Use your interest in innovation to help create 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 INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT 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 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 INDUSTRIAL PLACEMENT
From the moment you start, you’ll be working alongside our experienced
Engineers to deliver exceptional services to customers. 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 when you’re part of a collaborative team.
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. And
if you do well, you could even score a fast-track assessment for our
Engineering Graduate Scheme.
WHAT 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
You’ll need a basic understanding of at least one modern programming
language or framework, a love of technology and a strong desire to learn.
APPLY NOW
Location: Edinburgh, London, Manchester or West Yorkshire.
Closing date: Our industrial placements may close early if we
receive a high number of applications, so it’s best to apply as soon as
you can.
Duration: One year from 26 June 2023 until 28 June 2024
