Junior Software Engineer

Bloom & Wild; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology-driven gifting company in Greater London seeks a proactive Web Developer to join their Engineering team. You'll deliver on the Discovery & Gift Building squad roadmap and collaborate with various team members to scope and develop features. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, eager to learn, and possesses a robust understanding of web fundamentals, modern JavaScript, and frameworks like Angular or React. This role offers a hybrid work model and numerous benefits, fostering both personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working & work from abroad

25 days holiday + birthday + flexible bank holidays

1 volunteering day each year

Enhanced family leave

Irresistible product discounts

Equity options from day 1

Qualifications

• Curious about back-end systems and able to learn Ruby on Rails and Python.
• Understanding of semantic HTML and accessibility best practices.
• Passionate about writing clean and secure code.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define features.
• Own feature development from ideation to production release.

Skills

JavaScript

Web fundamentals

Collaboration

Growth mindset

Outcome-driven

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Angular

React

Job description

About Bloom & Wild

Hi, we’re Bloom & Wild. We don’t just send flowers. We help our customers to care wildly. Caring wildly is celebrating the little things we all do for each other every day. Not just the big occasions. It’s being there for the highs. Stepping up for the lows.

We care wildly about people and our planet. Which is why we’re so proud to be a certified B Corp™ – committed to making long‑term positive change for our community, and the world around us.

Founded in 2013, our mission was to make sending and receiving flowers the joy it should be, by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We announced £75 million Series D funding in 2021 and that same year acquired bloomon in the Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. Together, we’ve fulfilled and delivered over 20 million orders, making us the largest direct‑to‑consumer flower business in Europe.

Now home to a family of three beautiful brands, we’re driven by our vision to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. We’re expanding our gifting offering beyond flowers and plants to include cakes, candles, and cocktails, building Europe’s #1 direct‑to‑consumer gifting destination.

⚙️ Technology at Bloom & Wild

Our Technology team of over 60 people sits at the heart of our business. We build and maintain the solutions that power e‑commerce, production and fulfilment, enabling our brands to delight customers every day.

The Product Engineering team consists of five cross‑functional squads, each owning its own business and architectural domain, supported by Platform, Domain Engineering, Data, and IT teams.

Our platform uses Ruby on Rails, Python/React, PostgreSQL, Fargate/ECS on AWS, and Cloud Run on GCP. It exposes APIs used by our multi‑brand Angular web app and native iOS and Android mobile apps. We’re also exploring new domain‑driven services & microservices where applicable.

Most of our team is based in the UK or the Netherlands and works flexibly, with choices about office visits. Squads meet in person at least once per quarter to maintain connections and collaborate. We welcome candidates within roughly two hours of the UK time zone, covering many European countries.

You can read more about our tech stack and culture in our tech blog Code & Wild and on our technology careers page.

What you’ll be doing

• You’ll play an active role in delivering the roadmap for the Discovery & Gift Building squad and be a key part of our Engineering team.
• Collaborating with engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders to scope out what to build and how.
• Owning feature development from ideation through to production release and ongoing maintenance, using an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn.
• Being part of our supportive engineering culture as you learn more, grow your career, and contribute to Bloom & Wild Engineering.

✅ You’ll love this role if you… (What excites us)

• Have a growth mindset: You don’t know everything yet, and that's okay. You are optimistic, resilient, and eager to learn and grow your career.
• Want to work as part of a team: You value collaboration and truly believe in the value of diverse and inclusive teams.
• Are outcome‑driven: You’re enthusiastic, passionate, and keen to deliver impactful results.
• Have a solid grasp of web fundamentals: You understand semantic HTML, accessibility, CSS concepts like the Box Model and Flexbox, and can translate designs into code.
• Know enough JavaScript to be dangerous: You have a strong handle on modern JavaScript (ES6+) and the DOM. Experience with a framework such as Angular, React, or Vue is a bonus, but core skills are most valued.
• Are curious about the back end: While you may lean toward the front end, you’re interested in learning how our platform works (Ruby on Rails and Python) and building the APIs that power our UI.
• Have a quality mindset and a passion for writing clean, secure code while spotting opportunities for improvement.

It would be great if you also have…

• Exposure to Angular or Ruby on Rails through personal projects, bootcamps, or previous internships.
• An understanding of the difference between synchronous and asynchronous code (Promises/Observables).
• Experience using the command line/terminal to run your tools.
• Experience using an AI coding assistant.

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences. If you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do, and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

Belonging @ Bloom & Wild

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, organised around 8 pillars of diversity.

Our ways of working

We believe in the power of connection. Some teams work together in person every day, others connect every quarter. We also support flexibility that balances work‑from‑home and office needs, agreed with your manager.

Whether it’s through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an after‑work social, we trust our teams to make the right decisions about where and how they work.

Work that works for you

We’re big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day: Lead change for good, think deeply and act swiftly, care wildly, stay open and be curious.

Our perks and benefits include:

• ⏰ Flexible working & work from abroad
• 25 days holiday + birthday + flexible bank holidays, and option to buy additional holiday each year
• 1 volunteering day each year
• Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme
• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1

For more information on our perks & benefits, please see www.bloomandwild.com/careers.

Getting hired

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to ensure your experience with us is positive. Interviewing is a two‑way process. We’re keen to answer all your questions so you can decide if we’re the right fit.

• Apply below (takes 2 minutes!)
• Chat with Billy, our Senior Talent Manager for tech – to discuss our role and learn more about your skills and background.
• Interview with Jamie‑Lee McLeish, Engineering Manager for Discovery & Gift‑Building – to get into more detail.
• Show us how you work through a technical challenge, possibly a live paired exercise with our engineers.
• Final chat with Martin or Steve from our Tech leadership team.

We believe in leading change for good. If there’s anything we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process, or if you have feedback, please share it anonymously here so we can improve your experience.

We’re excited to open applications for this role ahead of the new year. While you’re welcome to submit your application now, we want to be transparent that our recruitment process will begin in early January. As a people‑first business, we also acknowledge that this may mean a short delay before you hear from us. Thank you for your patience and understanding—your application genuinely matters to us, and we look forward to reconnecting in the new year.

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