Help us to deliver amazing web apps. Inspire those around you.

Do you have experience developing scalable APIs and backend systems? Do you care about writing clean, maintainable and testable code?

What about innovating with modern technologies and working in an environment where no two days or projects are the same?

If that sounds interesting, our Software Engineer role might be a fit for you.

Who we are

xDesign partners with the UK’s most ambitious brands to accelerate their digital product and engineering delivery, with offices in the centres of Edinburgh and Leeds and employees based all over the UK. We pride ourselves on working closely and collaboratively with our clients to craft intuitive user experiences and valuable products across a wide range of industries, technologies, and clients.

Our reputation as a partner determined to deliver high-quality, robust and thoughtful products has enabled us to scale to over 500 people in the last couple of years. We have doubled the business over the last six months and we are preparing for further accelerated growth in 2023 by delivering high quality software products for some of the UK’s most established brands.

One of the things that makes xDesign unique is our amazing people and the great culture that we have built. That winning combination earned xDesign a place on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ 2022 by Great Place to Work UK. Alongside this we earned a place on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Wellbeing 2022 and the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech 2021.

Our Team

We are a people-first business. We care about hiring great people who want to make meaningful contributions.

It’s important to us that we support and help each other, pushing colleagues to work hard and improve. We value everyone’s unique input and skills: developers, testers, product owners, project managers and designers all collaborate as equals on every project. That collaboration and teamwork is what helps us deliver innovative, exciting products for our clients.

To ensure everyone gets the help and encouragement they need, we’ve developed a structured progression framework to support development plans and career growth for each person within Engineering. You'll get close support from your line manager with your day-to-day work, and you’ll have the support and resources you need to evaluate your career growth and professional development.

Our Tech

We develop web and mobile applications in a variety of different languages and frameworks, with AWS as our primary cloud platform. Our CI/CD infrastructure varies with what makes sense — we have to balance customer requirements with making sure we have the right tools for the job and you will be an integral part of influencing these choices of technology.

The Role

• Developing RESTful Java APIs including interaction with databases with a focus on readable, maintainable and well-tested code
• Integrating with third-party APIs such as payment gateways
• Creating associated API documentation and working in partnership with developers consuming your APIs
• Working as part of a cross-functional scrum team and contributing your expertise to drive the overall success of a project
• Being an advocate for engineering best practices across your project team