Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Company Aker Systems designs, builds & operates advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI-driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech-enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud & data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data & platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real-time expertise & solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. Duties & Responsibilities As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for National Security and Defence clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. You will: Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results Mentoring and driving the team to deliver our customer's requirements Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. Experience working in DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other public and private cloud (hybrid) environments Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/EKS & AKS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka and Flink Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Company Aker Systems designs, builds & operates advanced, ultra-secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI-driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech-enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud & data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data & platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real-time expertise & solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. Duties & Responsibilities As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for National Security and Defence clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. You will: Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results Mentoring and driving the team to deliver our customer's requirements Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. Experience working in DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other public and private cloud (hybrid) environments Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes, Docker, ECS/EKS & AKS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka and Flink Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. Responsibilities Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater. An equivalent of at least 5 plus years' of working experience in a DevOps capacity is also required for this position. Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment Server build and administration, Linux and Windows GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will help lead the development and implementation of secure cloud environments hosting data and batch/real-time analytical platforms for public and private sector clients, leveraging the latest commercial and open-source technologies and techniques. This also involves building automated deployments using configuration management technology, deploying new modules, upgrades and fixes to test and production environments. Responsibilities Build, test and deploy cloud-based infrastructure and applications using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code Contribute to the coding of custom test automation frameworks Perform script maintenance and updates due to changes in requirements or implementations Assist with setup/maintenance of environments for both manual and automated testing Assist in production support through the investigation and resolution of incidents Perform ongoing routine application maintenance tasks Assist in conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications Participate in the contingency planning, including reliable backup and restore procedures Document functions and changes to new or modified modules and test activities/results Mentoring and driving the team to deliver to the start our customer's require Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater. An equivalent of at least 5 plus years' of working experience in a DevOps capacity is also required for this position. Commercial Experience in deploying and operating infrastructure (network, servers, services) and applications on AWS and other cloud environments Developing and operating using open source and commercial software within a cloud-centric environment Server build and administration, Linux and Windows GitHub/GitLab for source control and performing code reviews as part of the build and deployment cycle CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code technologies, e.g. Terraform and Ansible Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience of cloud orchestration and containerisation technologies, such as Kubernetes and Docker Knowledge of large-scale databases and distributed technologies, such as RDS Knowledge of distributed event streaming technologies, such as Kafka Write/maintain automation script using Bash/Shell or python scripting languages Experience of mentoring and leading people around you and taking point on key decisions Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
A technology solutions company in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and develop secure enterprise data solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud solutions, proficient in JAVA and JVM languages, and familiar with Agile methodologies. This role features a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical insurance, holiday leave, and a training allowance.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology solutions company in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and develop secure enterprise data solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in cloud solutions, proficient in JAVA and JVM languages, and familiar with Agile methodologies. This role features a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including medical insurance, holiday leave, and a training allowance.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest in the long term, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. We will support you in obtaining enhanced DV Clearance. Whilst eDV is being processed, you will be working with our Central Government clients on SC level work. Duties & Responsibilities Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala) Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience with micro service design patterns Experience in Big Data technologies Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunity Statement Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground-breaking, ultra-secure, high performance, cloud-based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest in the long term, across both short and long-lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real-world problems, keeping the UK safe. We will support you in obtaining enhanced DV Clearance. Whilst eDV is being processed, you will be working with our Central Government clients on SC level work. Duties & Responsibilities Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non-functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala) Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience with micro service design patterns Experience in Big Data technologies Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Opportunity Statement Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
A technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Engineer to develop backend services for a government client. You will design, document, and deploy solutions focusing on high availability and scalability. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, along with substantial experience in JAVA and its frameworks. The position emphasizes collaborative work in Agile environments and responsibilities for the service deployments. The company offers competitive benefits and promotes a diverse workplace.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Software Engineer to develop backend services for a government client. You will design, document, and deploy solutions focusing on high availability and scalability. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, along with substantial experience in JAVA and its frameworks. The position emphasizes collaborative work in Agile environments and responsibilities for the service deployments. The company offers competitive benefits and promotes a diverse workplace.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Company Aker Systems designs, builds & operates advanced, ultra secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud & data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data & platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real time expertise & solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real world problems, keeping the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. Duties & Responsibilities As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend platforms and services for National Security and Defence clients leveraging the latest commercial and open source technologies in private and public cloud environments. Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala) Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience with micro service design patterns Experience in Big Data technologies Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Employment Opportunity Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Company Aker Systems designs, builds & operates advanced, ultra secure data infrastructure, delivering data modernisation at enterprise scale to enable AI driven transformation and seamless sharing of trusted data at scale, predominantly for highly regulated and Central Government clients in the UK. Aker has proven tech enabled service offerings - covering the entire client lifecycle through strategic cloud & data capability leadership, secure cloud and data infrastructure modernisation, managed services in client environments and data & platform engineering. Aker powers AI digital transformation through trusted, enterprise scale data modernisation with proven mission critical, secure, trusted and real time expertise & solutions. With deeply trusted relationships and influence, innovative technology and excellent delivery track record. Client Focus You will be working for national security and defence clients in the Southwest, across both short and long lived programmes of work, as part of an Agile team of likeminded individuals that thrive on solving real world problems, keeping the UK safe. Due to the nature of the work and the customers, you must hold enhanced DV Security Clearance. Duties & Responsibilities As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend platforms and services for National Security and Defence clients leveraging the latest commercial and open source technologies in private and public cloud environments. Design, develop, document, deploy and enhance features to our platforms and services that meet functional / non functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have at least 5 years professional experience delivering production grade cloud solutions. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; Fluent in writing JAVA coding and experience with JVM compatible languages (Kotlin, Scala) Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience working in Agile DevSecOps environments and Zero Trust Architecture Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Using GitHub/GitLab/Atlassian Suite for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience with micro service design patterns Experience in Big Data technologies Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Employment Opportunity Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
A technology solutions provider in the UK seeks a skilled Solution Architect to support product delivery within cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing secure cloud solutions and working with distributed systems. Responsibilities include developing high-level designs, supporting option analyses, and collaborating with DevOps teams. They offer a competitive salary, medical insurance, and an annual training allowance among other benefits, in a supportive and diverse environment.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology solutions provider in the UK seeks a skilled Solution Architect to support product delivery within cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing secure cloud solutions and working with distributed systems. Responsibilities include developing high-level designs, supporting option analyses, and collaborating with DevOps teams. They offer a competitive salary, medical insurance, and an annual training allowance among other benefits, in a supportive and diverse environment.
A technology company in the UK is looking for a Lead Security Architect. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in security and risk management in regulated industries, particularly UK Government. Key responsibilities include leading security assurance for cloud services and defining security testing protocols. A competitive salary, benefits, and a diverse work environment are offered.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology company in the UK is looking for a Lead Security Architect. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in security and risk management in regulated industries, particularly UK Government. Key responsibilities include leading security assurance for cloud services and defining security testing protocols. A competitive salary, benefits, and a diverse work environment are offered.
A technology firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development of backend platforms for national security and defense clients. You will work in an Agile team to leverage your expertise in JAVA, cloud technologies, and DevSecOps practices. This role requires at least 5 years of professional experience, especially in creating secure, high-performance solutions. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead the development of backend platforms for national security and defense clients. You will work in an Agile team to leverage your expertise in JAVA, cloud technologies, and DevSecOps practices. This role requires at least 5 years of professional experience, especially in creating secure, high-performance solutions. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical insurance, and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
A technology solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to develop secure cloud environments for national security and defence clients. You will build, test, and deploy cloud-based infrastructure using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in cloud solutions, with expertise in DevSecOps and AWS. A competitive salary and benefits such as company paid medical insurance and 25 days holiday are offered.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A technology solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to develop secure cloud environments for national security and defence clients. You will build, test, and deploy cloud-based infrastructure using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies. The role requires at least 5 years of experience in cloud solutions, with expertise in DevSecOps and AWS. A competitive salary and benefits such as company paid medical insurance and 25 days holiday are offered.
A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to develop secure cloud environments that host data and analytics for both public and private clients. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years of DevOps experience, expertise with AWS, and skills in CI/CD techniques. Responsibilities include building cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and mentoring team members. This role comes with a competitive salary and multiple perks.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A leading technology company in the UK is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to develop secure cloud environments that host data and analytics for both public and private clients. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years of DevOps experience, expertise with AWS, and skills in CI/CD techniques. Responsibilities include building cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and mentoring team members. This role comes with a competitive salary and multiple perks.
A leading tech firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA Engineering People Manager to elevate the quality engineering strategy on their cloud-native platform. This pivotal role involves driving BDD practices, developing automated test frameworks, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have significant experience as a Lead QA Engineer and strong expertise in Kotlin or Java automation. A competitive salary and multiple benefits including paid medical insurance and ongoing training opportunities are offered.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
A leading tech firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a QA Engineering People Manager to elevate the quality engineering strategy on their cloud-native platform. This pivotal role involves driving BDD practices, developing automated test frameworks, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have significant experience as a Lead QA Engineer and strong expertise in Kotlin or Java automation. A competitive salary and multiple benefits including paid medical insurance and ongoing training opportunities are offered.
