Principal Engineer, VP

NatWest Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in Bengaluru is seeking a Principal Engineer to drive development of software components enabling platforms, applications and services for the bank. This VP-level role combines technical leadership with strategic delivery across engineering teams.

You’ll design high-performance, scalable systems, uphold architectural standards, and lead PoCs, technology evaluations and innovation initiatives. Collaboration with product, architecture, data science and security is essential to

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven AWS cloud and cloud-native architecture expertise.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps practices.
• Experience leading PoCs, technology evaluations, and innovation initiatives.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of software components for platforms, apps and services.
• Lead one or more engineering teams and manage technical delivery.
• Plan, develop and deploy high-performance, resilient systems.
• Mentor and build leadership skills across the team.
• Lead participation in internal and industry events.

Skills

AWS cloud technologies

Cloud-native architectures

Terraform/Kubernetes/Docker

Python

AI/ML experience

Job description

Join us as a Principal Engineer

• This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a collaborative, agile and forward thinking team environment
• With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications and services for the bank
• As well as developing your technical talents, you'll have the opportunity to build project and leadership skills which will open up a range of exciting career options
• We're offering this role at vice president level

• This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a collaborative, agile and forward thinking team environment
• With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications and services for the bank
• As well as developing your technical talents, you'll have the opportunity to build project and leadership skills which will open up a range of exciting career options
• We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high performance robust and resilient systems for the bank, and will develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams.

You’ll also gain a distinguished leadership status in the software engineering community as you lead the wider participation in internal and industry wide events, conferences and other activities.

You’ll Also Be

• Designing and developing high performance and high availability applications, using proven frameworks and technologies
• Making sure that the bank’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose
• Monitoring the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders
• Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the bank
• Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality

The skills you'll need

You’ll have a Core Knowledge and Expertise and strong background in AWS cloud technologies and cloud-native architectures. Practitioner knowledge of software engineering best practices including Agile and DevOps frameworks. Proven ability to produce high-quality software designs, architecture roadmaps, and technical standards. Strongprogramming and analytical skills, with the ability to apply AI-driven approaches to solve complex problems.

You’ll also have experience in leading Proofs of Concept (PoCs), technology evaluations, and innovation initiatives from concept through to production. Designing and deliveringend-to-end solution flowsacross complex enterprise environments. Defining platform architecture for: Model servingAI gatewaysAPIsObservabilitySecurity and governance. Collaborating across engineering, product, architecture, data science, and security teams to deliver business outcomes.

You’ll need an experience of 12+ years with teh below skillsets.

You’ll also need: Technical Skills:

• • Proven expertise in creating High-Level Solution Designs (HLSDs) and Detailed Solution Designs.
  • Hands-on experience withDevOps tools, includingTerraform, Kubernetes, Docker, andCI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency inPythonfor platform engineering, automation, and AI/ML solution development.
  • Strong experience in Cloud Architecture, preferableAWS.
  • Strong programming and analytical skillswith practical experience applying AI to real-world problems.
• Good to Have:
• • Experience withAmazon Connect.
  • Familiarity withAI agents,Guardrails, andResponsible AIprinciples and implementations.
  • Expertise inGenAI platform architecture,AI/ML solutions, andcloud-native technologies.
  • AWS Cloud Architect certificationis an added advantage.
  • Strong knowledge ofRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG),vector databases,model orchestration, andLLM-based solutions