Junior Software Engineer in London

You will play an active role in delivering the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad and be a key part of our Engineering team. Collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders as you work together to scope out what to build and how. Owning feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn. Being a part of our supportive engineering culture as you learn more and grow your career within Bloom & Wild Engineering.

You will love this role if you...

• Have a growth mindset: You don’t know everything yet, and that’s okay. You are optimistic, resilient, and excited to learn more and to grow your career.
• Want to work as part of a team: You value collaboration and truly believe in the value of diverse and inclusive teams.
• Are outcome driven: You’re enthusiastic, passionate, and keen to deliver impactful results.
• Have a solid grasp of web fundamentals: You understand semantic HTML and the importance of accessibility. You are comfortable with CSS concepts like the Box Model and Flexbox and can translate a design into code.
• Know enough JavaScript to be dangerous: You have a good handle on modern JavaScript (ES6+) and the DOM. If you have experience with a framework like Angular, React, or Vue, that’s a bonus, but strong core skills are what we value most.
• Are curious about the Back End: While you might lean towards the Front End, you are interested in learning how our platform works (Ruby on Rails and Python) and how to build the APIs that power our UI.
• Have a quality mindset: A passion for writing clean, secure code while also keeping an eye for opportunities for improvements.

It would be great if you also have...

• Exposure to Angular or Ruby on Rails through personal projects, bootcamps, or previous internships.
• An understanding of the difference between synchronous and asynchronous code (Promises/Observables).
• Experience using the command line/terminal to run your tools.
• Experience using an AI coding assistant.

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills, and experiences, so if you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do, and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support, and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working.

We really believe in the power of connection. For us, that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter. We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you’ll agree this with your manager.

Whether it’s through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an after-work social - we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. We’re big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing, and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day:

• Lead change for good: We have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most.
• Think deeply, act swiftly: We make sure there’s thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas.
• Care wildly: We pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference.
• Stay open, be curious: We’re open about what we’re doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other.

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day.

Our perks and benefits include:

• Flexible working & work from abroad
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year
• 1 Volunteering day each year
• Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme
• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we’re keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we’re the right move for you.

- Apply below (it takes 2 minutes!)

- Chat with Billy, our Senior Talent Manager for tech - to discuss our role and learn a bit more about your skills and background and how we might match your career & development goals.

- Interview with Jamie-Lee McLeish, Engineering Manager for Discovery & Gift-Building to get into more of the detail.

- Show us how you work through a technical challenge, which can be a live paired exercise with our engineers.

- Final chat with Martin or Steve from our Tech leadership team.

We believe in leading change for good, so if there’s anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience.

We’re excited to open applications for this role ahead of the new year. While you’re welcome to submit your application now, we want to be transparent that our recruitment process will begin in early January. As a people-first business, we also want to recognise that this may mean a short delay before you hear from us. Thank you for your patience and understanding—your application genuinely matters to us, and we look forward to reconnecting in the new year.