Software Engineer

Software Engineer

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Hybrid – Edinburgh with remote options

up to £60,000

Build software unlike anything else on Earth.

Our boundary-pushing client are an R&D tech start-up at the forefront of advancing new and novel ways to see and experience data. This is truly bleeding-edge – nobody else in the world is doing anything quite like this.

From their beautiful city centre offices, a small, specialist team is doing extraordinary things with technologies like React, TypeScript, and Node. They are true craftspeople – with the freedom to experiment and explore on a grand scale.

Predominantly working in web technologies, we are looking for a generalist software engineer who values aesthetics, excited at the prospect of taking ownership over new feature development, and who can demonstrate true love for software engineering above and beyond their day job. Think conferences, personal projects, passion plays, portfolios. Have you always wanted to scratch an itch, work on something that really excites you? Well, this could be your playground…

What you’ll be doing

Working in a small team developing novel, real-time, large scale web apps

Iterating fast

Driving new feature development

Solve tough problems that haven’t been encountered, or thought about, before

Work with a broad range of technologies

Work at complexity and scale

What you’ll bring

An ability to work in UI technologies like Typescript and React

Experience building large-scale web applications

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git)

An appreciation for good UI/UX and data-heavy interfaces

A thoughtful, senior-level approach to collaboration and problem solving

Bonus points for

An interest in, or experience with, graphics, games, and design xiskglj

Being able to demonstrate personal work via portfolios, github, etc.

Backend experience or familiarity with AWS, Postgres

A keen eye for aesthetic detail

What’s in it for you

A salary of up to £60k

Flexible working and remote options

Top of the range hardware

Excellent holidays (generous allowance + BH)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Support and investment for meet-ups, conference talks, etc.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the industry