Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is recruiting a Software Engineer for Google Cloud Platform in Edinburgh. You will join a feature team to build software, scripts and tools, collaborating with engineers, architects and business analysts to deliver robust, high-performance solutions.

You will design, develop, test and deploy across the full software life cycle, embracing Terraform-based infrastructure and MCP/A2A enabled LLM integrations to create scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform developing and scaling solutions.
• Experience using Terraform for GCP infrastructure.
• Understanding of VPC design, subnets, firewall rules and Cloud Load Balancing.
• Familiarity with MCP and A2A concepts and LLM integrations.
• Experience working in Agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Engineer software, scripts and tools within a feature team and liaise with engineers, architects and business analysts.
• Produce complex, high-quality software rapidly that adds value to the business.
• Work across full life cycle from development to maintenance or decommissioning.
• Collaborate to optimize software engineering capability and design, test, deploy solutions.

Skills

GCP expertise

Terraform

Kubernetes

VPC networking

AI/LLM exposure

Agile mindset

Tools

Apigee Hybrid/X

Google Kubernetes Engine

Cloud Armor

Model Armor

MCP/A2A concepts

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform

• 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 hands-on experience of Google Cloud Platform developing, comfortable building and scaling solutions across the wider GCP ecosystem rather than any single component. You'll bring practical knowledge of GCP infrastructure using Terraform, along with GCP networking including VPC design, subnets, firewall rules, and Cloud Load Balancing.

You'll also have a genuine interest in emerging AI technologies, with exposure to LLMs and integrations using Model-Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-2-Agent, ideally including the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. A creative, problem-solving mindset and experience of working in an Agile team will help you thrive as we grow.

You'll also need:

• Experience with Apigee Hybrid or Apigee X as part of a broader GCP toolkit
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, particularly Google Kubernetes Engine
• Familiarity with Cloud Armor and Model Armor for platform and AI protection
• Understanding of MCP and A2A concepts and how they integrate with LLM services
• Relevant Google Cloud Platform professional qualifications
• The ability to apply new AI technologies to real engineering challenges