Junior Software Developer

The Opportunity…

In partnership with Intercity, Althaus are looking for entry level self-motivated, driven individuals with a proven passion for Software Development. This is an exciting opportunity to take the first step in your Software and Tech career in an evolving and growing industry via some initial training.

This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in various aspects of Software, including development environments, programming languages and databases via some initial training. This is an entry level role, the ideal candidate will be eager to learn and contribute to our Software Development efforts while developing their skills in a supportive environment.

Please note the following:

• We are looking to only hire West Midland based candidates only.
• You will need to have the right to live and work in the UK

The Role...

The typical roles and responsibilities will include:

• Assist in writing, testing, and debugging code under the guidance of senior developers
• Participate in the design and development of software applications
• Collaborate with the development team to understand project requirements and goals
• Support the maintenance and improvement of existing software systems
• Help identify and fix bugs or performance issues
• Contribute to documentation of code, processes, and user guides
• Learn and apply programming best practices and coding standards
• Work with version control systems (e.g., Git) to manage code changes
• Participate in code reviews and team meetings
• Stay up to date with new technologies and development tools

What you'll learn over your 12-week, part-time training (before your interview with the employer):

• Development environments, compilers and programming languages
• Input/Output & variables
• Selection - IF / ELSE statements
• Iteration - Loops
• IFunctions and methods
• OO Programming
• Frameworks and development stacks
• Databases
• Web development, APIs and markup languages
• Front end frameworks and GUI
• Coding best practices, design patterns & testing
• Leadership, emotional intelligence, reasoning, problem solving and creativity skills

The Person…

We appreciate you will likely be at the very beginning of your software Development career, so provided you’re able to confidently demonstrate your interest in the subject, we’ll be more focused on your passion for learning/development and natural fit with our core values, rather than being able to evidence a significant degree of pre-existing technical knowledge. You will need to have the right to live and work in the UK, be based within the West Midlands, and be over the age of 19.