UE05: £28,879.00 - £33,232.00 Per Annum Pro Rata.

CAHSS / Moray House School of Education & Sport.

Fixed Term Contract - Temporary.

Part Time - Average of 9 Hours Per Week.

The Opportunity 

The Software Developer Intern will contribute to the development of innovative AI web apps for educational purposes. This role is crucial for supporting the university's initiative to integrate creative AI applications into teaching, learning and assessment, enhancing the student and staff experience through innovative human/machine partnerships in education.  

We encourage applicants who have experience in front-end, back-end, or full-stack development to apply. Whether you enjoy creating user interfaces, specialise in building server-side logic, or enjoy working across the entire stack, you will have the opportunity to collaborate within a team that combines all these skills, and to work with academics from various disciplinary backgrounds.

This is a 6-month internship (average of 9 hours/week), starting in mid-January 2025. We are open to considering flexible working patterns based on the project requirements and timescale. It is a hybrid post, but it’s expected that you will do regular on-campus working.  

Your skills and attributes for success  

• Demonstrable experience in producing full-stack web apps using high-quality code (frontend: HTML, CSS, JS/Typescript; backend: Node.js, SQL, PostgreSQL) 

• Good command of version control systems (Git, GitLab, GitHub) and understanding version control methodologies 

• Solid understanding of security best practices and quality issues in web application development, with strategies to mitigate risks  

• Familiarity with coding standards, accessibility guidelines, and data protection regulation 

• Good communication skills and the ability to work with a range of professional and academic colleagues   

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:  

• An exciting, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.  

• To be part of a well-supported team of academics, developers and other student interns. 

• To gain experience of working on interesting projects and to be part of the work of the Edinburgh Futures Institute 

The Employ.ed for PhDs programme offers work experience designed to enhance your professional skills. It will also help widen your professional network and provide an insight into a different workplace, discipline or industry.  

Employ.ed for PhDs is run by the Careers Service in collaboration with university departments and Schools.  It offers exclusive part-time internships at the University all year round. This internship is only open to current University of Edinburgh PhD students who will be based in the UK for the duration of the internship.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion 

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.  

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab) 

Key information to note 

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.  

Interviews will be held w/c 28th October 2024.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.