Java Software Engineer

Join us as a Java Software Engineer

Join our Chief Digital Information Office in Commercial \& Institutional, where we harness technology innovation, business agility and one-bank collaboration to push the boundaries of what’s possible for our customers

The wellbeing and growth of our people is fundamental to our shared success, which is why we’re passionate about cultivating an environment that fosters inclusion and champions potential

Our journey will be challenging and complex, but truly transformative – so if you’re ready to stretch your capability, gain unique experience and shape the future banking experience for generations to come, this is your opportunity

What you'll do

You’ll be joining our Digital domain, where our digital strategy is driving the delivery of a digital ecosystem that improves the customer experience, enables our colleagues to better serve our customers, and achieves the growth and revenue goals of our business.

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

You’ll also:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices using Java and Spring Boot

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high quality software solutions

Participate in code reviews, unit testing and integration testing to ensure code quality

Contribute to architectural decisions and advocate for best practices in microservice design

Monitor and optimise application performance and reliability in production environments

Write clean, maintainable and well documented code

The skills you'll need

To take on this role, you’ll need a background in software engineering, software design, and architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers. You’ll also have proven commercial experience developing Java based microservices using Spring Boot, along with strong proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito, and with concepts such as TDD\BDD.

You’ll also need:

A solid understanding of RESTful APIs, HTTP protocols, and JSON/XML data formats

Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions

Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, and experience with GCP would be beneficial

Strong problem solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team

To be comfortable working in Agile and Scrum environments