Junior Back-End Developer

As a Junior Back-End Developer at Trade Nation, you will play a pivotal role in designing and building robust, scalable, and high-performance back-end services. You will work closely with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver seamless user experiences and effective solutions that meet the needs of our trading platform. You will be responsible for writing clean, maintainable code while also ensuring the security and efficiency of our applications.

We are Trade Nation. We help our customers power up their trading through killer insights, transparent costs, and fairer ways to trade. We’re innovators, and proud of it. And we’ve grown a lot in our decade as a market-leading low-cost trading powerhouse. Our reach is global through our teams in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Seychelles and The Bahamas.

Founded on transparency, forged in trust and powered by people, we’re committed to empowering our customers to outperform the markets. How? By minimising expenses and harnessing technology to prioritise the lowest trading costs.

But enough about us. Let’s hear about you.

You’re something special. You pride yourself on being unique and bringing your own history to the table – finding solutions to daily challenges in a way that can’t be done by anyone else. Maybe you talk a big game, maybe you don’t. The important thing is that you do what you say and follow through to see every customer thrive.

You don’t play with the bumpers up. That means breaking out of your lane when needed to help others – or forging your own completely. Every problem is our problem and that’s how you see it too. Because Trade Nation’s people have a shared vision, and you want to be part of making it a reality.

You know when to take the right sort of risks, the ones that push you to be better. You’re not afraid to try, fail, and then try harder. But don’t worry, you’ll have all the support you need to thrive with us at Trade Nation, and we can’t wait to enable you to learn and grow.

Ready to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in?

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

 We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting each other to do the same

• Design, develop, and maintain server-side applications and APIs.
• Collaborate with front-end developers and product teams to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Optimise applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Implement security and data protection measures.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, while ensuring best practices are followed.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application issues, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies to ensure the continued evolution of our platform.

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a Back-end Developer or similar role, with a strong understanding of server-side programming.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python (Preferred), C# or Java
• Experience with database management systems, including SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.
• Knowledge of version control systems, preferably Git.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to producing high-quality work.

• Competitive salary, and discretionary annual bonus.
• Private healthcare.
• Life Insurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection cover.
• Active Lifestyle allowance.
• Annual leave above minimum entitlement.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Up to 3 weeks allowance to work in any location.