Back End Engineer

Closing date for applications: 13/08/2026

Location London, United Kingdom

Job typePermanent | Contract typeFull Time

Mostly Remote

You’ll spend most of your time at home, working with your team digitally. You’ll come into an office or hub at least twice a month to collaborate with your colleagues.

Managerial / Technical Lead

This is a general indication and doesn’t always reflect day-to-day responsibilities. Check the job description for full details.

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We’re building something better

This role is in NatWest Boxed

At NatWest Boxed, we’re a high performing team that’s always on the lookout for exceptional people. We encourage an inclusive and diverse working environment, where teamwork, input and collaboration is valued no matter your level.

Job description

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

Join us as a Back End Engineer

This is an opportunity for a technically minded Software Engineer to join NatWest Boxed

You'll be working with new and innovative technology to deliver high impact solutions

Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role

What you'll do

You’ll join one of the core cross-functional mission teams to build and develop the NatWest Boxed technology product. We will look to you to develop clean, elegant and reusable code that is well-tested and easy to maintain and extend.

You’ll also:

Work with stakeholders across the business to drive the direction of NW Boxed engineering and put the long-term interests of customers at the heart of key decisions

Collaborate across our backend chapter to uphold standards, best practices and to promote innovation

Work collaboratively with the team to resolve technical issues

Support and oversee junior engineers and act as a subject matter expert

The skills you'll need

You’ll need a strong background in software engineering, software design or database design and architecture. You should have solid practical and theoretical knowledge of Java software development as well as strong experience of Spring Boot / Micronaut.

You’ll also need:

An understanding of Kubernetes / Docker

An excellent understanding of AWS deployment and configuration

Experience working with message-driven architectures / Kafka / event sourcing

Experience working on a highly secure application

An understanding on how to translate business objectives into data driven insight

Your benefits breakdown

Here’s a quick look at what your pay package and annual leave could look like if you get accepted for the role. We have a wide range of benefits to support you in your working life and beyond.

Tap each segment for details.

Your pay package

100% Base pay This is your base pay package that you take home every month.

+10% Pension funding This is monthly funding paid towards your pension.

up to +10% Benefit funding This is monthly funding paid towards a range of benefits you can choose from.

Your leave allowance

30 days Annual leave You’ll also have the opportunity to purchase up to 5 additional days off.

3 days Volunteering Take time off to support the causes you’re passionate about.

3 days Training Take time to build the skills you need to grow your career.

Total rewards package

Welcome to our Bishopsgate hub

Based only a few minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street Station, the central location of this office makes working there incredibly convenient. Everything you need is close by, so you can run errands, go to the gym, and socialise with friends and colleagues before and after work.

Bishopsgate recently underwent a multi-year refurbishment programme to improve spaces and facilities as well as become more sustainable.

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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