Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

NatWest Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UK is looking for a Software Engineer with a strong interest in AI to design, produce, and implement software solutions. The successful candidate will apply Agile methods and demonstrate expertise in full stack development. Ideal applicants should have excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills to enhance business functions through innovative technology.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Developing knowledge of the platform across business disciplines.
• Applying Agile methods to backlog software development.
• Designing software focused on automation of build and deployment.

Skills

Full stack software design and implementation

Collaboration skills

Stakeholder management

Programming languages knowledge

Experience with Agile methods

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