Junior Software Engineer- Sheffield

FDM Group Ltd.; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business and technology consultancy in the UK is looking for a Junior Software Engineer to join their team. This hybrid role in Sheffield focuses on full stack development and automation testing, providing an opportunity for recent graduates and early-career developers to enhance their skills within the banking sector. Candidates should have experience with programming languages like JavaScript, Python, or Java, and a strong interest in automation testing.

Benefits

Career coaching

Assignments with global companies

Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill

Annual leave

Work-place pension

Qualifications

• Experience with one or more programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java).
• Understanding of full stack development using frameworks such as React, Angular, Node.js/Express, or Spring Boot.
• Strong interest or experience in automation testing using tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full stack applications supporting enterprise infrastructure teams.
• Build automation tests to ensure quality, reliability, and security across systems.
• Contribute to internal tooling for monitoring and operational workflows.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

Java

Full stack development

Automation testing

REST APIs

Git version control

Analytical skills

Tools

Jest

Mocha

Cypress

Selenium

JUnit

PyTest

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

About The Role

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Junior Software Engineer to work for our client within the banking sector. This is initially a 12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Sheffield.

This role is ideal for graduates or early-career developers interested in full stack engineering with a strong emphasis on automated testing, infrastructure tooling, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full stack applications supporting enterprise infrastructure teams.
• Build automation tests (unit, integration, API, UI) to ensure quality, reliability, and security across systems.
• Contribute to internal tooling for monitoring, automation, observability, and operational workflows.
• Write clean, maintainable code and follow engineering and security standards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
• Support issue investigation, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

• Experience with one or more programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java).
• Understanding of full stack development using frameworks such as React, Angular, Node.js/Express, or Spring Boot.
• Strong interest or experience in automation testing using tools like Jest, Mocha, Cypress, Selenium, JUnit, or PyTest.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, Git version control, and basic database concepts.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn.

Desirable

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated test integration.
• Awareness of DevOps, infrastructure automation, or cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Basic understanding of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) or infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Experience with monitoring/logging platforms such as Splunk, Grafana, or Prometheus.

About Us

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension