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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 India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India. Job Description Join us as a Principal Engineer This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a collaborative, agile and forward thinking team environment With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications and services for the bank As well as developing your technical talents, you'll have the opportunity to build project and leadership skills which will open up a range of exciting career options We're offering this role at vice president level What you'll do As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high performance robust and resilient systems for the bank, and will develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams. You’ll also gain a distinguished leadership status in the software engineering community as you lead the wider participation in internal and industry wide events, conferences and other activities. You’ll also be: Designing and developing high performance and high availability applications, using proven frameworks and technologies Making sure that the bank’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose Monitoring the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the bank Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality The skills you'll need You’ll need at least 12 years of experience in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as significant experience in delivering solutions for eFI Trading system. Along with development experience in large scale, high volume, multi-threaded and highly distributed systems, you’ll bring an excellent understanding of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance. You’ll also need: Experience in backend development in ultra-low latency sensitive application Experience in Java, Multithreading, Concurrency packages and REST services Experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing and unit testing tools Understanding of Java coding best practices, data structures, algorithms and design Patterns Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own Show more Show less
