Junior Software Engineer

InfoSum; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

8% pension contribution

Private health care

Corporate discounts

Mental wellbeing support

Salary sacrifice schemes

Job summary

InfoSum is looking for a software engineer to join their team in Basingstoke. The role involves software debugging and feature development primarily using Go and TypeScript in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have 1-3 years of professional experience, solid Git skills, and a curiosity for learning. Benefits include a competitive salary, 25 days annual leave, private health care, and a culture focused on recognition and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years' professional software engineering experience.
• Willingness to learn Go, Python, and TypeScript.
• Experience with Git, REST, and basic cloud/Linux fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Investigate production issues across Go micro-services, TypeScript React UIs and Python data pipelines.
• Build and test code primarily in Go and TypeScript.
• Keep Runbooks and ADRs up-to-date and share learnings.

Skills

Software debugging

Feature development

Documentation & knowledge-sharing

Working knowledge of Go

Working knowledge of Python

Solid grasp of Git

REST API understanding

Basic cloud/Linux fundamentals

Curiosity

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Grafana

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

Postgres

Kafka

gRPC

Apache Spark

Job description

InfoSum is the world's leading data collaboration platform, providing solutions to the world's largest enterprises to allow collaboration across data sources and deliver richer customer experiences that prioritize consumer privacy. Our vision is to unlock data's limitless potential, by enabling the world's data to be connected but never shared. As a people-first organization, we can offer you the personal and professional flexibility needed to get the job done, grow with us, and help challenge the status quo. If you want to work with a business that encourages collaboration, and champions the idea that the sum is greater than its parts, then we want to hear from you.

Job Overview

• Third-line investigations. Every morning the team reviews new issues that have already passed first and second line triage. You'll dig into logs, traces and code to explain behaviour, patch bugs or raise backlog stories when deeper product work is needed. Often these investigations will result in improving observability or stability of the platform.
• High-impact feature work. Between investigations we deliver focused enhancements and platform improvements that don't slot neatly into long-term road-maps. Because our team's workload is unpredictable, delivery dates are flexible and scoped by the team.
• Platform observability & performance. Your team members continually raise the bar on monitoring, metrics and efficiency.

Joining as our newest engineer, you'll pair with seasoned Go / TypeScript / Python devs, owning real tasks from week one. Expect a dynamic mix of bug hunting, green field coding and customer interaction all in a cloud native solution.

Requirements

Core Responsibilities

• Software debugging: Investigate production issues across Go micro-services, TypeScript React UIs and Python data pipelines. Use logs, tracing and AI powered tools to investigate and patch quickly.
• Feature development: Build and test code (mainly Go & TypeScript) for platform enhancements. Write unit / integration tests, participate in peer reviews and pair-programming sessions.
• Documentation & knowledge-sharing: Keep our Runbooks and ADRs up-to-date; share learnings via demos.

Additional Company Wide Requirements

• Understand and comply with InfoSum's security and privacy policies, and be attentive to information security at all times in the performance of duties for InfoSum.

Must-haves

• 1-3 years' professional software engineering experience.
• Working knowledge of at least one of Go or Python and willingness to learn the other languages including TypeScript.
• Solid grasp of Git, REST and basic cloud/Linux fundamentals.
• Curiosity and the confidence to ask questions in a fast-moving team.

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker or Terraform.
• Experience with observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry).
• Familiarity with Postgres.
• Interest in data-privacy, AdTech/MarTech or large-scale data processing.
• Familiarity with Kafka, gRPC or Apache Spark.

Benefits

• A competitive salary based on your experience and ability to perform in role.
• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays).
• 8% pension contribution.
• Private health care.
• Fantastic corporate discounts and mental wellbeing support, including a top of line EAP.
• Salary sacrifice schemes.

We have fantastic offices in Basingstoke and London complete with a fully stocked fridge / snacks and catered lunches 2 times a week. We also reward our teams with monthly socials, half day Fridays during the summer months of July and August, 3 extra days off during the Christmas holidays and a culture built on recognition, collaboration and success.