Are you an undergrad itching to boost your professional and coding skills? Motability Operations has an exciting opportunity for students to join our Software Engineering team for a year in industry.
During your placement, you won't be on the side-lines – you'll be right in the thick of it, applying and broadening your skills, being an active member of our agile product teams. Your work will revolve around developing and maintaining production software that matters to both our internal and external customers.
We’re passionate about fostering collaboration, and that’s why every developer carries the same title of ‘Software Engineer’. We believe in a level playing field where your voice and ideas count, regardless of your experience level. Of course, your colleagues will be there to guide you every step of the way. Plus, you'll have regular one-on-one chats with a dedicated mentor who'll be there to offer you even more advice and support.
We’ve had plenty of success stories on our Placement Programme, with many engineers returning to us after completing their degree. One example of this is Josie, who you can see tell her story here.
If you are keen to learn more about our company culture, you can read about our core values: We Find Solutions, We Drive Change, and We Care.
Our 12-month placement programme is built on three key pillars: contributing, personal development, and the project.
- Contributing: Immerse yourself in your chosen business area, making meaningful contributions to team objectives and projects, and gaining invaluable hands-on experience.
- Personal Development: Beyond your daily tasks, you’ll have dedicated time for learning and growth including mentor catch ups. With tailored resources and support, you’ll enhance your skills and knowledge, benefiting your work, the project, and your future career.
- The Project: Lead and collaborate with fellow placement students on impactful projects that benefit both the business and the community, offering a unique opportunity to make a tangible difference.
Our programmes go above and beyond just the day job. You’ll gain valuable experience in your chosen business area while also having the space and opportunity to challenge yourself and develop your skills.
Motability Operations is a Disability Confident Leader
As a Disability Confident Leader, any applicant considered to have a disability who meets the minimum criteria as set out in the role profile, will be offered an interview.
We also have a responsibility to actively seek out and attract disabled candidates by providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
This involves flexibility and adjusting as required when assessing candidates to ensure those with a disability have the best possible chance of demonstrating their suitability for the job.Please note, if you application progresses to our video assessment stage, you will be invited to complete a one-way video interview online via Spark Hire’s video platform. By submitting this form you agree to our privacy policy: https://www.motabilityoperations.co.uk/utilities/privacy-notice/ . In particular, you agree that your personal information will be shared with Spark Hire and that Spark Hire will share your personal information with us, including but not limited to, your name, email address and recordings of your video interview.
About you
We are dedicated to unlocking your full potential, and we are eager to welcome a diverse range of skills and talents. Here, we see Software Engineering as more than just writing code. It's about fostering creative collaboration within diverse teams, harnessing each other's strengths to solve real-world challenges and enhance our customers' lives.
We're not looking for the "finished product," and whether you've gained some coding experience through university or as a personal hobby, we're interested in team-players who are enthusiastic about learning, growing, and contributing their unique perspectives.
If this resonates with you, and you are eager to make a meaningful impact, we can't wait to hear from you!
Minimum criteria
You’ll need all of these.
- Currently in your 2 nd year and on track achieve a 2:1 or better in your degree
- Able to travel to the Bristol Office 3 days a week
- Strong desire to develop new coding skills or enhance existing ones
- Looking to start from July 2025
Who you’ll be working with
The Software Engineering team is part of the Technology division of the company. Here, we collaborate across diverse agile product teams, consisting of Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, UX Designers, Business Analysts, Product Specialists, Product Owners, and a dedicated Scrum Master. Together, we join our expertise to deliver exceptional value to our customers.
About the company
We’re the company behind the Motability Scheme. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast-changing world. We’re the UK’s largest car leasing company and we help over 800,000 people get on the road.
We employ over 1800 people, across London, Bristol, Edinburgh, and Coalville. We know our people are key to our success, so we aim to create an environment that allows our employees to flourish. We look for highly motivated people with a combination of commercial sense and real enthusiasm to meet our customers' needs.
What we do
We lease a wide range of tailored mobility solutions to people who receive of one of the Government’s qualifying mobility allowances. Our customers choose a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), scooter or powered wheelchair that best suits their needs. We take care of their insurance, breakdown, servicing and more, as part of our worry-free package.
At the end of the lease, our customers can exchange their vehicle for a brand-new model. Each year we sell and move around 200,000 cars. This makes us the largest supplier of single-source vehicles back into the used car market.
The Scheme has been providing affordable, worry-free motoring for over 45 years. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, with an independent customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10.
How we work
We work in a hybrid way. That means remotely for up to two days each week and in our great office spaces the rest of the time. This gives us a good work/life balance and lets us collaborate and deliver for our customers. Visit our website to find out more.
We do our best to accommodate part-time and flexible working requests, where possible, to build on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.
Our beliefs and values
We believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We want to sustain a nurturing culture. And our people to be rewarded equally, regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do:
- We believe no one should be left behind a We find solutions
- We believe we must take the lead a We drive change
- We believe everything starts with the customer a We care
Please note, Motability Operations reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend that you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.