Software Development Placement Programme

Salary: £25,000

Location: Hatfield

Programme length: 13 Months

Start date: July 2026

Contract Fixed term - Full time

Application Process: Online application, Behavioural Test, Microsoft teams’ interview and final face-to-face interview in Hatfield

Life on the team

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!

We have an exciting opportunity for an undergraduate to join our dynamic Solution Center team as a Software Developer and Programmer. The Solution Center team is responsible for showcasing our offerings and driving innovation in the business.

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 month Placement opportunity based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire with a potential for Europe-wide travel.

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 creating demonstrations and Proof of Concepts.
• 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.
• Research and suggest new innovative technologies and methods to solve our project requirements.

What you’ll need

As well as a strong interest in IT and software you need to:

• Be studying at undergraduate level in your 2nd year of university for a Computer Science focussed degree.
• 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).
• Have the ability and drive to pick up new languages or techniques as needed.
• Display confidence in bringing own ideas into any task and being a self-starter.
• Show a strong work ethic in a dynamic customer-facing environment.
• Work autonomously and independently where required.