QA Engineering People Manager - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We are seeking a QA Engineering People Manager to drive and evolve our quality engineering strategy across our highly secure, cloud native platform. Operating at the intersection of security, scalability, and performance, you'll work within the Product & Innovation team-collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Architects to ensure built in quality from concept to deployment. You will champion Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), lead the development of automated test frameworks, and guide teams in testing distributed, event driven architectures deployed on AWS, Azure, and GCP. If you're passionate about combining hands on QA engineering with technical leadership in a highly secure, mission critical environment, this is your role. Key Responsibilities Define and own the end to end QA strategy across frontend, backend, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure Champion BDD practices, enabling teams to define and automate executable specifications using Gherkin/Cucumber in Kotlin/Java Build and maintain automated test frameworks that support microservices and Kafka based event driven systems Lead frontend testing using Playwright, ensuring a seamless and secure user experience Shape performance, load, and resilience testing strategies for distributed and containerised services Integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps workflows Mentor and coach QA engineers to create a culture of ownership, accountability, and quality first thinking Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Architecture to drive testability into design Manage a team of QA Engineers with responsibilities including performance coaching and management, engagement and team building Mentor and drive the team to deliver to the standards our customers require Provide constructive and real time feedback to your direct reports through goal setting, regular 1:1s, personal development conversations and annual appraisals Drive engagement, productivity and motivation through your team by analysing, discussing and acting on insights from the employee engagement survey specific to your area. Encourage team camaraderie and collaboration. Resolve any conflicts within the team promptly and effectively thus ensuring a positive and productive working environment Successfully onboard and train new hires, complete probation milestones and processes, create robust inductions and provide career development support and guidance Tech Stack & Environment Languages/Frameworks: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot Frontend: React, tested with Playwright Test Automation: Custom BDD frameworks in Kotlin/Java Cloud Platforms: AWS (Azure and GCP also in use) CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins What We're Looking For Must Haves: Significant experience as a Lead QA Engineer in a product or platform engineering team Deep expertise in BDD and writing executable specifications (feature files, scenarios) Proven hands on experience in automating test suites using Kotlin or Java Comfortable testing both frontend UI and backend services/APIs Strong exposure to Kafka and asynchronous/event driven architectures Solid understanding of cloud native systems, containerisation, and CI/CD best practices Strong communication and leadership skills-able to influence quality culture across teams Analytical mindset with a passion for system resilience, test coverage, and early defect detection Nice to Haves: Experience in regulated environments (BFSI, healthcare, telecom, public sector) Familiarity with contract testing, chaos testing, or service virtualization Knowledge of security testing practices for cloud environments Contributions to open source test tooling or frameworks Mindset & Culture Fit Our team believes that quality is a product, not a phase. We're looking for someone who: Brings a builder's mindset to quality-not just finding defects, but preventing them early Thrives in complex, ambiguous environments and builds structure with clarity Is collaborative by nature, but unafraid to challenge assumptions Has the resilience and adaptability to work across multi cloud, high assurance systems Believes in continuous learning, both as an individual and for the team Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
QA Engineering People Manager - Product team Remote/Home Based, UK Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. We are seeking a QA Engineering People Manager to drive and evolve our quality engineering strategy across our highly secure, cloud native platform. Operating at the intersection of security, scalability, and performance, you'll work within the Product & Innovation team-collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Architects to ensure built in quality from concept to deployment. You will champion Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), lead the development of automated test frameworks, and guide teams in testing distributed, event driven architectures deployed on AWS, Azure, and GCP. If you're passionate about combining hands on QA engineering with technical leadership in a highly secure, mission critical environment, this is your role. Key Responsibilities Define and own the end to end QA strategy across frontend, backend, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure Champion BDD practices, enabling teams to define and automate executable specifications using Gherkin/Cucumber in Kotlin/Java Build and maintain automated test frameworks that support microservices and Kafka based event driven systems Lead frontend testing using Playwright, ensuring a seamless and secure user experience Shape performance, load, and resilience testing strategies for distributed and containerised services Integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps workflows Mentor and coach QA engineers to create a culture of ownership, accountability, and quality first thinking Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Architecture to drive testability into design Manage a team of QA Engineers with responsibilities including performance coaching and management, engagement and team building Mentor and drive the team to deliver to the standards our customers require Provide constructive and real time feedback to your direct reports through goal setting, regular 1:1s, personal development conversations and annual appraisals Drive engagement, productivity and motivation through your team by analysing, discussing and acting on insights from the employee engagement survey specific to your area. Encourage team camaraderie and collaboration. Resolve any conflicts within the team promptly and effectively thus ensuring a positive and productive working environment