WoW - Software Engineer

RBS; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

RBS, now part of NatWest Group, seeks a Software Engineer at senior analyst level in Chennai to engineer and maintain customer-centric, high-performance, secure solutions within a feature team.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform, apply Agile and DevOps practices, and contribute across the full software lifecycle from design to production support.

Qualifications

• Background in software engineering, design, architecture.
• Experience in mainframe development using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM.
• Familiarity with API integration, Web Services, and modernization efforts.
• Experience with SDLC, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Strong knowledge of Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and DevOps practices.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; strong collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and maintain high-performance, secure, robust solutions.
• Work in a feature team with engineers, architects and BAs across the platform.
• Produce complex software rapidly with high quality and value to the business.
• Support full lifecycle from development, through enhancement, to decommissioning.
• Collaborate to optimize our software engineering capability.
• Design, produce, test and implement working code across the lifecycle.

Skills

Mainframe development

COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

VSAM

API integration

Web Services

DevOps

CI/CD

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Tools

Endevor

Xpediter

Abend-AID

File Manager

DB2 tools

Job description

• 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 senior analyst 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 also need:

• Basic and good hands-on experience in Mainframe application development using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2 and VSAM, with exposure to API integration, Web Services, and modernisation initiatives.
• Experience with mainframe development and support tools such as Endevor, Xpediter, Abend-AID, File Manager, and DB2 tools.
• Proven experience in the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and production support for business-critical Tier 1 applications.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, source code management tools, and agile delivery methodologies.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve technical issues.
• Strong team-working and collaboration skills, with a focus on knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and fostering a positive engineering culture.

RBS, now part of NatWest Group, is dedicated to empowering colleagues and communities, fostering potential, and providing a rewarding workplace experience.

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