Student Developer Placement

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About EducationCity.com

EducationCity.com is a leading developer and publisher of educational content, with offices in in Oakham, Rutland and a sales base in the USA as part of EDMENTUM, the world’s largest specialist online educational content company. Since its foundation in 1999, Educationcity.com has remained passionate about its product offering. It is used and trusted in over 15,000 subscribing schools in the UK alone, as part of their everyday teaching. Dedicated to creating new ways of delivering curriculum content, recognised with awards by educationalists and adored by children everywhere, EducationCity.com pioneers the evolution of teaching with technology in the new digital learning era.

In return for your time, talents and commitment; we offer you a fantastic working environment in a friendly team and subsidised, delicious catering and free fruit at lunch-time! At 95 employees, we’re big enough to provide the benefits of working in a professional environment where excellence is the norm, but small enough to care about each individual. You will receive free life-cover from day one of service, for four times your salary; and income protection cover. You will also have the opportunity to be included in a health-care cash plan, and in line with auto-enrolment regulations, you will be offered the chance to join our match-funded company pension scheme. Annual leave is 23 days per full holiday- year plus Bank Holidays, with company sick pay after 6 months in service.

Student Developer Responsibilities:

• Development of the custom made back office systems to support internal Sales, Marketing and Product Development teams.
• Be an active member of the Agile Scrum Team.

Candidates should have:

• Software Engineering related Degree – on track for a 2:1 or above
• Good working knowledge of OO PHP and client side languages
• Experience of working with databases
• Appreciation for good usability and design
• Accurate with good attention to detail
• Ability to work on your own initiative and as a team player
• Must be able to work quickly
• Keen to learn
• Programming experience - using a combination of the following: PHP, MySQL, Object Oriented Programming, JavaScript, HTML, XML, CSS, CodeIgniter, jQuery, AngularJS
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical colleagues

The EducationCity Experience:

• Fun and vibrant environment – working with experienced professionals.
• Real industry experience to build your CV.
• Experience working as part of a supportive team who will be interested in your development.
• Contribute to an educational product being used by millions of children across the world.

How to Apply

Pleas email your CV to Kate Sanderson (HR Manager): recruitment@educationcity.com

Travel expenses to the interview will be paid to all candidates called forward for this role.