Company: Forward Role
Location: Cheltenham
Job Description:
Full Stack Software Engineer – National Security- Contract or Perm
Be part of a growing and highly trusted supplier in the National Security domain, delivering mission-critical solutions that help keep the nation safe, secure and prosperous, working across leading-edge technology including AI/DS, Cyber, Cloud, DevOps/SRE and Platform Engineering.
Location
- Cheltenham, Manchester or London
Rate
- Day rate of £630 for contract
- £55,000-£85,000+ for permanent
Security Clearance
- Active eDV clearance required
Responsibilities
- Writing clean, secure code following a test-driven approach
- Creating code that is open by default and easy for others to reuse
- Translating logical designs into physical designs
- Producing detailed designs
- Documenting work using required standards, methods and tools, including prototyping tools where appropriate
- Working with established and emerging technologies, identifying appropriate patterns
- Integrating API/UI components with existing data stores and APIs
- Maintaining and developing existing architectural components including Data Ingest, Data Stores and REST APIs
- Participating in sprint ceremonies — stand-ups, epic decomposition, demos and planning sessions
- Helping the wider team understand upcoming API features and their impact
- Collaborating with user researchers and representing users internally
Required Skills
- Spring Boot
- Java Enterprise development
- React / VueJS / AngularJS
- Appropriate testing frameworks
- Technologically curious, willing and able to tactically upskill on new technologies
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Posted: August 17th, 2026
