Technical Lead - Front End (React) - Work from Home

This role is within Mortgages CIO function under CT (Customer Technology), part of the wider COO organisation, which is responsible for delivering IT solutions which have our customers and colleagues at heart. This role will drive a culture of continuous improvement, with a focus on building technical capability (including people) across all disciplines.

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, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon, Northampton, Bournemouth or London office.

Day-to-day you’ll be leading a team delivering first-class solutions in an Agile environment, adopting DevOps practices to enable rapid iteration and driving continuous improvements. You’ll work closely with the Lead Engineer and Technology Lead to ensure the quality of your solutions are resilient and stand up to being used by thousands of people every day. You’ll be responsible for mentoring and developing your team to help build our development process and strategies.

Line Management responsibility within a feature team to include capability development, coaching, nurturing, performance management and pastoral care. Involve in the implementation, administration and support of new initiatives as part of VM integration.

Extensive functional and technical experience in managing Mortgage Sales system and processing. Proven experience of designing and implementing full-stack solutions with knowledge of .NET or JavaScript frameworks. Detailed knowledge of emerging technologies e.g. cloud-native architectures, DevOps engineering and container based continuous delivery, cloud automation and infrastructure-as-code. API engineering, workflow management tools, Mortgages domain, major application upgrade/ transformation, middleware and integration tools. Extensive experience in Banking and financial industry working across products including mortgages or other lending products.

Different delivery methodologies, and hands on experience of DevOps principles and practices, and associated tooling.

• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand.
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development.
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.

A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%. Life assurance worth 8x your salary. A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme. Access to an annual performance related bonus. Access to training to help you develop and progress your career. 25 days holiday, pro rata.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.