Java Solution Architect & Lead Engineer, VP

Royal Bank of Scotland; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland in India invites applications for a Software Engineer at VP level. You’ll design, develop, test, and deploy software across the system lifecycle, collaborating with principal engineers, architects, and stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business objectives.

The role emphasizes full stack development with Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and cloud-native architectures using GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Java, Spring Boot and enterprise app development in large-scale environments.
• Experience modernizing monoliths to cloud-native microservices.
• Proven ability to design scalable, secure, high-performance solutions.
• Hands-on with GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Work in a permanent feature team to develop the platform across disciplines.
• Engage with principal engineers and architects to align with business goals.
• Apply Agile methods to software development on the backlog.
• Design and implement automated build, test and deployment pipelines.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security engineering

SQL/DB

Tools

GCP

Kubernetes

BigQuery

Dataproc

PostgreSQL

Oracle Coherence

Sybase

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.

• 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.

• 10+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and enterprise application development, with a strong track record of delivering solutions in complex, large-scale environments


• Strong expertise in application modernization, including transforming monolithic applications hosted on on-premise data centres into cloud-native microservices-based architectures


• Proven experience designing scalable, resilient, and high-performance solutions, with the ability to solve complex business and engineering challenges


• Hands-on experience with GCP (Pub/Sub, GKE, BigQuery, Dataproc), Kubernetes, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and legacy platform modernization


• Strong expertise in Sybase, PostgreSQL, Oracle Coherence, and performance optimization of data-intensive applications, with a focus on reliability and scalability


• Deep understanding of application security, vulnerability management, secure-by-design engineering practices, combined with strong ownership, analytical skills, and experience within the Investment Banking and Market Risk domain

Hours 45

Job Posting Closing Date: 11/09/2026