Software Engineer – Modern Apprenticeship - 17580

Contract: Fixed Term - 18 months
Salary: £9.50 per hour / £332.50 per week
Employer: M&G plc
Closing Date: Friday 16 April

We are seeking a highly motivated and conscientious Apprentice who is interested in working in the Development Team in our Edinburgh Technology Hub. This apprenticeship will give the successful candidate a practical introduction to the software development life cycle as a Software Engineer in a FTSE 100 investments and savings firm, whilst providing early exposure to a range of technology experiences.

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Employer:
 
M&G plc is an international savings and investments business, managing money for both individual savers and institutional investors in 28 markets. As at 30 June 2020, we had £339 billion of assets under management and administration, around 5 million retail customers and more than 800 institutional clients.  
 
With a heritage dating back more than 170 years, M&G plc has a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. We serve our savings and insurance customers under the Prudential brand in the UK and Europe and for asset management in South Africa, and under the M&G Investments brand for asset management clients globally.
 
At M&G our vision is: to become the best loved and most successful savings and investment business and we’re looking for people who are excited about joining us on our journey. 

Work Environment:         
 
Based in our office at South Gyle, Edinburgh, you will work 35 hours per week.
 
What might a day in this job look like?
  
The Apprentice will work closely with other workflow engineers to develop new workflows in Sonata, our policy database software. Developing workflows involves building a model to represent a business process such as transferring money from one account to another. You will use visual modelling tools and write code to model the process as accurately as possible and ensure we look after our customers’ investments in a safe and secure manner.
 
Key Responsibilities:
 

• Identifying and documenting business requirements
• Developing new Sonata (system) workflows and modifying existing ones
• Helping with technical designs for new features
• Working in a cross functional team to deliver features involving several different people (working with technology and business colleagues)
• Actively participating in meetings
• Contributing to and achieving, continuous improvement goals for yourself and your team.

 
What will I learn?
 
Software and Web Development (SCQF Level 6).
 
What Qualifications / Qualities are required?
 
As a minimum, candidates will have 5 National 5s with good grades in Maths and English (A-C). Alternatively, you will have 2 years of work experience in financial services industry or customer services.
 
Required skills:
 

• Strong desire to learn and a genuine interest in technology/software development
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• High level of accuracy and good attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Can absorb large amounts of information and use it to determine solutions
• Problem solving way of thinking
• A proactive team player who is confident about working independently
• Logical and analytical approach coupled with intelligence, passion and a drive to learn
• Confident individual with a positive outlook, can-do attitude and aspiration to want to progress
• Self-motivated, capable of building and maintaining relationships and work effectively as part of a team.

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