Junior Full Stack Software Engineer

At Bionic, we’re on a mission to make it radically easier to run a small business. As the UK’s leading business comparison and switching service, we help thousands of small and medium‑sized businesses save time and money on essentials like energy, broadband, insurance, and finance. We combine smart technology with real human support to match our customers with the best deals – quickly and effortlessly. With trusted partnerships including Compare the Market, Uswitch for Business, MoneySuperMarket and Confused.com, we’re committed to helping SMEs get the best deals for their business essentials every time.

The Role

We’re looking for a Junior Full Stack Software Engineer who is early in their career, curious by nature, and ready to roll up their sleeves. You’ll help us maintain and deliver improvements to some of our most important back‑end services, iterate on our Digital Renewals customer journeys, and tackle complex engineering challenges.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and maintain backend services written in Node.js/TypeScript and Ruby/Rails.
• Work on full‑stack, customer‑facing frontend applications written in Nuxt.
• Build infrastructure as code using AWS CDK, working with our serverless, event‑driven architecture.
• Learn and develop on the Salesforce platform, developing batch jobs and improvements to our quoting tools.
• Follow established engineering development standards and best practices.
• Utilise AI both in the software development lifecycle and in our solutions.
• Troubleshoot, investigate and resolve bugs and errors.
• Ensure our software remains secure and robust.

About you

• Strong problem‑solving skills, with the ability to debug issues and clearly explain your approach.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript and Node.js, preferably TypeScript.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, with experience working in a major cloud provider, preferably AWS.
• Experience with Git and a basic understanding of CI/CD processes.
• A confident understanding of the importance of testing in software engineering.
• Ability to work in a structured delivery environment (tickets, priorities, deadlines).
• A collaborative mindset, open to feedback through pairing, coaching, reviews and mentoring.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous requirements, ask smart questions and iterate towards solutions.

Benefits

• Private healthcare cover.
• Employee Assistance Programme, including a virtual GP service, priority physio and talking therapies.
• Eyecare scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus the 8 UK bank holidays, increasing with tenure.
• 1 paid family or religious day of leave per year, following successful probation.
• 1 paid charity volunteering day per year.
• Option to buy or sell up to an additional 3 days leave per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave.
• 2 days off for your wedding upon joining, and up to 5 days after 2 years’ service.
• Flexible working options and a hybrid work approach.
• Auto‑enrolled salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Season ticket.
• Loans, salary advances and loans to buy or rent a home – based on tenure.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Highflyers incentive, a VIP experience for high performers across the Bionic group to celebrate success.
• Company summer and Christmas party celebrations, business and local zonely and annual awards and recognition.
• Long service awards.