Senior Software Engineer

Location: Templecombe, United Kingdom
Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.
Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Senior Software Engineer
Location: Templecombe (Hybrid)
Looking to apply your Software Engineering skills and passion for innovation to a collaborative and agile environment? Want to develop your skills on a diverse portfolio of delivery projects?
Caught your interest? Look no further
What the role has to offer:

• Working and developing software development skills set for an expanding portfolio across several key domains
• A multitude of opportunity to develop your career in Software Engineering - either pursuing a technical specialist/expert route or Software Engineering management

The Role:
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to develop quality software across a range of projects, operating systems and development environments, as well as providing support, leadership and guidance to the wider team.
You will work as part of a diverse team of specialists, designing, coding, testing, configuring and supporting fully integrated software solutions that meet customer needs and our own high standards.
You will work closely with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers and Architects to support the development and review of functional design specifications, high-level system architectures and interface designs.
You will Contribute to scrum teams, attending project reviews and ensuring work adheres to established Software Engineering processes and methodologies
Supporting, encouraging and sharing knowledge with other team members.
About you
This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated individual with a passion and motivation to develop their skills and capability in Software Engineering. You will possess experience in software programming, Java/C++, supporting by strong design principles. You will possess a deep understanding of configuration management, change control and continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, as well as a passion for producing clean code
In addition any of the following would be beneficial, but not essential:

• Spring, Camel, JPA, Sencha, JavaScript
• Web services design and development
• Agile methodologies, i.e. SCRUM
• Luciad or ESRI
• Continuous integration and automated test tools
• HCI/Ux design
• Military software development
• Experience of relational databases and SQL

Flexibility
Your health and well-being matters to us and that's why we offer you the flexibility to do what's important to you; whether that's part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.
Thales is an equal opportunities employer and diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of Thales.
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.
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