We are proud to announce the opening of the application process for our Software Engineering Fellowship.
The Guardian Software Engineering Fellowship is an opportunity for developers who are at the beginning of their careers to join our Product & Engineering department. The scheme is aimed at individuals looking for their first professional developer role. A grasp of programming is a prerequisite to be successful in your application, however we don’t pass judgement on how these skills were learnt. If you love coding, mobile apps and digital media then you can apply to the Fellowship irrespective of your background.
Our 12-month scheme provides a platform for developing your skills as an engineer, gaining experience working on multiple teams and developing applications in the media industry. It provides a structured path to becoming a software engineer, with support from experienced engineers and other fellows.
As a fellow you will be building software hands-on as part of a team. We expect fellows to learn and grow throughout the scheme, and provide the space for them to do so. With the support of other developers, you will gain skills to become a fully fledged software engineer.
Over the 12 months you will be embedded in different teams to give you experience across the organisation, we expect you will spend six months in our mobile apps teams and another six months in different areas of the department.
In the Fellowship you could be working on anything from shipping your code changes to the website or mobile apps, adding functionality to the publishing tools used by our journalists, or analysing big data. Fellows rotate around different teams, giving them a wide experience of different technologies and working environments.
In the Product & Engineering department we work on a variety of projects with the common goal of supporting the mission of the Guardian. We are very open about our engineering culture and recruitment process. You can learn more about the Guardian’s Product & Engineering department and the work it does on our developers’ site and engineering blog.
To give you insight into the scheme from a fellow’s perspective, one of our previous fellows Amina has written two Medium articles describing her first week on the Fellowship and also her overall experience of the scheme. Want more? Visit our blog for posts from previous fellows on their first impressions after joining the scheme, their experiences on the scheme and how their careers progressed at the Guardian after promotion to a software engineering role.
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. To find out more please read our Diversity Statement.
To get started with your application, follow this link. Closing date for applications: Friday December 31 2021. Good luck!
FAQ
Do you teach programming?
We don’t teach our fellows how to code from scratch. You must have a grasp of programming to be successful in your application. There are many tutorials and self-learning resources available online. We advise you to attempt some programming challenges before submitting your application.
Do you need commercial programming experience?
No, in fact if you have commercial experience our other roles at …….
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/info/2021/nov/26/guardian-software-engineering-fellowship-2022-apply-now