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Senior Java Developer | Software Engineer | S3 | CDiO | Milton Keynes

Join our community: If you share our passion for technology and are up for the challenge, come join us and deliver! We are looking for great technologists to join our team. We're the digital onboarding at Santander, and we want to provide the best customer onboarding experience.

The difference you'll make: You'll be a critical member of a high performing engineering team, working in Agile with the aim to deliver a first in class service to our end customers. You will be participating in the evolution of the Digital platform that will change the bank and how our customers interact with us. You'll play a key role in making sure that our systems work behind the scenes.

It will be down to you to integrate the application with all required systems and services, providing a clean and easy to use API. Although your work is usually hidden from the user, it's crucial as you'll be responsible for application functionality, performance and scalability. So, you'll need to know how to write clean modern APIs, integrate them with legacy systems and work with databases. You will also collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust and scalable software solutions.

If this sounds like something you'd enjoy, we'd like to hear from you.

What you'll bring: Joining an Agile Scrum team responsible for the BaaS APIs of the organisation, to build APIs that can handle thousands of requests per second in a reliable and performant way.

A Software Engineering background with strong proficiency in Java (8 or higher), with a solid understanding of its ecosystems.

Familiarity with modern enterprise frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD).

Hands on Experience with modern tech stack including Java 17, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS.

Proficient in developing microservices.

Skilled in writing autonomous, service-oriented RESTful APIs.

Proven experience working with NoSQL databases.

Proficient in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.

Create and maintain technical documentation for applications.

Ensure security and compliance standards are met in all developed software.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

With numerous features in the pipeline, you will be continually challenged and learning as part of a collaborative, technology-driven team.

It would also be nice for you to have: Experience working with event-driven architectures or messaging solutions such as Kafka. Knowledge of core banking, such as customer and product information.

What else you need to know: This role is based in Milton Keynes.

We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

If you apply for this role in this location, it's important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangements within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Application process If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be:

1st Stage – Technical Interview – this will a 30min technical interview with one of the team

2nd Stage – A one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. This can be done virtually or face to face depending on your situation.

If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you. As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
• £6,000 car allowance per year
• Company funded individual private medical insurance
• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments
• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.
• Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans
• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply.

If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it's a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we're available through email. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk.