About the role

Junior Software Engineer designing, building, and delivering digital services for real-world public sector engagements. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams on technology-agnostic solutions in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

Deliver software components: Take responsibility for building and supporting small-to-medium components or services across the full software lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment, operation, and improvement.
Collaborate on architecture and design: Work with Lead and Senior Engineers to understand and implement architectural patterns, design decisions, and coding standards, producing clear and maintainable documentation.
Support delivery planning: Work with your team and Delivery Managers to plan work, estimate effort, and identify technical risks and dependencies, escalating issues when needed.
Contribute to quality and best practice: Write clean, tested, and reliable code, follow agile practices including TDD, CI/CD, and code reviews, and help ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements.
Build stakeholder confidence: Communicate clearly with your team and, when appropriate, with clients and partner organisations, ensuring transparency in your work and progress.
Learn and develop: Take opportunities to grow your technical skills, learn from peers and senior colleagues, and apply new knowledge to improve delivery and team effectiveness.

Experience working as a software engineer in full-stack development, with proficiency in at least one backend language (.NET, Java, Python) and modern JavaScript frameworks/libraries.
Ability to develop and deliver software components or small services from design through to deployment.
Understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and modern cloud-native approaches (microservices, serverless).
Practical experience working in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban) and following practices such as TDD, CI/CD, and iterative delivery.
Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams, supporting senior engineers and contributing effectively to team goals.
An understanding of cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and related tooling for deployment and monitoring.
Good communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn from feedback and adapt.

InformedACADEMY™ – We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
Hybrid working*
Private Health Care Cover*
Generous life assurance cover*
Gym Membership*
Monthly office lunch
Onsite massage sessions
25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
Company Pension Contribution
Profit Share Scheme
Payment of professional subscriptions
Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals