Lead Software Engineer, SC & eDV

Aker Systems

full-time

Posted on: 9/21/2025

Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Senior

CloudJavaKafkaKotlinPostgresRedisScala

About the role

Help lead the development of backend platforms and services for National Security and Defence clients leveraging commercial and open-source technologies in private and public cloud environments
Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to platforms and services that meet functional and non-functional business requirements
Actively participate in the team’s elaboration and estimation of user stories
Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team’s momentum
Collaborate closely with other engineers in cross-functional feature teams to ensure knowledge sharing and coverage
Build, optimise and operate Continuous Deployment pipelines
Maintain operational responsibility for the services that the team owns
Support obtaining enhanced DV clearance and work on SC level tasks while eDV is processed

At least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions
Fluent in writing JAVA and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala)
Experience with Kafka or a similar platform
Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture
Integrating with backing services such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3
Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews
Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control
Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks
Experience with micro-service design patterns
Experience in Big Data technologies
Willingness/ability to obtain enhanced DV (eDV) Clearance; able to work at SC level while eDV is processed