Software Engineer

Automation Consultants; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Hybrid work

Private healthcare

Dental insurance

Enhanced maternity/paternity

Certifications funded

Books and courses

Top-spec machine

Electric car scheme

Cycle to work

On-site gym

Social events

Job summary

Automation Consultants is seeking a full-stack engineer to join one of our product teams. You will work across front end, back end and cloud infrastructure of apps used by thousands of organisations daily. You will own features from conception to production with guidance from senior engineers.

You will apply AI coding assistants and agentic tools, write tests, and participate in frequent CI/CD releases. The role offers a hybrid work pattern in Reading with opportunities to grow your cloud skills.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or another numerate subject is required (2:1 or above).
• At least a year of professional software development experience.
• Evidence of building things (side projects, open source, or personal tools).
• Practical experience building web applications (front end and back end).
• Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools and evaluating their output.
• Confident with Git and GitHub-style PR workflows.
• Ability to write tests and ensure readable code.

Responsibilities

• Design and build features across the stack, end-to-end for smaller tasks.
• Use AI coding assistants and agentic tools as part of development process.
• Write unit and integration tests and participate in end-to-end testing.
• Find and fix bugs, including production-only issues.
• Provide and receive code reviews; maintain high quality through CI/CD.
• Work in AWS and Atlassian Forge environments and expand cloud skills.
• Help build AI-powered features into products as they are developed.

Skills

AI coding tools

Open source projects

Web apps (front-end & back-end)

Git & PR workflows

Testing practices

Clear communication

React

Node.js

REST APIs

AWS / Cloud

Atlassian Forge / Atlassian ecosystem

Java

LLM API projects

Agentic workflows

Data structures & algorithms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or numerate subject

Tools

Git

Job description

Build apps the world’s biggest teams rely on, and learn to engineer the way the next decade will

Around 1,500 companies, including Oracle, SpaceX, Grammarly and Deloitte, use AppFox apps to bring order to Confluence, Jira, Miro and monday.com. We started from nothing and became a Gold Atlassian Marketplace vendor because of a small, disciplined engineering team that ships often and ships well.

AI is changing how software gets built and what it can do. We want engineers who already use it every day, and who want to get properly good at it alongside people who take the craft seriously.

The role

You’ll be a full-stack engineer in one of our product teams. You’ll work across the front end, back end and cloud infrastructure of apps that thousands of organisations use daily. You’ll own features from first conversation to production, and you’ll have senior engineers around you who want to see you grow.

What you’ll do

• Design and build features across the stack. Smaller ones you’ll own end to end, and larger ones you’ll build with support from senior engineers.
• Use AI coding assistants and agentic tools (Claude Code, Cursor and the like) as a normal part of your work, for writing, testing, refactoring and understanding code. You stay the engineer of record for what ships.
• Write unit and integration tests as a matter of course, and contribute to end-to-end testing.
• Find and fix bugs, including the awkward ones that only show up in production.
• Give and receive useful code reviews. We run small, frequent releases through CI/CD, and review is how we keep the quality bar high.
• Work in our cloud infrastructure on AWS and Atlassian Forge, and pick up more of it over time.
• Help build AI-powered features into our products as we develop them.

How we work

• In small agile product teams, working closely with Product.
• With customers in mind. You’ll understand who uses what you build, and you’ll talk to them directly when it helps.
• Openly. Flag blockers and scope changes early, ask questions when the docs run out, and write down what you learn so the next person doesn’t have to work it out again.
• Always learning. We expect you to work towards recognised certifications, such as AWS, and we’ll pay for the books and courses that get you there.

Your profile

• A degree in Computer Science or another numerate subject, 2:1 or above.
• At least a year of professional software development experience.
• Evidence that you build things because you enjoy it, such as side projects, open source or tools you’ve made for yourself.
• Practical experience building web applications, front end and back end.
• Daily, hands-on use of AI coding tools, with a view of where they help, where they don’t, and how you check their output.
• Confident with Git and GitHub-style pull-request workflows.
• A habit of writing tests and caring whether your code is readable.
• Clear communication, and comfort asking questions and taking feedback.

Nice to have

• React (our front-end framework), Node.js and REST API experience.
• Cloud experience, especially AWS or serverless.
• Experience with Atlassian Forge, or of the Atlassian or monday.com ecosystems as a user or developer.
• Java, for our Data Center apps.
• Something you’ve built with an LLM API, at work or on your own time.
• Experience with agentic workflows beyond chat, for example MCP servers or custom tooling around Claude Code or Cursor.
• A good grasp of data structures, algorithms and databases.

Why us?

Why us

We’re backed by more than 20 years of Atlassian expertise from our parent company, Automation Consultants, which is a Platinum Solution Partner and Atlassian Partner of the Year (App Innovator). We’re SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified and a recognised UK Best Workplace. We’re a small team, so your work reaches customers quickly, and there are senior people around you who want you to get better.

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working and flexible hours
• Private healthcare and dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity
• Funded professional certifications, plus books and courses, with study leave to support them
• Top-spec machine and access to a virtual test lab
• Electric car scheme and Cycle to Work
• On-site gym, showers, yoga and more
• Regular company-wide and team socials

About us

Automation Consultants is a leading agile and DevOps consultancy with a complementary software arm. Our consultancy services dedicated to improving our customers’ business performance through digital and agile transformation and automation of software development processes. Our software, which is sold under the AppFox name, complements these services. We are specialists in Atlassian and AWS, delivering industry-recognised automation solutions, software and managed services. Our customers range from start-ups to global organisations.