Software Engineering Apprenticeship - Level 6 - London (React/Node/AWS)

Location: London, at London Broadcasting House or The Light House; applicants must live within commuting distance.

Salary: £24,650 plus £5,441 London Weighting.

Company

hirify.global develops and operates digital media platforms and services delivering news, sport, video, audio, podcasts, and live events to millions of users.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain frontend, middleware, websites, applications, and media delivery systems for hirify.global digital products.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, building, testing, implementation, support, and deployment.
• Apply software engineering principles to gather code and data requirements and help ensure secure solutions.
• Investigate problems, troubleshoot systems, and improve software quality, reliability, performance, and efficiency.
• Contribute to complex Digital First projects alongside software engineers, product managers, UX specialists, and testers.

Requirements

• Must be 18 or over by the apprenticeship start in September 2027.
• Must have lived continuously in the UK for the three years before the apprenticeship starts and be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the full apprenticeship duration.
• This scheme is for non-graduates; applicants must not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or higher level.
• Must not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme.
• Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above, National 5 at C, or an equivalent qualification.
• Some coding and/or software engineering experience from an A Level, BTEC course, coding boot camp, personal projects, or equivalent; a basic coding test is part of the assessment.
• Interest in maths, coding, software engineering, AI, and machine learning, with organisational, problem-solving, negotiating, and time-management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Fixed-term apprenticeship lasting 40 months, full-time, with on-the-job and off-the-job learning.
• Undergraduate BSc with Honours in Digital and Technology Solutions Professional, Software Engineer pathway, from a UK university on successful completion.
• Training through the hirify.global Academy and learning providers, with dedicated management, mentoring, feedback, professional development, and networking support.
• 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave, pension scheme, discounted dental, healthcare and gym benefits, and flexible benefits.
• Potential financial support for relocation subject to eligibility; training may involve travel to locations across the UK.
• Support to apply for suitable hirify.global Technology or Product delivery roles after completion.

Hiring process

• Apply online by creating a candidate profile and answering application questions; CVs and cover letters are not accepted.
• Complete the basic coding test and any subsequent online assessment if progressed.
• Offers are subject to a skill-scan process with the nominated training provider, employment screening, and eligibility-to-work checks.