Software Engineer, Developer Workspaces
| Posting date: | 10 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC2M 4AA |
| Company: | NatWest Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R-00259809 |
Summary
Join us as a Software Engineer
- This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join the Desktop Engineering and Developer Platform as a Software Engineer, to help modernise our desktop and developer tooling platforms
- You’ll be designing, automating, and supporting secure, scalable environments across Windows and Linux systems
- Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role
What you'll do
Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives. You’ll play a key role in evolving our end-user compute and developer environments. You’ll collaborate with engineers, architects, and security teams to deliver a modern platform that enhances developer productivity and system resilience.
You’ll also be:
- Applying Agile methods to the development and automation of platform tooling and services
- Producing resilient , secure, and scalable solutions that support long-term platform evolution
- Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
- Designing and developing automation of build, test and deployment activities across desktop and cloud environments, using executable patterns
- Support and evolve Windows 11 engineering desktops, automate software packaging and vulnerability remediation, and provision secure, scalable environments across Windows and Linux
- Deploy and maintain cloud-based IDEs, internal repositories, and container-based dev tooling, while collaborating with DevOps, InfoSec, and platform teams
The skills you'll need
We’re looking for someone with strong full stack experience in software design and implementation, including being able to exploit programming languages to solve complex problems. You’ll need strong experience in Windows desktop engineering and developer platform support. You’ll need to be confident working across both Windows and Linux environments, with a focus on automation, security, and developer experience.
Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:
- Experience using Windows 10/11 engineering, scripting, and application packaging with a focus on automation, scalability, and performance
- Familiarity with Linux environments and cloud-based developer tooling, supporting virtualised and containerised development workflows
- Experience with vulnerability management and patching tools, contributing to secure-by-default engineering practices in compliance-driven environments
- Strong collaboration skills, working across engineering, security, and business teams to deliver pragmatic, developer-centric solutions
- A solid understanding of information security policies and practices, particularly within financial services or similarly regulated sectors
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to simplify and clearly articulate complex technical concepts