pinewood.ai has an exciting opportunity for ambitious and analytical computing students to join our Software Development Placement Scheme, starting in the summer of 2025. If you’re an aspiring software developer with a passion for programming and a desire to expand your current skillset, this could be the perfect place for you!
During your placement year, you’ll be fully integrated into one of our talented development teams where you will work on real projects that will make a direct impact on our business. Based at our office on Birmingham Business Park, you will spend 12 months gaining exposure to the ever-growing world of technology and expanding your knowledge on the software development life cycle.
Here at pinewood.ai, we appreciate that students are the next generation of the workforce, so we invest in early careers in a big way. We offer opportunities to develop your skills in the following technical areas:
- ASP.Net core
- Razor Pages
- C#
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Visual Studio
- Web API
- Unit testing
- Git
- Xamarin Forms
What to expect
We offer lots of support and a structured learning plan to ensure you gain all the skills you need to succeed with us. So, what will your placement year look like?
- We will kickstart the scheme with an initial settling in period including a business induction and coding boot camp. You’ll get to understand pinewood.ai’s wider business, meet key people, and bring yourself up to speed on the technologies we use
- You will spend 12 months working in one of our talented development teams, where you’ll have continuous guidance from your mentor, and you’ll help to create innovative software for our customers
- You’ll undertake regular technical workshops including JavaScript, debugging, unit testing & SQL
What’s in it for you?
During your placement year with pinewood.ai, you’ll have the opportunity to apply the knowledge gained from university to real-life scenarios. You’ll be exposed to the full software development life cycle, and you’ll acquire important workplace skills that will support your professional development. You can also look forward to:
- Continuous support from a dedicated mentor throughout your placement year
- An opportunity to work on meaningful projects that will make a direct impact on our business, and that of our customers
- The opportunity to potentially work on a flexible contract during your final year of university
- Flexible hybrid working
- A competitive salary of £23,000 per annum
- 25 days holiday + all UK bank holidays
- Free access to our onsite gym
- Access to Pluralsight
- Regular social events
About you
We don’t expect our placement students to know everything. We look for those with a passion for technology and programming, a strong team ethic and solid communication skills. As long as you have a genuine desire to learn and develop your skillset, we want to support you in achieving your goals. You will also need:
- To be a 2nd year university student studying Computer Science or something similar
- Strong problem-solving skills and an analytical mindset
- A keen interest in software and technology that goes beyond your academic study
- A positive, enthusiastic attitude to learning and a desire to develop your personal and professional skills
About us
pinewood.ai was established in 1981, with our head office based in Birmingham, UK. We offer a cloud-based solution for retailers in the global automotive sector. Our solution allows automotive retailers to work more efficiently and assists them with providing a high standard of customer service, resulting in higher profits.
Our system is also complemented by a range of integrated mobile apps which helps to further digitalise processes within the motor dealership. Our customers represent over 50 major automotive brands, with over 30,000 people using our system on a daily basis in the UK, the Nordics, South Africa, Asia Pacific, and various countries across Europe.
What happens next?
- Head over to our website and apply with a copy of your CV
- 1st stage video interview
- Onsite assessment centre
- Final interview
