Software Engineer (DV Clearance Desirable)

Software Engineer

Cheltenham 

DV clearance or ability to obtain required

My client based in Cheltenham deliver high-end security research and bespoke solutions. We are on the look out for experienced Software Engineers with current DV clearance or the ability to obtain DV level security clearance. The salary for this role will depend on your experience (£32,000 – £90,000 salary bracket) and we are ideally looking for someone at a more senior level however, we are open to all levels of ability to if you feel the below information is of interest, please reach out.

The Team
Our Capability Development team develops bespoke software for our clients in the cybersecurity domain. We specialise in C and C++ and have worked across iOS, Android, Windows, macOS and Linux. We emphasise having a comprehensive understanding of the programming languages, platforms, and tooling we rely on.
That deep technical knowledge has helped us earn a reputation for writing novel, robust, and maintainable solutions to our client’s challenging—and fascinating—problems! Our projects are typically delivered by 2-4 person teams over months, rather than years, with daily opportunities to see the direct impact of our work.
We’re led by engineers and empowered to optimise our (lightweight!) development processes with the knowledge gained from each project.

The Role
You’ll take a hands-on role in the day-to-day delivery of projects. Typically, this will see you working with one or two other colleagues at a time. You may be:
• designing a new clean-slate product with complete autonomy over its architecture
• adding new capabilities to, or replacing a core component of, an existing product
• throwing together a quick-and-dirty prototype to confirm the feasibility of a proposed technical approach; iterating until it meets requirements

In addition, you’ll take an active role in unlocking the potential of junior colleagues: encouraging idiomatic code, demonstrating engineering rigour, and sharing hard-won knowledge with your peers.
You’ll also help drive our engineering processes to maintain code quality while balancing realistic delivery timescales and client requirements.

Desirable Skills
Successful candidates will typically be able to show the following:
• Professional experience in the design and implementation of complex C or C++ based solutions, ideally both clean-slate projects and updates to legacy code bases.
• Comfortable with platform APIs, development environments and native debugging approaches on one or more of: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, or Android.
• Experiencing leading a small or midsize team of developers through a complete project lifecycle, engaging in requirements capture, design review, implementation, and assurance.
• Commitment to code correctness and quality assurance through static analysis, code review, automated testing, and continuous integration.
That said, we are always open to new skills and backgrounds; we value technical competency and know that the best engineers learn quickly, so if you think you have relevant skills not listed, please consider reaching out!