API Software Engineer

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in Edinburgh is seeking an API Software Engineer to design, build and maintain high performance, secure APIs and services.

You will work in a feature team, collaborate with engineers, architects and business analysts, and contribute across the full software lifecycle from design to deployment.

The role values hands-on coding, API design excellence, and a proactive approach to DevOps, CI/CD and operational reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering scalable, reliable applications across the software development lifecycle.
• Collaborative team player with strong Agile delivery experience.
• Ability to solve complex technical challenges and optimize software systems.

Responsibilities

• Engineer software, scripts and tools within a feature team and liaise with engineers, architects and analysts across the platform.
• Produce complex, high-quality software delivering clear business value.
• Work through the full life cycle from initial development to maintenance and decommissioning.
• Collaborate to optimise software engineering capability.
• Design, test and implement working software solutions.
• Work across requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment and operations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Maven

DB2

GitLab

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Performance tuning

DevOps

CI/CD

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

Join us as a API Software Engineer

• This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge
• Day-to-day, you'll be engineering and maintaining innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions
• It's a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career while building a wide network of stakeholders

What you'll do

In your new role, you'll be working within a feature team to engineer software, scripts and tools, 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 who are responsible 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 software solutions
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

To take onthis role, you'll have a background in software engineering and solution design, with experience delivering scalable, reliable applications throughout the software development lifecycle. You'll be a collaborative team player who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and delivering high-quality software in an Agile environment.

You'll also need:

• Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, Maven, DB2 and GitLab, delivering enterprise-grade applications from design through to deployment
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs in line with established engineering standards and best practices
• Good understanding of microservices architecture, scalability, resiliency, caching, and performance optimisation
• Experience with Java performance tuning and troubleshooting, including root cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD practices, with experience of Agile delivery, automation, production support, and monitoring tools such as Splunk and Grafana