Java Solution Architect & Lead Engineer, VP

NatWest Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is seeking a Software Engineer at VP level to join our permanent feature team in India. You’ll design, develop, test and implement scalable software across the lifecycle, aligning with business objectives.

You’ll bring 10+ years in Java, Spring Boot and microservices, with cloud-native architectures (GCP/Kubernetes), and experience Modernizing monolithic apps. The role emphasizes architecture, automation, and delivery of resilient systems in an Investment Banking context.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise app development.
• Strong track record delivering in complex, large-scale environments.
• Experience modernizing monolithic apps to cloud-native microservices.
• Hands-on with cloud architectures, CI/CD, DevOps, and data-intensive workloads.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge of platform aspects across business, applications, data and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with principal engineers, architects and stakeholders to align with business objectives.
• Apply Agile methods to software development and backlog management.
• Deliver architecture and resilient software with automated build, test and deployment.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud-native

Agile

Architectural design

CI/CD

DevOps

GCP

Kubernetes

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

GCP (Pub/Sub, GKE, BigQuery, Dataproc)

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

Sybase

PostgreSQL

Oracle Coherence

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 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:

• 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