Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform - NatWest Group

eFinancialCareers; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

eFinancialCareers is seeking a Software Engineer to develop and maintain Google Cloud Platform based solutions. You will work with a feature team to deliver scalable, secure software across the lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on GCP development, Terraform-based infrastructure and collaboration with architects, business analysts and engineers in a dynamic, Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform development and deployment.
• Experience building scalable cloud-native solutions in GCP.
• Familiarity with Apigee Hybrid/X and Kubernetes tooling.

Responsibilities

• Engineer software, scripts and tools within a feature team.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and analysts across the platform.
• Design, test and deploy robust software across the lifecycle.

Skills

GCP development

Terraform

GKE

VPC design

MCP & A2A

Agile

Tools

Apigee Hybrid/X

Kubernetes

Cloud Armor

Model Armor

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