Graduate Software Developer

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work

Learning budget

Flexible hours

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Sheffield is seeking a Graduate Software Developer to join a fast-moving startup. You’ll write and test code across the stack with guidance from senior engineers and gain real responsibility from week one.

You’ll participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and code reviews, help build internal tools, and contribute to the roadmap. Hybrid working between the office and home is offered, with a learning budget and equity in the company.

Qualifications

• A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field (or equivalent self-taught experience you can prove).
• An understanding of version control, ideally Git, from coursework or personal projects.
• Curiosity. You should want to know how things work, not just that they do.
• Comfort with ambiguity. Early-stage companies rarely have a perfect answer ready.
• Clear communication, written and spoken, because remote and hybrid teams run on it.

Responsibilities

• Writing and testing code across the stack, with guidance from senior engineers as you build confidence.
• Fixing bugs, then digging into why they happened in the first place.
• Joining daily stand-ups and sprint planning, so you understand the product roadmap, not just your ticket.
• Contributing to code reviews. You'll give feedback and take it, often in the same afternoon.
• Helping build internal tools and scripts that make the rest of the team faster.
• Picking up whichever task needs doing that week. Startups don't hand out narrow job descriptions

Skills

Curiosity

Clear communication

Version control (Git)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Git

Job description

Join a startup Technology company as a Graduate Software Developer in Sheffield.

Sheffield's tech scene has quietly grown into one of the UK's more interesting places to start a software career, and this startup is part of that shift. The company builds products at speed, ships often, and expects its engineers to learn fast. For a Graduate Software Developer, that means real responsibility from week one, not a sanitised training scheme.

Here's what you'll be doing:

Writing and testing code across the stack, with guidance from senior engineers as you build confidence

Fixing bugs, then digging into why they happened in the first place

Joining daily stand-ups and sprint planning, so you understand the product roadmap, not just your ticket

Contributing to code reviews. You'll give feedback and take it, often in the same afternoon

Helping build internal tools and scripts that make the rest of the team faster

Picking up whichever task needs doing that week. Startups don't hand out narrow job descriptions

Here are the skills you'll need:

A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field (or equivalent self-taught experience you can prove)

An understanding of version control, ideally Git, from coursework or personal projects

Curiosity. You should want to know how things work, not just that they do

Comfort with ambiguity. Early-stage companies rarely have a perfect answer ready

Clear communication, written and spoken, because remote and hybrid teams run on it

Key perks and benefits:

£24,000 to £28,000, depending on experience

Hybrid working, splitting time between the Sheffield office and home

Equity in the company. You're building something, you should own a piece of it

Flexible hours built around output, not clock-watching

A genuine learning and development budget for courses, conferences, or books

Why pursue a career in Technology?

Technology doesn't stand still, and neither do the people who work in it. A Graduate Software Developer who starts in a fast-moving startup picks up more in two years than most people do in five somewhere slower. Sheffield, with its growing cluster of tech employers and lower cost of living than London, is a sensible place to build that foundation without burning out.