At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and maintain backend services and APIs, develop responsive frontend experiences.
- Company: Oritain, a global leader in product origin verification with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: 35 days paid leave, birthday off, volunteering allowance, healthcare plan, and hybrid working.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for professional development and exposure to AI tools.
- Why this job: Join a fast-scaling team and make a real impact on global supply chains.
- Qualifications: Experience in software engineering, Python, and modern JavaScript frameworks like React.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Oritain is a global leader in forensically verifying the origin of products and raw materials. Through our proprietary methodology, we harness cutting-edge science, advanced technology, and specialized services to empower the world’s leading brands to ensure product integrity, meet regulatory demands, and reduce the risk of fraud and unethical sourcing. With offices in Auckland, Dunedin, London, Singapore, and Washington D.C, our vision is to be the source of truth in global supply chains. Harnessing science, technology, and services, our mission is to create a community of origin verified buyers and suppliers, protecting our people and the planet.
We’re looking for a Software Engineer who wants to do more than just work through tickets. This role offers the opportunity to work across the full stack, contribute to real production systems, and grow quickly within a high-impact engineering team. You’ll be joining a fast-scaling business where engineering is a top priority, working closely with teams across London and internationally to deliver meaningful outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that has recently gone through significant growth, offering you the chance to learn from experienced engineers and contribute to a modern cloud-based platform. You’ll be working in a culture that values ownership, pragmatism, and continuous improvement. The environment is fast-paced but highly collaborative, and you’ll have the chance to make a meaningful impact early on.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python frameworks such as Django or FastAPI.
- Develop modern, responsive frontend experiences using React and TypeScript.
- Take ownership of features from design through to deployment and iteration, ensuring that your work delivers real value to end users.
- Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability by identifying bottlenecks, optimising queries and services, and contributing to performance improvements across the platform.
- Work within a cloud-based environment, collaborating on deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure improvements.
- Debug issues across the stack, support production systems, and contribute to root cause analysis when problems arise.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Copilot, Cursor, or Claude to improve productivity, code quality, and learning.
Skills & Experience
- Solid commercial experience in software engineering and a track record of contributing to production systems in a professional environment.
- Strong foundations in either backend or full stack development, ideally with hands-on experience in Python and a modern JavaScript framework such as React.
- Comfortable working with RESTful APIs, understanding application architecture, and writing clean, maintainable, and testable code.
- Experience working within cloud environments such as Azure, AWS, or GCP is highly desirable.
- Exposure to CI/CD practices, version control, and modern development workflows.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and work across different areas of the stack, with a problem-solving mindset and a pragmatic approach to engineering.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional and distributed team.
Company Benefits
- Paid Leave- 35 days (inclusive of public holidays)
- Birthday Off
- Volunteering Leave Allowance
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Life Insurance
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Pension
- Monthly Wellbeing Allowance
- Breakfast, Snacks, Friday lunch & Barista Coffee Machine in the office
- Learning Portal with over 100,000 assets available to support professional development
- Hybrid working set-up (Farringdon, London)
We believe great teams are built from different perspectives, experiences, and ways of thinking. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to bring your whole self to the process. If there’s anything we can do to support you, including any reasonable adjustments at any stage of hiring, please let the team know.
Software Engineer (Mid-Level) – Full Stack in London employer: Oritain
Oritain is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee growth and well-being, offering a generous benefits package including 35 days of paid leave, enhanced parental leave, and a monthly wellbeing allowance. With a collaborative and fast-paced work culture in the heart of London, employees are empowered to take ownership of their projects while leveraging cutting-edge technology and AI-assisted tools, ensuring meaningful contributions to global supply chains. Join a team that values diverse perspectives and fosters continuous improvement, making a real impact on ethical sourcing and sustainability.
