Work at Bloom
Join a progressive, forward-looking team with a passion for empowering the public sector.
Prioritising Our People
At Bloom, we recognise that our most valuable asset is our people. It’s why ‘Our People’ is one of our guiding principles. We’re continually striving to create an increasingly progressive and dynamic working environment, that reflects the unique working styles of our diverse team.
By providing a positive working environment, we enable our people to be the best versions of themselves – both at home and the workplace. This is why we’re able to continually deliver positive outcomes for the organisations we serve, and society as a whole. If you believe you’d make a good addition to our team, and have relevant experience, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
Everyone at Bloom enjoys a wide variety of benefits, designed to make their working experience as engaging and rewarding as possible
Bloom is a Living Wage employer, meaning that every member of our team will earn a real Living Wage. We were also delighted to have made the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list, in the ‘Medium Company’ category.
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Flexible Working
Enjoy a flexible / hybrid working culture, which reflects modern working routines and employee preferences.
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Holidays
25-day holiday allowance, rising to 29 days (plus Bank Holidays) based on length of service.
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Support
Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) can used to access the support you need, when you need it.
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Additional Leave
A day off specifically to enjoy your birthday, because you deserve it! Also, enjoy a dedicated annual volunteering day, to support a cause that matters to you.
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Bonus Scheme
A company bonus scheme, that allows everyone at Bloom to share in our success and growth as a business.
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Social Events
Regular company / team social events, designed to build upon our team spirit and reward collective efforts.
Remote
The Software Engineering Lead will be accountable for:
- Working collaboratively with our product team and the rest of the engineering team to develop new features and infrastructure based on cloud native technologies, and to resolve complex software engineering problems.
- Employing and share best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance
- ·Ensuring application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design, and supporting the rest of the team in troubleshooting issues
- Managing our AWS environment based on the operational and security pillars of the Well Architected Framework
- Collaborating with other team members in making architectural decisions for performance and security
- Maintaining and evolving our CI/CD pipeline so we can release quality code to production without manual intervention
“Bloom helped us find suppliers in a rather niche market with the skills and expertise we required, which we would have otherwise found very difficult to source.”
Colin Ansell | Director of Commissioning Support Unit, London Borough of Newham
Social Value & Sustainability
We understand our responsibility as we grow to build an ethical, unique and inspiring business. We align ourselves with the core issues and values that matter most to our stakeholders, ensuring that what we do fulfills the needs of current generations without compromising those of the future.
Social Value was the beginning of our journey to sustainability. It remains an integral part of who we are, reaffirming our mission to make it easier for our public sector customers to deliver on their social value goals and objectives through our marketplace.