We're looking for a Software Engineer to our API Platform team at Tesco Bank, part of Barclays Bank UK Plc.
* You'll help with the development and delivery of APIs for our mobile channel to deliver new features and compelling customer experiences.
* You'll contribute to design, build, test, support and delivery of feature builds and platform improvements whilst collaborating with your fellow Software and Test Engineers to deliver business value to our customers.
* We work with Agile at scale and this is a unique opportunity to experience a modern engineering workplace.
* You will have the opportunity to develop your technical and personal skills further through structured pathway training and industry accreditation.
Our engineering culture is part of what makes us a great place to work, and we encourage all our engineers to share new ideas, challenge existing practices and always be looking for opportunities to improve their teams and our wider engineering community. What you'll be doing
* This role will be focused on helping us create and enhance REST APIs for our mobile channel, predominantly Java and Spring Boot microservices.
* Our platform runs on AWS, with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
* Logging and monitoring capabilities are provided via Datadog and Splunk, we are looking for software engineers who have practical experience on these platforms, or equivalent.
* You'll build features and technical proof of concepts, working with Senior and Lead Software Engineers to assist in design and discovery phases ultimately enhancing our Engineering team.
* Software engineers work closely with the senior software engineers and product owners on everyday challenges, while also assisting our lead and principal engineers on our longer-term technology goals.
Experience writing APIs in Java and Spring along with experience of unit testing.
* Ability to deliver high quality, easily maintainable and well tested code that can lead to rapid delivery allowing us to pursue continuous integration and delivery.
* Exposure to DevOps toolsets and CI/CD concepts as well as supporting and running the services you have developed.
And if you have any of these, even better
* Appreciation of AWS services and/or containerisation technologies
* Experience of Oracle/SQL
We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.
Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like, click apply to find out more! Why Tesco Bank? We're also a little obsessed with the future. Your future. Our future. That's why we take development seriously; we want to help you thrive and evolve in your career. Tesco Bank is a place to get on, all colleagues have access to LinkedIn Learning and Abstract, from day one. It's important to us that we make sure you're supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco Bank, and we take pride in what we achieve together. All that hard work? Come and see it turned into something real, usable, and important to customers' and colleagues' everyday lives. At Tesco Bank, our products make things a little better for everyone. Tesco Bank
Office Attendance - Our roles are hybrid, and you should be able to travel to our Edinburgh office, 1 day per week for this position., We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us. What's in it for you
* Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
* Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service 365 days a year.
* Performance related annual bonus.
* Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
* Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to 2K). As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
* Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous paid paternity leave.
* A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.