Back End Engineer

NatWest Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the United Kingdom is seeking a Back End Engineer to enhance their technology product. In this critical role, you'll develop high-quality code, collaborate across teams, and support junior engineers. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, and AWS. This role offers the chance to work with innovative technology and contribute to high-impact solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering, software design, or database design and architecture.
• Solid knowledge in Java software development.
• Experience in Spring Boot / Micronaut.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean, elegant, and reusable code.
• Work with stakeholders to drive engineering direction.
• Support junior engineers and act as a subject matter expert.

Skills

Software engineering

Java software development

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS deployment

Kafka

Job description

Join us as a Back End Engineer

• This is an opportunity for a technically minded Software Engineer to join NatWest Boxed
• You’ll be working with new and innovative technology to deliver high impact solutions
• Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you’ll do

You’ll join one of the core cross‑functional mission teams to build and develop the NatWest Boxed technology product. We will look to you to develop clean, elegant and reusable code that is well‑tested and easy to maintain and extend.

You’ll also:

• Work with stakeholders across the business to drive the direction of NW Boxed engineering and put the long‑term interests of customers at the heart of key decisions
• Collaborate across our backend chapter to uphold standards, best practices and to promote innovation
• Work collaboratively with the team to resolve technical issues
• Support and oversee junior engineers and act as a subject matter expert

The skills you’ll need

You’ll need a strong background in software engineering, software design or database design and architecture. You should have solid practical and theoretical knowledge of Java software development as well as strong experience of Spring Boot / Micronaut.

You’ll also need:

• An understanding of Kubernetes / Docker
• An excellent understanding of AWS deployment and configuration
• Experience working with message‑driven architectures / Kafka / event sourcing
• Experience working on a highly secure application
• An understanding on how to translate business objectives into data driven insight