About the job 

We currently have an opportunity for a Software Engineer to join our existing experienced team.  

Location: Cheltenham with occasional travel to Hereford.

What do we look for in a Software Engineer? 

As Software Engineer, you'll showcase your expertise by deploying new solutions in challenging environments and enhancing existing platforms. You embrace the "MVP" approach, building incrementally and learning quickly from failures. You love tinkering and discovering innovative solutions. You're comfortable sharing ideas with both your team and our customers. You're eager to learn new technologies and step out of your comfort zone, with full support from us!

We value the right tools and languages to deliver the best for our customers. We trust our engineers to use what makes sense for the task. Our engineers write Android applications in Flutter and Kotlin and various applications in Go and Python. Experience in Source Control (Git) and language specific best practices is needed.

Experience of Data Analytics, CI/CD, Containers or writing Cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP) would be a bonus.

You'll join a small, high-performing team that supports you from day one and throughout your journey with us. The challenges you'll tackle are unique, whether due to security needs or location constraints, offering you a chance to make a significant impact.

We are committed to your professional growth, offering continuous learning opportunities, mentorship, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies. Your development is our priority, and we provide the time and support you need to thrive and advance in your career.

You should apply if:

You care about the impact your work has on our customers and optimise for impact rather than the number of lines of code you output. You should apply if:

• You care about customer outcomes, and you want to know and understand who we work with.
• You love finding new ways to solve problems.
• You’re comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity.
• You like spending a few days a week physically with the team.

About SiXworks

SiXworks is a leading provider of secure digital solutions, specialising in digital experimentation and focused on fail-safe-fast cutting-edge technology solutions deployed in highly secure environments. We are unified in our mission to accelerate innovation and adoption of secure, digital technology to improve the operational agility of Defence and National Security. This is an exciting time for us, we have ambitious plans for continued growth and development, and we are seeking to add brilliant, experienced, motivated, and passionate people to our team to work with us on this journey.

Why join SiXworks?

Our team is a fusion of brilliance, featuring senior operational, technical, and business leaders from various industries and the armed forces. We're also powered by a league of extraordinary IT engineers, architects, developers, and project managers. Together, we're an unstoppable force of digital innovation!

SiXworks’ expertise includes Secure-by-Design, cloud computing, advanced network and infrastructure design, rapid application development, cross-security domain systems, multi-tenanted High-Performance Compute, multi-source data platforms, cyber vulnerability mitigation, and intelligence systems. We provide supplier-agnostic, technical, and business consultancy to customers while championing open-source and best-of-breed technologies.

What can we offer in return?

SiXworks offers a unique work culture around our core principles Agility, Security, Innovation, Quality, Collaboration and Inclusivity. Together, these six principles form SiXworks' NORTH STAR, guiding the organisation towards success. This is reflected in the raft of benefits available to all our employees.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Professional Development opportunities
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Perks at Work scheme.
• Contributory company pension.
• Discretionary Bonus scheme.
• Secure, on-site parking, cafe, restaurant, and gym facilities.
• Casual dress.
• Free hot and cold drinks in our own, modern kitchen/break-out.

A word on UK Security Clearance

Due to the secure nature of the position and working environment, you must be a UK sole national and either have, or be eligible to obtain Security Clearance.

More details relating to UK Security Clearance can be found here:

United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

SiXworks is an IBM subsidiary which has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated into the IBM organisation. SiXworks will be the hiring entity.  By proceeding with this application, you understand that SiXworks will share your personal information with other IBM subsidiaries involved in your recruitment process, wherever these are located. More Information on how IBM protects your personal information, including the safeguards in case of cross-border data transfer, are available here: https://www.ibm.com/privacy

Notice

SiXworks recognises the benefits of Reserve service to Country, Company and individual.

We support Reservists and actively encourage them to apply.

We are not considering submissions from agencies.