Graduate Software Engineer

As a Graduate Software Engineer at MiTek UK, you will join the team working on Optics, contributing to a product that helps deliver insight, visibility, and value across MiTek’s software landscape. You will work alongside experienced engineers, product managers, and QA specialists to design, build, test, review, deploy, support, and improve production software. This is a hands-on engineering role for early-career engineers who are ready to apply their academic knowledge, continue learning, and grow into confident professional software engineers with strong foundations in quality, maintainability, and product impact.

This role provides a clear route into a long-term software engineering career at MiTek, with increasing responsibility as your confidence, technical judgement, and delivery capability grow.

• First 3 months: onboarding, product familiarisation, environment setup, team practices, and supported engineering tasks.
• 3 to 6 months: ownership of small product changes, tests, code reviews, and sprint delivery.
• 6 to 12 months: delivery of fuller features or technical improvements, debugging, production-quality fixes, and technical discussions.
• Beyond 12 months: progression towards an established Software Engineer role, broader feature ownership, system quality improvements, and future senior engineering responsibilities.

Progression is supported through one-to-ones, code review feedback, mentoring, performance objectives, and practical product work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain production features and supporting engineering capabilities for the product.
• Work with engineers, product managers, QA specialists, and stakeholders to understand requirements, shape technical approaches, and deliver practical software solutions.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to sprint planning, and take ownership of well-defined engineering tasks from implementation through review and release.
• Support troubleshooting, debugging, refactoring, and continuous improvement activities across production software.
• Contribute to automated testing, code reviews, documentation, telemetry, DevOps practices, and knowledge-sharing within the team.

What We’re Looking For:

• A recent or upcoming graduate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Familiarity with programming languages such as C#, .NET, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, or Python.
• Understanding of software development principles, source control, testing, and collaborative engineering practices.
• Curiosity about software architecture, product development, telemetry, user feedback, and how well-engineered software creates business value.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn from feedback.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of cloud technologies, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Exposure to web application development, APIs, telemetry, analytics, or DevOps practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, automated testing, or CI/CD pipelines.
• An interest in construction technology, engineering software, or product-led software development.

Benefits:

• Permanent, full-time role with competitive salary and benefits.
• Mentorship from experienced software engineers and support from a dedicated manager.
• Access to professional development, training resources, code review, technical mentoring, and practical production software experience.
• Opportunity to contribute to a strategic product and build a long-term career in software engineering at MiTek.

MiTek Perks:

• Generous time off including Paid Time Off, 13 annual holidays, and volunteer time off.
• Day One Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision Plans.
• Family friendly benefits including Paid Caregiver Leave, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Reimbursement.
• Performance/Incentive bonuses.
• Career advancement, training opportunities, Employee Resource Groups, and tuition reimbursement.
• Retirement programs including Matching 401(k) Contributions and Profit Sharing.
• Employer paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• myFlexPay partner – allows you to track, manage and access your pay anytime.

MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. In 1955, MiTek transformed residential construction with the invention of the Gang-Nail plate and a digital platform that provided an affordable and scalable way to manufacture wood trusses. Today, MiTek delivers software, services, engineered products, and automated solutions that enable the building industry to improve efficiencies by optimizing the balance between off-site and on-site. With nearly 5,600 team members worldwide, MiTek collaborates across the building industry to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction to transform the way the industry designs, makes, and builds.

MiTek is an E-Verify and Drug and Tobacco-Free Workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer; and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or transgender status), age (40 and over), genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.