Software Engineer Review

Item: Software Engineer at Barclays
Rating: 4.1
Author: Anonymous

at Barclays

Degree Apprenticeship

Information Technology

Warrington, Cheshire

Review Submitted: April 2021

Overall Rating

4.1 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

3.6/5 - Structure and Support

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

4/5

I work in an API team within Barclays. My daily tasks are, fixing bugs within our API's code, supporting testers, developing new API's and deploying apis into our test and production enviroments

To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

4/5

I really enjoy the program. it has allowed me to work on myself more closely and develop skills I wouldn't normally have time to focus on.

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

4/5

I have learnt many new skills including, coding in java and javascript. I have also developed my presentation skills and my confidence.

Structure and Support

How well organised/structured is your programme?

3/5

I think the program is quite well structure and allows you to get the best out of the experience

How much support do you receive from your employer?

5/5

I have recieved a lot of support from barclays. I have been given a lot of time to work on myself and my uni work. They have been great when I was struggling with uni work at times.

How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

4/5

I have recieved a lot of support from mmu also. My university liason officer has been amazing and has always been there to support me and offer advice

How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

4/5

I think my qualification helps In my job role alot as I came onto the apprenciship with no coding skills what so ever, so it has been nice to have that time to learn on my own and also on the job.