9-Month Software Engineer Placement | AI-Powered Platform

Dayshape; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary £34,226

Mentor support

£1,000 annual development budget

33 days holiday (pro-rata)

Innovation Week

Pension 5% match

Team All Hands meetings

Team socials

Job summary

Dayshape, based in Edinburgh, is hiring a Software Engineer for a 9‑month placement. You will join product development teams and code features that scale our AI-powered resource management platform.

The role blends learning and hands‑on work across HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C#, and .Net within a modern tech stack. You’ll work in a hybrid setup from Edinburgh with a dedicated mentor, a competitive starting salary, and a range of professional development benefits.

Qualifications

• Comfortable writing and reasoning through code in at least one programming language; JavaScript and C# are primary.
• Familiar with HTML/CSS basics and web app structure.
• Passionate about building a product you can be proud of and delivering quality software.
• Eager to learn about software development practices and continuous improvement.
• Able to adapt quickly and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Code new features and enhancements.
• Contribute to scalability, performance, and maintainability of the product.
• Collaborate with engineering on end-to-end feature delivery.
• Engage in the full feature life cycle from idea to deployment and updates.
• Tackle diverse challenges across the codebase.
• Help solve internal blockers to speed up delivery.
• Gain exposure to the full stack (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C#, .Net, Vue.js, AngularJS, Jest, Playwright, Azure).

Skills

JavaScript

C#

HTML/CSS

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Vue.js

.Net

AngularJS

Jest

Playwright

MS Azure

Job description

Dayshape, based in Edinburgh, is hiring a Software Engineer for a 9‑month placement. You will join product development teams and code features that scale our AI-powered resource management platform.

The role blends learning and hands‑on work across HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C#, and .Net within a modern tech stack. You’ll work in a hybrid setup from Edinburgh with a dedicated mentor, a competitive starting salary, and a range of professional development benefits.