Software Engineering & Innovation

We will give you the complete working experience, helping you to put your theory into practice and truly understand what a career in software engineering could look like. You’ll get the training and support you need to broaden your skills, establish your career path, and discover your future potential.

After your induction, you’ll work with other interns on a live technical project for the business. 

You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle — from initial brief and planning through to development, testing and delivery — applying engineering best practice in a real-world context. 

You’ll also spend time with colleagues, learning from their experience and approach. 

Teamwork is an essential aspect of life at Baillie Gifford. This internship is your chance to see how software projects work in our large Application Development & Enablement and Innovation departments. Running alongside your project, you will have a range of development opportunities with other teams in the department. This allows you to build up your network across the wider teams. 

During your first few weeks, you will be given opportunities to meet others, learn more about our 'Agile' project management working environment and see how other teams put 'Agile' methods into practice. You will also gain insights into quality analysis and development procedures by seeing the work of testers and developers first-hand. By the end of the internship, you will be able to connect the dots and see where your future software engineering career may lie.