Vice President - Software Engineering

NatWest Group; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NatWest Group is seeking a Software Engineer at VP level in Chennai to design, build and steward software across the platform lifecycle. The role emphasizes delivering resilient systems, championing automation and scalable architectures, and working closely with architects and principal engineers to align with business objectives.

You will contribute to agile delivery, lead best-practice programming initiatives, and communicate complex technical concepts clearly to stakeholders while shaping the

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software design and implementation.
• Experience leading programming best practices for scalability, automation, virtualization, optimization, availability and performance.
• Expertise in Java, Microservices and AWS Cloud.

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 develop software on the backlog and deliver resilient, long-lived software.
• Deliver intentional architecture and emergent design through experimentation and prototyping.
• Design and develop software with a focus on automating build, test and deployment activities.

Skills

Java

Microservices

AWS Cloud

Automation

Security policies

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Software Engineer, VP

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

Hours 45

Job Posting Closing Date: 13/10/2026

Experience Level Executive Level