Software Developer

Jewellery Quarter Bullion – Software Developer

Location: Birmingham, Remote first

Contract: Full time, permanent contract (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: competitive salary depending on experience

Package & Benefits

• Up to 10% Bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Staff discount on products
• Modern office environment in Birmingham City Centre
• Learning and development opportunities
• Onsite Gym

Remote first, office space available at our Birmingham Head Office; visa sponsorship is not available.

About Jewellery Quarter Bullion

We’re passionate about gold and silver investment, making it simple for customers across the UK and Europe to buy, sell, and store bullion securely. As the UK’s leading online bullion dealer with £500m+ turnover, our brands (BullionByPost.co.uk, Gold.co.uk, and others) are trusted by thousands of investors.

Technology is at the heart of everything we do. Our in-house development team build and supports the platforms, systems and services that power every customer interaction and enable the business to continue growing.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Software Developer to join our growing Technology team.

Reporting to the Head of Software Development, you'll design, build and maintain high-quality software across our e-commerce platforms and internal systems. You'll work closely with frontend teams, QA and fellow developers to deliver reliable, scalable software that supports a high-volume online business.

This is a hands-on role where you'll contribute throughout the full software development lifecycle, helping to deliver new features, improve existing systems and solve technical challenges that have a real commercial impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software applications
• Build new functionality across customer-facing websites and internal business systems
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software issues
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to development best practice
• Work closely with frontend teams, QA and business stakeholders, including the senior leadership team, to deliver new features
• Optimise application performance, scalability and reliability
• Support software deployments and continuous improvement initiatives
• Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing
• Identify opportunities to improve existing systems and development processes
• Stay up to date with modern development tools, frameworks and technologies

Skills & Experience

• Commercial experience as a Software Developer or Software Engineer
• Strong experience developing with Python (or a comparable language)
• Experience building web applications and APIs with Django (or a comparable framework)
• Experience working with SQL databases
• Experience using Git version control
• Understanding of software architecture and object-oriented programming principles
• Experience integrating third-party APIs
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively within an Agile development environment
• Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines (desirable)
• Experience with Docker or containerisation (desirable)
• Experience working within an e-commerce environment (desirable)

Why You’ll Love It Here

• Join one of the UK's leading e-commerce businesses
• Build software that supports millions of pounds of online transactions
• Work on a wide variety of customer-facing and internal development projects
• Collaborate with an experienced in-house technology team
• Opportunity to influence technical solutions and continuously improve our platforms
• 10% training time – we'll provide you the opportunity to broaden your skills and work on things you think will help the business
• Holiday purchase scheme allows you to influence your work life balance
• A culture built on Integrity, Agility, Ambition, Clarity and Efficiency, with high standards and accountability

About You

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy building robust, scalable software
• Take pride in writing clean, maintainable code
• Like solving complex technical problems
• Enjoy collaborating with others to deliver high-quality solutions
• Continuously look for better ways to improve systems, processes and performance

Pre-employment Checks

Please note that all successful candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening checks, which include:

• Right to work verification
• Criminal record check (DBS)
• Reference checks
• For certain roles, credit/fraud screening may also be required

Ready to Apply?

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d love to hear from you.

Application Deadline: 15th August 2026 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if the right candidate is appointed.)

At JQB we champion diversity and promote equal opportunities. We encourage applications from every background, you’re welcome here.