Senior Software Engineer

JOB TITLE:  Senior Software Engineer – 2 year FTC

SALARY: £63,152 - £78,940

LOCATION(S): 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. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy. 

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join us to help build and support the systems that underpin regulatory reporting and risk compliance, working with Datastage and Oracle-based technologies.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll contribute to both change delivery and live service, while continuing to develop your engineering capability, problem-solving skills, and understanding of complex banking data.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll write clean, efficient and well-documented code in line with engineering standards, while supporting change delivery across Datastage and Oracle-based systems. Working closely with senior engineers, you’ll develop a clear understanding of requirements and help resolve issues, contributing to the stability and performance of live applications through ongoing maintenance, troubleshooting and debugging. You’ll monitor systems in production, identify bugs and implement fixes, and play an active role in incident management, including root cause analysis, to improve resilience and security. Alongside this, you’ll take part in code reviews and team discussions to strengthen quality and share knowledge, apply test automation and debugging tools to support performance and reliability, and use Agile ways of working to plan, prioritise and deliver effectively. Clear communication with stakeholders will be key, keeping them informed on progress, risks and opportunities for improvement.

Why join us?

We’re investing billions in our people, places and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for?

• Experience writing production-quality code and supporting live systems
• Working knowledge of UK regulatory risk frameworks (e.g. Basel 3.1)
• Understanding of retail or commercial banking data and regulatory reporting requirements
• Experience with Datastage, Oracle or similar enterprise data platforms
• Awareness of DevOps principles and modern engineering practices
• Strong problem-solving skills and a structured, logical approach to debugging issues

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you:

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

 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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

 We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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

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

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.