Lead Engineer, VP
NatWest Group is hiring a Lead Engineer, VP in Gurugram, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on NatWest Group.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Java, SQL and Cloud Technologies.
- Level classifies it as a lead role.
- Level lists 84 other open roles at NatWest Group.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Lead the design and implementation of software systems, AI-driven workflows, and Agentic AI solutions in a VP role.
Join us as a Software Engineer
- 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 also need to be capable of complex requirements analysis capture and validation against and with business and systems requirements.
Additionally, you’ll demonstrate:
- At least 10 years of experience in Java, including Multithreading and SQL, with hands-on experience in Cloud technologies
- Strong experience in designing and implementing AI-driven workflows and Agentic AI solutions
- Experience in enterprise data analysis, data lineage mapping, metadata management, and data governance
- Strong experience in Microservices architecture, with eTrading experience considered desirable
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work with business teams and communicate complex technical concepts clearly
- Experience with information security policies and practices within the financial sector
Hours
45Job Posting Closing Date:
05/11/2026How we rate this
Lead Engineer, VP at NatWest Group rates 75 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- Tell me about a project where software engineering was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where ai workflows was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agentic ai was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where microservices was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agile was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Software Engineering, AI Workflows, Agentic AI, Microservices, and Agile. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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