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# Software Engineer - Manchester

- **Company:** QINETIQ LIMITED
- **Location:** Salford, UK
- **Salary:** £43,000.0 - £83,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Graph Database, Neo4j, ReactJS, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Codebase
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5932039105

## About the Role

* Experience working in an Agile-first environment with transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement
 * Ability to solve complex technical issues using appropriate tools, design patterns, and in-depth knowledge
 * Comfort working with infrastructure such as Kubernetes and automated delivery pipelines using GitLab
 * Ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, deliverable steps
 * Willingness to collaborate across teams and proactively seek guidance when needed
 * Interest in sharing knowledge and supporting the development of other team members
 * Comfort working on novel challenges and with a degree of ambiguity
 * Ability to challenge the status quo and improve processes, codebases, and team efficiency

## Description

* Build in-depth knowledge and apply design patterns to solve complex technical issues
 * Proactively find and own solutions that improve team processes and efficiency
 * Collaborate actively in team meetings
 * Engage in design debates and constructively challenge solutions
 * Identify technical risks and create or update useful documentation
 * Help manage and maintain our own infrastructure, including Kubernetes
 * Build automated delivery pipelines using GitLab
 * Work closely with Platform Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners

Technologies:

 * GitLab
 * Kubernetes
 * AI
 * Camunda
 * DevOps
 * ElasticSearch
 * Graph Database
 * Support
 * Neo4J
 * React

More:

We are Naimuri, a technology company that has grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester, with a significant presence in Cheltenham and London. We work in an Agile-first environment and place people and culture at the heart of our mission of making the UK a safer place to be. We offer a culture of enablement, focus on quality, and active collaboration, alongside continuous personal development through mentoring, training, and a progression framework. The role is based in Salford Quays, Manchester, with flexible full-time working, part-time options that can be discussed, core hours of 10:00am to 3:00pm, and most teams having agreed in-office days. Benefits include flexible/hybrid working options, performance bonus, company bonus, pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, AXA group 1 medical cover, holiday purchase/buy-back scheme, cycle to work scheme, and car benefit scheme. Depending on the project, you may also be
required to travel to a local customer site or occasionally to other locations in the UK.