Apprentice Software Engineer – SRE
Launch your tech career while earning a degree. Join Forter as an Apprentice Software Engineer in London. Spend 20% studying for a BSc (Hons) in Digital & Technology Solutions and 80% working in our SRE team, helping 150+ engineers build scalable, reliable systems.
Role
- Assist in maintaining our Kubernetes platform
- Help migrate legacy services to modern containerised environments
- Work with the team to build dashboards and alerting systems
- Help engineers understand how their code performs
- Develop internal tools that make it easier to troubleshoot
- Develop internal tools that make it easier to deploy software
- Participate in pair programming sessions and code reviews
- Attend "blameless post-mortems" to understand why systems fail and how to make them better
Training
The course will be delivered on a day-release basis each week by Queen Mary University of London. The course will adhere to the following curriculum:
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/coursefinder/courses/2026/digital-and-technology-solutions-software-engineering/
Opportunity to convert to full time engineer after completing the program.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Digital and technology solutions professional (level 6)
- Training Provider
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
- Expected Duration
- 3 Years
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Monday, 20th April 2026
- Start Date
- Monday, 7th September 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
Qualifications
- Computing or Mathematics A Level, grade Grades ABB at A-Level (Essential)
About the Employer
FORTER SOLUTIONS UK LTD
Forter is a technology company that provides real-time fraud prevention and identity protection solutions for online businesses, helping them detect and block fraudulent transactions while improving customer experience.