Software Applications Developer Apprentice

HEIRLOOM FAIR LEGAL LTD

London (N1C 4AX)

Closes in 27 days (Thursday 11 September 2025)

Posted on 14 August 2025

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Summary

You will be responsible for helping analyse and optimise business workflows related to legal finance and operations as well as using coding skills to support the development, configuration, or integration of internal applications and tools.

Wage

£26,000 a year

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£26,000 - £28,000 per annum

Training course
Software developer (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 6.00pm.

40 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 18 September 2025

Duration

1 year 7 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  • Help analyse and optimise business workflows related to legal finance and operations
  • Use coding skills to support the development, configuration, or integration of internal applications and tools
  • Assist in identifying and testing appropriate software or automation solutions
  • Help document processes and technical updates for cross-functional use
  • Work with non-technical team members to understand their needs and explain solutions clearly
  • Contribute to the maintenance, refinement, and troubleshooting of implemented tools
  • Keep up with trends in business process automation, legal tech, and relevant software practices

Where you'll work

East Side, Kings Cross Station
Kings Cross
London
N1C 4AX

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

QA LIMITED

Training course

Software developer (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • create logical and maintainable code
  • develop effective user interfaces
  • link code to data sets
  • test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
  • conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
  • identify and create test scenarios
  • apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
  • create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
  • create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
  • build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
  • apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
  • follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
  • follow testing frameworks and methodologies
  • follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
  • communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • apply algorithms, logic and data structures
  • interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements
  • create logical and maintainable code
  • develop effective user interfaces
  • link code to data sets
  • test code and analyse results to correct errors found using unit testing
  • conduct a range of test types, such as Integration, System, User Acceptance, Non-Functional, Performance and Security testing.
  • identify and create test scenarios
  • apply structured techniques to problem solving, debug code and understand the structure of programmes in order to identify and resolve issues
  • create simple software designs to effectively communicate understanding of the program
  • create analysis artefacts, such as use cases and/or user stories
  • build, manage and deploy code into the relevant environment
  • apply an appropriate software development approach according to the relevant paradigm (for example object oriented, event driven or procedural)
  • follow software designs and functional or technical specifications
  • follow testing frameworks and methodologies
  • follow company, team or client approaches to continuous integration, version and source control
  • communicate software solutions and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • apply algorithms, logic and data structures
  • interpret and implement a given design whist remaining compliant with security and maintainability requirements

Training schedule

Why choose our Software Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship?

Our Software Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship gives learners advance skills and technical grounding to design, test and maintain software and web systems. Learners will also gain an understanding on advanced programming, systems and software development projects.

Software Development is at the heart of digital transformation. With demand for services to be consumed online by both clients and employees increasing exponentially, software developers are in high demand. Software Engineers build and test high-quality code across front end, logic and database layers. 

QA’s Software Engineer Level 4 apprenticeship programme enables the apprentice to:

  • Build advanced skills and technical grounding to design, test and maintain software and web systems
  • Receive training on end-to-end software dev stack, as opposed to hyper-focusing on one area of development
  • Develop more advanced applications

Tools and technologies learned:

Learners will learn to use HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

A Level in:

STEM (grade Any)

BTEC in:

IT (grade Any)

Other in:

Software (grade Level 3)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills

About this employer

Heirloom Fair Legal is a provider of legal financing focused on UK individual and small business consumer protection claims. We use data and technology to bring efficiency, quality, and risk mitigation to legal finance operations. Backed by a family office and a strong internal capital base, our team has over 20 years of experience in legal, technology, and finance.

Company benefits

Private medical. Dental cash plan. Life insurance. Salary sacrifice schemes. Pension (3% company contribution).

After this apprenticeship

  • Once you have successfully completed the apprenticeship, there will be the option to gain / pursue excellent career development opportunities

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

QA LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000337218.

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Closes in 27 days (Thursday 11 September 2025)

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