Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

Institutional clients include pension funds, endowments and insurance companies. Siskin Wealth Management manages assets for more than 200,000 clients through 120 offices. Most staff have been with the firm for more than eight years.

About the internship:

Siskin Wealth Management is hiring a Software Engineering Placement (12 months) for Jul 2027. This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. Remote position. Most of the team is in London, but nobody is required to come in. Weekday working hours, with room to shift your day when needed. You will need a reliable internet connection and a quiet place to work.

What you'll do:

• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same.
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets.
• Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations.
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks.
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result.
• Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack.
• Write and test backend features in Python or Node.js under the guidance of a senior developer.

Basic qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++.
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours.
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection.

Nice to have:

• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef.

What you'll learn:

• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure.
• Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.
• How a production codebase is organised, deployed and monitored.
• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends.

Program dates: Jul 2027, 6 months.

Pay: £24,000 - £30,000 per annum

Perks:

• Flexible working hours.
• Access to online training.
• Laptop provided.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.

Unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jul 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Siskin Wealth Management Group.