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WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

This role is offered on a hybrid basis, which can be discussed with the recruitment team during the hiring process.

Join our community.

An exciting opportunity has been made available to join the bank as a Principal Software Engineer. We are a very supportive team, we work as a team, collaborate, innovate and we are always improving our systems.

Our team and our Engineers will certainly be part of this pivotal journey to Cloud.

The difference you’ll make.

• Leading the development of complex, cross-functional applications.

• Transcribing complex technical requirements to the programming languages and parameters required to generate the software solution designed.

• Helping others solving complex technical problems and coaches others on best practices in software engineering.

• Controlling the designs, codes and implements software and systems using modern patterns of software development for functionality and scalability within their functional team or limited functional/business area.

• Designing and implements performant software using documented algorithms and methods of software optimisation within a limited set of functional/business areas

• Implementing quality software applications of medium-high complexity within a limited set of functional/business areas, without clear requirements.

What you’ll bring.

• Considerable experience of Full Stack Development in IT

• Expertise in developing microservices and ReST API’s using (Spring-Boot) Java and (Nodejs) Javascript / Typescript programming languages.

• Designed, developed, and deployed dynamically scalable, fault-tolerant applications in AWS, GCP and OpenShift PaaS from High Level Business requirements.

• Developing non-blocking, concurrent reactive application using Spring Reactor and RxJs Framework.

• Experience in building CI/CD pipelines using DevOps tools such as Docker, Gradle, Maven, Git, Jenkins, GilabCI, Ansible, Rundeck

• Practise TDD/BDD using tools and framework such as Cucumber & Postman

It would also be nice for you to have.

• AWS certification

• Experience in working with Agile methodologies, Scrum and Kanban leveraging JIRA and Confluence tools

• Solution architecture capabilities

What else you need to know.

We will be conducting all interviews via telephone or video-conference where possible.

This role offers hybrid working with an expectation to travel to the Milton Keynes office as and when required (2-3 days per week)

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.

• 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.