Senior Software Engineer

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

9/18/2024

Metrea is a defense company dedicated to translating commercial innovation into solutions for the hardest problems in national security. With deep mission expertise, Metrea focuses on delivering effects as-a-service across a spectrum of domains including Air & Space, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Synthetic. Metrea Management provides central services to 9 global business units via Operations, Solutions, Strategy, Legal, and Finance teams

Business Unit

Metrea Mission Data’s goal is to provide software solutions to the toughest problems in national security; these span across a range of domains including environmental issues, cyber security and map-based situational awareness and intelligence. We are experts in leveraging data; combining vast amounts of disparate data sets to provide valuable insights for our customers.

Metrea is an international business with offices in the USA, Europe and the Far East. Within the UK we have offices in Lincoln, Oxford and London.

Position Summary

Metrea is seeking a professional and highly skilled individual to help contribute software to a team that’s responsible for the development of our data-centric electronic intelligence solutions.

Role And Responsibilities

• Visualize, design, and develop innovative software platforms, as we continue to experience growth in the usage and visibility of our products.
• Create scalable software platforms and applications, and efficient networking solutions that are unit tested, code reviewed, and checked regularly for continuous integration
• Examine existing systems, identifying flaws and creating solutions to improve service uptime and time-to-resolve through monitoring and automated remediation
• Plan and execute full software development life cycles (SDLC) for each assigned project, adhering to company standards and expectations
• Develop software and applications, applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with urgency and quality
• Collaborate with program team and tech lead, to deliver solutions against project work plans.
  
  

Skills And Experience

Applicants should meet the following criteria:

• HND or BSc level qualification in Software Engineering or equivalent Computer Science related discipline
• 3 or more years’ demonstrable experience in an active Software Development role using C++
  
  

Additional experience in one or more of the following disciplines would be beneficial:

• Development of software for Windows/Linux based platforms
• C/C#/JavaScript/Python/React
• HTML/CSS/PHP
• SQL/NoSQL Database manipulation
• Mobile application development
  
  

Our culture

Metrea’s single core value “rooted in humility” is supported by four key attributes; entrepreneurial, systematic, discerning & over-deliver which combined; form our Teammate Firmware, our culture. These attributes are explored during the hiring process, when we grow our teams and to continually support the growth of our culture. We are a hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical organization united by a passion for what we do, and how we do it, who we do it with, and who we do it for

Benefits

Discretionary Bonus

30 Days Annual Leave

Private Medical Insurance for employee

Company Pension

Group life insurance

Disability protection

EAP

Business Travel Insurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Gympass

Electric Car Scheme

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Employee must be a UK citizen.

Employee must be able to have and maintain at least a BPSS Clearance, appropriate to the nature of the role and the willingness to seek higher levels of clearance.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of (37.5 hours per week) Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.