Graduate Software Engineer
an independent software and technology consultancy who have clients in the public and private sector. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver exciting new digital services for our clients. We focus on understanding our client’s business and work with them to deliver change that makes their business more effective.
We are able to support our clients with their strategy, technical design, user experience, software development and delivery into live service.
We are looking for candidates who are interested in a career in technology to join us as Graduate Software Engineers in our Software Engineering practice. We will provide you with all of the support and training required to develop your skills as a software engineer and give you the confidence to deliver technical projects for our clients.When completed, you will be a well rounded engineer and you will be able to join one of our projects to help us deliver the latest generation of digital online services for one of our public or private sector clients. We have a number of exciting projects for clients in the government and private sector to be involved in.
The role:
The start dates for this role will be in March 2025 and September 2025.
This role offers you the opportunity to work in high-performing teams in a range of projects, from large transformation programmes to bespoke solution development, with different clients and technology solutions. Our Software Engineers use a wide variety of technologies to focus on building both specific and non-specific solutions that meet any requirements.
We recognise that graduates may not yet know where they want to specialise, so to help you decide your ideal pathway and give you a breadth of experience, you will have the opportunity to try different roles on different projects before honing in on your chosen specialisms.
As your career progresses, you can expect to work across all areas of the development lifecycle, from strategy to development to implementation, and to take on assignments in different sectors. This will provide you with a broad base of experience from which to build an outstanding career.
Candidates should be open to working in different locations for different clients. Although most of our work is in London, candidates should be happy to travel as client needs dictate.
Main duties:
- After training, you’ll be working as a Java or Python developer on one of our client projects, typically moving onto other client work after 6-12 months
- Responsible for developing features, fixing bugs, updating applications to comply with government standards.
- Being part of a larger team - working with and learning from senior developers within the team.
- Helping with internal applications or other work when possible.
- Working closely with clients to understand their needs and working within the team whilst on client site.
- Helping us to grow our Software Engineering practice.
Typically, you will work on a particular project for 6-12 months before moving onto a new challenge. You will be part of a larger team, working with and learning from experienced consultants. As a consultant, you will work closely with our clients, helping to ensure that the project delivers great outcomes.
Requirements- Scientific or technical degree, or a relevant professional qualification, or equivalent experience
- Some experience in software development, using Python or Java (or related technologies)
- Understanding of common programming models (client/server, web based, integration)
- Some understanding of DevOps technologies (Git, Docker, Jenkins, Travis or AWS)
- Understanding of development methodologies, Agile and Waterfall
- Good grasp of relational or non-relational databases (MySQL, Postgres or mongo DB)
- Web technologies (front end particularly, a clear understanding of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, etc)
- Competitive salary, dependent on experience
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Flexibility to work from home
- 10 days allocated development training per year
- Generous discretionary bonus
- Statutory & Contributory pension
- Free gym membership
- Private healthcare cover
- Annual Away days
- Monthly company socials