Junior Software Engineer

Junior Software Engineer

Join us at Bloom & Wild and help us care wildly for our customers, planet, and each other. We are a certified B Corp and the largest direct‑to‑consumer flower business in Europe, powered by a passionate team of over 60 technology professionals.

About the company

Founded in 2013, our mission is to make sending and receiving flowers joyful by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We recently closed a £75 million Series D and acquired bloomon in the Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. We are expanding beyond flowers to cakes, candles and cocktails, aiming to become Europe’s #1 gifting destination.

What you\’ll be doing

• Play an active role in delivering the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad and be a key part of our Engineering team.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and stakeholders to scope and build solutions.
• Own feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn.
• Grow your career within Bloom & Wild Engineering, supported by a supportive engineering culture.

What excites us

• Have a growth mindset: You don’t know everything yet, and that’s okay.
• Want to work as part of a team: You value collaboration and believe in diverse and inclusive teams.
• Are outcome‑driven: You’re passionate about delivering impactful results.
• Have a solid grasp of web fundamentals: Semantic HTML, accessibility, CSS box model and Flexbox.
• Know enough JavaScript to be dangerous: Modern ES6+ and the DOM. Experience with a framework such as Angular, React or Vue is a bonus.
• Are curious about the back end: You’re interested in Ruby on Rails and Python and building APIs.
• Have a quality mindset and a passion for clean, secure code.
• Experience with AI coding assistants.
• Exposure to Angular or Ruby on Rails through projects, bootcamps or internships.
• Understanding of synchronous vs asynchronous code (Promises/Observables).
• Experience using the command line to run your tools.
• We welcome applicants who share our values and are excited about thoughtful work, even if some listed skills are missing.

Benefits & perks

• Flexible working & work from abroad.
• 25 days holiday + birthday + flexible bank holidays, with option to buy extra days.
• Volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and workplace nursery scheme.
• Flexible training framework for every career stage.
• Irresistible discounts on Bloom & Wild products.
• Equity options from day one.

Application Process

• Chat with Billy, Senior Talent Manager for tech – discuss role, skills and career goals.
• Interview with Jamie‑Lee McLeish, Engineering Manager for Discovery & Gift‑Building – technical discussion.
• Show a technical challenge, live paired exercise with engineers.
• Final chat with Martin or Steve from the Tech leadership team.

Location

London, England, United Kingdom