Software Engineer

Academy Education Network Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Academy Education Network Ltd is looking for a Software Engineer to design, build, test, and operate software systems. You will mix coding with technical design and code review in a variety of areas including fintech, AI/ML, and consumer apps.

The position offers a competitive salary range, with London-based roles at the highest tier earning between £70,000–£100,000 for new graduates, plus bonuses and equity.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing, building, and operating software systems.
• Familiarity with technical design, code review, and debugging.
• Ability to work across various product areas including AI/ML and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate software systems and APIs.
• Lead technical design decisions and own product features end-to-end.
• Work for a variety of industries including fintech and public sector.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

TypeScript

Java

Go

Ruby

Technical Design

Code Review

Debugging

System Architecture

Job description

• Design, build and operate software systems and APIs
• Lead technical design decisions and own product features end-to-end
• Specialise into backend, frontend, full-stack, mobile, DevOps or SRE
• Work for global tech giants, UK fintechs, banks, scale-ups and the public sector

What does a Software Engineer do?

Software Engineers design, build, test and operate software systems. Day-to-day work mixes coding (typically in Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Java, Go or Ruby), technical design, code review, debugging, system architecture decisions, and on-call incident response. UK engineers operate across many product areas: consumer apps, fintech, infrastructure, AI / ML, gaming, defence and healthcare. The career has a famously flat hierarchy — Senior Engineer is a destination role at most companies, paying £80,000–£140,000+ at top UK employers without requiring management responsibility.

UK salary ranges

UK software engineering pay scales sharply by employer tier. London-based global tech offices (Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple) pay top of market — £70,000–£100,000 base for new graduates, plus equity and bonus pushing total comp to £120,000–£180,000. Top UK fintechs (Monzo, Wise, Revolut, Stripe) pay close to global tech. UK financial services (HSBC, Barclays, JPMorgan) pay £55,000–£80,000 base. Public sector and SMEs sit at £40,000–£55,000.