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Applications Open for Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

The Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities is part of Google’s commitment to help innovators of the future make the most of their talents. Scholarships are aimed at computer science students with disabilities and are provided in partnership with EmployAbility, a non-profit organisation dedicated to assisting students with disabilities while they pursue education and promising careers.

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be university students studying computer science, computer engineering, informatics, or closely related technical field at a university in Europe or Israel with a disability.
  • Be enrolled as full-time or part-time students for the 2018/2019 academic year, or intend to be enrolled or accepted as a full-time student at a university in Europe for the 2019/2020 academic year.
  • Maintain a strong academic record.
  • Exemplify leadership and passion for computer science and technology.
  • Be 18 years of age or older as of 17 September 2018.

Scholarship amount is €7,000 (or equivalent).

Candidates should apply via EmployAbility’s website by the deadline of 6 December 2018.

For more information and to apply:

https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/scholarships/google-students-with-disabilities-scholarship/#!?detail-content-tabby_activeEl=detail-overview-content

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Developer – Back-end

Engie is working with North Tyneside Council on an extensive programme of change, the aim of which is to make the council’s online services easier for the borough’s residents and businesses to use.

Working as part of a multi-organisation, multi-disciplinary agile team, you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of a range of modern back-end services.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and on offer is a salary of £25,000 to £34,000 per annum, dependant on skills and experience.

This role will be based at North Tyneside Council, The Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, NE27 0BY.

What are we looking for?

You should have experience within one or more of the following areas:

  • Developing within modern cloud-based infrastructures, such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
  • Developing service-based back-end platforms, exposed through Restful/RPC/GraphQL APIs.
  • Developing web-services in Python or similar.
  • Working with SQL and NoSQL databases (we primarily use MySQL), and in-memory storage (Memcached and Redis).
  • Developing using CI/CD pipelines, and deploying to the likes of Docker, Kubernetes, or Google App Engine.

Qualifications

A first/higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or 1-5 years’ experience delivering back-end services.

Applying for this role

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. Engie do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications for all sections of the community.

To apply for this role, send your CV to simon.smith@northtyneside.gov.uk

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Developer

Developer – Front-end

Engie is working with North Tyneside Council on an extensive programme of change, the aim of which is to make the council’s online services easier for the borough’s residents and businesses to use.

Working as part of a multi-organisation, multi-disciplinary agile team, you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of a suite of modern public-facing web applications.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and on offer is a salary of £25,000 to £34,000 per annum, dependant on skills and experience.

This role will be based at North Tyneside Council, The Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, NE27 0BY.

What are we looking for?

You should have experience within one or more of the following areas:

  • Developing within modern cloud-based infrastructures, such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
  • Developing modern, standards compliant, public-facing web applications, using Node.js, React, Bootstrap, SASS, or related technologies.
  • Testing interfaces for usability and accessibility, across a range of device classes.
  • Developing using CI/CD pipelines, and deploying to the likes of Docker, Kubernetes, or Google App Engine.

Qualifications

A first/higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or 1-5 years’ experience delivering public-facing front-end applications.

Applying for this role

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. Engie do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications for all sections of the community.

To apply for this role, send your CV to simon.smith@northtyneside.gov.uk