Associate engineer

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About the role

• Business Area: Work within BT Group's telecom technology and digital engineering teams to build and support applications, platforms, and network solutions.
• Impact: Help develop software that improves customer experience, network reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Strategic Contribution: Support BT's digital transformation journey through innovation, automation, and modern software development practices.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and support software solutions that enhance BT Group’s digital and telecom services. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and customer-focused technology solutions.
• Learn, contribute, and grow within an agile engineering environment while helping improve network operations

Essential Skills / Experience

• Good understanding of Java and/or Python programming.
• Knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
• Understanding of Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with Git/version control concepts.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

BT Group is the UK’s leading communications group and the holding company behind some of the country’s most recognised brands – including BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. Our customers include consumers, small, medium and large businesses, public sector organisations and other communications providers.

BT Group’s role is about setting direction, unlocking value and creating the conditions for our brands and businesses to thrive.

Having come through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, our focus now is on what comes next – simplifying how we operate, using technology and AI to work smarter, and organising ourselves to serve customers better and grow sustainably. Group teams shape strategy, policy, brand, capital allocation and transformation, helping the whole organisation perform at its best.

We have a singular culture that unites all our people: we are customer-first challengers, who are committed, clear and connected. These behaviours unite us as one team to deliver for our colleagues, our customers, our stakeholders and the country. Joining BT Group means working at the heart of a business that matters to the UK, with the opportunity to shape decisions, influence outcomes and help set the future course of one of the country’s most important companies.