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Software Engineer - Intern

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Meet the Team
Cisco’s Ensoft software engineering team are responsible for developing components for the Cisco IOS-XR operating system, which is used on high-end carrier and data-center routers. We create cutting-edge software that helps to run the Internet, delivered with outstanding quality.
As an intern with our team, you’ll be working alongside incredibly passionate individuals, like yourself, with a shared enthusiasm for software development. The Ensoft team is entirely made up of people recruited as energetic, exceptional graduates from top universities who have developed into all the roles that make up our team today - from the management team to the industry leading technical experts.
We have a really friendly culture. It is a sign of how well people get on that employees arrange so many activities together in their spare time. This is on top of the many company funded social events arranged by our social team.
Reasons to use Rodeo
I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?
Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.
Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.
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Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme
Why you're a good match
StrongYour economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.
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Why you're a good match
You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.
Experience fit
Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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Your Impact
Our aim is to provide you with a full experience of what it is like to work as part of the Ensoft engineering team, in order to help you to decide if this is the career for you.
To achieve this, you will be working closely alongside one of our teams on a project with a real result, and with a completion point that can be reached within the 8-10 week period that you are with us. This should allow you to experience everything from design through to coding and testing of the product, and to familiarize yourself with the day to day agile processes and AI-enabled workflows that we use as part of the job.
Minimum Qualifications
You must have a curiosity about developing software - that's what we do!
You should be an undergraduate student taking a numerate degree at a UK university.
We need you to have enough software and programming experience to become quickly productive, so we can offer an exciting placement.


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Finally, you must be sociable. Our software development process is collaborative, so you should enjoy working closely with the other people in your team.
Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
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