Software Engineer, VP

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

Job summary

NatWest Group in Chennai, India is seeking a Software Engineer at vice president level to join a permanent feature team. You will design, build, test and implement software across the lifecycle and collaborate with senior engineers to align with business objectives.

The role emphasizes agile development, scalable architectures, automation of build, test and deployment, and strong communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of experience in software design and implementation.
• Proven ability to lead programming best practices around scalability, automation, virtualization, availability and performance.
• Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop knowledge of the platform across business, applications, data and infrastructure.
• Liaise with principal engineers, architects and stakeholders to understand how the platform supports business objectives.
• Apply Agile methods to software development and manage the backlog.
• Deliver architecture and emergent design through experimentation and prototyping.
• Design and develop software with automated build, test and deployment activities.

Skills

Java

Microservices

AWS Cloud

Agile methods

Stakeholder management

Information security

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

You'll need at least 12 years of 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
• Expertise in Java, Microservices and AWS Cloud
• 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