Apprentice Software Engineer

Made Tech Limited; Bristol, Manchester, Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kick-start your coding career with an innovative firm focused on digital transformation in the public sector. As an apprentice software engineer, you will embark on an 18-month accredited DevOps apprenticeship, gaining hands-on experience while working on real client projects. This role offers a unique opportunity to learn software engineering fundamentals and apply your skills in a supportive environment. With a commitment to inclusivity and diversity, the company fosters a collaborative culture where your contributions will make a meaningful impact. Join a team dedicated to improving public services through technology and enjoy the benefits of hybrid working, including paid counselling and flexible perks.

Benefits

Flexible benefit platform

Smart Tech scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Health care cash plan

Pension plan

Paid counselling

Financial advice

Legal advice

Qualifications

• Interest in programming and basic coding skills required.
• Commitment to an 18-month learning programme essential.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building, testing, and maintaining software.
• Supporting the team to solve problems and improve user experience.

Skills

Programming

Adaptability

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Knowledge of Cloud Platforms

Agile Methodologies

Education

Maths GCSE (minimum grade C/4)

English GCSE (minimum grade C/4)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Slack

Job description

Hybrid working
Made Tech office 1 - 2 days per week (depending on business needs).

Apprentices will also be required to attend in-person learning days as part of their apprenticeship programme.

Are you looking to kick-start a career in coding?
Get ready to sharpen your programming skills and learn to ship high-quality code with Made Tech!

Our mission

At Made Tech, we want to positively impact the future of the country with digital technology. We help public sector organisations deliver quality software to help citizens get more from public services. We work alongside brilliant public servants to modernise technology and accelerate digital delivery.

Your Journey
As an apprentice software engineer, over 18 months, you’ll work towards an accredited level 4 DevOps apprenticeship programme. During this time, you will learn and develop your technical software and personal centred skills and gain hands-on experience working on real client projects.

You will have the opportunity to work across a variety of technologies and will need to be comfortable doing so and be adaptable to learning new technologies and skills every day. So you will need to demonstrate adaptability and readiness to learn new technologies and skills every day.

Your role at Made Tech

In phase 1, you will be focused on learning the software engineering fundamentals that will enable you to progress and contribute to live delivery projects.

In phase 2, you will work on real client project teams. This will give you both the opportunity to reinforce and develop what you have learned in phase one. You will also be attending structured learning days to further enhance your skills as a DevOps engineer.

What we are looking for

• An interest in programming and the ability to create some basic code.
• A Maths and English GCSE at a minimum grade C/4 or equivalent functional skills (level 2).
• Commitment to undertake an 18-month learning programme.
• A true team player.
• A willingness to learn.
• An awareness of working within a consultancy environment.

Essential requirements

• All applicants must be 18 years & over at the time of starting the program.
• All applicants must not be currently employed under a government-based scheme or taking part in any other apprenticeship or government-funded program.
• All applicants must hold a Maths and English GCSE at a minimum grade C/4 or equivalent functional skills level 2.

Next steps:

• Selected applicants will be invited to a short screening, upon submitting your application.
• If your screening is successful, we will invite you to complete a short coding assessment.
• Applicants who pass the coding assessment will then complete a short Maths & English assessment.
• Finally, applicants who are successful following the Maths & English assessment will be invited to an in-person assessment centre.

Key Responsibilities

As an apprentice software engineer, you will be designing, building, testing, maintaining, and evaluating software. You will play a key role in supporting your team to apply what you have learnt, to solve problems and improve the user experience.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

If you have any of the following skills, we would love to hear more. These are desirable so no worries if you are not familiar with any of these:

• Knowledge of the public sector.
• Working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Knowledge of different programming languages.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.

We’re committed to building a happy, inclusive and diverse workforce. You can get a sense of what it’s like working here from our blog, where we talk about mental health, communities of practice, neurodiversity as well as our client work and best practice.

Like many organisations, we use Slack to chat to each other. The Slack groups that have formed give an idea of the diversity within Made Tech. If you’d like to speak to someone from one of these groups about their experience as an employee, let your recruitment agent or Made Tech Talent Partner know.

The groups are:

• disability
• lgbtqiaplus-allies-and-activists
• women-in-tech

We are always listening to our growing teams and evolving the benefits available to our people. As we scale, so do our benefits and we are scaling quickly. We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan.

Remote Working - we offer part-time remote working for all our staff.

Paid counselling - we offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice.