Junior Software Engineer

Join Bright Network as our Junior Software Engineer!

Introducing Bright Network:

At Bright Network, we believe that “talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not”. We're on a mission to change that. As a leading data and tech platform, we’re building the workforce of tomorrow. With over 1 million members, partnerships with 300+ global companies, and £10M+ in venture capital backing, we’re moving fast - having launched into new markets and scaling rapidly.

Our Tech & Product Team play a core role in empowering the next generation with insights, advice and guidance to connect them with leading employers like Amazon, Google, HSBC and many more. Now, we’re searching for a Junior Software Engineer to join our Tech & Product Team as we head into our next exciting chapter of growth.

The Role:

As our Junior Software Engineer, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to work in our newly founded growth squad, supporting in building innovative features that solve real-world problems for our student members and our employer clients. As well as being a key member of the growth squad, you’ll be working closely with the rest of the lovely and talented developers in our team, along with product, design and other stakeholders across the company - enacting real and meaningful change to students and graduates in the UK and beyond!

Your primary codebase will be a greenfield TypeScript project. Most of the architectural decisions have yet to be made, so you’ll work closely in collaboration with the rest our growth squad and support them with what this will look like in the future.

What you can expect to work on in your first six months…

• Working closely with our Tech & Product team to support in iterating rapidly on our new product ideas
• Participating and supporting on design reviews for new systems, and/or participating and supporting in discussions around the best ways in which to solve technical issues we encounter
• Unlock your potential with hands-on experience to consistently learn and develop, becoming an expert Software Engineer

Does this sound like you? 

• You’re passionate about building a career within software engineering within a collaborative Tech & Product team
• You’re keen to learn and willing to get stuck in by sharing ideas regularly, trying new projects and getting to grips with new software
• You pride yourself on being a diligent and reliable team player with excellent time management skills
• Experience with TypeScript and JavaScript would be a plus, but not a necessity

What makes our team & culture great? 

We’ve worked really hard to build the engineering team and culture that we want to work in, and we all believe we’ve built something special. We are focused on world-class engineering to build high-quality, scalable and user-centred products and platforms.

We work hard to balance our ambitious objectives with our own personal development each sprint. We operate on a “no egos” basis and push for a high-performing team with psychological safety. You’ll have a lot of autonomy and influence on our technology and processes, and will find very little red tape or unnecessary constraints here. Our drive for evidence and data-driven decisions has helped us in creating multiple products that we take a lot of pride in!

What's in it for you, as our future Junior Software Engineer?

• We have recently been awarded the Great Place To Work certification, reflecting our commitment to a positive and supportive workplace culture and recognising our focus on employee satisfaction, inclusivity & work-life balance ⚖️
• Join a high-growth and rapidly scaling business – we launched internationally into the German market in 2022 and have further growth planned this year 🚀
• Incredible progression & development opportunities – year on year approx. 20% of our team receive promotions – you can check the team out on LinkedIn if you don’t believe us! 📈
• Enjoy 28 days’ annual leave plus two weeks off during our Christmas Office Closure. This does not include Bank Holidays, either! 📆
• Market-leading benefits package: flexible and hybrid working, "work from anywhere" policy, £50 monthly wellbeing budget, enhanced pension contribution via Aviva, private healthcare via Bupa, enhanced parental leave, regular team socials & much, much more! 💎
• You’ll be driving forward our mission - upskilling the next generation of future talent and connecting members with opportunities they otherwise simply wouldn’t have access to! 🧡

Key Details:

• Location: Edinburgh HQ with hybrid-working
• Salary: £35,000 – 40,000
• Start date: ASAP

Interview Process:

• Initial call: Initial 30-minute Zoom call with our Senior Talent Partner
• 1st round: Technical test followed by a technical interview
• Final round: Values & culture interview and final meeting with our Platform CEO

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Commitment: 

Equal opportunities for all is a core part of what we do at Bright Network. To this end, we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and endeavour to run a fair and equal hiring process at all times. We assess and recruit candidates based on competency and potential, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability status.  

To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, please click here.