Technology Development Programme - Software Engineer

Good things this way If you're ambitious, curious and enjoy solving problems, our Technology Development Programme provides a structured route into a rewarding career in banking. Our programme offers specialist roles in Software and Infrastructure Engineering. Whether you’re a graduate ready to make an impact, or a career changer looking for a new challenge, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop future-ready skills, and contribute to projects that deliver banking that’s fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society. You’ll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you’ll need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands-on experience in your role, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into practice. You’ll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping you build your network and understand more about how our business works. We’ll support your development through structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience, helping you grow with confidence. Software Engineer Engineering is where we bring ideas to life, designing and building tools that empower our colleagues and support the delivery of high-quality solutions across Nationwide. Our engineers work in both agile and waterfall environments, contributing throughout the software development lifecycle with a strong focus on coding, delivery, and continuous improvement. Many teams specialise in areas such as performance engineering and test engineering , aligned to key product domains including payments , mortgages , savings , financial crime , and a wide range of internal systems. It’s a collaborative and energetic space where technical expertise meets purpose, helping us deliver better outcomes for our customers and modernising how we work. In engineering you could be working with: Cloud platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure Front-end technologies: React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS Back-end technologies: Node.js, C#, .NET Core, Java APIs for seamless system integration Automation tools: Pega, ARIS Specialist platforms: SAP, Nice Actimize, MSO CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery Central services: HR, Risk, Audit, Finance Building dashboards and configuring monitoring solutions to ensure resilient infrastructure Proof-of-concepts to simplify journeys and enhance user experience Where you’ll be working You'll join one of our Technology teams within the Chief Operating Office where you’ll help design, build, secure and support the technology that underpins customer-facing and colleague-facing services across Nationwide. You'll work alongside experienced technology professionals, contributing to real projects while developing specialist skills in Software Engineering. Location At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, based at our Swindon Head Office. I f we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.