Liberty IT employs over 500 people who develop a wide range of specialist and enterprise scale applications and provide technical support across the global enterprise for our parent company, Liberty Mutual. Across our two offices in Belfast and Dublin our teams live and breathe innovation, creativity and commitment to excellence - designing and implementing innovative solutions using both existing and emerging technologies. Combine that with our commitment to providing a great place to work for employees and you have the perfect place to start or grow your career.
Scholarship Software Engineer
As a Scholar with Liberty IT you will join us for a Summer placement following the first year of your degree. During this placement you’ll work as part of an agile team where you get exposure to working in a commercial environment and grow your technical knowledge. You will get the opportunity to work with and learn from our best Software Engineers. We will offer you a competitive salary and support you through mentoring, coaching and training programs.
In addition to this, you will be a Liberty IT ambassador at your university. You will assist in recruitment activities that promotes Liberty IT as a great place to work as a Scholar, an Intern Software Engineer or as a Software Engineer following graduation.
In this role, you will:
- Undertake basic programming tasks.
- Deliver real value by working as part of an agile team to solve real business problems.
- Communicate and collaborate with your team and customers to have exposure to the entire software development lifecycle.
- Be supported in delivering high quality, tested and secure code following the processes and standards within the team.
- Experiment and learn new technologies.
- Have the opportunity to suggest and implement new ideas and innovations.
- Have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from developers across our organization through internal networks, events and communities of practice.
- Take part in recruitment activities that promote Liberty IT
- Be a Liberty IT ambassador
The ideal candidate will:
- Be just as good at working with people as technology. Someone who makes a team better by being part of it.
- Understand the importance and principles of writing clean, quality code.
- Be proactive about continuous improvement and innovation. Someone who doesn’t just dream it but gets it done.
- Show a desire to learn from others, knowing when to ask for help.
- Be willing to share their own experiences and expertise.
- Be interested in technology and actively keep their skills up to date.
Essential Criteria
- Currently studying in the first of a four year degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or an IT related discipline at Queen’s University Belfast.
- A proven knowledge of the fundamentals of coding.
