Principal Engineer, API Management Platform

Royal Bank of Scotland; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a Principal Engineer for its API Management Platform. You will design and engineer software with customer outcomes, contribute to architecture, design and engineering excellence, and collaborate to elevate the bank’s software capability.

You’ll work with engineers on production and prototyping, define end-to-end automation, build platform solutions, and shape architecture roadmaps while applying Agile and DevOps practices to deliver secure, scalable services.

Qualifications

• Expertise in cloud architecture across AWS and GCP with cloud-native tech
• Knowledge of Kubernetes platforms (GKE/EKS) and container services for API management
• Familiarity with Apigee Hybrid and API management best practices
• Ability to shape architecture strategy and produce high/low-level designs aligned with security and business goals
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence technical direction
• Experience in Agile delivery environments and DevOps practices
• Knowledge of cloud security, DevSecOps and infrastructure automation (Terraform, CI/CD)
• Awareness of emerging cloud-native AI capabilities (Vertex AI) would be beneficial

Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end engineering and design solutions focusing on automation, resilience, security and performance
• Work in platform/feature teams to design and engineer complex software and tools enabling delivery of bank platforms and services
• Develop architecture models and roadmaps to meet business and technical requirements and ensure usability
• Design, build, test and implement working code with Agile and DevOps practices

Skills

API architecture

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Apigee Hybrid

Terraform

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Security

Vertex AI

Tools

Kubernetes

Apigee Hybrid

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Join us as a Principal Engineer, API Management Platform

This is a challenging role that will see you design and engineer software with the customer or user experience as the primary objective

You’ll actively contribute to our architecture, design and engineering centre of excellence, collaborating to improve the bank’s overall software engineering capability

You’ll gain valuable stakeholder exposure as you build and leverage relationships, as well as the opportunity to hone your technical talents

What you’ll do

As a Principal Engineer, API Management Platform, you’ll be creating great customer outcomes via engineering and innovative solutions to existing and new challenges, and technology designs which are innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust.

You’ll be working with software engineers in the production and prototyping of innovative ideas, engaging with domain and enterprise architects to validate and leverage these in wider contexts, by incorporating the relevant architectures. We’ll also look to you to design and develop software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, while developing the discipline of software engineering across the business.

You’ll also be:

• Defining, creating and providing oversight and governance of engineering and design solutions with a focus on end-to-end automation, simplification, resilience, security, performance, scalability and reusability
• Working within a platform or feature team along with software engineers to design and engineer complex software, scripts and tools to enable the delivery of bank platforms, applications and services, acting as a point of contact for solution design considerations
• Defining and developing architecture models and roadmaps of application and software components to meet business and technical requirements, driving common usability across products and domains
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing the working code, along with applying Agile methods to the development of software with the use of DevOps techniques

The skills you’ll need

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring expertise in cloud architecture across AWS and GCP, designing secure, resilient and scalable solutions in complex enterprise environments. You’ll have a strong understanding of cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes platforms (GKE/EKS), container services and API management, with knowledge of Apigee Hybrid being advantageous.

You’ll be experienced in shaping architecture strategy, producing high and low-level designs, and ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards, security requirements and business outcomes.

You’ll also bring:

• Deep expertise in API architecture and adoption, defining secure, scalable and reusable services for internal and external consumers
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and communicate architecture decisions at all levels
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, collaborating across engineering, architecture, security and product teams
• Strong knowledge of cloud security, DevSecOps and infrastructure automation, including Terraform, CI/CD and modern identity and access management practices
• An understanding of emerging cloud-native AI capabilities, such as Vertex AI, would be beneficial

Hours

35

Job Posting Closing Date

09/09/2026

Ways of Working

Remote First