Closing date for applications: 05/10/2026

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 Software Engineer, Workday Extend

- This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer
- You’ll be designing, producing, testing and implementing working software, working across the lifecycle of the system
- Hone your existing software engineering skills and advance your career in this critical role
- We're offering this role at vice president level

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you’ll be developing knowledge of aspects of the associated platform across the disciplines of business, applications, data and infrastructure. You’ll also be liaising with principal engineers, architects in the domain and other key stakeholders to understand how the platform works and how it supports business objectives.

You’ll also be:

- Applying Agile methods to the development of software on the backlog
- Producing resilient and long-lived software and acting flexibly to cope with future needs
- Delivering intentional architecture and formulating emergent design through innovative ideas, experimentation and prototyping
- Designing and developing software with a focus on the automation of build, test and deployment activities, using executable patterns

The skills you'll need





We’re looking for someone with strong full stack experience in software design and implementation, including being able to exploit programming languages to solve complex problems. You'll need at least ten years of IT experience delivering enterprise solutions such as Workday SaaS or equivalent platforms, along with hands-on expertise in analysing solution options and designing Workday Extend applications.

You'll need experience in developing, testing and implementing Workday Extend solutions, as well as building Workday integrations and reports using Studio, Core Connectors, Web Services, Matrix, and BIRT. Experience delivering Workday SaaS solutions within Agile or Scrum environments will be highly desirable, enabling you to contribute effectively to complex enterprise transformation programmes.

Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:

- Experience of leading the implementation of programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performance
- Sound collaboration skills with the ability to work with business teams to produce pragmatic solutions that work for the business
- Experience of information security policies and practices within the financial sector
- Strong stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts in a easy way

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
- Snowflake

📌 Software Engineer, Workday Extend, VP (Chennai)
🏢 National Westminster Bank
📍 Chennai