Junior Software Developer · Bristol

Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, so applicants will need to have existing eligibility to work in the UK.

Benefits

• Share Options (EMI) scheme
• 25 days annual leave, plus flexible bank holidays and the opportunity to buy additional days
• Pension scheme - opt‑in salary sacrifice scheme
• Life Insurance (3x annual salary)
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and workplace wellbeing initiatives
• Private Healthcare cash‑back scheme
• Flexible benefits, such as: Cycle to Work, volunteer days/opportunities and charity events
• Flexible working hours and location
• Enhanced parental leave packages and enhanced sick pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Engagement and celebration activities – anniversaries, birthdays, team building, company‑wide events

Role specifics

• Reporting to: Technical Lead
• Key stakeholders: Product Team, Support Team, Platform Team
• Organisational Framework Level: Level 2

About you / Job Summary

At Clue, we’re on a mission to transform investigations through intelligent technology. As a Junior Software Developer, you’ll be an integral part of our agile development team, contributing to the delivery of secure, scalable, and innovative software solutions in a fast‑paced scale‑up environment. We’re embracing the power of AI to enhance our products and workflows, and we’re looking for developers who share our curiosity and drive for innovation. We’re not just experimenting with AI – we’re embedding it into how we build, think, and evolve. You’ll actively harness tools like GitHub Copilot to push boundaries and accelerate development. You’ll bring at least two years of experience in a technical role and a strong desire to grow both technical and soft skills, both through self‑learning and from other team members.

Key Accountabilities

• Be an active member of a Clue agile team by actively participating in agile ceremonies and collaborating with the team to deliver planned work
• Write secure, maintainable and well‑tested code that follows our development standards and meets the requirements set out by the product team
• Engage and communicate effectively with other team members across product, development and QA
• Demonstrate continuous personal improvement by learning through feedback, showing an eagerness to learn, and improving technical and interpersonal skills

Key role measures

• Become an active member of the scrum team, and contribute to the successful delivery of the sprint goal
• Be responsive and collaborative with all other team members. Personally contribute to our agile ceremonies.
• Demonstrate a growth in technical skills and your understanding of development practices
• Write and maintain reliable, quality code in line with the existing codebase

Experience and skills

• 2+ years of experience in a technical role, ideally in software development
• An understanding of web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Exposure to frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Experience with development in C# and .NET, along with an understanding of unit testing
• Interest in cloud platforms such as Azure
• Have demonstrable experience of using AI tools like GitHub Copilot
• Good problem‑solving and communication skills
• An enthusiasm for agile development and teamwork

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway and tell us more about yourself. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. We believe that seeing the world from all sorts of angles makes life better for all. We want you to know that the things that make you an individual, like your identity, age, ethnicity, religion, ability and background, are things that we choose to celebrate and support. We are a scale‑up company, and as we continue to grow, we are passionate that having a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace will remain at our core. We are creating an inclusive environment where our people can thrive. Our values are aligned and at the heart of everything we do. We are respectful, united, rigorous, relentless and ethical.