Full stack software engineer | S2 | Digital | Milton Keynes

This job is with Santander UK, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Join our community: As a full stack developer in Digital, working in the Digital Chapters team, you'll be exposed to some of the highest engineering standards in Santander and solving some of the most impactful problems for customer facing journeys within domains across the bank. You'll be working front-to-back on customer journeys in niche, truly agile teams, working closely with engineering experts defining standards across Digital, and with some of the highest rated customer journeys in Santander. The teams are committed to innovation, having held hackathons, workshops and team days, as well as working closely with third parties to learn from.

The difference you'll make:

• Providing contributions to excellent engineering practices and development work
• Supporting our business colleagues in delivering high quality customer journeys
• Managing work in an autonomous and proactive way
• Supporting your development team towards delivery goals
• Managing risk with an effective I AM RISK mindset

What you'll bring:

• Extensive software engineering experience
• Experienced with backend tooling such as Node.js and GraphQL
• Experienced with frontend frameworks such as Angular or React
• The ability to design and implement software infrastructure and core technologies

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Cybersecurity experience
• AWS devops experience
• Accessibility experience
• Experience or exposure to using AI tools or technologies
• Experience in tailoring content, sharing only relevant information
• Great communication approaches when conducting dialogue
• Experience of contributing towards opensource projects

What else you need to know:

This role is based in Milton Keynes. We want our people to thrive at work and home, and also be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles). If you apply for this role in this location, it's important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location(s). We're happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Application process: If your application is successful a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. We will arrange a short call with you to learn more about you and what you are looking for from your next career move, as well as answer any questions you have about working in the Santander tech team. If both sides agree we will send your CV to the hiring manager to review. For this position, the interview process will be: A two stage interview process where one stage will be a technical interview and another stage will be a one-hour formal interview where we will ask both technical and competency-based questions. If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, please let us know.

Inclusion: At Santander we're creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we'll reward you: As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs. For part-time / contract roles, your salary, bonus (where eligible) and certain benefits will be prorated to reflect your working hours / contract duration. £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits. Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus. We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don't contribute yourself. We'll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer. 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5 years service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year. Free access to a range of digital health services, including GP. Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover. 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more. Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: medical insurance, dental insurance, and health assessments. Share in Santander's success by saving or investing in our share plans. Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships. As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services.

What to do next: If this sounds like a role you're interested in, then please apply. If there's anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it's a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we're available through email. You can contact us at resourcing@santander.co.uk.