Software Engineer - Year In Industry Programme

Office for National Statistics; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Manchester offers a Software Engineer Graduate Programme, combining a year in industry with graduate opportunities. This programme aims to develop software engineering skills through hands-on experience, coaching, and peer support. Ideal candidates are studying for a Bachelors or Masters in a relevant field and must be enthusiastic about learning and contributing to a real-world software project.

Qualifications

• Must be studying a sandwich degree or a degree with a year-in-industry in a relevant subject.
• Open to enthusiastic individuals willing to learn.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a software engineering community.
• Work on an existing project or programme.
• Receive coaching to become a contributing team member.

Skills

Enthusiastic about software engineering

Experience with open-source projects

Coding skills (mobile apps, Raspberry Pi)

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Software Engineering or relevant field

Job description

Are you currently studying for a Bachelors degree or a Masters in a subject relevant to Software Engineering?

Our fantastic Software Engineer Graduate Programme is a combined Year-in-industry and Graduate programme, offers you potential progression through three stages, leading to a permanent role after graduation and opportunities to build a successful long-term career with us.

As a Year-in-Industry student you will be provided with a comprehensive training programme and all the support you need to develop both your technical and personal skills. You will play an integral part of your team and will be part of the wider Software Engineering Community of Practice. This will provide you with plenty of opportunity to learn from peers in a supportive environment.

If you want to find out more about the programme, we will be running a webinar on Wednesday 17th December 12 : 00 – 13 : 0 0, with an opportunity to meet this year's students, their managers and our recruitment team. Please click the following link to sign u p : Software Engineer Year In Industry Candidate Information Webi nar

What are we looking for?

We do not expect you to be expert in anything, but we do want enthusiastic people who are keen to learn what it’s like to be a software professional in the real world. Perhaps you manage your own open-source projects, have developed a mobile app or coded on a Raspberry Pi. We can help you to develop those skills further. You will work on an existing project or programme where you will be coached and helped to become a fully contributing member of our team for the duration of your placement. You will need to be doing a sandwich degree or a degree with a year-in-industry in a relevant subject too.