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Software Engineer - Manchester

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Software Engineer at QinetiQ (defence technology) solving complex technical problems in an Agile-first team, working with Kubernetes infrastructure and automated GitLab delivery pipelines. Salary ranges from £43,000 to £83,000 per year; posting is titled Manchester while the listed location is Farnborough, Hampshire.

Salary: £43,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Experience working in an Agile-first environment with transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement
  • Ability to solve complex technical issues using appropriate tools, design patterns, and in-depth knowledge
  • Comfort working with infrastructure such as Kubernetes and automated delivery pipelines using GitLab
  • Ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, deliverable steps
  • Willingness to collaborate across teams and proactively seek guidance when needed
  • Interest in sharing knowledge and supporting the development of other team members
  • Comfort working on novel challenges and with a degree of ambiguity
  • Ability to challenge the status quo and improve processes, codebases, and team efficiency
Responsibilities:
  • Build in-depth knowledge and apply design patterns to solve complex technical issues
  • Proactively find and own solutions that improve team processes and efficiency
  • Collaborate actively in team meetings
  • Engage in design debates and constructively challenge solutions
  • Identify technical risks and create or update useful documentation
  • Help manage and maintain our own infrastructure, including Kubernetes
  • Build automated delivery pipelines using GitLab
  • Work closely with Platform Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners
Technologies:
  • GitLab
  • Kubernetes
  • AI
  • Camunda
  • DevOps
  • ElasticSearch
  • Graph Database
  • Support
  • Neo4J
  • React

More:

We are Naimuri, a technology company that has grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester, with a significant presence in Cheltenham and London. We work in an Agile-first environment and place people and culture at the heart of our mission of making the UK a safer place to be. We offer a culture of enablement, focus on quality, and active collaboration, alongside continuous personal development through mentoring, training, and a progression framework. The role is based in Salford Quays, Manchester, with flexible full-time working, part-time options that can be discussed, core hours of 10:00am to 3:00pm, and most teams having agreed in-office days. Benefits include flexible/hybrid working options, performance bonus, company bonus, pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, AXA group 1 medical cover, holiday purchase/buy-back scheme, cycle to work scheme, and car benefit scheme. Depending on the project, you may also be required to travel to a local customer site or occasionally to other locations in the UK.

last updated 36 week of 2026

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