Software Engineer Intern (Placement Year) - UK

at  Cisco Systems

Start Date: Early July 2025
Duration: 1 year
Location: Feltham, United Kingdom (Hybrid work approach, working from the Bedfont Lakes office 1-2 days per week.)

REQUIREMENTS:

This role might be right for you if you:

• Are a penultimate-year student studying for a degree that is primarily focused on maths, information technology or scientific study
• Have the ability to work well in a team.
• Enjoy solving problems.
• Curious about how things work and often have ideas about how they can be improved.
• A good communicator, both verbally and in writing, and are comfortable sharing your ideas.
• Have a demonstrable interest in technology and programming.
• Enjoy learning new things and are willing to invest time learning and developing your skills.
• Existing software development knowledge and experience are a definite advantage but are not essential.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Be coached by world-class leaders who will challenge and mentor you. Join together with a team of new graduates all starting your careers together, increase your professional development whilst meeting the demands of your projects and programs.

Working within a high caliber software development team you will be immersed in the Agile Software Development process, performing activities such as:

• Requirements collection
• UI Design
• Solution design and evaluation
• Implementation (writing code)
• Unit and QA testing
• Deployment
• Root cause analysis and fixing of defects

At the start of your internship, we’ll be focusing on helping you bridge any knowledge gaps, and your tasks will be chosen to support your learning needs. As you progress, we’ll rely on you more as a full member of the team working to deliver high-quality software.

This role might be right for you if you:

• Are a penultimate-year student studying for a degree that is primarily focused on maths, information technology or scientific study
• Have the ability to work well in a team.
• Enjoy solving problems.
• Curious about how things work and often have ideas about how they can be improved.
• A good communicator, both verbally and in writing, and are comfortable sharing your ideas.
• Have a demonstrable interest in technology and programming.
• Enjoy learning new things and are willing to invest time learning and developing your skills.
• Existing software development knowledge and experience are a definite advantage but are not essential