Software Developer Placement

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Software Developer Placement

Role Requirements: Second Year Undergraduate Student at a UK-based University, studying for a computer-based degree
Duration: 12 months, commencing Summer 2020

As Egress Software Technologies continues its path of exciting growth, we are offering the exceptional opportunity to 6 candidates to join our Software Development team. These candidates will be undergraduate students looking to undertake a 12-month placement in our Sheffield office as part of their university degree, commencing Summer 2020.

Our Placement Community consists of ambitious team players with excellent interpersonal skills and a get-up-and-go attitude. Our fast-paced growth and unique company culture welcomes new employees and inspires them to thrive.

What would I be doing as a Software Developer Placement?

The Egress Placement Program is a fantastic opportunity for ambitious individuals looking to take their first steps in a Software Developer career in a software-based IT Security organisation. Our Software Developers are at the heart of our new product development initiatives and are responsible for the analysis, design, development and documentation of the Egress product portfolio. Working in close collaboration with QA and Project Management colleagues, you will be working to deliver against priorities established by the Product Management team and Board of Directors.

The day to day content of the role varies enormously, but you are likely to:

• Develop and maintain baseline knowledge of some elements of the Egress product portfolio - from both an End-User and Engineering point of view
• Author technical design documentation for discrete modules of code
• Implement modular changes to existing code - executing programming tasks defined by more senior colleagues
• Debug your own code with minimal support from others
• Work within an agile scrum team
• Document how to test a feature or module you have written
• Participate in and contribute to regular team scrums / stand-ups
• Participate in code reviews on a weekly basis - seeking and absorbing guidance from more senior colleagues
• Write real code that will be used in real commercial products

What Tech Stack will I be using?

Our development departments use different technologies. When you apply to this position, you will be asked which tech stack you wish to apply to. The options are:

• Full Stack Developer – Python, Node.JS, MongoDB, NGINX, Git, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, Salt, SQL
• Microsoft Endpoint Developer – C#, VSTO, Xamarin, ASP.net, Javascript, Jenkins, SQL
• Data Scientist – Machine Learning, Spark, Flink, Functional Programming, Python, Javascript, SQL

We do not expect you to have much experience using these technologies, but we do expect you to understand the basics and the drive to learn these technologies and more.

Who is Egress looking for?

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic second year student at university who is studying in a UK based university, in a computer-based degree. Full training in the company’s product portfolio will be provided to you.

To protect the wellbeing of our employees, our company policy states that all employees must live within a 90-minute commute or be willing to relocate for the year.

This role will suit you if:

• You have a mathematical or scientific mind and a passion for Software Development
• You possess a natural communication style and outstanding interpersonal skills
• You have the essential, demonstrable ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a wider team

What rewards and benefits would I get in this role?

The base salary for this position is £15,000 per Annum. If you manage to impress us throughout the duration of your placement year, it is possible you could be offered a permanent graduate position.

Employee benefits include:

• 25 Days Annual Leave
• Free Breakfasts
• Monthly Fully-funded Office Socials e.g. Trampolining, Bowling, Sports Day, Pub Quiz etc .
• Invite to our Annual Employee Team Building Event – overnight trip away to a UK resort, all meals and accommodation paid for
• Free Fruit
• Pool League
• Discounted gym scheme
• Free Eyecare Vouchers
• RAC Discounted Breakdown Cover
• Company Sports Teams
• Friday Beer O’Clock
• Internal Recognition Scheme
• Cycle to Work Discount Scheme
• Charity Events

About Egress

Egress Software Technologies (est. 2007) is an award-winning provider of data encryption services designed to secure all forms of electronic information via a single platform. Egress’ encryption services are currently trusted globally by over 2000 enterprises, across multiple sectors. We're proud of our award-winning technology which has been recognised as the very best in the business. At the 2018 Computing Security Awards we were named 'Encryption Solution of the Year' and ‘Cloud Security Solution of the Year’, as well as ‘Best Public Sector Project’ at the UK IT Industry Awards. In the past year we have brought on 100 people into our 250 people organisation, and growth is set to keep going across our five offices in London, Sheffield, Boston, Toronto and Amsterdam. Our success in hiring graduates, placement students and apprentices was recognised at the Rate My Placement 2018 National Undergraduate Employability Awards, where we were shortlisted for the 'Best Small to Medium-sized Employer'.

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