Software Engineer - App Connect Enterprise

NatWest Group; Chennai; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in India, Chennai, is seeking a Software Engineer at associate level to design, build and operate high‑performance, secure integration solutions within the Enterprise Services team.

You will work with Java and Python, IBM App Connect and IBM MQ, container platforms OpenShift/Kubernetes, and event‑driven architectures, contributing to end‑to‑end delivery and CI/CD pipelines. The role offers broad exposure and collaboration across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering and integration experience in SOA / IBM middleware applications.
• Strong programming skills in Java and Python, including multithreading and concurrent programming.
• Experience with IBM App Connect, IBM MQ and API technologies like SOAP/XML, REST/JSON, YAML, XSL, ESQL, WSDL, XSD.
• Experience with CP4I and ArgoCD (or similar GitOps tools).

Responsibilities

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business.
• Contributing to the architecture, design, build and manage services as required by the Enterprise Service Platform team using IBM App Connect, IBM MQ and API platforms.
• Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners and Jenkins.
• Designing and building cloud-native, containerized solutions on OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Working in permanent teams responsible for the full life cycle from development to maintenance to decommissioning.
• Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability.
• Working across the life cycle from requirements analysis and design through coding to testing, deployment and operations.

Skills

Java

Python

SOA / IBM middleware

Tools

IBM App Connect

IBM MQ

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GitLab Runners

Jenkins

SOAP/XML

REST/JSON

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer

• This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challenge
• Day-to-day, you'll be engineering and maintaining innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions
• It’s a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career while building a wide network of stakeholders
• We're offering this role at associate level

What you’ll do

In your new role, you’ll be a key technical member of the Enterprise Services team in India within Middleware (Core Solutions), responsible for designing, building and operating high‑performance, secure and scalable integration solutions.

You’ll bring strong, hands‑on expertise in Java/Python; middleware integration platforms (IBM App Connect, IBM MQ); container platforms (OpenShift/Kubernetes) and event‑driven architectures. You’ll also apply sound technical knowledge to drive end‑to‑end solution design, technical delivery, performance optimization and the effective use of AI/LLM capabilities throughout the software development lifecycle.

You’ll also be:

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
• Contributing to the architecture, design, build and manage services as required by the Enterprise Service Platform team using IBM App Connect, IBM MQ and API platforms
• Implementing and maintainingCI/CD pipelinesusingGitLab RunnersandJenkins
• Designing and building cloud‑native, containerized solutions on OpenShift/Kubernetes
• Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning
• Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you’ll need

To take on this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, software design, and architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers.

You’ll also need:

• 3+ years of hands‑on software engineering and integration experience in SOA / IBM middleware applications involving Websphere Message Broker and IBM WebSphere MQ
• Strong programming skills inJavaandPython, includingmultithreadingand concurrent programming
• Hands‑on experience with IBM App Connect, IBM MQ and API technologies like SOAP/XML,REST/JSON, YAML, XSL,ESQL, WSDL, XSD
• Experience withCP4IandArgoCD(or similar GitOps tools)

• Proven ability to implementintegration patterns(orchestration, aggregation, pub/sub, fire‑and‑forget, etc.)

• Experience withDxAPM,OpenTelemetry (OTel)andSplunk, or similar observability tools