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Job Title: Graduate Software Developer Programme (2 years) - 2 positions available
Location: Hybrid between either our Central London or Croydon office and Home Working
Salary: Competitive Salary
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Launch Your Technology Career with Real Experience Across Multiple Disciplines
About Us
For over three decades, Mortgage Brain has been at the forefront of mortgage technology in the UK, committed to addressing the complexities faced by mortgage intermediaries and lenders.
Our robust offering includes an integrated suite of software sourcing solutions, submissions and CRM. And we're backed by some of the largest lenders, Barclays, Lloyds Bank, Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group, and Santander.
About The Role
We are looking for ambitious, curious and motivated graduates to join our 2-Year Graduate Software Developer Programme.
This programme is designed to give you hands-on experience across multiple areas of technology, helping you build strong technical, commercial and professional skills while working on real products, platforms and customer solutions.
You will complete 4-5 rotations across our technology teams, gaining exposure to:
- Software Development - multiple products
- DevOps & Cloud Engineering
- Business Analysis (BA)
- Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
- AI-enabled development tools and modern engineering practices
Mentoring & Support
We are committed to supporting your development throughout the programme.
You Will Receive:
- A dedicated mentor
- Regular 1:1 check-ins with SME line management
- Peer support
- Bi-annual performance review and goals aligned to business KPIs
- Friendly and collaborative working environment
Key Duties
During the programme, you will work across a variety of projects, systems and technologies while learning from experienced engineers, delivery teams and technical leaders.
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Depending On The Rotation, Responsibilities May Include:
- Developing new application features
- Supporting cloud and DevOps environments
- Working with APIs and integrations
- Writing automated tests
- Supporting software releases and deployments
- Gathering and analysing business requirements
- Working with Agile delivery teams
- Troubleshooting technical issues
- Contributing to architecture and solution discussions
- Supporting CI/CD pipelines
- Working with AI-assisted development tools
- Participating in sprint planning, stand-ups and retrospectives
- Collaborating with product, operations and commercial teams
Rotations May Include
Software Development
Gain experience building and enhancing applications, services and customer-facing products.
Potential Exposure To:
- Front-end development
- Back-end services
- APIs and integrations
DevOps & Cloud Engineering
Learn modern deployment, automation and cloud practices.
Potential Exposure To:
- CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code
- Monitoring and observability
- Cloud platforms
- Release management
- Security and automation
Business Analysis (BA)
Develop understanding of business processes, stakeholder management and solution design.
Potential Exposure To:
- Requirements gathering
- Process / user journey mapping
- Screen designs
- User stories
- Agile delivery processes
SDET / Quality Engineering
Learn how quality and automation are built into modern software delivery.
Potential Exposure To:
- Test automation
- API testing
- Performance testing
- Regression testing
- Quality assurance processes
- Automation frameworks
About You
We're particularly interested in graduates who:
- Enjoy solving problems
- Are curious about technology
- Have a passion for learning
- Work well collaboratively
- Are interested in modern software development and AI technologies
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Desirable Experience
Examples may include:
- Personal coding projects
- GitHub portfolios
- Internships or placements
- University team projects
- Hackathons
- Open-source contributions
- Cloud or coding certifications
Benefits
Flexibility
- Flexible hybrid working - split your time between the office and home working
- Buy holiday scheme - flexible holidays that fit your lifestyle
- Summer Fridays - start your weekend early during summer months
Remuneration
- Competitive salary - we value our workforce
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance scheme - if the worst happens, you're covered
Health & Wellbeing
- Employee Wellbeing Programme - a range of initiatives to support colleagues
- Employee Assistance Programme - help for you and your family with a range of personal and work-related concerns
- Cycle to work scheme - cycle to work and have the chance to buy a bike up the value of £15,000 on a salary sacrifice basis
Every day benefits
- Further your career - with on-the-job learning, knowledge sharing and access to external training
- Work hard, play hard - we enjoy regular social activities
Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and cover letter, specifying the skills you possess that would make you a good fit for the role.
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