Software Engineer,Controls & Governance- VP

Closing date for applications: 16/07/2026

Location Bangalore, India

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

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Join our digital revolution in NatWest Digital X

In everything we do, we work to one aim. To make digital experiences which are effortless and secure.

So we organise ourselves around three principles: engineer, protect, and operate. We engineer simple solutions, we protect our customers, and we operate smarter.

Job description

This role is based in India and as such all normal working days must be carried out in India.

Join us as a Software Engineer – Controls & Governance

This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer

You’ll play a key role in enabling high-quality, secure, and compliant software delivery through robust engineering controls, governance, and assurance practices

You’ll help embed resilient, risk-aware engineering standards across the organisation

We're offering thios role at vice president level

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll build knowledge across business, applications, data, and infrastructure while enabling safe and compliant delivery through strong engineering controls and governance practices.

You’ll collaborate with principal engineers, architects, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure engineering outputs align with architectural principles, control standards, and the bank’s risk appetite.

You’ll also be:

Implement and maintain engineering controls and technical guardrails that support safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery

Contribute to the design and operation of control frameworks, governance processes, and assurance mechanisms

Participate in design and code reviews to ensure alignment with engineering strategy, architecture, and mandated control standards

Embed secure-by-design principles and modern engineering practices across teams

Support assurance activities such as control assessments, risk-focused deep dives, and quality reviews, driving remediation

Work with Architecture, Risk, Cyber Security, and Operations teams to ensure controls are practical, automated where possible, and integrated into delivery workflows

Contribute to continuous improvement and standardisation of engineering quality and governance practices

Monitor control effectiveness through metrics and reporting, escalating risks or gaps where appropriate

The skills you'll need

We’re looking for someone with strong software engineering knowledge and experience, with the ability to support governance, control, and risk management practices in complex environments .

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

Experience applying engineering best practice across scalability, resilience, automation, and performance

A strong understanding of engineering controls, governance frameworks, and secure development principles

Experience of information security policies and regulatory expectations within financial services

The ability to analyse and validate complex requirements against business and control objectives

Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills across business, engineering and risk functions

Welcome to our Bangalore hub

Located at Taurus 4, Bagmane Constellation Business Park, our new office stands as a state-of-the-art hub for innovation and collaboration.

Key facts:

A 30 acre campus

Space for 6,000 colleagues

Opened in 2025

Our tech stack

Here’s just some of the technologies we use.

Front end

JavaScript

ReactJS

AngularJS

Back end

Python

Java

Microsoft Dynamics

DevOps

AWS

GitLab

Google Cloud Platform

Data

Kafka

Hadoop

PostgreSQL

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