Join us as a Software Engineer - Controls & Governance

• This is an opportunity for a technically minded individual to join us as a Software Engineer
• You'll play a key role in enabling high-quality, secure, and compliant software delivery through robust engineering controls, governance, and assurance practices
• You'll help embed resilient, risk-aware engineering standards across the organisation
• We're offering thios role at vice president level

What you'll do

Working in a permanent feature team, you'll build knowledge across business, applications, data, and infrastructure while enabling safe and compliant delivery through strong engineering controls and governance practices.

You'll collaborate with principal engineers, architects, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure engineering outputs align with architectural principles, control standards, and the bank's risk appetite.

You'll also be:

• Implement and maintain engineering controls and technical guardrails that support safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery
• Contribute to the design and operation of control frameworks, governance processes, and assurance mechanisms
• Participate in design and code reviews to ensure alignment with engineering strategy, architecture, and mandated control standards
• Embed secure-by-design principles and modern engineering practices across teams
• Support assurance activities such as control assessments, risk-focused deep dives, and quality reviews, driving remediation
• Work with Architecture, Risk, Cyber Security, and Operations teams to ensure controls are practical, automated where possible, and integrated into delivery workflows
• Contribute to continuous improvement and standardisation of engineering quality and governance practices
• Monitor control effectiveness through metrics and reporting, escalating risks or gaps where appropriate

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with strong software engineering knowledge and experience, with the ability to support governance, control, and risk management practices in complex environments .

Additionally, you'll demonstrate:

• Experience applying engineering best practice across scalability, resilience, automation, and performance
• A strong understanding of engineering controls, governance frameworks, and secure development principles
• Experience of information security policies and regulatory expectations within financial services
• The ability to analyse and validate complex requirements against business and control objectives
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills across business, engineering and risk functions

Hours
45

Job Posting Closing Date:
16/07/2026