Junior Software Engineer

Job description

About Metfolio

Metfolio is a consumer company which makes physical gold accessible to everyone! Users on the Metfolio app can buy physical gold fractionally. We have nearly 1 million followers online, 10s of 1000s of users on our platform and are currently expanding to the US Market too.

We are looking for a AI first Junior Software Developer responsible for the mobile app, backend services and internal tooling. You will be working directly in the engineering team alongside Meeren Raniga (Co-founder).

Above all regardless of your skill level, if you have a drive to learn, are willing to work extremely hard, and have a relentless capacity to make things happen at any cost, apply to this role.

You should have some experience over the following tech stack, which includes:

• MySQL
• Express.js
• React.js and;
• Node.js technologies
• Cursor AI

Skills which will give you an edge are:

• Flutter
• Golang

You should also want to go beyond this current stack, and broaden your horizons with more types of technologies.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers by writing APIs
• Using Cursor and AI tools to complete tasks efficiently
• Connecting backend modules with front end flutter application and user interface
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable modules
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Integration of data storage solutions
• Managing the central database in MySQL
• Managing the central admin panel and its core functionalities
• Working with front end flutter developers to integrate backend functionality with the front end

Skills And Qualifications

• Some of the entire MERN stack and associating technologies
• Experience using Cursor and AI IDEs
• Understanding the fully synchronous behaviour of MERN
• Understanding of MVC design patterns
• Experience in front-end technologies, such as Java, Dart and potentially Swift
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming
• Strong ability to write custom APIs linking to front end interfaces, with a focus on mobile applications
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance
• Strong knowledge of the common or web server exploits and their solutions
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Familiarity with limitations of certain platforms and their workarounds
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and their declarative query languages
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as GitHub
• Ability to structure codebases based on releases

Job type: full time

Salary: Competitive

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

18-02-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English