Software Developer Apprentice

Are you passionate about technology and eager to start a career in the industry? Our new CDL Academy Apprenticeship programme is designed to help you take that crucial step forward in your digital and technology career. Whether you've studied software development in school, used resources such as freeCodeCamp, Code Nation or Code Academy, enjoy solving problems, or have a love of technology, we want to hear from you. No matter your background, if you have a passion for learning and innovation, we would love to chat further.

As a Software Developer Apprentice at CDL, you'll receive a comprehensive introduction to the world of software development and training from S&A Academy to achieve a Level 4 Software Developer Apprenticeship qualification.

You will develop communication skills to confidently interact with both internal and external customers. Additionally, you will gain an understanding of operational support including incident management and other Service Management processes.

About CDL

CDL is one of the UK’s leading software development houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a consistent history in the high-volume retail insurance sector. CDL has spearheaded developments in the aggregator, web and telematics space, including connected home, enrichment and self-service solutions. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.

We have built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We pride ourselves on cultivating an inspiring working environment with our employees at the heart of our company.

In a nutshell we are the market leading software house in our industry, creating the software, websites & apps for the Insurance & Finance sector across the UK. If you were to go on a price comparison website, approximately 65% of the companies on there are our clients!

Delivery: You will have a combination of study days at S&A Academy, and hybrid working, between your home and our CDL Stockport campus.

Duration: 15 months.

Key Responsibilities

The day-to-day role:

• You will be actively involved in each step of the software development lifecycle, contributing to the engineering of innovative software solutions for the retail insurance market.
• Using agile development methodologies, you will work as part of a highly skilled team to analyse project requirements and design secure and scalable solutions.
• You will build highly tested and well-written code bases, following industry best practices and design patterns, using some of the industry’s most desirable programming languages.
• You will be responsible for deploying applications onto well-engineered, cloud-based infrastructure and maintaining these applications to the highest standard.
• You will be working alongside and supported by a team of experienced software engineers and will be a valued part of a highly collaborative, creative team.

You’ll work with people at every stage of their tech journey, from your cohort of apprentices to tech experts with decades of experience. The taught units on the course will complement work-based projects, where you’ll use real business challenges and scenarios from your new role at CDL as part of your qualification.

If you’re interested in earning while learning with a leading tech company, apply now!

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

This programme is designed with professionals in mind, and this is reflected in our entry requirements. All applicants need to be employed with a supporting organisation to be eligible.

You must:

• Be 16 or older.
• Have the right of abode and right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.
• Have achieved or projected GCSE in Maths & English, grade 4 or above (previous Grade C).
• Live within one hour commute of Stockport.
• Be flexible and organised, with great time management skills.
• Think logically with a desire to learn/progress.
• Enjoy collaborating with others to find innovative solutions.
• Have good attention to detail, problem solver, and resilient.
• Have a passion for software development.
• You have a passion for all things tech and your feed is full of all thing’s tech, software and AI.
• Be methodical and communicate well.
• Think logically, willing to self-learn and research, and take a creative approach to problem solving.
• Bonus points for providing a GitHub repository (even if they’re not finished).

If you don’t meet all the requirements we’re looking for, but you’ve got relevant workplace experience, please submit your application. We’ll assess each application individually.

Salary
The salary for the role of Software Developer Apprentice pays £20,000 p.a. providing a fantastic opportunity for career progression through CDL’s clearly defined career framework (https://progression.cdl.co.uk/ ).
Your growth and advancement within CDL are only limited by your own ambition and effort.

• Hybrid Working (2 Days a Week in the office - SK4 2HD)
• Truly flexible working.
• 25 days holiday to start, increasing by 1 day per 1 year of service up to 30 days.
• Top employer for 9th year running
• Excellent training and development platform
• Opportunities for career progression
• Health and Wellbeing programme
• Virtual activities, lunch and learns, coffee mornings and meetups.
• Life and health assurance
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Diversity and Inclusion network
• Community projects and volunteer days
• Refer a friend bonus
• On-site free parking
• Quiet Spaces are also available
• Shuttle bus to and from the station
• Subsidised restaurant
• Games room and chill out zone
• Annual Hackathon & Deep Racer Events
• Social activities, regular social events through our social group Xtra, including a summer BBQ, competitions, bowling, go-karting, football games, Winter party and much more!
• Car wash, barber, yoga classes, boot camp and massage services all on site
• Cycle to work scheme
• Shower and dry rooms

Diversity and inclusion
We’re on a journey to keep innovating, that means welcoming new ideas and ways of thinking.
CDL recognises that building a diverse workforce is critical to the success of our business. We strongly encourage applications from a diverse talent pool and welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility requirements and workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

About CDL Software

The UKs biggest insurance retailers rely on CDLs trend setting solutions to drive success and growth. Our ambition and commitment has produced a track record of delivering exactly that. The result is a client base that includes some of the most profitable insurance operations in the UK.