Software Engineer (Python and Java)

Software Engineer

Programme Name: Maritime Internal Research & Development

Location: Farnborough with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

Salary: 47600 - 61000

Are you ready for your next career challenge

We are seeking a Software Engineer (Python and Java) to play a key role in advancing Maritime Internal Research and Development (IRAD) within our National Security & Defence (NS&D) Division. You will help shape nextgeneration capabilities in AI autonomy and machine learning taking innovative concepts from research through to solutions ready for integration with operational platforms.

Working in a fastpaced and collaborative environment you will contribute to problem analysis solution design and the delivery of highquality software across a diverse range of applications. Based at our Farnborough office with flexibility for primarily remote working you will join a highperforming multidisciplinary team operating across the UK.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact working within a creative team at the forefront of internal innovation and strategic business growth.

We are looking for engineers with a strong foundation in software development and a passion for delivering robust assured solutions. Due to the nature of the work candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain UK SC clearance and be a sole UK national. The role offers exposure across multiple IRAD workstreams and the full software development lifecycle providing the opportunity to grow your skills while contributing to missioncritical outcomes

The role is a full-time permanent position that will make an impact from Day 1.

Key Activities

• Develop Software Requirements and Software solutions/recommendations
• Contribute to architecture and design baselines
• Fast-paced experimentation and solution development to meet mission focused use cases
• Software development of solutions to quality/safety/security software standards
• Integration of bespoke and COTS software products
• Configuration of software products and toolchains
• Software modelling and simulation
• Ability to demo capabilities and rapidly iterate based on feedback
• Change and release management
• Curious and inquisitive issue investigation and a flexible and adaptable approach to resolution
• Technical risk and opportunity management
• Liaison with UK-wide and global colleagues suppliers and end user representatives
• Close working with other disciplines (i.e. Systems Engineering and Test Teams)

Skills Required:

• Proficiency in Python and Java; experience with C and JavaScript is desirable
• Experience working in Agile development environments
• Familiarity with Secure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines including tools such as Jira Bitbucket JFrog Ansible Grafana Splunk Confluence and Kubernetes
• Experience designing and implementing serviceoriented and microservices architectures
• Containerisation experience preferably using Docker
• Use of automated testing frameworks and tools
• Experience developing solutions on AWS
• Delivery of software in line with quality safety and security standards including Secure by Design principles
• Understanding of integrating sensor inputs effects of latency decision and behaviour trees failure modes autonomy algorithms performance tuning and assessing AI accuracy
• Experience with LLMs AI agents and generative AI techniques
• Exposure to AIassisted and agentic software engineering tools frameworks and patterns (e.g. MCP Claude Code)
• Integration and configuration of COTS products

Clearance Requirements: Current UK SC Clearance or the ability to gain UK SC Clearance. Sole UK National.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the worldsaferhealthier andmore efficient through technology engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.