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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Developer - **Company:** Deloitte - **Location:** Manchester, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Node.Js, Oracle (Applications), Open Web Application Security, Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Platforms, Spring-boot, AWS Lambda, Gitlab, Fastapi, Atlassian Tools, Software Coding, Devsecops, Jenkins - **Published:** August 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://apply.deloitte.co.uk/UKCareers/Login?jobId=24471 ## About the Role All applicants must be UK security cleared to Developed Vetting level. Candidates will have hands on experience with one or more technologies relevant to these areas: Overall, you're an ideal person and problem solver as well as a hands-on doer - that's important. And you know it takes a mix of people to do amazing work, so you love collaborating with and learning from people with different skills, backgrounds, and perspectives. If you have an interesting or unusual mix of skills yourself, even better. We're looking for people who are natural initiative-takers who bring out the best in others, are brilliant listeners and can help us grow our business without compromising standards, integrity, or culture. * Experience in software development and an evident passion for writing code. * An understanding of the fundamentals of software development in Java, TypeScript, JavaScript and/or Python, along with good overall engineering patterns and practices and be able to explain these clearly. * Demonstrable experience and understanding of working in teams, particularly in agile methodologies such as Scrum & Kanban. ## Description * Roles available at multiple seniority levels roles available - suitable for applicants with 3-10+ years' experience * Mandatory Requirement: Active UK Developed Vetting (DV) security clearance. Are you able to guide defence users through complex technology challenges, and rapidly develop new solutions to meet defence needs? We are looking for individuals to help digitise defence with new thinking on technology capabilities and adoption processes, and someone who is sensitively able to combine the latest thinking with traditional military functions. You will guide our clients through their digital journey from strategy through to a working and breathing environment supporting their most critical services. Building robust and scalable digital platforms that enable teams to deliver modern micro-services based and digital solutions to continuously improve environments through automation and infrastructure-as-code. You will work with colleagues across back and front-end developers, creatives and UX experts, integration teams and the client themselves. In your role, you can expect to: * Help deliver features end to end. We don't throw our work "over the wall," everyone is expected to pull together to design new features and figure out bugs. * Deliver cloud native and containerised applications using technologies including AWS Lambda, Spring Boot, NodeJS, Python FastAPI, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MongoDB. * Build solutions as part of a DevSecOps and Agile ecosystem supported by tooling including Atlassian, Jenkins, GitLab, OWASP and AWS componentry. * Ensure your solution works in a reliable and resilient way using Site Reliability Engineering methods to increase availability while reducing costs and callouts. * Help the client and end users to understand trade-offs when making product decisions and explain why you would do things a certain way. * Keep learning! 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