Software Engineer - Intern

Cisco; Hatching Green; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Cisco’s Ensoft software engineering team is offering an 8–10 week internship to work on a real project from design through coding and testing in a collaborative environment. You’ll join passionate graduates and gain exposure to agile processes and AI-enabled workflows.

Eligibility requires an undergraduate numerate degree at a UK university with enough software experience to be quickly productive, and strong sociable/teamwork skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• You must have a curiosity about developing software - that's what we do!
• You should be an undergraduate student taking a numerate degree at a UK university.
• We need you to have enough software and programming experience to become quickly productive.
• Finally, you must be sociable. Our software development process is collaborative, so you should enjoy working closely with the other people in your team.

Responsibilities

• Work on a project with a real result within the 8–10 week period.
• Experience design through to coding and testing of the product.
• Familiarize yourself with the day-to-day agile processes and AI-enabled workflows used as part of the job.

Skills

Curiosity about software

Programming experience

Collaborative/team player

Education

Undergraduate numerate degree (UK university)

Job description

Meet the Team

Cisco’s Ensoft software engineering team are responsible for developing components for the Cisco IOS-XR operating system, which is used on high-end carrier and data-center routers. We create cutting-edge software that helps to run the Internet, delivered with outstanding quality.

As an intern with our team, you’ll be working alongside incredibly passionate individuals, like yourself, with a shared enthusiasm for software development. The Ensoft team is entirely made up of people recruited as energetic, exceptional graduates from top universities who have developed into all the roles that make up our team today - from the management team to the industry leading technical experts.

We have a really friendly culture. It is a sign of how well people get on that employees arrange so many activities together in their spare time. This is on top of the many company funded social events arranged by our social team.

Your Impact

Our aim is to provide you with a full experience of what it is like to work as part of the Ensoft engineering team, in order to help you to decide if this is the career for you.

To achieve this, you will be working closely alongside one of our teams on a project with a real result, and with a completion point that can be reached within the 8-10 week period that you are with us. This should allow you to experience everything from design through to coding and testing of the product, and to familiarize yourself with the day to day agile processes and AI-enabled workflows that we use as part of the job.

Minimum Qualifications

• You must have a curiosity about developing software - that's what we do!
• You should be an undergraduate student taking a numerate degree at a UK university.
• We need you to have enough software and programming experience to become quickly productive, so we can offer an exciting placement.
• Finally, you must be sociable. Our software development process is collaborative, so you should enjoy working closely with the other people in your team.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.