Stratable
Graduate Software Engineer
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
ABOUT STRATABLE
Stratable is a tech start-up based in the centre of Leeds (2 minutes from the train station). You can get involved at a really transformational time for the company. We build our own software and proprietary AI that help organisations make sharp decisions in high-stakes settings, with everything running securely and in-house. We're founder-led, properly backed, and building for the long term.
We want graduates who'll grow with us and get stuck into the project. Put the graft in alongside us, and the rewards will be there; be part of the next huge international tech company in our sector. If you've already got an interest in or some experience with AI, even better, but what you need is get-up-and-go and a feeling that anyone can do anything!
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build features end to end on the browser-based "terminal" our users work in: front to back, in a modern component-based web frontend and a typed backend
- Model and manage relational data at real scale: tens of interconnected tables, and the queries and migrations that keep them honest
- Build and wire in data flows: ingesting, normalising, and streaming data from various sources and with varying access rights
- Build interactive visualisations: maps, timelines, and dashboards that make a complicated picture clear at a glance, including turning real-world coordinates into something people can actually read on a map
- Help integrate AI and ML into the application's workflows
- Build secure by default: this is sensitive work, so authentication, access control and careful handling of data are part of the job, not an afterthought
- Work in a containerised setup, so what runs on your machine runs the same everywhere
- Help clear technical debt throughout / at the end of each sprint: we work as a small team with nobody to clean up after us, so we must each be developer, researcher, and engineer
WHO YOU ARE
- You've built and shipped something yourself, whether a side project, an open-source contribution, a dissertation that turned into real software, or a hackathon build, and you can talk us through it
- Strong fundamentals in TypeScript/JavaScript first (the product's backbone), with Python and SQL not far behind
- Comfortable in, or quick to pick up, a modern component-based web frontend, since most of what users touch lives there
- You write clean, tested code and leave a clear trail behind you for the next person
- You can take a task and run with it: unblock yourself, use good judgement, and ship on time, including stretches where you're working independently
- You're comfortable working without online AI coding tools, and happy to range across the whole stack rather than being boxed into one layer
- Either a degree in computer science, software engineering or something related, or the equivalent ability that you can actually show us
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
NICE TO HAVE
- Exposure to financial trading-terminal-style tools or similar dense, real-time interfaces
- Experience with data-heavy or real-time UIs
- Data visualisation: charts, dashboards, timelines
- Any geospatial or mapping experience: coordinates, projections, overlays
- Comfort with relational data at scale, and with containerised development
- Understanding of air-gapping of servers, and edge compute
HOW WE WORK
You'll be building alongside both founders, who set the direction day to day and get stuck in with you. There will also be periods where we expect you to work independently, without the founders in the office, so we need people who can use their own initiative and keep things moving on their own. We value logical, structured problem-solving and reasoning, combined with strong fundamentals. We all chip in to help improve our proprietary software and develop LLMs as we go. As a team, we value integrity, kindness, and patience. Keeping those three values in mind, we ensure there are no egos in the mix. Our mindset is “development, research, and engineering”: developers build things, researchers uncover the problems with what was built, and engineers fix those problems.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
WHAT WE OFFER
- £38,000 base, plus room for a performance bonus
- Manage and deliver individual app features that match your understanding of the application: obviously, this will develop and expand over time
- Being part of a small team gives you a real say in how we build
- The ability to work across the full stack, in primary focus areas (databases, analysis tools, planning tools, AI integration, automation, research, etc)
- The odd trip abroad, primarily to subsidiaries in APAC
- We value family, health, and helping those we work with become more efficient, reaching their own professional goals
ELIGIBILITY & LOCATION
Non-negotiables:
- Leeds, on-site (no remote work unfortunately. We're sorry, we miss it too!)
- Full-time
- Some international travel required from time to time to support our work overseas (must have passport)
- Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (SC): sole British citizenship, continuous UK residency for the last 5 years
- Must pass a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check while we take you through SC over your first few months
Please confirm your eligibility for SC and BPSS when you apply:
- Have lived continuously in the UK for the past 5 years and have a valid right to work here
- Verifiable employment or education history for the last 3 years
- Be willing to complete a basic criminal DBS check
HOW TO APPLY
Send us your CV and a link / description of something you've built, whether that's GitHub, a portfolio, or a project you're proud of.
We care far more about what you've made and how keen you are than about your CV. Tell us briefly about one (or more) thing/s you built, and confirm your SC eligibility.
Apply to: careers@stratable.net
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location