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You’ll own real work from your first few weeks, with a mentor and a team that reviews what you build.\nIf you are looking to experience what it's like to be a software engineer in an ambitious, AI product first tech company, and want to work somewhere that moves fast, builds boldly, and takes AI seriously - this is your role.\nWhat you'll be doing\nWriting clean, tested code that ships to real customers.\nWorking in an agile engineering team - sprints, standups, code reviews, and real delivery.\nSolving technical problems that directly impact our customers' ability to work with data.\nUsing AI tools actively in your day to day - to research, to build, to move faster.\nLearning from engineers around you and contributing your own perspective from day one.\nPresenting what you have built to the wider team before you finish.\nWhat we're looking for\nYou are currently studying for a degree in computer science, software engineering or a related subject, with a placement year before you return to finish your studies. 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