Automation & Software Developer
Summary
The Automation & Software Developer will design and maintain software solutions, API integrations, and AI-powered workflows to support retail brands. The role involves using AI-assisted development tools and cloud platforms to build e-commerce features and internal business tools.
Salary: £23,000 - 55,000 per year
Requirements:- Demonstrated experience using modern AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor or equivalent coding environments
- Strong problem-solving ability and genuine enthusiasm for software development
- Ability to rapidly learn new technologies, frameworks and platforms with minimal supervision
- Experience building real-world software projects, whether commercially, through education, personal projects or open-source contributions
- Working knowledge of JavaScript or Python
- Good understanding of APIs, webhooks, JSON and system integrations
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Curiosity, initiative and a desire to continually improve
- Desirable: Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, Firestore or other cloud services
- Desirable: Shopify development, including Liquid, metafields and theme customisation
- Desirable: Front-end development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Desirable: React, Vue or similar frameworks
- Desirable: SQL or NoSQL databases
- Desirable: Git and modern development workflows
- Desirable: Networking and infrastructure troubleshooting
- Desirable: Experience building AI-powered automations, agents or workflow systems
- Design, develop and maintain software solutions that improve our business efficiency and customer experience
- Build and maintain API integrations, webhooks and automation workflows
- Develop cloud-based applications, services and serverless functions
- Use modern AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex CLI and similar platforms to accelerate software delivery
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues across software, integrations and business systems
- Document solutions and create reusable technical knowledge
- Support ongoing improvements to development standards, processes and tooling
- Assist with technical investigations involving retail systems, payment platforms and business infrastructure where required
- Build integrations between Shopify, EposNow, Deliverect, Connecteam and other business systems
- Create internal tools, dashboards and portals for operational teams
- Build AI-powered workflows and automation systems
- Develop customer-facing e-commerce features and web applications
- Support technology projects across both our brands
- Create reporting and business intelligence solutions using data from multiple platforms
- Research and implement new technologies that improve our business performance
- AI
- API
- Business Intelligence
- Claude Code
- Cloud
- CSS
- Cursor
- Firebase
- Git
- Support
- JSON
- JavaScript
- Liquid
- NoSQL
- Python
- React
- SQL
- Serverless
- Shopify
- Vue
- Web
- GitHub
More:
We are Batchd and Vyve, fast-growing retail brands based in Leeds, and we are investing heavily in technology, automation and AI to support our continued growth. This is an office-based, full-time permanent role offering a salary of £26,000 to £32,000 per annum plus benefits. You will work directly with our Technical Director on a wide variety of projects across two growing brands, with direct exposure to modern software development, cloud platforms, AI-powered workflows, e-commerce systems and business automation. We offer company pension, employee discount, free parking, and the opportunity to take ownership of high-impact projects and make a visible difference to the business.
last updated 34 week of 2026