Successfully onboard and train new hires, complete probation milestones and processes, create robust inductions and provide career development support and guidance Tech Stack & Environment Languages/Frameworks: Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot Frontend: React, tested with Playwright Test Automation: Custom BDD frameworks in Kotlin/Java Cloud Platforms: AWS (Azure and GCP also in use) CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins What We're Looking For Must Haves: Significant experience as a Lead QA Engineer in a product or platform engineering team Deep expertise in BDD and writing executable specifications (feature files, scenarios) Proven hands on experience in automating test suites using Kotlin or Java Comfortable testing both frontend UI and backend services/APIs Strong exposure to Kafka and asynchronous/event driven architectures Solid understanding of cloud native systems, containerisation, and CI/CD best practices Strong communication and leadership skills-able to influence quality culture across teams Analytical mindset with a passion for system resilience, test coverage, and early defect detection Nice to Haves: Experience in regulated environments (BFSI, healthcare, telecom, public sector) Familiarity with contract testing, chaos testing, or service virtualization Knowledge of security testing practices for cloud environments Contributions to open source test tooling or frameworks Mindset & Culture Fit Our team believes that quality is a product, not a phase. We're looking for someone who: Brings a builder's mindset to quality-not just finding defects, but preventing them early Thrives in complex, ambiguous environments and builds structure with clarity Is collaborative by nature, but unafraid to challenge assumptions Has the resilience and adaptability to work across multi cloud, high assurance systems Believes in continuous learning, both as an individual and for the team Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Duties & Responsibilities A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability. Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field. An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a developer capacity is also acceptable for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot. Fluent in writing JAVA coding. Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience with Scala and Spark. Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams Using GitHub/GitLab for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience in Big Data technologies Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Employment Opportunity Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.
Dec 16, 2025
Full time
Aker Systems was founded in 2017 by a team of experienced technology professionals who recognised an opportunity to provide highly secure enterprise data platforms to large organisations. We build and operate ground breaking, ultra secure, high performance, cloud based data infrastructure for the enterprise. Our proprietary technology solutions drive performance and reduce costs while helping our clients to improve the management and sharing of data across their organisations. In 2024, Aker Systems won the Breakthrough Culture Awards highlighting growth companies putting culture first. In 2020 Aker Systems was recognised as a 'One to Watch' on the Sunday Times Tech Track. The Company was also recognised at the Thames Valley Tech Awards 2020; winning the Thames Valley Tech Company of the year, the Emerging Tech Company and High Growth Tech Business categories. We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, and supportive place for you to do your very best work. Duties & Responsibilities A UK Government Security Check (SC) clearance is required for this role. If you don't hold SC clearance, we will support you to apply assuming you have lived and worked in the UK for a minimum of 5 years. As a Software Engineer, you will help lead the development of backend services for a government client leveraging the latest commercial and open source technologies. This involves designing, developing, documenting and deploying backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability. Design, develop, document and deploy new or enhanced features to our backend services that meet functional / non functional business requirements Actively participate in the team's elaboration and estimation of user stories Build frequent, small releases to maintain the team's momentum Collaborate closely with other engineers in our cross functional feature teams; ensuring that others can cover for you, and that you can cover for them Build, optimise and operate our Continuous Deployment pipelines Maintain operational responsibility for the services that your team owns Core Competencies The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree or greater in Computer Science or a related field. An equivalent of at least 5 years of working experience in a developer capacity is also acceptable for this position. You will have demonstrated the following competencies to the proficiency level appropriate to the seniority of the role; JAVA programming experience as the core language, including Spring Boot. Fluent in writing JAVA coding. Experience with Kafka or a similar platform. Experience with Scala and Spark. Integrating with backing services, such as PostgreSQL, Redis or S3 Good engineering practices including continuous delivery, clean code, documentation, defensive programming, automated testing and code reviews Working in Agile development and/or DevOps teams Using GitHub/GitLab for source control Test Driven Development with appropriate tools and frameworks Experience in Big Data technologies Experience in Public Cloud services, such as AWS Aker Systems Attributes At Aker we work as a team; we are collaborative, hardworking, open, and delivery obsessed. There is no blame culture here: try things, and take responsibility for the outcomes. You are always part of the wider Aker. We help our colleagues and take pride in successfully achieving difficult tasks. We run towards problems and help to solve them. Communicate always, do so accurately and in a timely fashion. Benefits In return, we offer a competitive salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, company paid medical insurance and life assurance, pension scheme, annual training allowance, wellbeing allowance, virtual GP, Employee Assistance plan and more. Equal Employment Opportunity Aker Systems fosters a diverse environment that encourages openness in its communications and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, veteran status or other personal characteristics. We embrace differences of opinion and diversity because they help challenge us and find new groundbreaking technical solutions.