Software Engineering L6 Apprentice Ipswich in Ipswich, United Kingdom

Software Engineering L6 Apprentice Ipswich

Job Req ID: 43951

Posting Date: 11 Feb 2025

Function: Apprentices

Unit: Networks

Location:

Ipswich (4405), Ipswich, United Kingdom

Salary: 21,840

Role Job Title: Degree Apprentice Software Engineer Level 6

Unit : Networks

Location: BT Ipswich

Why this role matters: We’re one of the world’s leading communications services companies. The services we sell are integral to modern life and are delivered over our networks. These networks are becoming ever increasingly dependent upon software, along with the products and services delivered over these networks. To continue innovating, we need you and your new ways of thinking to help us create amazing products for our customers. We’ll teach you human centred design, and agile ways of working, to help you create new technology and software solutions for the future.

What you’ll be doing: We’ll get you started right away, learning some job specific skills. You’ll create effective and secure software solutions using contemporary software development languages, as well as learn about different development methodologies and how to undertake analysis and design to create artefacts. We’ll teach you how to produce high quality code with sound syntax in at least one language and maybe more – the sky is your limit!

Day to day, you’ll be performing code review and debugging and refactoring, as well as testing code. You’ll work with our internal software development teams to create software solutions using industry standard build processes for our customers, as well as looking at things like version control, and how to release and deploy code into enterprise environments.

You’ll learn how to deliver the very best software products, helping teams provide an effortless experience for our customers and staff wherever they are in the world, using whatever device and technology they choose.

The apprentice training course : As an Apprentice Software Engineer, you’ll study for a Level 6 apprenticeship in Software Engineering with Staffs University

Hours: 37.5Hrs Mon – Fri Standard hours

Start date: September 2025

Duration: Your apprenticeship will last for 48 months. You’ll spend a minimum of 20% of your time learning and studying.

The qualifications you’ll need: Three A-Levels with a minimum of BCC grades, 120 UCAS points. You’ll also need a minimum of five GCSEs at grades 4-9 (C or above) including English and Maths

The skills you’ll need:

• Growth mindset

• Analytical thinking

• Proactivity

• Emotional intelligence

Salary: £21,840

After this apprenticeship: On completion of your apprenticeship, you could be employed in a specialist Networks team at Adastral Park, Ipswich. By identifying software improvement needs and developing new processes, you can enhance your technical capabilities, further building skills in problem solving and process management. These competencies will valuable as you advance your career post-apprenticeship. Additionally, there are opportunities for leadership roles both regionally and nationally for those aspiring to more senior positions within BT.

About BT Group

BT Group is the global powerhouse behind EE, BT, Plusnet, and Openreach.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. We’ll encourage you to be yourself, whatever your background. As Allison Kirkby, our CEO, says ‘The future of tech must be diverse and inclusive for everyone to benefit. Inclusion by design is the key to our strategy and will help us drive productivity, innovation, and growth for the UK and beyond’. Whichever brand you’re working for, we’re all playing for the same team. And we all enjoy the rewards of being part of something bigger: the opportunities to explore new experiences, pursue different dreams, climb challenging career ladders and try out different ways of working.

We’re always looking ahead. We don’t just sell broadband, networks, security, but thousands of clever things you’ve never heard of; in our Martlesham labs where we’re inventing the technologies of the future.

We’re always looking ahead. We don’t just sell broadband, and networks, and security, and thousands of clever things you’ve never heard of; in our Martlesham labs, we’re inventing the technologies of the future.

Four brands. One team, 105,300 strong. Together, we’re connecting the world. Come and play your part in building the BT Group of the future, one that will be net zero by 2031. and edit your work on the final page. We look forward to receiving your application!

Don’t meet every single requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway – you may just be the right candidate. We can explore this with you at the telephone interview stage.

Internal candidates will need to agree to the Terms & Conditions (including salary) of this Apprentice Role.