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Are you a university student looking for a placement year in the tech industry? Want to work somewhere where your ideas matter and you can make a real impact? Start date: Monday 6th July 2026 Length: 12 months Salary: £20,000 plus bonus potential Locations: Manchester, Marlow, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, South Coast and Glasgow Join our Sales Internship Programme Our Internship Programme is designed for students like you - curious, driven, and ready to explore the world of technology. Over 12 months you'll gain hands-on experience, lead on real projects, make a genuine impact on our organisation and build skills that will set you apart after graduation. Check out some of our intern blogs via this link to learn more about a placement year at Softcat: ___ About the Sales Department As the largest department, Sales is crucial to our business goals, strategy, and award-winning customer service. This department prides itself on it's vibrant culture, strong teamwork and opportunities for personal growth and development. If you want to be a part of a team that's big on rewards, hard work and incentives then a sales career might just be for you. Our sales department consists of our Corporate Sector and Public Sector Sales teams, and our past interns have worked across both areas. As a Sales Intern you'll be: • Working as part of a Sales Intern team, you'll be supporting our SMB customers in Corporate and Public Sector with their technology requirements, • Working with our key sales functions, developing knowledge, and understanding of a sales career, including experience in new business development and account management, • Learning about Softcat and our key technology products, and how they can benefit businesses, • Building key sales skills such as communication, customer management and relationship building, • Working towards team targets and KPIs with the opportunity to earn extra commission and incentives, • Collaborating with other Softcat interns on group projects What we're looking for: • A current undergraduate University student studying in the UK/Ireland in your penultimate year, from any degree discipline, • Passionate about technology & sales, • Excellent communication, relationship building and team work skills, • A motivated self-starter, with the resilience and drive to achieve against targets, • Demonstrate an alignment to our Softcat values & inclusive culture Work in a way that works for you We recognise that life doesn't always fit into a 9-5 every day in the office. That's why we offer: • Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home), • Flexible working hours – flexing the times you start and finish Working with us Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background. How does our internship recruitment process work? Our process consists of four stages, Application > One-Way Video Interview > Virtual Assessment Centre > Final Stage Panel Interview. Initially we're reviewing you for our Tech & Services area, assessing your Softcat fit, passion for this area and transferable skills. Once you reach our Assessment Centre's, we'll reveal the roles we have available for this year's placements. You'll then be given the opportunity to highlight your first choice, or we'll align you to where we think you'd make the most impact. You'll then interview specifically for your aligned role at your final stage panel interview. Some key info: • Application closing date: Friday 19th December 2025, • Sales Assessment Centre Dates: Tuesday 3rd February 2026 OR Thursday 5th February 2026 (you must be able to attend one of these dates to be considered for this opportunity), • Roles are subject to location which means you may be required to relocate in order to be considered for a position Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self. Join us To become part of the success story, please apply now. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at ___

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Principal Engineer role for one of the most exciting tech companies in the North West has come live. 🚀🚀 COMPANY: Recognised in the Times100 fastest growing companies, this challenger technology company continues to make a difference to its 5m customers, whilst providing real time data through its unique AI platform to its 600 clients/brands. Intro….. A key hire within the engineering team, we're looking for a Principal Engineer to work closely with the Head of Engineering, to shape the technical direction across multiple product teams, ensuring that what we build is reliable, scalable, and impactful. You’ll be the bridge between strategic thinking and pragmatic delivery, helping the engineering teams design systems that move fast without breaking things, and influencing through code, collaboration, and clarity. What you’ll work on: • Modernising our platform – lead the complete replacement of our legacy systems with a new, cloud-native architecture in Java & Kotlin on AWS., • Next-gen pricing models – design and deliver a cutting-edge AI-driven pricing platform that powers smarter, real-time decisions., • New product development – help define and launch innovative fintech products that will shape the next wave of our customer experience., • Culture-building – play a key role in building the engineering culture of our new UK office, mentoring engineers and embedding best-in-class practices. Day-to-day you'll: • Set the technical vision and drive engineering excellence across four agile squads., • Design and evolve a modern microservices architecture running on AWS., • Lead on scalability, reliability and performance, ensuring our platform meets the demands of rapid growth., • Coach and mentor senior engineers, fostering a culture of technical craftsmanship and continuous improvement., • Partner with Product and Architecture leads to align technology with strategic goals. What do you need to be successful? We are looking for a high level Principal Software Engineer who has a passion for building scaleable products and want to join an energetic and passionate team on a mission to change the Financial Services landscape here in the UK and in the future across Europe. There’s much to do, and you’ll be responsible for making some real cool stuff happen. • You’re a hands-on Lead / Principal Engineer who still loves to dive into design discussions and code when it matters., • You'll have deep expertise in Java (and Kotlin), with a strong track record of building high-scale distributed systems., • You’ve led or influenced large-scale systems, ideally in a cloud-first environment (AWS preferred)., • You think in systems, trade-offs, and impact, balancing long-term vision with incremental, value-driven delivery., • You have deep experience with microservices, APIs, event-driven design, observability, and platform reliability., • You’re a natural collaborator, you build trust across engineering, product, and leadership., • You care as much about how teams build as what they build, enabling autonomy, consistency, and learning. Interested? Apply today and join a community of engineers who value craftsmanship, fun and delivery. Here, your influence won’t be limited to one team, you’ll help shape the technical DNA of the organisation. Send over your CV (If you have one) and the team will be in touch asap. For this role we are looking for a strong software engineering background rather than an infrastructure background.

