Software Developer

• Develop solutions at the system level and carry out the implementation work required to realise concepts.
• Work closely with clients and our wider team.
• Take responsibility for the whole development lifecycle for clients, from concept through to delivery.
• Contribute to current projects involving motion control, digital audio, software defined radio, and high-speed networking.
• Work through challenges from first principles in a hands-on way.
• Bring energy and enthusiasm to unfamiliar challenges and innovate freely.
• Explain complex engineering concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Help deliver solutions through to deployment where they have real impact.
• Collaborate and share ideas and knowledge across different sectors.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Git
• Support
• JIRA
• Linux
• Mobile
• Python
• Security
• Windows

• We expect experience to be reinforced by a strong academic background.
• A good degree in software engineering or a related subject from a leading university.
• A proven track record of developing software architectures and implementing designs using a professional workflow.
• Well versed in a breadth of programming languages such as Python, C, and C++.
• Comfortable using common software development toolchains such as Git, Jira, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience developing applications for a range of operating systems such as Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile.
• Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept generation through to product release, including demonstrable experience delivering designs into service.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Confidence operating within the Defence and Security sector.
• The ability to gain UK security clearance if not already acquired.
• In practice, this requires sole UK nationality.
• Enthusiasm to be onsite at least four days a week.

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists with deep expertise across consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. We offer a career in consulting, not just a job, with professional development opportunities, tailored training, a collaborative culture, and meaningful work. We support physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being, and our benefits include private healthcare for you and your family, 25 days annual leave plus a half day on Christmas Eve, the option to buy 5 additional days, a generous pension scheme, community and charity initiatives, an annual performance-based bonus, share ownership, and tax-efficient benefits.

last updated 37 week of 2026