Software Engineer (Principal & Lead) – Perm – SC & DV

Company: Sanderson Government and Defence
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Location: Cheltenham
Job Description:

Software Engineer (Principal & Senior) – Active SC, DV ClearableLocation : Remote whilst SC, Cheltenham 4 days on-site once DVSalary : Lead, £90,000 – £100,000 / Principal, £110,000 – £130,000Clearance:

Must have a

minimum

of active SC with ability to go through DV.Sanderson Government & Defence are partnering with a specialist organisation at the forefront of data moderniastion across the Public Sectors.Duties & ResponsibilitiesAs a Lead or Principal Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend platforms and services for secure clients leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies in private and public cloud environments.Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non-functional business requirementsActively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user storiesBuild frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momentumCollaborate closely with other engineers in our cross-functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for themBuild, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelinesMaintain operational responsibility for the services that your team ownsCore CompetenciesYou will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role;Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala)Experience with Kafka or a similar platform.Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust ArchitectureIntegrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviewsUsing GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source controlTest Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworksExperience with micro-service design patternsExperience in Big Data technologiesReasonable Adjustments:Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason

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Posted: September 28th, 2026