AI Software Engineer, VP

Royal Bank of Scotland; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a Software Engineer at vice president level to drive full-stack design and delivery across the lifecycle. You will collaborate with principal engineers, architects, and key stakeholders to understand platform needs and business objectives.

You'll apply Agile methods, produce resilient software, and contribute to architecture, ML capabilities, and automation of build, test, and deployment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of strong full-stack software design and implementation experience.
• Experience with Python ML frameworks and NLP techniques.
• Ability to analyse complex requirements and translate them into pragmatic technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge of platform areas across business, applications, data and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with principal engineers and architects to understand platform needs.
• Apply Agile methods to software development and maintain a robust backlog.
• Design and develop software with focus on automation of build, test and deployment.

Skills

Full stack development

Python ML

LLMs

NLP

API design

Agile

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

NumPy

Pandas

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Transformers

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Llama

APIs

CI/CD

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer

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

Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

We're offering this role at vice president level

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 at least 12 years of 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 in Python with Machine Learning frameworks such as NumPy, Pandas, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama
• Expertise in Machine Learning or Deep Learning algorithms & NLP, including deep learning architectures and vector embeddings
• Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
• Strong stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way

Hours

45

Job Posting Closing Date: 20/08/2026