Kainos Hiring for Placement Software Engineer – Summer 2023 Intake Job at Birmingham, England Full Time

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE BUSINESS:

As a Placement Software Engineer with Kainos, you will work on projects where you can make a real difference to people’s lives – the lives of people you know. After taking part in our award-winning, seven-week Engineering Academy, you will then join one of our many project teams, to learn from our experienced developers, project managers and customer-facing staff. You’ll have great support and mentoring, balanced with the experience of being given real, meaningful work to do, to help you truly develop both technically and professionally.

You will be responsible for:

• Contribute to developing high quality solutions which impact the lives of users

worldwide.

• You’ll work as part of a team to solve problems and produce innovative software

solutions.

• Learn about new technologies xand approaches, with talented colleagues who will help you learn, develop and grow.

• You will work on project teams to learn how to develop and unit test straightforward or low complexity components, and then moving on to more

complex elements as you increase your knowledge.

• Work with other developers in working through designs and user stories and to

produce real development solutions

• Will be fully supported by experienced colleagues in the team to follow designs,

and then progress to assist in any other aspect of the project life-cycle under

supervision

• Develop excellent technical, team-working and Agile project experience

MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS:

• Currently studying a relevant degree or equivalent qualification

• Familiar with some programming languages and implementation environments.

• Some understanding of the software development lifecycle from your studies or

relevant work experience, and the relevance of different tools at different stages of

the development lifecycle

• Able to make effective decisions with the support of team members, within fastmoving delivery environment.

• Have an open attitude to sharing knowledge and information.

• Good communication skills with the ability to communicate issues to other

technical people and, sometimes, non-technical people

• Good problem solving and analytical skills.

• We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability of strong team skills, including

taking direction from others, is crucial.

• Ability to carry out responsibilities in accordance with company policies,

procedures and processes.

• Ability to deliver tasks within a given timeframe

Assessments are likely to take place in Nov/Dec 2022. If we hold a second wave of assessments you may not be contacted until the New Year.

These roles will commence in Summer 2023.

At Kainos, we recognise many of the greatest ideas and innovations come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and are committed to cultivating an inclusive working environment that drives changes in Technology. Therefore, we particularly welcome applications from groups who are typically under-represented in this sector including women, non-binary and transgender people. Read about flexible working, parental leave and other benefits here. All appointments will be on the basis of merit.