Software Engineer, AVP

Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure. So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter. Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive. This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India. Job Description Join us as a Software Engineer This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge Day-to-day, you'll build a wide network of stakeholders of varying levels of seniority It?s a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career We're offering this role at associate vice president level What you'll do In your new role, you?ll engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions. You?ll be working within a feature team and using your extensive experience to engineer software, scripts and tools that are often complex, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform. You?ll also be: Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business Working in permanent teams with responsibility for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working code Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations The skills you'll need You?ll need a background in software engineering, software design, architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers. You?ll also need: 8 to 12 years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and Full Stack development, with hands-on experience in building scalable, enterprise-grade applications Skilled in Kafka, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), Apigee, and cloud platforms, with a strong focus on agile delivery and lifecycle ownership Experience of working with development and testing tools, bug tracking tools and wikis A background in solving highly complex, analytical and numerical problems Experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance