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In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Software Engineer – Cloud

Location – Crawley, Cheadle, Reading, Templecombe, Bristol, Doncaster, Ebbw Vale (With Flexible Hybrid/Remote Working)

The Role

As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for the development of features and enhancements across the entire software development lifecycle – from analysing the customer’s needs, through design, development and testing.

We take pride in the quality standards of our software development and you will do the same by ensuring delivered code follows code quality standards and apply best practices e.g. TDD, static and dynamic analysis and Peer reviews.

In return we want to enable you to be your best so whether that be flexible and remote working arrangements to suit you, mentorship opportunities, continued learning or excellent career growth opportunities Thales will support you.

Responsibilities – What success looks like.

Deliver a regular Product Increment

• Shape a new feature design with a technical lens
• Understand the functional aspects of the delivery and able to constructively discuss with the PO
• Responsible for the availability or a regular product increment incorporating new features

Complete all necessary tasks for the delivery of new functionality

• Application Architecture
• Design (against modelling standards (e.g. UML)
• Implementation
• Tests (unit tests, functional tests, performance test)

Implement Features:

• Define Test
• Develop Feature and associated automated tests
• If appropriate implement Security Tests and Load Tests
• Write necessary technical documentation

Implement Quality Standards:

• Decide and implement team level code quality standards (inc. Qualimetry)
• Ensure that delivered code follows code quality standards
• Apply software craftsmanship best practices (TDD, clean code, peer reviews)
• Apply configuration management practices (Git, Artefact Management)
• Are in constant learning and skills building posture
• Educate and communicate with the wider Thales UK community

Typical Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Pension – Thales match, plus 1%, with a max contribution of 7%
• Health Insurance – 50% of Salary for 5 years
• Life Assurance – 2 x Minimum (higher if part of the Pension Scheme)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Annual Leave 201 hours + 1 Company day (27 Days + Bank Holidays)
• Annual Bonus
• 37 Hours per week. (Half Day Friday typically)

Experience Required

We are looking to recruit at all levels so would be open to discuss opportunities with entry level candidates through to expert. If you have skills in any of the following technologies we would love to hear from you.

• Azure
• Front End (React/Vue)
• Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
• IaC (Terraform/Ansible)
• Java, Python and Go

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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