About the job

Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.

This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom

Job Description

Join us as a Java 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

What you'll do

In your new role, you’ll be working within the API Management team to engineer software, scripts and tools, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

The team develops and maintains a distributed platform of micro-services exposing a large number APIs to both internal and external consumers. Your primary focus will be on the design and development of backend services that support business transformation initiatives.

You’ll also be:

Implementing micro-services using Java and Spring technologies

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 capabilities and practices

Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working software solutions

Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

Taking ownership of service and feature delivery with attention to quality and timeliness

The skills you'll need

To take on this role, you’ll need proven experience in software engineering, software design, and architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers. You’ll need a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent professional experience, along with strong Java 11/17 development skills, with demonstratable experience using Spring framework, Hibernate and PostgreSQL.

In addition you’ll need strong experience designing and building RESTful APIs, proficient usage and understanding of Test-Driven Development and practical experience with API design tooling such as OpenAPI specifications and tools, along with API management platforms and web security protocols such as OAuth 2.0. It would be beneficial to have experience working with Avaloq Banking Suite and DevOps using Kubernetes.

You’ll also need:

Solid version control skills using Git and associated workflows

Familiarity with messaging systems, such as Kafka and ActiveMQ

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies

Proven experience with development and testing tools, bug tracking tools such as Jira and wikis, such as Confluence

Experience with DevOps practices and Agile methodology and associated toolsets

Strong analytical skills with a proactive approach for solving highly complex, analytical and numerical problems

Experience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance

Demonstrated sense of responsibility and ownership for your work