Principal Engineer, VP

Closing date for applications: 30/07/2026

Location Chennai, 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 Principal Engineer

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in a collaborative, agile and forward thinking team environment

With your software development background, you’ll be delivering software components to enable the delivery of platforms, applications and services for the bank

As well as developing your technical talents, you'll have the opportunity to build project and leadership skills which will open up a range of exciting career options

We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

As a Principal Engineer, you’ll be driving development software and tools to accomplish project and departmental objectives by converting functional and non-functional requirements into suitable designs. You’ll play a leading role in planning, developing and deploying high performance robust and resilient systems for the bank, and will develop your leadership skills as you manage the technical delivery of one or more software engineering teams.

You’ll also gain a distinguished leadership status in the software engineering community as you lead the wider participation in internal and industry wide events, conferences and other activities.

You’ll also be:

Designing and developing high performance and high availability applications, using proven frameworks and technologies

Making sure that the bank’s systems follow excellent architectural and engineering principles, and are fit for purpose

Monitoring the technical progress against plans while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance, and providing progress updates to stakeholders

Designing and developing reusable libraries and APIs for use across the bank

Writing unit and integration tests within automated test environments to ensure code quality

The skills you'll need

You’ll come with a background in software engineering, software or database design and architecture, as well as significant experience developing software within an SOA or microservices paradigm.

Along with development experience in one or more programming languages, you’ll bring an excellent understanding of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, availability and performance.

You’ll also need:

At least 10+ years of expertise in designing High-Level and Detailed Solution Designs (HLSD/HLD, LLD), with strong experience in AWS cloud architecture, cloud-native technologies, and scalable enterprise solutions

Experience of leading software development teams, introducing and executing technical strategies

Strong knowledge of AI/ML, Generative AI, RAG frameworks, vector databases, model orchestration, LLM-based applications, AI agents, guardrails, and Responsible AI principles

Hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Python-based automation to build, deploy, and manage resilient platforms

Experience of test-driven development and using automated test frameworks, mocking and stubbing and unit testing tools

A background in designing or implementing APIs

Proven ability to apply Python and advanced analytical skills to solve real-world business challenges, develop intelligent solutions, and drive innovation across cloud and AI ecosystems.

Good to have experience with Amazon Connect and AWS Cloud Architect certification

Welcome to our Chennai hub

Nestled in the heart of One India Bulls Park, our hub in Kosmo One, Tower A, is one of Ambattur’s first skyscraper spanning 420,000 sq. ft.

Key facts:

Surrounded by 10 acres

Space for 3,600 colleagues

Opened in 2009

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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