Digital Development Software Engineer - Placement Year
BMW Group Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
The BMW Financial Services Digital team are focused on developing systems and solutions for our customers to help them buy a car or motorbike online with finance easily. With Agile at our heart we work as a project team to build services as MVP to later continuously improve and enhance them.
Within Our Self-contained Campus, We Offer a Modern Way Of Working With An Empowering Office Culture, Some Aspects Of Which Include
* Our work persona shift – being yourself is effortless and so increases efficiency.
* Flexible working hours - working flexibly improves mental perspective and increases sustained productivity.
* The opportunity to get involved with our continued support to our house charity with a variety of fundraising events throughout the year.
* Throughout our offices there are open creative spaces which hold facilities such as table-tennis tables to encourage innovation and employee engagement
What awaits you?
* Supporting project portfolio and resource planning
* Support Digital team to develop and shape future digital systems.
* Liaise with counterparts within the sales company.
* Conduct stakeholder meetings.
* Manage communications to the Retailer network on Digital activity.
* Own Digital support material, guides, videos etc.
* Monitor competitor’s activity and market/industry developments.
* Work with development teams and testing of new functionality.
* Conduct analysis of data.
* Managing Customer support queries and escalating if required.
What should you bring along?
* Must be working towards a BSc Computer Science degree or similar and predicted to graduate with a 2:2. Qualification in Business either at A-Level or part of degree preferred
* Confident user of SQL, Java and API’s (application programming interfaces).
* Able to demonstrate an interest/experience with coding or programming, although this is not a pure coding role.
* An innovative and entrepreneurial mind-set with the ability to problem solve and find solutions.
* Strong commercial acumen and able to build relationships.
* Able to demonstrate keen interest in data, numbers and new technologies.
What can you look forward to?
* Great Pay – A competitive annual salary of £25,300, 27 days holiday per annum (pro rata to your contract) and an attractive pension scheme.
* Rewarding Work-Life Balance – Contracted working hours are 37.5 hours a week.
* Exciting Additional Benefits – You will have the opportunity to enjoy other employee benefits, a subsidised on-site restaurant and access to our Advantages scheme which gives you a range of offers and discounts.
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of disability, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sex or sexual orientation.
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