# Developer Placement - 12 months - Leicester

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: Leicester
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £26,053
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://ekeq.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_3001/job/77604?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_4e87493a-cfe

## Description

Technology drives what we do at NEXT, and as a Tech Placement, you will be a vital part of our evolution.

This role is designed to help you learn and grow by giving you hands-on experience in full life-cycle development.

You will make a real difference by contributing to team objectives and helping to create and enhance new and existing systems.

Working alongside and shadowing a supportive team of experienced Developers, Product Development Managers, Business Analysts, and Architects, you will receive the guidance you need to succeed.

**Responsibilities**

- Shadow our experienced Developers to learn about and participate in full life-cycle development.

- Help create and enhance applications using a wide variety of backend and front-end technologies, including C#, .NET, VUE.JS, HTML, and CSS.

- Write readable and maintainable code that fulfils user requirements to agreed quality standards.

- Collaborate closely within your team to troubleshoot, identify, and resolve bugs in the codebase.

- Implement, test, and deploy code changes following the company's development process.

- Participate actively in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and code reviews to discuss challenges and share your progress.

- Adapt to and utilise new AI technologies, such as CoPilot, Gemini, and Notebook LM, to streamline your ways of working and increase efficiencies.

**Requirements**

- Current study towards a STEM degree (on track for a 2:1 or higher) or a STEM Master's degree that includes a 12-month placement, ideally with relevant studies in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field.

- We are looking for someone with a strong interest in how software works and a self-motivated desire to learn.

- You will bring a basic understanding of core languages like C#, VB.NET, VUE.JS, HTML, CSS, and Javascript, alongside the ability to adapt quickly to new technologies.

- Beyond your technical potential, you will need to be a great communicator who listens well, thinks in a structured manner, and collaborates effortlessly with others.

**Benefits**

- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)

- Company performance based bonus

- Sharesave scheme

- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas

- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty

- Early VIP access to sale stock

- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops

- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices

- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services

- Free on-site parking

- Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing

- Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification

- Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store

- Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other

- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more

## Skills

### Required
- C#
- .NET
- VUE.JS
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript

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