Software Engineer

Motive Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading startup in London is seeking a Software Engineer to join their supportive team. The role offers the opportunity to write code daily and have real ownership in projects, working closely with technical founders. Ideal candidates will have 1-3 years of commercial software experience and a solid academic background in Computer Science. This position provides a chance to accelerate your technical and professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 1‑3 years of experience in a commercial software environment.
• Strong academic background in Computer Science or similar.
• Experience in a graduate or junior role at a larger company.

Responsibilities

• Join the engineering team and write code every day.
• Have real ownership early with support to grow.
• Work closely with highly technical co-founders and experienced engineers.

Skills

Coding

Problem solving

Software development fundamentals

Education

Computer Science or similar

Job description

Software Engineer

Motive Group

City of London, London

£56,353 per year - estimated

Junior-Mid Software Engineer

Shoreditch | Well-funded startup

This position is for engineers who want to move beyond their current role.

The setup

• Join the engineering team between two highly technical co-founders/experienced engineers
• Write code every day and see the impact of what you build
• Get real ownership early with support to grow into an exceptional engineer

This will suit someone who

• Has 1‑3 years of experience in a commercial software environment
• Has a strong academic background (Computer Science or similar)
• Started in a graduate or junior role at a larger company
• Has solid engineering fundamentals but feels removed from the outcome
• Wants pace, responsibility, and learning by doing, not just tickets in a backlog

Why move?

If you’re writing plenty of code but not seeing the bigger picture, one of many engineers with limited influence, or learning slowly because everyone’s too busy, this is a chance to accelerate technically and professionally in a supportive early‑stage team.

Office‑based in Shoreditch. Early‑stage, well‑funded, genuinely supportive team.

If this sounds like you, drop us a message or apply via LinkedIn.

We’re Motive Group – we help engineers make smart moves, not rushed ones.