Software Engineer - Level 2

Title: Software Engineer - Level 2

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Group: D&S Capability: Engineering

Level: S2

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Company Overview

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 Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, Digital & Synthetic domains via its capability groups. Metrea also consists of six support groups (Operations, People, Finance, Legal, Strategy and Solutions) that guide the development of specific capabilities that Metrea's files (product, projects, programs etc) leverage to achieve their targets.

Group Overview

The Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&S) is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space.

Position Summary

Metrea is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our software development team, building software solutions that provide geospatial data processing and visualisations.

Role And Responsibilities

• Write high quality, and well tested code and documentation in-line with our engineering principles.
• Balance short term needs against long term stability when responding to incidents or production issues.
• Contribute to the overall design of the product and develops an understanding of the appropriate trade-offs required based on the functional and non-functional requirements.
• Collaborate closely with your teammates, including regularly contributing to code reviews, to promote good practices which will improve accessibility, performance, stability, security and overall quality of the code.
• Regularly mentor other less experienced engineers and help with on-boarding new engineers to your team.
• Examine existing code and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Adhere to our Ways of Working when delivering on assigned tasks.
• Communicate progress regularly and clearly with your team, and effectively escalate issues to ensure we’re accurately tracking our delivery against the product roadmap.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• HND or BSc level qualification in Software Engineering or equivalent Computer Science related discipline
• 2+ years of demonstrable experience in an active software development role, developing web-based applications.
• Strong understanding and practical experience of web development using JavaScript Frameworks e.g. React/Angular.
• Understanding and experience of team delivery in an Agile software development environment.
• Drive to learn constantly and further your knowledge.
• Strong organisational skills, proactive approach to task delivery and required documentation.
• Great interpersonal skills, able to confidently communicate and articulate technical issues to non-technical team members.
  
  

In addition to the above, any of the following would be beneficial:

• Experience working on geospatial visualisation products.
• Experience of developing with C#.
• Experience using Kafka and/or Kubernetes within a service-based architecture.
• Experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases.
  
  

Our Culture

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

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

Electric Car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

£1500 Training Allowance

30 days annual PTO plus b/h

Eye Tests

Right to Work

The employee will have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom and will be able to produce right to work documentation.

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Employee must be a UK citizen

Employee must be able to have and maintain a SC Clearance as a minimum.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Metrea is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 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 37.5 hours per week with approval from the department manager.

Work Location

Harwell

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting

Travel

This role may require occasional travel to other Metrea UK offices.