Junior Software Engineer

Summary

This Junior Software Engineer role involves full-stack development with a backend focus, utilizing technologies such as Next.js, React, TypeScript, and cloud services like AWS. The candidate will build APIs and work with SQL/NoSQL databases in an onsite environment.

Salary: £55,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:
  • 2-4 years of professional software development experience
  • Solid experience with Next.js, React, and TypeScript
  • Comfortable working across the full stack with a backend leaning
  • Experience building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
  • Understanding of SSR/SSG
  • SQL and/or NoSQL database experience
  • Some cloud exposure, preferably AWS, and Docker
  • Solid grasp of web fundamentals including HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP
  • Nice to have: Go or C# backend experience, microservices, Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, OAuth/JWT/SSO
Responsibilities:
  • Build and maintain features across the stack, with a focus on backend logic and APIs
  • Work closely with senior engineers to turn requirements into shipped features
  • Build and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs and backend services
  • Help keep applications performant, secure, and accessible
  • Take part in code reviews as part of a collaborative team
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • Backend
  • C#
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • Docker
  • GraphQL
  • HTTP
  • JWT
  • NoSQL
  • OAuth
  • React
  • SQL
  • TCP/IP
  • Terraform
  • TypeScript
  • Web
  • microservices
  • JavaScript

More:

We help brands and rights holders protect their intellectual property globally by combining smart technology with deep expertise to fight counterfeiting and piracy at scale. We are mid-way through a major digital transformation and offer a strong opportunity to join a growing engineering team, helping shape modern, cloud-native platforms from the ground up. This is a full stack role with a backend lean, based in London with 1-2 days per week on-site. The salary is up to £70,000, depending on experience, and we are investing heavily in our engineering culture and platform.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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