Wherever you find ambitious companies investing in their people, you’ll find Learning Pool

Learning Pool creates learning experiences that deliver extraordinary employee performance outcomes for companies and their people. Global organisations choose Learning Pool for its comprehensive, data-driven digital learning solutions. Learning Pool’s passion for impact, innovation, and people is why they stay. As a leader in e-learning innovation, we empower over 1,200 organisations globally and millions of learners through our engaging courses, advanced platforms, insightful analytics, and tailored content solutions.

Our dedication to excellence is demonstrated by accolades such as Platinum Investors in People and triple Gold at the 2024 Learning Technologies Awards. We are also recognized as a Great Place to Work in the UK and North America 2024, and proudly hold B Corp certification, reflecting our commitment to social and environmental responsibility. Be it for onboarding, upskilling, compliance, or the whole business, Learning Pool develops an effective and agile workforce through learning. Wherever you find ambitious companies investing in their people, you’ll find Learning Pool.

So if you’ve got what we’re looking for and the desire to join a team that values creativity and empowerment, then get in touch.

âÂÂLocation: This role is fully office based in our Derry office.

This role is initially full time in our Derry office with potential to move to hybrid.

About The Role

Learning Pool is recruiting placement students to join the team for the academic year 2025 to 2026. You will be studying a Computer Science related discipline at degree level and will have completed at least year 2 on commencement of the placement. This is the ideal role for someone with some level of experience in PHP or other scripting languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, or Python, as well as HTML/CSS.

As an integral part of our engineering team you'll be involved in the development of cutting edge e-learning applications, you'll get to work in a creative, innovative and fast-paced environment and get the opportunity to prove your technical credentials every day. Placement students will get exposure to Software Development, Systems Administration, Quality Assurance and Continuous Integration and Deployment.

This is a challenging role, but in return we'll offer a unique opportunity to learn, to make an impact and to provide a sound foundation for your future career. There is a generous remuneration package for the placement.

The placement will start in June 2025 and will finish May 2026

What you will be doing

Roles and responsibilities include

Hands-on coding in line with best practice coding standards (often to meet tight deadlines)
Ensuring the high standard of development expected through rigorous testing
Helping with writing specifications and estimating time required to deliver on projects
Delivery of software using agile project methodologies
Quality Assurance - testing our software before delivery to customers
Maintaining the CICD processes and contributing to the release process.

Who we are looking for

The Successful Candidate Will Demonstrate

Technical curiosity: You will have a keen interest in the software development cycle
Practice: You will have some software experience, preferably in open source technologies and on LINUX or UNIX environments
Knowledge: You will have some knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and databases.
Problem Solving: You will enjoy working through issues to find the cause of problems, suggest solutions and apply this thinking to process improvements
Eager to learn: You will need to be able to engage quickly with complex, technical and unfamiliar subject matter
Positive approach: You will have a professional, collaborative and open minded attitude towards colleagues, clients and ways of working
Communication skills: You will be able to express yourself effectively both verbally and in writing

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Working at Learning Pool

With over 450 people across seven offices globally, the Learning Pool team is filled with people who have a real passion for what they do and a fresh approach to partnering with customers.

Learning Pool is a Platinum Investor in People, listed annually in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For and wins numerous industry awards for our work with clients including the Queen's Award for Enterprise (Innovation) and recent Brandon Hall, Learning Technologies, e-Learning Industry, Stevie Customer Service and Institute of Customer Service awards. In addition, the Group is the only Strategic Leader offering Lower Total Cost of Ownership solutions in the 2022 Fosway Digital Learning 9-Grid.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 26th February 2025 at 5pm UK time.

Please download the application form via this LINK and upload this to your submission. You may also submit a CV and Cover letter if you wish but these will not be accepted as an alternative to a completed application form.

If you experience any problems with submitting your application, please contact jobs@learningpool.com

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