Engineer (Cloud Engineer, API & Data)

Nationwide; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in banking services is looking for a Cloud Engineer to enhance their Customer Experience & Automation platforms. The role requires developing APIs and managing data in a cloud environment, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and customer-first behaviors.

Benefits

Personal pension with company match

Paid volunteering days

Life assurance worth 8x salary

Salary sacrifice benefits

Access to health and wellness services

Performance-related bonus

Training opportunities

25 days holiday, pro rata

Qualifications

• Experience in developing APIs using Java/Python, and data using Pyspark/Azure data factory.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and exposure to ETL frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Customer Experience & Automation platforms.
• Manage technical requirements across projects.

Skills

API Development

Data Management

DevOps

Cloud Services

ETL Frameworks

Database Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The banking services that Nationwide provides and the service we give are unrivalled. At the core of this are our digital channels ensuring our members and our customers can interact with us as they choose in a safe and secure channel that offers the experience they desire.

We’re on a journey to provide the best banking services for the UK, and as part of this, we are simplifying our systems and streamlining the apps and services our members and colleagues use. Nationwide has always delivered great service in new ways: for example, we were one of the first UK financial services providers to provide online banking.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

As a Cloud Engineer (API & Data), you will be helping shape the Customer Experience & Automation platforms. This group is part of the Chief data & analytics office (CDAO) and part of the overall COO team in Nationwide.

Our Cloud Engineers are team players with a great level of technical understanding, so you’ll be comfortable managing the technical requirements, be they on or offshore. You’ll work with colleagues across the society to deliver the Customer Experience, Automation Platform for Nationwide.

Our teams are close knit, friendly and sociable. You can expect to work alongside experts in digital, banking, security, risk and card services, as well as colleagues who understand how our branch systems work and how best to deliver exceptional service. Above all, we’ll give you the accountable freedom you’ll need to propose and deliver the best solution for our members.

About you

For the role of Cloud Engineer API & Data , we are looking for a demonstrated track record of the end-to-end technical understanding, knowledge, and optimisation of an organisation's technology platform or platforms in Financial Services, or other similar regulated sectors. That means we expect you to have skills in the following:

• Experience in developing API using Java /Python, Data using Pyspark / Azure data factory / AWS glue and E2E automated Devops using IaaC
• Experience as a Cloud Engineer across multiple projects especially in Customer communications, Automation & CDD/KYC functional area involving the strong knowledge of API & Data design principles
• Proficient in the Spring boot, cloud, and other API development frameworks
• Strong Hands on ETL frameworks like ADF/AWS Glue or Pyspark and basic knowledge of the bigdata / AI-ML technologies
• Must have experience and knowledge of one of the following relational databases: Oracle/DB2/MS SQL, and one of the no SQL databases like Scylla /Mongo DB/Dynamo DB
• Experience with API gateway , ECS , EKS , Storage gateway, EC2, RDS ,S3, secret manager and Cloud networking AWS services, deployment using terraform IaaC. Knowledge of Aws connect, knowledge Buddy and Colleague systems application integration experience would be add on.

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are Purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly Customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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