Great ideas come from different minds. That’s why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background — and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most.
And as the challenges evolve, so do we — working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.
About Roke
Roke offers specialist knowledge in sensors, communications, cyber, and AI and ML. We change the way organisations think and act – through dynamic insights from the analysis of multiple layers of data. We take care of the innovative, technical stuff that keeps everyone safe – that’s our mission, passion, and motivation.
Joining a team united by purpose and ambition, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting growth journey: having doubled in size over the last 4 years. We push technical boundaries, together. We re-invest in product innovation, and we empower our people to make a difference.
The Opportunity
We seek a passionate software engineer to join our Defence Information Advantage team to drive best practice in agile delivery into deployed solutions typically at the edge. The Defence domain represents many unique and cutting-edge challenges for software which needs to utilise the best in ML and edge compute to optimise operation on deployed equipment. Roke also utilised to the best in DevOps automation to drive faster capability deployment and uplift times than was typical within the industry.
Your Role
The role will give you opportunity to expand your skills into sensors and robotics. You will oversee code releases, deployments, and support operational systems. The role calls for both technical skills and soft skills to communicate effectively with colleagues at different levels in the organization in a collaborative and holistic environment.
What you’ll bring
As a software engineer, you will have a degree level qualification in a STEM subject, or an equivalent level of practical experience.
Depending on your level of ability/experience, you will have familiarity, competence or expertise in a subset of these areas:
Software languages:
- Python
- Java
- Rust
- JavaScript
Cloud technologies:
- AWS primarily
- Azure and GCP beneficial
Virtualisation and Containerisation
- Containerisation (e.g. Docker, Podman)
- Container management (e.g. Kubernetes)
- Experience in GPU containerisation (e.g. NVIDIA Container Toolkit, Run:AI)
Architectural styles
- Microservices
- Serverless
- Edge compute
- APIs (both RESTful and Protobuf GRPC)
- Stream based pub/sub systems (including Kafka and MQTT)
DevSecOps tooling
- Version control (e.g. Git)
- Continuous Integration/Deployment (e.g. Gitlab CI/CD)
- Infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Ansible)
- Linux shell scripting
Beyond your technical skills, you will be proactive and able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders. You will work well alone or as part of a team and grasp opportunities. You will be curious and seek out the best approach/solution/tool for the job at hand.
Areas of responsibility
- Work with product owners and other engineering disciplines to deliver software
- Join and contribute to agile ceremonies following Scrum, Kanban or SAFe Agile.
- Work with quality engineers to ensure the products and services are of high quality.
- Participate and contribute to code reviews.
- Support operational systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Why You Should Join Us
We have a competitive salary and access to a number of additional flexible benefits, which will cover Health and Wellbeing, Savings and Protection and Life, Leisure and Entertainment.
Roke has a great community of groups with shared interests. These enable people to share ideas and be passionate about tools, technologies and techniques, which interest them.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our working environment is friendly, creative and inclusive and support a diverse work-force and those with additional needs.
Security Information
Due to the nature of this position, we require you to be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, the candidate should have resided in the UK for the last 5 years for SC.
