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Full Stack Software Engineer

Salary £48,000 - £64,000 based on experience

About CYB

Caution Your Blast Ltd (CYB) is a collection of researchers, designers, software engineers, and transformation managers who are committed to using digital as a force for good. We work with our clients to solve complex problems and build digital services that make people’s lives easier and have a positive impact on society and the planet.

We’re based in London, but you don’t have to be. Around 30% of our team lives somewhere else in the UK (from Glasgow to Bristol) - travelling a few days each month to our London office.

We’re a people-centric digital practice - our employees are at the heart of company decision-making and we seek to continually improve our skills and ways of working to make CYB a place we can all be proud of. No need to take our word for it, though; you can have a look at our staff testimonials to get a better feel for life at CYB.

About the Full Stack Software Engineer role

This is a hands-on full stack role where you will be responsible for building high quality software solutions for our clients as part of a multi-disciplinary project team. Full stack means full stack from the front-end, back-end through to infrastructure. We appreciate not everyone will have experience in all layers of the stack but if this sounds exciting and you’re willing to learn new skills, this role could be for you.

As a member of the engineering profession within CYB, you will collaborate with your colleagues, share learning, and explore ideas in order to develop individually and as a team to advance our practises. We hold regular roundtables and engineering afternoons that allow us to get together to discuss ideas and try out new tech.

About the skills and mindset the Full Stack Software Engineer will need to thrive

We’re looking for skilled practitioners and it would help if you’ve had relevant work experience such as working with clients and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, but more specifically someone who has experience with:

Modern FE Framework (e.g. React, Vue.js, Svelte)
NodeJS
Typescript
Relational databases
Any unit testing framework (e.g. mocha/jest/lab/junit/etc.)
CI/CD (e.g. CircleCI/travis/jenkins/etc.)

Our stack also includes the following (although experience with these is not required):

AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Development with large language models is a bonus

In addition to the above technical skills, we’d love to work with somebody who is able to:

rapidly build high-quality, user-centric applications that are fully test-driven
confidently explain technical concepts and solutions to non-technical people and a range of stakeholders
perform code reviews for peers and openly share knowledge and ideas
experiment with new methods and technologies in a focussed way so that we can always keep one eye on improving the experience of our team and our users
support and collaborate with more junior developers

A diverse culture is really important to us, so if you don’t feel the above, or what follows here, quite describes you but you feel like you could add value and that you enjoy learning, creating and collaborating, then please consider getting in touch. We don’t see ourselves as having a fixed culture but that it’s fluid and changes with everyone who joins, and changes again if someone leaves us. Also, feel free to challenge us - what are we missing and what should we be looking for instead?

You as a person

CYB are passionate about making the most of digital. We want to work with people who share this passion and want to deliver exceptional user experiences. This means we’re looking for a:

strategic thinker continuously looking for ways to expand the impact of their work
critical thinker always looking for ways to improve processes, techniques and ways of working
creative thinker willing to try things out and learn from failure
problem solver who falls in love with problems, not their solutions
self-starter who can build momentum and is happy taking the initiative
clear communicator able to build trusting relationships and guide constructive conversations
a curious self-learner, always seeking to upskill to hone their profession to be the best practitioner they can be
a natural collaborator with individuals and teams to develop exceptional products and experiences that are tailored for their intended audience

Working at Caution Your Blast

Profit share: Company shares a portion of profit with employees

Share options: The option to buy shares at a later date

Free, anonymous counselling: Access to HelloSelf, online counselling and therapy, whenever and whatever you need it for

Health cash plan: BUPA cashplan to help cover the cost of prescriptions, treatments, and therapies

Workplace nursery scheme: Significant cash savings on nursery fees

Cycle-to-work: We’re registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a bike and accessories tax-free

Learning & development: We cover books, training courses and conferences. We also love to hear your ideas on what else might contribute to your learning and growth.

Laptop: Your choice of work MacBook

Flexible working: There will be commitments that mean you have to be in our London office or a client office on certain days, but outside that we’re open to you working mostly from home or mostly from the office - or an equal split, it’s your choice. We also know that life happens, so if your child’s ill, the plumber’s running late, or you have some deep-focussed work to do, we’re open to you flexing your working day so it works for you.

Annual leave: We’ll encourage you to take a minimum amount of paid leave in the year, and we don’t have a maximum. We care about your interests, wellbeing and ambitions, so you can ask for as much leave as you would like, and if we can make it work we will.

Team time/social: The wider CYB team comes together outside of client projects at least monthly

The journey to joining Caution Your Blast as a Full Stack Software Engineer

Submit CV and covering email

If you like the sound of our approach, and if you think the role matches your skills experience, and interests, please send your CV along with a few paragraphs outlining why you’d like to take on the role to: info@cautionyourblast.com
Online interview

The first step for shortlisted applicants is a video call interview so we can find out more about you, your skills, and you can ask us your initial questions about us and the role.
In-person interview

If we’re keen to progress, we’ll invite you to a second interview in-person at our London office. If you’re not based in London we’ll cover travel costs, and any child care and/or accessibility related costs needed to make it happen.

We want our recruitment process to be as inclusive as possible. If you’d like to discuss alternative ways to showcase your interest and expertise, or have any questions at all about the role please do get in touch at info@cautionyourblast.com

We know that some groups will only apply for roles if they hit every single criteria, so if you meet most but not all of what we’re looking for, we’d still like to hear from you.

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