Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a Software Engineer to work in Artificial Intelligence. In this permanent feature team, you will design, produce, test, and implement software while ensuring optimal architecture. Ideal candidates will demonstrate strong full stack experience and solid collaboration skills to work with various stakeholders as part of a critical software development initiative.

Qualifications

• Strong full stack experience in software design and implementation.
• Capability in complex requirements analysis capture and validation.
• Demonstrated experience of programming best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge of the associated platform across business and infrastructure.
• Apply Agile methods to software development.
• Deliver intentional architecture and formulate emergent design.

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer working in Artificial Intelligence

• This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer
• You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system
• Demonstrates a strong interest in AI experimentation and actively seeks opportunities to drive forward AI-led innovation and transformation across business functions
• Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.

You’ll also be:

• Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
• Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
• Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
• Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with strong full stack experience in software design and implementation, including being able to exploit programming languages to solve complex problems. You’ll also need to be capable of complex requirements analysis capture and validation against and with business and systems requirements.

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

• Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance
• Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
• Experience of information security policies and practices within the financial sector
• Strong stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way