Python Software Engineer, VP

Royal Bank of Scotland; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, test and implement software across the lifecycle. The role calls for hands-on full stack development, agile methods and strong collaboration with architects, principal engineers and business stakeholders to align platform capabilities with strategic goals.

The position emphasizes scalable, automated and secure software capable of evolving with business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practices, especially around scalability, automation, virtualization, optimisation, availability and performance.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a simple way to business stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration skills with business teams to deliver pragmatic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Apply Agile methods to development on the backlog.
• Produce resilient and long-lived software with future-ready design.
• Deliver architecture and emergent design through prototyping and experimentation.
• Focus on automation of build, test and deployment activities.

Skills

Full stack

Requirements analysis

Programming best practices

Collaboration

InfoSec in finance

Stakeholder management

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:

• Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance
• Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
• Experience of information security policies and practices within the financial sector
• 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:

03/09/2026