Back End Software Engineer - SC Cleared

Back End Software Engineer - SC Cleared

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

We''re recruiting on behalf of a major government technology programme for a senior 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