Graduate Software Engineer

AlphaSights; London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm seeks driven software engineers to join their London team. In this role, you will tackle real-world problems by designing and shipping high-quality code. Collaborating with product managers and designers, you'll contribute to a scalable research platform while honing your skills in a high-performance environment. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll utilize modern technologies like React and Kotlin, ensuring that your solutions meet the highest standards. If you're passionate about coding and eager to learn from exceptional colleagues, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Learning and Development budget

Collaborative team environment

Opportunities for growth

Equal opportunity employer

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven track record of accomplishments in and out of university.

Responsibilities

• Design technical solutions to business problems and contribute to architectural vision.
• Ship working code using React and Kotlin microservices.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Proactivity

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Related field degree

Tools

React

Kotlin

Postgres

Ruby on Rails

CircleCI

Spinnaker

Job description

The role:

We are looking for highly driven, aspiring software engineers who take pride in their work, to expand our Engineering team in London. Successful candidates will join a cross-functional team including product managers and designers working closely with the rest of our business to deliver working code that solves real problems for both internal and external customers. You will take ownership of the problems that your team solves, ensuring a high level of quality in everything that we release, working as part of a top-performing international development team. If you have a strong passion for solving problems with code, and want to work with exceptional colleagues in a high achievement environment, this role is a good fit for you.

What you’ll do:

• Design solutions: Define the best technical solutions to business problems, contributing to an architectural vision that will scale up to be the world's leading research platform.
• Ship working code: We primarily work with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some older services written in Ruby on Rails. We’ve always got an eye open to assess new technologies that might improve our stack.
• Deploy and iterate: We release frequently to our customers, using CircleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD, and quickly gather feedback in order to inform our next iteration.
• Build your competency: You will learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high-performance environment. Engineers can also use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies.
• Maintenance and troubleshooting: Carefully monitor our services, catching errors before users notice them, diagnosing the root cause and deploying fixes.

Who you are:

• You are pursuing a degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
• Proven track record: you have clear accomplishments both in and out of university, standing out from your peers.
• You have practical experience, applying your technical skills in a professional environment.
• You have excellent communication skills, collaborating closely and effectively with teammates.
• Highly driven and proactive: you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes.
• Meticulous: you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail.

AlphaSights is an equal opportunity employer.