Use your love of innovation to build products for millions of people and
explore the core elements of technology engineering, including Software,
Cyber, DevOps and Quality.
HELP US CREATE TECHNOLOGY FOR MILLIONS
We’re the UK’s largest digital bank, serving over 26 million customers,
with 17.4 million of them being active online users. And to keep serving
them well, we’re investing up to £2bn each year in innovative tech like
robotics, machine learning, cloud technology. In fact, in 2020, our
commitment to innovation saw us named Euromoney’s Best Digital Bank in
Western Europe.
With each new development, we need to remain laser-focused on our
customers and their changing needs. And that’s where our Engineers come
in. Their role is to help us develop software and services that improve
people’s banking experiences.
IS OUR ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHEME FOR YOU?
If you're passionate about technology and you love playing with code,
Engineering could be for you.
Our scheme gives you the chance to explore the many varied and exciting
disciplines within Engineering, with learning pathways that can take you
into DevOps, Infrastructure, Quality, Security, Service, Software and
Site Reliability Engineering. As you explore, you’ll develop detailed
knowledge of leading technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
and Google Cloud.
All our Engineers are collaborative by nature. Working within a specific
business area, they’re transforming banking to meet our customers’ needs
and supporting our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper. As well as being
strong communicators and great team players, they’re keen to always keep
learning. If that sounds like something you can relate to, this is the
scheme for you.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ON THE ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHEME
Over two years, you’ll gain a fantastic insight into the variety of
engineering roles we offer, helping you find and grow in an area you
really enjoy.
You’ll join a different team on each of your three rotations and
experience a diverse range of projects. You could be working on
large-scale projects, writing code in different languages, creating
DevOps pipelines, building new features for our mobile app or creating a
robot that automatically restores our core banking services.
Whatever the challenge, you’ll learn how to use agile and waterfall
methodologies to tackle it and see first-hand the difference your
contribution can make. Supported by your Engineering Lead, you can take
up extra learning and accreditations such as cloud training and
certification courses. You'll also have access to our market-leading on
demand learning platform, as well as the chance to network with other
engineers at our hackathons, which are sponsored by partners such as
Google, Microsoft and IBM.
THE WORK YOU COULD BE DOING
- Developing your coding skills using languages like JavaScript, C#,
Python, Swift, Node and Kotlin
- Helping to automate processes that save colleagues and customers time
- Testing new software to make sure it provides a seamless customer
experience
- Stress-testing customer journeys and finding ways to improve them
- Helping to build customer service infrastructure that’ll be used in
branches
WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY
A 2:2 degree or above in any discipline from any university. PhD and
Masters students are also welcome.
Due to the technical nature of this scheme, you’ll need a good
understanding of at least one modern programming language or framework,
a love of technology and a strong desire to learn.
OUR WORKING PRACTICES
Many of our roles have flexible working, so you can work between home
and our hubs. We mainly come together to collaborate, and you’ll agree
with your placement teams where, when and how you work.
APPLY NOW
Locations: Across the UK - Mainly in Edinburgh, London,
Manchester and West Yorkshire hubs.
Closing date: Our graduate schemes may close early if we receive
a high number of applications, so it’s best to apply as soon as you can.
Duration: 2 years
Qualifications: There are various qualifications (such as
Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform certifications) you can work
towards based on your individual development requirements.
