Data Software Engineer | S3 | CDO| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes, England
Job description
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
This role is offered on a Site Based Contract with a Hybrid Working Pattern, which can be discussed with the recruitment team during the hiring process.
Join our community.
Our Big Data platform is now used by the bank to power all new digital applications. Data is at the heart of our transformation through the application of new technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka and other open source technology and the adoption of new methods of work. We follow agile principles and take new approaches to software delivery, using test driven development and a continuous integration platform.
We’re responsible for the end-to-end and side-to-side aspects of the data business, from data integration and exploitation, data modelling and architecture to data governance. We design, test and deploy applications and are responsible for the strategy through to implementation, change management and communication.
As a team they are driven, agile and lean and work in a fast-paced, challenging and collaborative environment and always seeking individuals with an entrepreneurial attitude who want their work to have real impact.
The difference you’ll make.
Being an important part of the team as a cloud data Engineer as we strategically land our Digital programmes of work.
Engaging with the product teams, technical leads and lead engineers to ensure projects are being delivered
Delivering by design, test and deploy applications that are responsible for defining the strategy
Utilising agile methodology whilst embracing software architecture to deliver solution design
Delivering high quality product and services to exceed customers expectation.
Managing a team of 6 people
What you’ll bring.
The successful candidate will be expected to have the following experience/skills:
Proven experience as a lead or a senior software engineer in software delivery teams.
Experience and knowledge of Java, Scala, Python, SQL & Springboot.
Experience with Agile methodologies, Jira and Confluence tools.
Kafka, RabbitMQ and other messaging frameworks.
Kubernetes experience
Experience with test automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery including containers.
It would also be nice for you to have.
Experience with AWS
Adopting Agile engineering processes (Scrum/Kanban, DevOps, CI/CD, BDD/TDD test automation).
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Solid engineering foundations, and experience within streaming engineering
What else you need to know.
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. We aim to offer different ways of working to ensure the best experience for you and for our customers. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.
You will be expected to spend 40% of your time in the Santander Milton Keynes office.
We will be conducting all interviews via telephone or video-conference where possible.
This is a permanent position.
Everyday Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration.
Competitive salary
Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer
30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
£6,000 car allowance per year
Company funded individual private medical insurance
Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
What to do next.
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at [email protected] or call 0870 414 9080.
