Apprentice - Associate Software Developer (Ukapps) - Rotherham, United Kingdom - Pearson

Pearson
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About Pearson

Our purpose:
At Pearson we 'add life to a lifetime of learning' so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. Our Purpose | Add Life to a Lifetime of Learning


Our company:

Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market.

Our 20,000+ employees are dedicated to creating the high-quality, digital-first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong learning.


Diversity:
At Pearson we value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced as strengths and opportunities are equal and accessible.


Flexible working:
Pearson is committed to hybrid working practices and has adopted flexible remote and virtual working. Where possible our employees can choose to manage their attendance to the office more flexibly.


About UK Assessment & Qualifications


We are responsible for the delivery of nearly 4 million examination results per annum, including A-Level, GCSE, BTEC and T-levels for students in UK and International centres.

Our in-house systems process every learner from registration to marking and certification, in a highly regulated business.

We currently operate a hybrid estate of predominantly bespoke systems, with an ongoing strategic transformation programme to migrate from on-prem to cloud based, cost effective, scalable and resilient services.


Pearson's Apprenticeships


Our mission is to develop a programme that will help Pearson, its employees and its managers to progress in their lives and careers through the high-quality Apprenticeships that we at Pearson provide.

We are proud of our Apprenticeship Programme, offering a range of Apprenticeships in Business Administration, Customer service, management, digital industries & IT, Financial services and many more.

Our apprenticeships range from level 3 through to Masters level and we have intakes throughout the year.


About the job


The position is for an
Associate Software Developer to work on a combination of existing on-prem and transformed AWS-hosted cloud solutions, using.

NET.


About the Apprenticeship


You will be supported on the Software Developer Level 4 Standard which will help build your skills and knowledge and will take you up to 24 months to complete.


About you


We'd expect that you'll have at least 1 year's relevant experience working on either the front end and/or back end, developing solutions that provide real benefit to users, and ideally working in an Agile project delivery environment using Scrum or Kanban, although this is not essential.

You will be passionate about writing software and will be familiar with techniques used to deliver high quality, tested, scalable and maintainable code.


Experience you'll gain

  • Coding using C#, Java or Python
  • Persisting data using relational (SQL) and/or document databases
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
- .NET framework

  • CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code
  • Building backend services and Web APIs

Job Location and Hours
The role is aligned to either our Rotherham or central London offices.

Our Rotherham office is located at Junction 1 of the M18, making it commutable from Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster, Derby or Nottingham.


You will be a hybrid worker, visiting your base office no more than once a week with the possibility of occasional travel to other Pearson sites.


We work a 37.5-hour week, with all our team free to flex their day around our core hours, which are Monday to Friday, 10 to 4 GMT/BST.

School runs, etc can be accommodated. Other flexible working patterns can be considered, including part-time working and non-traditional hours.

As we regularly work with global teams, particularly in India and the US, there may be the occasional need to accommodate meetings outside of core hours.

For this role there is a requirement to provide occasional out of hours support during business critical periods.


Your benefits and rewards
Here at Pearson we offer a range of benefits, which include:

  • 25 Days annual leave (increasing by 1 day with every year of continuous service up to 30 days); annual leave trading, +/
  • 5 days
  • Annual Bonus
  • Private Pension plan scheme where we pay in double what you contribute, up to 16% depending on your age
  • Life, private medical and dental care insurance options, plus free eye tests
  • Stock/share purchase options
  • Maternity, paternity, and family care leave as well as flexible working policies
  • An employee wellbeing assistance programme
  • Cycle to work program, volunteering days, gym membership concessions in selected office locations, along with retail and leisure discounts
Diversity and Inclusion at Pearson Pearson is delighted to be committed to the Race Charter and have pledged to ACT ON to support a more inclusive workplace for all
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