Software Engineer Intern

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an engineer to build and ship real product features, collaborating with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to turn ideas into polished, scalable solutions.

You will dive into modern technologies, learn rapidly, and contribute to production-quality work while debugging, testing, and optimising systems for performance, stability, and maintainability. You will participate in code reviews and explore new tools to boost productivity.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical foundation from high-pressure environments (start-ups, investing, consulting).
• Ability to form clear mental models quickly and take ownership in ambiguity.
• Thrives in ambitious, precise, responsible cultures with high integrity.
• Communicates in a structured, concise way, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship real product features that meaningfully improve UX and drive business impact.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to turn ideas into polished, scalable solutions.
• Dive into modern technologies and development practices; learn rapidly while delivering production-quality work.
• Debug, test, and optimise systems for performance, stability and maintainability.
• Participate in code reviews and team rituals to strengthen engineering excellence.
• Explore new tools and frameworks to improve developer productivity.

Skills

Analytical Foundations

Action Bias

Culture & Velocity Fit

Communication Clarity

Detail-Oriented

Organizational Skills

Job description

Overview

Build and ship real product features that meaningfully improve the user experience and drive business impact.

Collaborate with senior engineers, product managers, and designers to turn ideas into polished, scalable solutions.

Dive into modern technologies and development practices, learning rapidly while contributing to production-quality work.

Debug, test, and optimise systems to enhance performance, stability, and maintainability.

Participate in code reviews and team rituals to strengthen engineering excellence and learn best practices.

Explore new tools and frameworks to help the team innovate and improve developer productivity.

Requirements

• Analytical Foundations. A strong analytical foundation built through experience in start-ups, investment banking, PE/VC, strategy, or management consulting — environments that demand rigorous thinking, structured problem-solving, and rapid synthesis of information.
• Action Bias. You thrive in ambiguity, form clear mental models quickly, take ownership instinctively, and enjoy diving deep into unfamiliar software categories. You operate with autonomy, intensity, and a strong internal drive.
• Culture & Velocity Fit. You’re energized by environments defined by ambition, precision, and ownership and a high standard of integrity and responsibility.
• Communication & Reasoning Clarity: You communicate in a structured, concise, and compelling way — verbally and in writing. You’re highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams without sacrificing quality or momentum.

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Soft Skills

• Detail-Oriented
• Organizational Skills