Locations: Industry placements will be in Bristol, Edinburgh,
Leeds, London, Sheffield and Stevenage– you must be available to commute
or relocate to one of these locations to apply
Salary: Year 1
£27,500, Year 2 £32,000, Year 3 £35,000 + benefits
Start
Date: 15th April 2024. Please only apply if you are available
full-time from this date
You must have the right to work in the UK
for your application to be successful
Why join Digital Futures?
We are a purpose-led technology
training and services company. Our mission is to create opportunity for
people like you by providing the necessary skills and confidence to
start a career in technology.
By focusing on potential, rather than background or experience, we unlock exceptional talent and help people to thrive in their first role in tech. We focus not only on your first role with us, but also in setting you up for success throughout your career.
If you have the right mindset and drive, we will help you reach your career goals, preparing you to become a leader of tomorrow.
Your journey with us:
1. Training - your journey with Digital
Futures starts with 12 weeks of free immersive training, during which
our team of expert instructors will help you learn essential technical
and professional skills to prepare you for your first software
engineering role. Our training is delivered online, with one-to-one
mentoring and group project work.
2. Certification – at the end
of your training you will be ready to take the Oracle Certified
Foundations Associate Java certification and you will also be supported
in preparing for an interview with one of our clients.
3.
Employment - We will offer you a full-time employment contract with
Digital Futures and you will be placed in a technology team with one of
our clients with a starting salary of £27,500 + benefits
Training overview:
• Industry standard developer tools and
workflow
• Software design principles
• Test-driven
development using an assortment of testing frameworks in JavaScript and
Java
• Client and server-side development, including ReactJS, NodeJS,
creating APIs and async programming
• Data persistence using
cloud-based data storage
• Ownership of software development
lifecycle to deploy features
• Preparation for taking the Oracle
Certified Foundations Associate, Java certification
Training is underpinned by a professional skills curriculum designed to
ensure that all our engineers are workplace ready once they have
completed their technical training. Key professional skills modules
include:
• Effective Communication
• Presentations
•
Competency Interview training
• Goal Setting
• Time
Management
• Business Awareness
• Agile
• Being a
Digital Futures Employee
About the role:
Once you have completed your training you
will be ready to start your role as a software engineer:
• Applying
the skills and knowledge you’ve learnt during immersive training
•
Working closely with major clients to analyse user requirements
•
Supporting our clients on developing strategic tech initiatives
•
Interpreting business problems to propose and implement engineering
solutions
• Collaborating within high-performing tech teams to write,
test and improve code
• Roles that our Software Engineers have gone
on to include Java Developer, Release Manager, Forward Deployed
Engineer, Junior Software Engineer, QA Engineer and Test Engineer
What are we looking for?
You don’t need any previous formal
education or experience in tech or software engineering to join our
Academy. In fact, we actively encourage applications from aspiring
software engineers with non-traditional backgrounds, if you can
demonstrate the following characteristics:
• An understanding of the
basics of one or more programming language
• Genuine interest in tech
and how it can help the world
• Growth mindset with a commitment to
lifelong learning
• Self-starting and motivated by personal
development
• Intellectually curious with strong problem-solving
skills
• Team player and collaborative in nature
• Delivery
mindset with the ability to get things done
• Truly motivated by the
first step in a career in tech