Enginering Manager role for one of the most exciting tech companies in the North West has come live. 🚀🚀 COMPANY: Recognised in the Times100 fastest growing companies, this challenger technology company continues to make a difference to its 5m customers, whilst providing real time data through its unique AI platform to its 600 clients/brands. In summary....... "We’re looking for an Engineering Manager who blends technical excellence, people leadership, and business pragmatism to help us scale our next chapter. Come and join us at the start of this exciting new product journey and help shape the culture, the team and the technology from day one." What you’ll do • Lead and develop a high-performing team of engineers, creating an environment where autonomy, quality, and learning thrive., • Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices, ensuring smooth, reliable, and secure delivery pipelines., • Drive technical direction across distributed systems built on AWS, balancing innovation with real-world delivery., • Partner with Product and Design to align tech decisions with business impact, bringing empathy, pragmatism, and curiosity to every discussion., • Build a culture of continuous improvement, from observability and resilience to team rituals and engineering craft., • Coach engineers to grow, empowering them to make technical decisions, own outcomes, and share accountability. What are we looking for? We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Manager who loves building high-performing teams, shipping great products, and balancing technical depth with business impact. • You’re an engineering leader first and foremost: you build trust, clarity, and energy in your teams., • You understand that progress beats perfection, you can blend strong technical instincts with a pragmatic sense of value., • You’re fluent in modern software delivery: CI/CD, automation, DevOps, cloud (AWS), and observability., • You know how to partner with stakeholders, not just align on priorities, but co-create solutions that deliver for customers and the business., • You have a track record of turning good teams into great ones through coaching, feedback, and autonomy. Interested to hear more? Apply today with an up to date profile (if you don't have a CV but want to find out more, drop us a DM too, we'd love to chat). Interviews are starting to take place next week and will involve 3 stages.

MRJ are currently working exclusively with a leading B2B2C Marketplace with a thriving HQ in Manchester. What's the role? We’re looking for an experienced Infrastructure Manager to shape our infrastructure strategy, ensuring our systems are robust, secure, and scalable as we continue to grow. Day-to-day, you’ll lead our infrastructure and operations function, supporting a 1,000+ user environment across multiple sites and cloud platforms. Key Responsibilities • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of infrastructure engineers and administrators., • Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure (AWS)., • Manage and continuously improve core services, including networking, Windows Server environments, Active Directory, and Office 365., • Own incident, problem, and change management processes in line with ITIL best practices., • Deliver medium to large-scale infrastructure and cloud transformation projects from concept to completion., • Ensure systems are secure, resilient, and compliant with company and industry standards., • Collaborate with security, product, and software teams to enable a modern, scalable technology environment., • Manage vendor relationships and third-party service providers effectively. The ideal person? An experienced Infrastructure Leader / Manager, you’ll be a confident and collaborative leader with strong technical foundations and a passion for operational excellence. You balance hands-on knowledge with strategic thinking and enjoy leading teams to deliver measurable impact. Essential skills and experience: • Extensive knowledge of public cloud platforms – AWS (Essential), • Strong understanding of Microsoft stack: Exchange, Active Directory, IIS, Windows Server 2019+, PowerShell., • Broad exposure to Microsoft 365 services, • Proven track record delivering medium to large IT infrastructure projects across multiple locations, • ITIL certification or strong working knowledge of ITIL frameworks., • Excellent communication, analytical, and decision-making skills., • Experience managing teams in complex, multi-site, or enterprise environments (1,000+ users). Next steps? This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference within one of the BEST employers in Manchester. If you have a strong technical background (AWS & M365 are essential), coupled with a track record of leading teams, send your profile over today.