Junior Software Developer

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year.

Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.

What you will get from us

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model.
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
• Private Medical Insurance
• Regular social and teambuilding events
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity.

What we are looking for

• Computer Science related degree or relevant industry experience
• A good understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts
• The ability to work with HTML, CSS
• A good understanding of the Web
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and grow with the role

What would be desirable:

• Knowledge of database systems, both relational and non-relational
• Knowledge of Linux based systems and ability to work with a terminal
• Git

What you’ll need to do

You will be part of a close-knit team of skilled software developers focused on building and maintaining the Cavendish Insights software, a SaaS web platform, used both internally within the business and externally by our diverse client base. The platform has a wide range of features including API data ingestion, aggregation and analytics, insight generation and dashboarding, reporting and notification, AI Data processing, social media integrations and much more.

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email peopleteam@cavendishconsulting.com.