Senior APEX Developer

Job Title:                     Senior APEX Developer

Location:                     Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation:           Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                       SF72839

Design Digital Solutions that Help Protect the Protectors.

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior APEX Developer, at Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire our site.

The role

As a Senior APEX Developer, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll join our Digital Solutions team, delivering robust, secure and innovative applications that support the through‑life engineering of the UK naval submarine fleet.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Lead requirements analysis and produce technical design solutions for large and complex software programmes
• Develop high‑quality Oracle Application Express applications using efficient, reusable and maintainable code
• Write and maintain complex server‑side Procedural Language extensions to the Structured Query Language

         (PL/SQL) for data validation, integration and import/export processes

• Apply technical expertise to evaluate options, assess risk and recommend optimal solutions
• Collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to continuously improve digital capability

This is a full‑time role, working 35 hours per week, based at Bristol Technology Centre, Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Leicester, Leicestershire. Set working times are 7:30am–3:30pm Monday to Thursday and 7:00am–12:00pm Friday. Hybrid working patterns are available. You will work a minimum of two days a week onsite.

Essential experience of the Senior APEX Developer:

• Proven experience developing web‑based applications using Oracle Application Express
• Strong competence in PL/SQL, including complex server‑side development
• Working knowledge of JavaScript within enterprise applications
• A disciplined and methodical approach to configuration and change control
• Motivation to take ownership of your professional development

Qualifications for the Senior APEX Developer:

• Oracle‑related certifications or relevant software engineering qualifications are advantageous
• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK National who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. There is an annual Window to request this benefit. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 29/04/2026

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