Software Engineer, AVP (Java, Kafka, AWS)

NatWest Group; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group in Chennai, India is seeking a Software Engineer at associate vice president level. The role focuses on building and maintaining customer-centric, high-performance software within cross-functional teams, leveraging Java, microservices, Spring Boot, and modern data technologies.

You will work through the full software lifecycle, collaborating with engineers, architects and business analysts, and drive scalable, automated solutions using AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years of experience in software engineering and related skills.
• Strong Java, microservices, and Spring Boot expertise.
• Experience with databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL) and Kafka streaming.
• Proficient in writing tests with JUnit and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AWS, PCF, PaaS and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with DevOps, Agile methodologies and testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain high-performance, secure software solutions.
• Work in a feature team across the full software lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and analysts to deliver value.
• Design, produce, test and implement code with quality and speed.
• Contribute to scalable, automated, and reliable software delivery.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Spring Boot

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Kafka

JUnit

CI/CD

Jenkins

GitLab

AWS

PCF

Kubernetes

Docker

DevOps

Agile

Testing

Scripting

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Kafka

AWS

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 build a wide network of stakeholders of varying levels of seniority
• It’s a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your career
• We're offering this role at associate vice president level

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions. You’ll be working within a feature team and using your extensive experience to engineer software, scripts and tools that are often complex, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

You’ll also be:

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
• 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
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working code
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

You’ll need a background in software engineering, software design, architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers. You'll need to have an experience of 6 years and above in the below mentioned skills

You’ll also need:

• Minimum of sixyears of experience with Java, Microservices, Spring boot
• Working knowledge on databases- preferably MongoDBand PostgreSQL. Proficient in Kafka. Implement and maintain Kafka based data streaming solutions for real time data processing
• Proficient in writing and executing tests using JUnit for Java applications , ensuring high code coverage and reliability
• Experience of CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins, Gitlab Shared runners
• Strong experience with AWS, PCF, PaaS.
• Experience of working with development & testing tools, bug tracking tools and wikis
• Experience in multiple programming languages or Low Code toolsets
• Experience of DevOps, Testing and Agile methodology and associated toolsets
• Experience with containerised deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance