Associate Software Engineer (2027 Graduate Programme)

• We are inviting Associate Software Engineers to join our 2027 Graduate Programme, ready to build their skills, learn from experienced teammates and begin contributing to building great features our customers love
• You’ll join a Product & Engineering community that cares about the businesses we serve, the quality of our work and each other. You’ll learn how software is developed in a team, from understanding a problem and writing code to testing solutions and improving them through feedback
• You won’t be expected to know everything from day one. You’ll start with well-scoped tasks, supported by experienced engineers, and build towards more complex work as your skills and confidence develop
• Develop your coding, debugging, testing and version-control skills through practical, hands-on work
• Work on bug fixes and small enhancements that help improve the software our customers rely on
• Build a strong understanding of the hair, beauty and medspa businesses we serve and the challenges they face
• Use AI tools as a core part of our engineering workflow to support your learning, build your skills and develop your judgement
• Take part in pair programming, code reviews and coaching, asking questions and putting feedback into practice
• Join team planning, daily check-ins and retrospectives as you learn how teams collaborate, solve problems and deliver improvements
• Practise writing clean, maintainable code, testing your work and documenting your solutions in line with team conventions
• Take ownership of your tasks, learn from mistakes and gradually take on more responsibility as your skills develop
• At Phorest, we’re passionate about growing our own timber. We know every career has its own path, and we’re here to help you along yours. Through hands-on guidance, pair programming, code reviews and coaching, you’ll build confidence step by step, moving from well-defined tasks towards greater independence
• Across Phorest, we also offer dedicated Learning Days, a mentoring programme, career coaching, development programmes and learning tools to help you shape your career
• Our aim is to help you build the technical skills, collaborative habits and confidence to grow into an effective software engineer
• For this position, flexi-time and working from home is possible. We are also open to remote work

Benefits

• Your wellbeing is important to us - We provide private healthcare, and employee assistance program and a free online GP service (WebDoc)
• As part of our Financial Wellbeing, we provide an Employee Share Purchase Scheme, Pension, Life Assurance, and Income Protection
• We help you travel by providing a bike to work scheme as well as tax saver transport tickets
• We care for your family and provide Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefits
• We grow our own timber! We provide a great learning environment including an extensive onboarding program
• Career development is important to us. We even have our own in-house Learning and Development/Business coach and many online resources including LinkedIn learning
• We don’t believe in formal dress codes. We prefer causal things

• Some experience of coding, testing or collaborative development through your studies, personal projects, an internship or another learning experience
• Curiosity, a willingness to ask questions and an openness to feedback
• A sense of ownership over your learning and assigned tasks, with the flexibility to adapt as you develop
• To have completed your qualification within the last two years, with no more than two years’ experience in a related role
• Clear communication, a collaborative approach and an interest in the people who use what you build
• Familiarity with at least one programming language, such as Java, Kotlin or JavaScript
• An awareness of concepts such as REST APIs and relational databases
• Third-level education in a related field, or a relevant certification supported by strong evidence of personal projects
• An understanding of programming fundamentals and object-oriented design
• Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit

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