Quality Engineer Apprenticeship
by Lloyds Banking Group
Job Details
Quality Engineer Apprenticeship
Here at Lloyds Banking Group, we are passionate about delivering a high-quality apprenticeship experience to support everyone to realise their full potential.
It’s a chance to learn skills, gain qualifications and earn a salary, all while playing an important role in making finance a force for good.
As a quality engineer apprentice, you will learn how to conduct various testing activities across the software development lifecycle to ensure the software meets the business’ functional, security, performance, usability and other relevant quality requirements. You will gain a thorough understanding of the various testing levels, testing types, techniques, tools, and the terminologies of the industry and through our language courses, colleagues will develop necessary programming skills to conduct white-box testing, test automation and other testing-related tasks.
Your apprenticeship will take around 18 months to complete and will cover key areas such as:
- software development lifecycles
- effective team working
- problem solving
- logic and data structures
- sorting and searching algorithms
- critical sections and race conditions
- relational and non-relational databases
- software designs and testing frameworks and methodologies
Our recruitment process has 3 steps – our online application, online assessments and an assessment day. You will be given full details of the process throughout your recruitment journey.
Key dates for your diary:
Assessment day: May / June 2024
Start: September 2024
Starting Salary: £33,982
Deadlines:
14/04 - Chester, Halifax, Manchester
28/04 - Edinburgh
WHY LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Our main requirement is that you to have a passion for the role you’re applying for! Aside from this we have a few formal requirements:
Education:
- GCSE English and Maths at grades 4 – 9 or equivalent.
Location:
- You should live a commutable distance from the location in this advert. Our work style is hybrid and you should expect to be in the office at least 2 days per week.
Additional Requirements:
- You’ll be aged at least 18 years old when the apprenticeship starts.
- Whilst we welcome candidates who have a degree, this cannot be in a field related to the apprenticeship due to a crossover in learning. We’ll request a copy of your degree module transcript to review your prior learning if your degree may contain prior learning.
FOR INFORMATION: Due to Home Office requirements regarding Skilled Workers, we’re unable to accept applications for visa sponsorship for our apprenticeship roles as the proposed salary for the role does not meet the minimum threshold – if this situation applies to you, please consider looking for other vacancies which may be more suitable.
ABOUT WORKING FOR US
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 24 days holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Our roles generate a lot of interest and occasionally we need close for applications earlier than originally advertised. So, if you think working with us could be right for you, please apply now and see where an apprenticeship with us can take you!
About Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group is a financial services group that’s been serving communities around the UK, for hundreds of years. With some of the most recognised brands in the nation, including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Scottish Widows and Bank of Scotland, we make a difference to the lives of millions of people and businesses. In fact, we provide trusted services to over 30 million UK customers, 12 million online users, and 6 million mobile users. And, the numbers continue to grow.
That’s why we’re looking for the next generation of talented, ambitious and inspired individuals to join our business that’s as diverse as the population of Britain.
Our exciting apprenticeship opportunities range from shaping strategy to leading digital and IT innovation; from interpreting financial figures to helping high street customers and big business clients. Whatever your interests, they’re designed to help you embrace your passions and strengths – and discover new ones – in a learning culture that fits around you.
How to apply
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