Senior Software Engineer

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><h3 id="isPasted"><strong>Company Overview</strong></h3> <p>Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.</p> <p>Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.</p> <p>At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.</p> <p>Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.</p></div><h3><strong>Group Overview</strong></h3> <p>The Digital and Synthetic Capability Unit (D&amp;S) is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space. </p> <h3><strong>Position Summary</strong></h3> <p>Metrea is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our software development team, building business software solutions and visualisations for the Enterprise.</p> <h3><strong>What You'll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Design, implement, and maintain well-tested, scalable code in alignment with our engineering principles and standards</li> <li>Lead the delivery of features and enhancements to production, coordinating cross-functionally where needed</li> <li>Architect, design, and implement microservices or monolithic solutions to improve functionality and performance</li> <li>Apply strong understanding of system architecture and design patterns to propose and implement effective technical solutions</li> <li>Troubleshoot, debug and resolve production issues, including conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventative improvements</li> <li>Actively contribute to code reviews, providing constructive feedback to uphold and elevate overall code quality across the team</li> <li>Collaborate effectively with teammates and stakeholders, contributing to technical discussions and leading design decisions</li> <li>Proactively identify technical debt, performance bottlenecks and architectural improvements, and drive initiatives to address them</li> <li>Consistently adhere to and help reinforce our Ways of Working, contributing to process improvements where appropriate</li> <li>Communicate progress, risks and trade-offs clearly to the team and relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with the product roadmap</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring</strong></h3> <ul> <li>6 years of experience as a backend engineer with a strong focus on web development, REST APIs and software architecture ideally with Python frameworks</li> <li>BSc level qualification in Software Engineering or equivalent Computer Science related discipline </li> <li>Strong understanding and practical experience of web development using Python Frameworks e.g. Django/FastAPI</li> <li>Experience with cloud technologies, preferably Azure, and tools like Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch</li> <li>Understanding and/or experience of team delivery in an Agile software development environment</li> <li>Drive to learn constantly and further your knowledge</li> <li>Strong leadership, organisational skills, proactive approach to task delivery and required documentation</li> <li>Great interpersonal skills, able to confidently communicate and articulate technical issues to non-technical team members</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Private Medical Insurance </li> <li>Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub </li> <li>Electric Car scheme </li> <li>Cycle to work scheme </li> <li>Free lunch on office days </li> <li>Enhanced Parental Leave </li> <li>30 days annual PTO plus b/h</li> <li>Bonus Scheme</li> <li>Personal development opportunities </li> </ul> <h3><strong>Work Authorization / Security Clearance</strong></h3> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW169204765 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW169204765 BCX8">The employee will have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom and will be able to produce right to work documentation. </span></span>Employee must undergo a minimum of BPSS check. Employee must be willing to sign the Official Secrets Act. </p> <h3><strong>AAP/EEO Statement</strong></h3> <p>Metrea is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. </p> <h3><strong>Position Type and Expected Hours of Work</strong></h3> <p>This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may c