Junior Software Engineer- Sheffield

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. 

• 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.

• 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.

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.