Software Development Apprenticeship

• Software Development & Innovation: Contribute to front-end and back-end projects, explore emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and customer experiences through innovative software and AI solutions, including agentic software engineering to automate tasks and workflows.
• Front-End & Back-End Development: Learn to build accessible, user-friendly interfaces using JavaScript, HTML and CSS, contribute to design briefs and mock-ups using Figma, and develop back-end solutions using Python and AWS infrastructure services.
• Customer Requirements & Team Collaboration: Work with colleagues and customers to understand requirements, project scope and expected outcomes, contribute to task estimates, share improvement ideas, identify additional customer needs and participate in daily team meetings to discuss progress, priorities and challenges.
• Version Control, Testing & Quality Assurance: Use Git to manage code and collaborate with developers, participate in peer and code reviews, carry out unit and integration testing, identify bugs and help deliver reliable, accessible, maintainable and scalable software.
• Secure Development, Documentation & Maintenance: Follow coding standards and secure-development policies, complete security training and raise potential vulnerabilities appropriately. Record issues, update project briefs and technical documentation, maintain reusable components and templates, and contribute to logging, monitoring, troubleshooting, release processes and effective handovers.
• Project Delivery & Apprenticeship Development: Manage agreed tasks and priorities, communicate risks, blockers or changes in scope promptly, and work with support from the Engineering Manager and apprenticeship provider to follow a development plan, achieve competency milestones, act on feedback and maintain the evidence portfolio required for the Level 4 Software Development Apprenticeship.

You’ll be based full time with an employer and will quickly become an important part of the team. Our training is 100% online, including real-time classes with our expert trainers and self-paced courses created by industry specialists.

This apprenticeship programme will provide you with everything you need to launch and develop your career in software development. Afterwards, we’ll support you to take the next steps, including further training.

• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
• Pension scheme, starting at 5% employee contributions.
• Private healthcare, with the option to add family members.
• Worldwide travel insurance, including health insurance.
• Income protection covering 75% of salary for up to five years, subject to scheme terms.
• Life cover worth four times your salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee discount programme.

Route 101 helps businesses improve their operations and customer experiences through innovative software and cloud-based solutions. The Innovation Hub is focused on exploring new ideas, embracing emerging technologies and developing innovative solutions. You’ll join a collaborative team where curiosity, creativity and continuous improvement are encouraged, with opportunities to experiment with artificial intelligence (AI) and discover how it can be used to create smarter, more efficient software and enhance customer service.