Graduate Software Engineer

The Opportunity

As a Software Engineer in our Tooling team at Brightflag, you will play an integral part in the success of our Engineering and Customer Success teams. The role will see you working closely with our Customer Success and Engineering tooling teams. You'll be creating customer on-boarding web apps (exposed as internal tools) that our Customer Support teams use when onboarding new customers to our SaaS platform. These web apps are vital to ensure our customers have the best onboarding experience possible. You’ll also be enhancing our existing software tooling processes.  We will give you the opportunity to grow your coding knowledge. You'll get experience across a range of technologies; including Java & Spring, React, SQL, RESTful APIs, ERP systems integrations.

What You Will Be Doing

• Directly impact the success and growth of the Brightflag platform 
• Full ownership of features from design to deployment 
• Build and design features from database, back-end to front-end 
• Craft innovative and efficient solutions to technical problems 
• Help drive the future of Brightflag products with imaginative ideas 
• Using MySQL mapping queries to translate Brightflag data to API payloads for external AP systems, like Oracle Financials and Coupa

 Skills & Experience

To be successful in the role, you need:

• Bachelor’s degree (in Computer Science or related field) or equivalent professional experience
• Experience in Java development
• Experience using and maintaining SQL databases (preferably MySql)
• Experience with Spring MVC, HTML 5 / CSS, JavaScript and Git
• Experience with agile software development methodologies (such as Scrum)
• Knowledge of or experience with RESTful APIs
• Experience collaborating directly with product teams and designers
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Good communication skills 

The following are a bonus!

• 1+ years of industry experience in a software engineering role, internship or equivalent
• Experience with Freemarker templating engine
• Knowledge of or experience with React or AngularJS
• Knowledge of or experience with SOAP APIs
• Knowledge of  IT security
• High-growth startup experience
• Knowledge of building SaaS products

Life @ Brightflag

We’re growing fast and so is the experience we can offer you:

• A huge opportunity to make a real impact, to shape what we do and where we are going.
• The exposure and challenge you need to learn, grow and progress your career in a rapidly growing scale-up.
• Complex technical and business problems to solve and the trust and autonomy you need to go and solve them.
• A sound, helpful team, in a friendly, values-driven and inclusive environment.
• Competitive salary.
• Share options.
• 25 days holidays + 4 company ‘Reset’ days throughout the year.
• Comprehensive health insurance, life insurance and long term illness/income protection.
• Fully flexible work location and work patterns so you can balance life at home with life at work - come to the office, work at home… or enjoy a blend of both at your discretion.
• Learning subsidy of €2,000 annually, to spend as you wish, plus study and examination leave where applicable.
• Our ‘bookworm’ program also enables you to order a book a month.. on us!
• Access to Pluralsight - the on demand learning platform for tech teams.
• The Tax-Saver or Cycle-to-Work Scheme.
• Wellbeing program & stipend.
• Home office set-up supports.

We are a diverse and inclusive bunch of people. We welcome diverse perspectives and people who make every day count and strive for constant improvement. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race. 

Location & Eligibility

This role offers a flexible work location across Ireland. Whether that be in the office (as public health guidelines allow), remote from anywhere in Ireland, or a mix of office/remote work in Ireland, you choose what works best for your lifestyle. 

Your time is valuable. To help with your application, we advise that regrettably we cannot offer work permit sponsorship/ self sponsorship for this role. 

About Brightflag

Hello, We’re Brightflag - one of the fastest-growing tech startups in the legal world - we’re on a mission to transform legal operations. Our patented AI-powered software combined with a best-in-class Customer Success team empowers corporate legal teams to do better, no matter the starting point. Our SaaS platform was the first to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to legal operations management and has invested more than 100,000+ hours in its development. Using Brightflag, corporate legal teams achieve visibility into their operations, streamline internal workflows, and engage with outside counsel more efficiently. You can learn more about Brightflag here.