Early careers
Start your career with us through a graduate role, internship or apprenticeship. You’ll work with experienced colleagues, build practical skills and gain real insight into the business — all while earning a competitive salary.
What does Baillie Gifford do?
We’re an independent investment manager based in Edinburgh. For over a century, we’ve focused on long-term investing to deliver strong results for our clients.
We aim to find game-changing companies and other assets that can sustain growth and remain resilient in a changing world for decades to come.
Early careers opportunities
If you are an ambitious, curious and driven individual, we offer a variety of opportunities, hands-on experience and the chance to build your career.
Graduate programmes
Rotate across investment research or technology and build a broad understanding of our work.
Internships
Spend 10 weeks working on real projects in areas like software engineering, innovation, or cloud and infrastructure.
Apprenticeships
Start your career while gaining hands-on experience and developing your skills.
Life at Baillie Gifford
Working here means being part of a close, supportive community, with opportunities to learn, grow and build your career in Edinburgh.
Applicant resources
We want to get to know you and to see how your values align with ours. To help you get off to the best possible start, we’ve put together some tips to help your application stand out from the rest.
Frequently asked questions
Find answers to common questions about our early careers opportunities.
Events
If you want to get to know us better, why not come along to one of our events? It’s a chance to learn more about our work and ask questions.
Baillie Gifford and Me
As you explore, you’ll see what matters to us — and what it’s like to work here — so you can decide if it’s the right fit for you.
Baillie Gifford
“We value our people and encourage everyone to share their ideas from day one.”
Me
“I would like to be in an environment where I feel valued and able to share my ideas from day one.”