Trainee Software Engineer

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Ordnance Survey (OS) provides national mapping services for Great Britain and is world-leading provider of geospatial solutions.

OS location data and expertise has helped governments make smarter decisions, businesses gain valuable data insight, and everyone experience the world outside for over 225 years.

Our growing Technology and Design team plays a key role in ensuring OS is at the cutting edge of geospatial capability and is looking for people to join them. Its mission is to work across the business to provide customer centric design and technology services.

Join us as an IT Trainee

Do you love solving problems? Are you passionate about technology? Do you want to build an exciting career in a market-leading business?

We are looking for individuals who have great problem-solving skills, and who are enthusiastic and tenacious when faced with a challenge. We are recruiting for multiple roles within our Technology and Design department.

What The Training Programme Involves

You will embark on a 12-month training programme within a professional software engineering team. You will work closely with technical mentors and experienced software engineers, who will help you to develop the business knowledge and technical skills required to flourish within OS.

Over the programme you will have the opportunity to learn and demonstrate your skills in modern software development. The technologies we work with include Microsoft Azure, C#, Python, JavaScript, PowerShell, Microsoft Azure DevOps Services, as well as more specialist geospatial technologies such as Esri ArcGIS, and data technologies like Safe FME.

What You’ll Get From The Programme

By the end of the training programme, you will be competent in:

• Agile software development and DevOps practices
• Software engineering, testing, security, infrastructure, and automation
• Programming languages and tools used by your core area
  

Upon successful completion of the training programme, you will be progress to the role Associate Software Engineer, ready to continue your software engineering journey. There are various opportunities for further progression within OS and many of our Senior and Lead Software Engineers are former trainees.

How To Apply

Applicants are not expected to start with technical and business skills; we understand that knowledge is grown over time. We are looking for people with the potential to be great Engineers.

Completing your online application, you will be asked to answer 3 questions as part of a questionnaire that enables us to find out more about your passion for technology, engineering, and innovation, so we recommend you set aside enough time to complete this. You will also be asked to upload a copy of your CV.

Please find some tips on how to write your CV here

Supporting your application, and getting to know us better

You can read about the experiences of a recent trainee cohort here: https://medium.com/os-techblog/whats-it-like-to-be-a-trainee-software-engineer-at-os-c73733c5e75b and the reflections of someone who recruited them here: https://medium.com/os-techblog/reflections-of-an-interviewer-it-trainees-871b321dba39

To help you find out more about OS and the trainee programme we have scheduled two 1-hour introductory seminars – both sessions cover the same topics. These will help you understand the programme, talk to current and recent trainees about their experiences, ask any questions you might have, and see what we are looking for during the recruitment process.

The sessions are run on Microsoft Teams and can be accessed using the links below:

Information Seminar 1, 1st November 2022 12pm – 1pm, Click here to join the meeting

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YzBiYzZlYzMtZDQ4Mi00NzM2LWE3Y2MtNWI1YzZiOWFiNjk2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227988742d-c543-4b9a-87a9-10a7b354d289%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a2738410-2879-48a2-8c35-a24676bdb606%22%7d

Information Seminar 2, 2nd November 2022 6pm – 7pm, Click here to join the meeting

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2YzMWFiZGUtZThjMi00ZTEzLWI3N2EtYmI3MmE1MGI5MDc1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%227988742d-c543-4b9a-87a9-10a7b354d289%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a2738410-2879-48a2-8c35-a24676bdb606%22%7d

You don’t need to sign up, and you are welcome to attend both sessions. You don’t need to attend session to submit an application and attendance isn’t part of the selection process, but you can find out more about what we are looking for from the sessions. We will not be recording the sessions, so we can’t offer this to people who are unable to attend.

The rewards

We’ll Give You

We want you to love what you do. That’s why our benefits package rewards a job well done.

• Salary: £25,500
• A competitive pension scheme
• Flexible working
• 25 days annual leave - (30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas
• Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits
  

Location

OSHQ is based in Southampton, Hampshire but at OS we believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We embrace a hybrid working model where we believe work can be split between our fantastic office and from home. We want to continue to be an inclusive employer and recognise that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all. We will discuss what arrangements work best for you and the team you’ll be joining at interview.

Closing date: 18th November 2022

Interviews to take place during the first week of December 2022.

Start date will be January 2023.

We believe diversity and inclusion is about working together – in a supportive and respectful environment to reach our full potential. We think combining different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives will help us reach our vision and be trusted and admired across the globe for setting the standards and leading the way. We are looking for talented and experienced individuals from a range of backgrounds and welcome applications from any race, age, gender, background or religion.

We’re individually talented and collectively powerful and we give you the space to take your career in whichever direction you want.

We’re always happy to hear from you, so don’t forget to follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or find us on Facebook.

Skills Required For This Role

Analytical, Coding, DevOps, Help Desk Support, Programming, Software Components, Software Development, Software Engineering, Testing