Principal Engineer, Java (Risk Domain), VP

NatWest Group; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is seeking a Principal Engineer in India to lead software engineering efforts with a focus on customer outcomes, architecture and scalable platforms. You will collaborate with architects to validate designs and automate build, test and deployment processes, while guiding teams across the enterprise.

You will bring 12+ years of Java experience, strong knowledge of Core Java, Spring Boot, microservices and GKE, plus a track record of delivering complex solutions in a DevOps/Agile

Qualifications

• 12+ years hands-on Java development experience.
• Experience with Java architectures, including microservices.
• Strong background in CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automation.
• API design, development and integration with focus on scalability.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end software engineering solutions with emphasis on automation, resilience and performance.
• Lead platform/feature teams to deliver bank platforms, apps and services with scalable architectures.
• Develop architecture models and roadmaps ensuring usability across products.
• Apply Agile practices and DevOps to software development, testing and deployment.

Skills

Java

Core Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

DevOps

CI/CD

API design

Architecture

Leadership

Agile

Tools

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Job description

Join us as a Principal Engineer

• This is a challenging role that will see you design and engineer software with the customer or user experience as the primary objective
• You’ll actively contribute to our architecture, design and engineering centre of excellence, collaborating to improve the bank’s overall software engineering capability
• You’ll gain valuable stakeholder exposure as you build and leverage relationships, as well as the opportunity to hone your technical talents
• We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be creating great customer outcomes via engineering and innovative solutions to existing and new challenges, and technology designs which are innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust.

You’ll be working with software engineers in the production and prototyping of innovative ideas, engaging with domain and enterprise architects to validate and leverage these in wider contexts, by incorporating the relevant architectures. We’ll also look to you to design and develop software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, while developing the discipline of software engineering across the business.

You’ll also be:

• Defining, creating and providing oversight and governance of engineering and design solutions with a focus on end-to-end automation, simplification, resilience, security, performance, scalability and reusability
• Working within a platform or feature team along with software engineers to design and engineer complex software, scripts and tools to enable the delivery of bank platforms, applications and services, acting as a point of contact for solution design considerations
• Defining and developing architecture models and roadmaps of application and software components to meet business and technical requirements, driving common usability across products and domains
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing the working code, along with applying Agile methods to the development of software with the use of DevOps techniques

The skills you'll need

You’ll come with significant experience in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as experience of developing software within a DevOps and Agile framework.

Along with an expert understanding of the latest market trends, technologies and tools, you’ll bring significant and demonstrable experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance.

You’ll also need:

• A strong background in leading software development teams in a matrix structure, introducing and executing technical strategies
• At least 12 years of hands-on experience in Java development, including Core Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices
• Strong experience in Risk domain applications, preferably within investment banking or financial services environments
• Hands-on experience in developing and deploying applications on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices
• Proven experience in API design, development, and integration, with a strong focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
• Experience leading software engineering teams in a matrix environment, driving technical strategy and Agile delivery