brightest minds come together to push the boundaries and Define Possible. As leaders in the digital transformation of Aerospace, Defence and Intelligence we are providing ground-breaking outcomes for our customers. UK Defence Business: Our UK Defence business is a Sovereign software and systems centre of excellence. As well as developing and supporting UK wide and internationally deployed multi-domain command and control systems, our work is critical to the modern backbone of the Royal Navy. We pioneer – with fierce curiosity, dedication, and innovation, we seek to solve the world’s most challenging problems.