Job Description

Software Engineer - SC Cleared

Contract | Remote (occasional London travel) | £450/day (inside IR35)

SC Clearance required

We're recruiting on behalf of a major government technology programme for a software engineer to help design and evolve high-performance, cloud-based systems that support critical public services. This is a hands-on technical role with real influence - you'll contribute to architecture decisions, mentor colleagues, and own complex integrations end-to-end.

Working within an Agile squad, you'll lead technical design discussions, manage CI/CD pipelines, and play an active role in incident and change management, all within a modern Azure cloud environment.

What you'll need

Angular - component architecture and state management

Node.js - async programming and API/backend services

Azure - designing and managing scalable cloud infrastructure

Terraform - infrastructure as code and environment automation

Jenkins - CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

Git - branching strategies and collaboration workflows

Jira & Confluence - Agile delivery and documentation

Current active SC Clearance