Software Engineer

We love to experiment with the latest tools, technologies and techniques to improve how we deliver our solutions. As a software engineer, you can expect to be involved in:

• Producing rich front-end UI and efficient services with technologies like React, Angular, and Vue.
• The automation of environmental and application deployment, scaling, and management using Kubernetes, Terraform, both in the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or on-premise.

About You

• You’re an engineer at heart and enjoy the challenge of building complex software solutions.
• You want to work across a range of tech environments.
• Your priorities will be building new systems and improving stability, security, and efficiency.
• You’re keen to learn new technologies and languages.
• You’re comfortable operating in an Agile environment with a good working knowledge of areas such as CI/CD, build pipelines, testing, and architecture.
• You have a good understanding of computing fundamentals (e.g., logic, data structures, algorithms, low-level architecture, networks stack) along with strong software design skills, including OO, and knowledge of version control systems such as Git.
• You love nothing more than grabbing a pen and whiteboarding the next challenge.
• You’re a confident communicator with demonstrable English language proficiency (both written & verbal).

Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental, and more).
• Industry-leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual’s needs, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and others.
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary).
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight-knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility, and you can split your time between the office, client site, and WFH.
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands.
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals.
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option.
• Electric vehicle scheme.
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly.
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech.
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS.
• We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join – quarterly town halls, squad nights out, weekends away with families included, office get-togethers.