SOFWARE ENGINEER Check out The Global Talent Co.’s talent network: https://www.globaltalent.co/network The Role You will join a company building the digital infrastructure for grant funding , helping organizations spend less time navigating funding logic, forms, and administration and more time on the projects and impact that matter. The platform brings together research across 18,000+ funding programmes, AI-supported analysis and application drafting, expert review, and ongoing grant management .
AI handles what can scale, while people bring experience and judgement where it matters. As a Software Engineer , you will help build the product across the backend, frontend, and AI pipeline at the core of the platform. You will work directly with the CTO , who already has one successful exit, and learn first-hand how modern software is built in a clean, fast, AI-native environment. This role is designed for someone early in their career who wants real responsibility and a steep learning curve .
You will start with close guidance and progressively take on more independent ownership, with a clear path toward a senior engineering role. Position: Software Engineer Seeking an early-career Software Engineer with solid programming fundamentals, curiosity across the stack, and a strong desire to learn how production software is built. The ideal candidate has 1–3 years of experience or is a recent graduate with strong projects , and combines technical curiosity with high self-motivation, a user-first mindset, and an AI-native approach to development.
What you have built matters more than simply the number of years on your CV. Responsibilities Product Development & Full-Stack Engineering Ship features end-to-end , from backend development through to the user interface. Work across the stack, including React, Node/Express, Postgres, and AWS . Start with close guidance and progressively take on greater independence and ownership . Work closely with the CTO and grant team to build solutions based on real user problems rather than abstract tickets.
Build software with a user-first mindset , ensuring what you create works for real people. AI Development Help build the platform's AI pipeline from week one . Work with prompt engineering, context management, and AI evaluations . Gain hands-on experience with AI development and learn how AI-powered features are built and improved in production. Use AI-native development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor as part of your engineering workflow.
Production & Debugging Trace and fix bugs in the production environment . Work with tools including Sentry, CloudWatch, and Postgres . Learn how production systems work by investigating real issues and understanding their underlying causes. Develop strong debugging and problem-solving skills through hands-on production experience. Learning & Engineering Growth Work closely with the CTO and receive direct technical mentoring.
Use code reviews as a learning tool , incorporating feedback and progressively contributing feedback to others. Take increasing ownership of features and technical problems as your experience grows. Develop toward independent feature ownership , with a clear path toward a senior engineering role. Contribute to improving the time from starting a project to a finished, submitted application through reliable features, automation, and product improvements.
Requirements 1–3 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer , or recent university graduation with strong technical projects. What you have built matters more than simply the number of years of experience. Solid fundamentals in TypeScript and/or JavaScript . Curiosity and willingness to work across the full stack, including: React Node / Express Postgres AWS Strong desire to learn how production software is built and operated .
High self-motivation and the ability to dig into problems rather than wait for instructions . Comfortable receiving feedback and using it to i