Software Engineer

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

Job summary

NatWest Group in Edinburgh is seeking a Software Engineer to build modern web applications and maintain secure, high-performance solutions. You’ll work in a feature team across the full development lifecycle and collaborate with architects, analysts and designers to deliver user-centric software.

Expect to contribute to front-end work using JavaScript (ES6+), React and responsive design, while embracing Agile practices, Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines in a cloud-hosted environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building modern web applications using JavaScript (ES6+), React, HTML5 and CSS3.
• Familiarity with responsive design, accessibility, testing and performance optimisation.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Produce complex, high-quality software rapidly within a feature team.
• Support full software life cycle from development to maintenance and decommissioning.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and analysts across the platform.
• Design, build, test and implement software solutions.
• Work through requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment and operations.

Skills

JavaScript ES6+

React

HTML5

CSS3

Web accessibility

Git

CI/CD

Agile

Cloud

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Join us as a 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

We're looking for someone with experience developing modern web applications and contributing to the delivery of high-quality software solutions. You'll be comfortable working as part of an Agile team, translating requirements into effective technical outcomes and collaborating with engineers, designers and stakeholders to deliver great user experiences.

You'll bring a practical approach to software engineering, contributing across the development lifecycle while supporting continuous improvement, quality and performance. You'll also be keen to learn, share knowledge and help improve the ways of working within your team.

You'llalso demonstrate:

• Experience developing front-end applications using JavaScript (ES6+), React, HTML5 and CSS3
• Knowledge of responsive design, web accessibility, testing practices and application performance optimisation
• Working with Git, GitLab CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Exposure to Agile delivery, including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives and backlog refinement
• An understanding of front-end architecture, state management tools, deployment automation and cloud-hosted applications
• The ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders, work from Figma designs, troubleshoot issues and contribute to engineering best practice