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Graduate / Junior Software Engineer

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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The Role

As a technology graduate the role is intentionally varied and will involve you discussing functionality with consultants, proposing solutions and generating prototypes, understanding and coding algorithms ensuring that time and memory constraints are satisfied, iterating User Interfaces and researching new technologies and tools.

You will be involved in all aspects of professional software development life cycle using the latest tools and techniques to deliver complex software of the highest quality. You will learn how software is produced and experience all aspects of today’s industry best practices.

This includes but is not limited to:

  • Understanding what our clients need and how to solve those needs
  • Developing high performance software using various technologies on multiple platforms
  • Creating an engaging user experience through clean and crisp user interfaces
  • Delivering quality using the latest test and automation techniques
  • Deployment to complex client IT infrastructures
  • This is all done within small agile teams that collaboratively contribute to the effective delivery of quality software.

Learning and Development

As a graduate at Willis Towers Watson you have a world of opportunity ahead of you. As a technology graduate you will drive your own career progression, moving into software architecture, project management or progressing through education, training and experience to become a subject matter expert in software development.

We offer graduates the flexibility to study towards a range of qualifications from both technical and business disciplines depending on the needs of the business and individuals.

We pride ourselves on working with the latest technology and are proud to be a Microsoft Gold Partner. You’ll be given a full MSDN subscription, ReSharper license, access to PluralSight courses and will be funded to pursue Microsoft certifications. This will include the occasional MS conferences as well as events to celebrate the great success we have.

The Requirements

  • Degree in a Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar technical or analytic discipline with a reasonable understanding of Mathematics is required
  • Exposure to relational databases and understanding across various database concepts
  • Problem solving and an analytical mind
  • Exposure of writing software in an object oriented mainstream language (C#, C++, Java).

Desirable

  • Exposure of web technologies, scripting languages and understanding or APIs
  • Exposure to Microsoft cloud platform i.e. Azure
  • Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics 365 in any capacity.

Towers Watson is a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management. With 16,000 associates around the world, we offer consulting, technology and solutions in the areas of benefits, talent management, rewards, and risk and capital management.

Finance & Banking
London
39,000 employees

What employees are saying

Esteban

Risk, consulting & software

Esteban

Going above and beyond to exceed clients' expectations is definitely a top priority at Towers Watson

Jessie

Strategy and Corporate Development

Jessie

If you value a context in which to grow, Towers Watson will provide you the teams, recourses and independence to do so