Graduate Software Developer

Sheffield’s tech scene has quietly grown into one of the UK’s more interesting places to start a software career, and this startup is part of that shift. The company builds products at speed, ships often, and expects its engineers to learn fast. For a Graduate Software Developer, that means real responsibility from week one, not a sanitised training scheme.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

Writing and testing code across the stack, with guidance from senior engineers as you build confidence

Fixing bugs, then digging into why they happened in the first place

Joining daily stand-ups and sprint planning, so you understand the product roadmap, not just your ticket

Contributing to code reviews. You’ll give feedback and take it, often in the same afternoon

Helping build internal tools and scripts that make the rest of the team faster

Picking up whichever task needs doing that week. Startups don’t hand out narrow job descriptions

A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field (or equivalent self-taught experience you can prove)

Working knowledge of at least one modern programming language. JavaScript, Python, or similar

An understanding of version control, ideally Git, from coursework or personal projects

Curiosity. You should want to know how things work, not just that they do

Comfort with ambiguity. Early-stage companies rarely have a perfect answer ready

Clear communication, written and spoken, because remote and hybrid teams run on it

£24,000 to £28,000, depending on experience

Hybrid working, splitting time between the Sheffield office and home

Equity in the company. You’re building something, you should own a piece of it

Flexible hours built around output, not clock-watching

A genuine learning and development budget for courses, conferences, or books

Why pursue a career in Technology?

Technology doesn’t stand still, and neither do the people who work in it. A Graduate Software Developer who starts in a fast-moving startup picks up more in two years than most people do in five somewhere slower. Sheffield, with its growing cluster of tech employers and lower cost of living than London, is a sensible place to build that foundation without burning out.