API Software Engineer

Royal Bank of Scotland; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking an API Software Engineer to design, build and maintain high-performance, secure API services. You will work in a feature team delivering Java-based microservices and APIs for customer-centric platforms, collaborating with engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

You will contribute across full software lifecycle, from requirements analysis and design to coding, testing, deployment and operations, applying security protocols such as OAuth

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and API-based microservices.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and secure coding practices.
• Experience with Open Banking, OAuth and mTLS.
• Experience with automated testing and code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain high-quality software rapidly within a feature team.
• Contribute across full life cycle from design to deployment and operations.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and analysts to improve platform.
• Design, build and test robust API solutions for customers.
• Implement security and reliability best practices across services.

Skills

Software engineering

Java

Microservices

API design

Security practices

Tools

AWS

GCP

PCF

OAuth

mTLS

Job description

Join us as an 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

You’ll come with experience in software engineering, software design and microservices architecture, along with hands-on experience designing, building and delivering Java-based microservices and APIs. You'll have an understanding of the software development lifecycle and how engineering practices help deliver secure, resilient and reliable solutions for customers.

You'll also need:

• Knowledge of Open Banking flows, API-based integrations, multi-tier architectures, and security protocols such as OAuth and mTLS
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or PCF
• An understanding of software design principles, microservices architecture and engineering best practices
• Experience across the full software development lifecycle, including solution design, development, unit testing, code reviews, deployment and ongoing maintenance
• Experience implementing automated testing and code coverage practices to maintain high standards of software quality

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date: Job Posting Closing Date is not yet published.

Ways of Working:Remote First