Graduate Software Engineer - Graduate Scheme 2025 in Didcot

Graduate Software Engineer - Graduate Scheme 2025 Company Description By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on. Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow\'s power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative. As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from: Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert. Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible). Flexible working options including family-friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment. Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders. Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays. Wide range of career development opportunities. A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive. This role is potentially hybrid, but as it is a developmental role, we encourage all our Graduates to be onsite as often as possible, especially during the first few months. Job Description The salary for this role is £32,729. This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) , including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions. UKAEA’s two-year graduate scheme is split by 80% of your time developing both your general work-related skills and professional qualifications and 20% of your working time dedicated to graduate training and development. Within the graduate training and development, there is a core suite of activities designed to develop your professional and business skills. Elements of this programme are flexible and can be tailored to your personal development needs and to those of your specific job role. The Role This role within the Data Solutions Unit collaborates with staff across the organisation on software projects and promotes improvements in software practices through advice, training, and resources. This role involves contributing to a wide variety of software development projects under the supervision of more experienced members of the team. The focus of this role will be on software engineering, but will include a DevOps/infrastructure development component. Projects and activities will be structured to build up the experience and knowledge needed while considering organisational needs and the individual’s career. Additional Responsibilities: Develop and improve software which enables business processes. Work with business process owners to understand their software needs and clarify requirements. Provide help and support to users of the group’s systems. Qualifications Essential Requirements: Degree in relevant subject such as computer science, maths, physics, engineering, or similar. Experience of developing working, understandable software in more than one programming language (ideally including both interpreted and compiled languages). Ability to apply good software design principles and enthusiasm to develop this further. Additional Information A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/ We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our \'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion\' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success. Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications. Seniority level Associate Employment type Full-time Job function Human Resources Research #J-18808-Ljbffr