Graduate Software Engineer

Summary

Join AlphaSights' Engineering team in London as a highly driven software engineer. Work on a cross-functional team to build and maintain a world-leading research platform. You will design and implement solutions using React, Kotlin, and Postgres, deploying code frequently and iterating based on user feedback. The role requires a degree in Computer Science or a related field, proven accomplishments, practical experience, and excellent communication skills. Opportunities for professional development and learning are provided through the company's L&D budget.

Requirements

• Pursue a degree in Computer Science, or a related field
• Have a proven track record – clear accomplishments both in and out of university, standing out from your peers
• Have practical experience applying your technical skills in a professional environment
• Have excellent communication skills, collaborating closely and effectively with teammates
• Be highly driven and proactive – relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes
• Be meticulous – hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Design solutions: Define the best technical solutions to business problems, contributing to an architectural vision that will scale up to be the world's leading research platform
• Ship working code: We primarily work with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some older services written in Ruby on Rails. We’ve always got an eye open to assess new technologies that might improve our stack
• Deploy and iterate: We release frequently to our customers, using CIrcleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD, and quickly gather feedback in order to inform our next iteration
• Build your competency: You will learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high performance environment. Engineers can also use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies
• Maintenance and troubleshooting: Carefully monitor our services, catching errors before users notice them, diagnosing the root cause and deploying fixes

Benefits

• Learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high performance environment
• Use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies