Software Engineer Placement (9-months)

We've come a long way in a short time, but there's still so much more we can do. We have grand ambitions to make Dayshape the most scalable, flexible and rapid to deploy solution on the market, and we’re not there yet. We have a range of product and internal projects which are ideal for someone starting out on their journey as a software professional. That’s where you come in.

This role is a 9-month placement as a Software Engineer within our product development teams.

Code new features and enhancements

Work as part of our engineering team to enhance scalability, performance, maintainability, configurability, and internationalisation

Support our culture of learning, development and teamwork

Be involved in the entire life cycle of features, including idea creation, deployment, and longer-term updates and enhancements

Work on a wide variety of different challenges across the product and codebase

Help solve internal problems which prevent us going faster with innovative software solutions

Get some exposure across our entire tech stack, which covers in no particular order HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C#, .Net, Vue.js, AngularJS, Jest, Playwright, MS Azure

Comfortable writing and reasoning through code in at least one programming language — we primarily use JavaScript and C#

Familiar with the basics of HTML/CSS and how web applications are structured

Passionate about creating a product you can be proud of

Excited to learn what it takes to deliver quality software and what continuous improvement looks like

Able to demonstrate good knowledge of software development practices and principles

Able to adapt in changing circumstances and ready to learn quickly

Able to consider the broader impact of your design and coding decisions

Interested in a range of technologies and quick to learn

Great at breaking down big tasks into small chunks and solving tricky problems

An excellent communicator, willing to share your opinions and ask questions

Built projects using Vue.js applications or similar frameworks or using any of the rest of our stack: JavaScript, .Net (+Core), SQL Server, and/or Microsoft Azure

Starting salary of £34,226

Dedicated mentor who has walked the path you’re starting on

At least £1,000 per year to spend on professional and personal development

(pro-rata) 33 days' holiday per year (including bank holidays)

Innovation Week - a chance to experiment and work off-project

Matched 5% auto-enrolment workplace pension scheme

Weekly All Hands meeting for inspiration and over-communication

Time out of the working week for team socials each month, with a mix of in-person and virtual options: past events include hiking, family BBQs, board games and at-home cocktail classes!

Genuinely nice, smart people to work with, who are excited about growing our company

Should you continue at Dayshape in a permanent role, you will also get:

Paid four-week sabbatical in your fifth anniversary year on top of your holiday entitlement

Enhanced family leave policies

Private healthcare

Income protection and death in service cover

Access to wellbeing offerings, such as our Employee Assistance Programme and a dedicated counselling service

Holidays increasing by 1 day each year to a maximum of 40 days

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week). We typically work from 09:00 - 17:30 from Monday to Friday, though we can be flexible around this, just let us know.

We’re looking for someone in/around Edinburgh, able to work on a hybrid basis between home and our Haymarket office. We don't mandate required office days, but most of the team enjoy working from the office 2-3 days a week to connect with their team and other Dayshapers, to make use of space, and for meetings and collaboration.

Equality of opportunity is more than just a responsibility: we believe it’s a huge advantage to welcome a variety of experiences and perspectives into the team. Diversity is a great asset and, as such, we strongly encourage applications from any background.

This is your opportunity to really influence how we get things done, and how our product develops to meet our customers’ needs. We're doing well, but there's lots more to do in order to maintain the high bar and pace that we've set.

Everyone here is growing personally as the company grows, so if that sounds like something you’d like to be part of, we’d love to see your application.

*Please note the successful candidate for this role will be subject to background checks and will have an opportunity to declare anything to us beforehand*