Apprentice Software Developer

Carrying out routine maintenance and administrative tasks, your duties will include:

• Participate in agile sprints by organising your assigned workload alongside your other responsibilities


• Submitting code for Code Review by team members


• Writing test plans to be reviewed by senior team members


• Carrying out test plans and reporting on your findings to ensure the quality of our products


• Contributing towards team discussions regarding approach and system architecture


• Collaborating with team members to critically review the current working standard in comparison to the industry standard


• Keeping up to date with the latest industry trends and suggest new ideas/methodologies for adoption within the team

Supporting other members of the team in a number of ways, which may include:

• Carrying out self-contained tasks to support the construction of a wider system


• Observing/shadowing the team member and identifying mistakes/typing errors to speed up error-free development


• Setting up repositories, databases and other development environments

Carrying out tasks as appropriate on the team’s Issue Tracker, which may include:

• Bug hunting and fixing


• Self-contained tasks


• Feature requests

• Positive attitude 


• Passion for programming/coding


• Great at time and task management


• Quick learning ability


• Good team player


• The ability to work remotely

• Strong maths ability


• Computer Science skills


• Excellent communication skills


• High end user focus

To be confirmed on completion of the apprenticeship.