The Role
Placement-year Software Engineering intern will work in an agile squad to write, test, and ship production-ready code, fix bugs, deliver features, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve code quality under technical lead guidance while learning full-stack development and SaaS engineering practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Software Engineering Intern at Interact Software, you will join a cross-functional engineering squad and work under the guidance of a Technical Lead to contribute to real-world product development. You will support the delivery of technical solutions, including bug fixes, feature enhancements, and new functionality, while learning how to deploy production-ready code in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.
The objective of this role is to develop your engineering capability by delivering meaningful outcomes that provide value to customers, while gaining exposure to full lifecycle software development within a modern SaaS organisation.
Why Join Interact Software?
- Gain hands-on experience in a real engineering environment with production impact.
- Work alongside experienced engineers and technical leaders.
- Opportunity to contribute to meaningful, customer-facing products.
- Structured learning and development throughout your placement.
- Exposure to modern technologies, tooling, and best practices in a SaaS company.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively within an agile squad under the guidance of a Technical Lead, contributing to technical solutions, bug fixes, and feature delivery.
- Write, test, and ship production-ready code with support from Project Leads and Senior Developers.
- Troubleshoot, analyse, and resolve issues in large-scale distributed systems that process high volumes of requests.
- Explore and understand complex codebases, making improvements to maintainability, performance, and overall quality.
- Contribute to delivering features and small-scale projects from inception through to release as your confidence grows.
- Identify root causes of issues and propose practical, scalable solutions.
- Apply critical thinking to challenge assumptions, identify edge cases, and improve engineering outcomes.
- Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs.
- Continuously improve your technical skills through feedback, code reviews, and retrospectives.
- Contribute to maintaining high-quality, scalable, and secure software.
What You’ll Learn
- How to build high-quality software that delivers value to users.
- Full end-to-end software engineering processes in a product-led organisation.
- Balancing technical implementation with business priorities.
- Full-stack development across frontend, backend, and databases.
- Working with complex, large-scale enterprise applications hosted in the cloud.
- Industry-standard tools such as Git, Jira, Confluence, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Best practices in performance optimisation, scalability, and cybersecurity.
- Techniques for managing risk and minimising production impact.
- Exposure to multiple languages and frameworks including .NET, JavaScript, SQL, and more.
- Approaches to solving complex engineering challenges at scale.
What we're looking for from you
- Currently studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (seeking a placement year).
- Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., .NET/C#, Java, or similar).
- Understanding of software development principles and best practices.
- Basic working knowledge of SQL, including writing and understanding queries.
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) is desirable.
- Exposure to web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy and sell additional days)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Learning & Development platform
- Life Insurance
- Auto Enrolment Pensions
- Healthshield (Cashback on dental check-ups and fillings, eye tests, physiotherapy, prescriptions and much more
- Reimburse for usage of personal mobile phone
- Free Gym membership and Free Friday lunch for office based staff
About
Interact is an enterprise intranet software company serving over 1,000 customers and millions of employees.Our mission is to inform and connect every organization's greatest asset: its people.For more than 15 years, Interact has worked with organizations like Levi’s, Sony PlayStation, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Domino’s to delivering outstanding intranet experiences.Interact has offices in Manchester, New York, Tulsa and Manila and operates across the whole of the US and Canada, EMEA, and Australia.
Skills Required
- Currently studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (placement year)
- Experience with at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., .NET/C#, Java, or similar)
- Understanding of software development principles and best practices
- Basic working knowledge of SQL, including writing and understanding queries
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Exposure to web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
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The Company
What We Do
Interact delivers enterprise-grade intranet software to over 1,000 customers and millions of employees worldwide. Our mission is to inform and connect every organization's greatest asset: its people. For more than 15 years, Interact has worked with organizations such as Levi Strauss & Co., New York Life, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Domino’s to deliver outstanding intranet experiences. Interact has offices in New York, Tulsa, and Manchester and operates across North America, EMEA, and Australia.
