
Fortice
Software Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £28,500 - 49,000 per year
Requirements:- 3+ years of commercial engineering experience
- Strong backend or cloud experience
- Experience with backend technologies such as Python, Java, C++, C# or Rust
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure or Kubernetes
- Frontend experience with TypeScript or React is nice to have
- Some level of experience within Defence, National Security or Policing / Justice
- Applicants must hold active SC or DV clearance
- Build and deliver software as part of capability development programmes across national security, policing and the wider public sector
- Design resilient backend services
- Integrate complex data sources
- Build tooling that analysts rely on to make critical decisions
- Work closely with customers and colleagues
- Mentor more junior engineers
- AWS
- Azure
- Backend
- C#
- Cloud
- Frontend
- Java
- Kubernetes
- Python
- React
- Rust
- Security
- TypeScript
- DevOps
More:
We are a fast-scaling boutique technical consultancy working exclusively across policing, national security and central government. We offer end-to-end project visibility, strong packages and bonuses, serious investment in development, and a modern office with hybrid working. We have a strong leadership team and real delivery credibility, and were hiring several Software Engineers across a range of stacks and seniorities. There are routes to eDV clearance for those who want to work on more sensitive national security programmes, with progression paths that can lead into management, architecture or deeper technical roles.
last updated 36 week of 2026
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Fortice
City of London
IT
Skills & Technologies
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£38,750
This role
£60,000
UK median
This salary is 35% below the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks