Software Engineer

Job Title: Software Engineer
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF56420

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Software Engineer at our Babcock Technology Centre site.

The role
As a Software Engineer, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You'll work on a range of exciting projects from proof of concept through to customer delivered products and throughout the software lifecycle.

Day to day, you'll:

• Contribute towards the development of a range of software projects and products
• Contribute to requirements capture, design, development, test and delivery of software applications and products
• Undertake troubleshooting, analyse and fix issues on existing systems

This role is full time, 37-hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with two days in the office/onsite and three days working from home.

Essential experience of the Software Engineer

• A background of object-oriented software development using C#, Microsoft .Net Framework (C#) and .NET Core
• Experience developing software that will be embedded into, and provide control over, complex control systems
• Experience with version management and control (for example git)
• A good understanding of software development and Agile Software Engineering best practices

Qualifications for the Software Engineer

• We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 01/05/2024