Are you currently an undergraduate in your 2nd year at university? Would you like to join an Industrial Placement Programme designed to fast-track you into your dream role within Software Development? Are you ambitious, with a desire to succeed and would like to be part of an innovative global IT company that puts its people at the heart of what they do?
If you do…we have an exciting opportunity for you!
The role
We have an exciting opportunity for an undergraduate to join our dynamic Innovation Enablement team as a Software Developer and Programmer. The Innovation Enablement team form a main part of the Innovation Engine in Computacenter at a group level. The market has become more software-driven and therefore we are offering this opportunity to talented undergraduates with a passion for coding who can ‘bring our solutions to life’. This is a 13 -months Industrial Placement opportunity based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire with a potential for Europe-wide travel, remote working may be required.
What you’ll do
As part of the 13-month industrial placement programme as a software developer, you will have the opportunity to:
- Create showcases to bring to life our global strategic investments.
- Assist in ideation sessions with live prototyping.
- Be responsible for demonstration creation including our demonstration portal.
- Provide innovation consultancy across the business and for our customers.
- Have ‘Hands on’ experience in a fast-paced environment which will provide an opportunity to learn and work on innovative solutions for our customers.
What you’ll need
As well as a strong interest in IT and software you should be able to demonstrate the following:
- We’re seeking individuals who are working towards any degree (Any subject/ Classification) and are in the penultimate year of study.
- Can demonstrate a willingness to work with any development platform, including Microsoft suite (eg Azure, Power products), backend development (e.g. NodeJS), automation/scripting (eg Python), web development, and Cloud technologies (Azure/AWS/Terraform).
- Has the ability and drive to pick up new languages or techniques as needed.
- Confidence in bringing own ideas into any task and being a self-starter.
- Displays a strong work ethic in a dynamic customer-facing environment.
- Familiarity with 3D engines, ideally with Unity or Blender and Mobile Application Development (mainly Flutter).
- Autonomous and independent working style where required.
About us
Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.
We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.
