Senior Engineer

We have been awarded the "Most Loved Workplace"! At Metro Bank, people come first - our culture is all about bringing the best out in our colleagues, and making sure everyone feels valued, respected, seen and included. We strongly believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace and to find the very best person for the job, we always look across a wide range of diverse communities.

What you will do:

1. Oversee the design, development, and deployment of software solutions, ensuring they meet quality standards and project objectives.
2. Review and approve changes, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and coding standards. You will rationalise and simplify solutions before and during their build.
3. Mentor and guide engineers as required, working with the Chapter Lead to ensure appropriate guidelines, standards, and processes are in place and applied consistently.
4. Drive continuous improvement in software development processes, tools, and methodologies.
5. Minimise the creation of any new technical debt by managing delivery priorities with long term stability.
6. Present technical concepts to stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.
7. Encourage and participate in experimentation & innovation within the chapter and across teams to solve complex technical challenges.

And we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.

What you will need:

1. Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders.
2. Excellent knowledge of Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Automate RPA, Dynamics 365 CRM), Camunda BPM, other automation applications.
3. Hands-on experience of Continuous Integration using Jira, Confluence, SonarQube and Azure DevOps.
4. Experience in hands-on development using .Net.
5. Experience in building code-based extensions for Power platform and Dynamics 365 CE such as custom plugins and workflows and java scripts-based logics.
6. Development experience with Azure and related components such as Azure Functions.
7. Ability and adaptability to learn new technologies and platforms and set guardrails on best practices for them.
8. Proven track record and passion to lead and mentor engineers within a team, driving a collaborative multi-cultural environment.

Our promise to you

1. We will make sure that you are well-rewarded by providing you with a competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus, and a wide range of benefits, including generous holiday allowance, attractive pension scheme, healthcare, life assurance, and a number of colleague discounts!
2. We will give you the training to ensure you succeed in your role and plenty of internal opportunities to progress your career (around 40% of our recruitment comes from internal promotions!).
3. We are also all about balance so most of our jobs offer the opportunity for hybrid working built around your role and home life, wherever possible.

Diverse teams really are the best teams. We know that candidates (especially women, research tells us) may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that 'normal' office hours aren't always doable, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet why not give it a whirl? Please note that sometimes we may close a job earlier for applications if we are inundated with amazing candidates. Good luck!