Software Engineer, Frontend - NatWest Group

Join us as a Software Engineer, Frontend

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 be

Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business

Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning

Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability

Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working software solutions

Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

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 have experience with JavaScript, React and Webpack Module Federation.

You'll also need

Experience with Jest and Cypress test suites, with experience creating component and visual tests

Experience working with development and testing tools, bug tracking tools and wikis

Experience in multiple programming languages or low code toolsets

Experience using AI tools for development such as using IDE integrations, agent skills and MCP servers

Experience of DevOps and Agile methodologies and associated toolsets

A proven ability to solve highly complex, analytical and numerical problems

Experience of implementing programming best practices, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance