Software Engineer

• JOB TITLE:  Software Engineer
• SALARY: £35,340
• LOCATION: Edinburgh
• HOURS:  Full time
• WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

Are you passionate about building software and eager to start your career in tech? We’re looking for a motivated and curious Software Engineer to join our team!

In this role, you’ll work closely with experienced engineers and product owners to help develop and deliver software solutions. You’ll contribute to coding, testing, and problem-solving as part of a collaborative team environment. This is a great opportunity to learn and grow your skills while making a real impact.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys learning new technologies, is a team player, and is excited to build high-quality software. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

About us

New Payments Architecture is a regulatory initiative that will change UK payments as we know them. Working closely with industry, the Instant Payments lab is replacing the complexity of the existing payments landscape with a new, more efficient infrastructure that will benefit from enhanced security and resilience.

This multi-million-pound initiative has a new partnership with a leading FinTech company and is looking for talented individuals who are interested in working with new and exciting technologies, such as Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll need…

• Basic understanding of application development and familiarity with technologies such as Java (ideally Java 17), Spring Boot, Maven, Kafka (including Kafka Streams), RESTful APIs, and web services.
• Awareness of the software development lifecycle, preferably within an Agile environment, with some exposure through academic projects, internships, or personal work.
• Introductory knowledge of development best practices and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) concepts, with familiarity with tools like Jenkins or similar.
• Ability to write simple, maintainable code and a willingness to learn how to build modular and testable applications.
• Willingness to learn how to troubleshoot and diagnose issues using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, or Kibana.
• Familiarity with version control systems, especially Git.
• Basic understanding of IT service management concepts, such as Change, Incident, and Problem management.
• Exposure to agile development practices and an interest in learning about test automation tools and techniques (e.g., TDD, BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin).
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, with a collaborative mindset.
• Eagerness to learn from others, with openness to feedback and mentoring.

And any experience of these would be useful…

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as IBM Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Basic understanding or interest in container technologies like Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Awareness of testing methodologies such as Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD).
• An interest in the financial services sector, especially in areas like Faster Payments, BACS, or the Image Clearing System.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 24 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to start growing with purpose?

Apply today.