Software Engineer - Intern

**Job Purpose** This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your existing skillset and gain technical knowledge and experience by working alongside highly skilled \& experienced senior engineers. Throughout the placement, you will be delivering a series of work packages aimed at enhancing the capabilities of existing products, with scope to help define the technical solution under guidance from your colleagues. This is a hands-on role, gaining exposure to all elements of the software and product development lifecycle, adopting the latest industry standard tools and technologies stacks. Job Context * Exposure to good engineering practices to design and implement new features for existing products * Analyse scope and requirements, identify and solve problems * Develop skills to provide innovative solutions to technical problems * Work with-in an agile multi-disciplined team * Apply knowledge in programming languages to solve real-world problems Job Dimensions The role will be based in the UK, with some level of working from home negotiable. Key Accountabilities * Deliver agreed work packages on time and to the agreed quality/standards * Coordinate and deliver in cooperation with other project teams **Qualifications** Qualifications, Experience \& Skills * Working towards a degree in a relevant subject (Software Engineering or equivalent). **Skills** * Ability to analyse the scope of the tasks * Interpret and/or contribute to requirements and specifications * Create concept designs * Work with other engineers to design and debug systems * Documentation skills to be able to articulate and record design decisions and technical aspects of the work packages developed **Essential Knowledge** * Java or Python programming languages * Basic understanding of testing **Desirable Knowledge** * Experience of communications protocols such as TCP IP * Object Orientated Design * UML * Linux operating systems * Database principles (basic SQL and/or database terminology) Behavioural Competencies * Methodical approach to problem solving * Capable of driving ideas/projects forward * Able to work effectively to meet agreed timescales having considered and planned the project activities * Delivering work packages, not just researching ideas or theorising * Well organised * Proactive * Excellent written and oral communication skills in English * Good interpersonal skills with a pleasant and can-do attitude