Junior Engineer (remote Uk)

Forecast centralises project management, resourcing & financial data into one easy-to-use, native AI-powered platform. Integrating seamlessly with your existing technology stack, Forecast optimises real-time planning, predictive analysis and financial returns from your delivery teams and projects. Founded in 2016, Forecast is backed by world renowned investors including Balderton Capital & Crane Venture Partners.

Are you our next Forecaster?

We are looking to hire a bright and passionate Junior Developer to be a part of our Engineering team. As a Junior Developer at Forecast, you’ll be right upfront and centre in helping develop our platform, and build the best and brightest solution for professional services teams. You’ll use your experience and smarts to learn quickly and grow your career, and in doing so contribute to the growth of our organisation. Your opinion matters.

Tech-wise, we’re cloud-native and running on AWS - we use TypeScript, Java, NodeJS, GraphQL, ReactJS, Aurora (MySQL on Amazon), DynamoDB (NoSQL), and AWS Lambda (Serverless). 

You’ll:

• Work collaboratively with a product team (Product Manager, UX, UI & Engineering), taking end-to-end responsibility for key aspects of the Forecast application, all the way from responsive UI, to services, to databases, and automated testing;

• Take ownership from conception to post deployment in an environment where you’ll likely be shipping code during your first week - we prioritize execution

• Participate in bug fixing and support duties

• Grab the opportunity to learn fast and grow quickly!

You’ll have:

• Minimum 1 year proven experience in successfully working with end-to-end development

• Experience with some of the following (along with the desire and ability to learn quickly to fill in the gaps): Java, JavaScript/Node.js, GraphQL, React, SQL, AWS and TypeScript

• Passion about the work you ship, with a sense of pride & ownership over what you’re putting out into the world

• Enthusiasm to develop your customer service mindset

• Great collaboration skills - you’ll be working in a tight-knit product team where teamwork and sharing of best practices is a must

This is a home based role in the UK.