Technology Development Programme - Software Engineer

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If you're ambitious, curious and enjoy solving problems, our Technology Development Programme provides a structured route into a rewarding career in banking.

Our programme offers specialist roles in Software and Infrastructure Engineering.

Whether you’re a graduate ready to make an impact, or a career changer looking for a new challenge, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop future-ready skills, and contribute to projects that deliver banking that’s fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

You’ll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you’ll need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands-on experience in your role, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into practice. You’ll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping you build your network and understand more about how our business works.

We’ll support your development through structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience, helping you grow with confidence.

Software Engineer

Engineering is where we bring ideas to life, designing and building tools that empower our colleagues and support the delivery of high-quality solutions across Nationwide.

Our engineers work in both agile and waterfall environments, contributing throughout the software development lifecycle with a strong focus on coding, delivery, and continuous improvement.

Many teams specialise in areas such as performance engineering and test engineering, aligned to key product domains including payments, mortgages, savings, financial crime, and a wide range of internal systems.

It’s a collaborative and energetic space where technical expertise meets purpose, helping us deliver better outcomes for our customers and modernising how we work.

In engineering you could be working with: 

• Cloud platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure

• Front-end technologies: React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

• Back-end technologies: Node.js, C#, .NET Core, Java

• APIs for seamless system integration

• Automation tools: Pega, ARIS

• Specialist platforms: SAP, Nice Actimize, MSO

• CI/CD pipelines to accelerate delivery

• Central services: HR, Risk, Audit, Finance

• Building dashboards and configuring monitoring solutions to ensure resilient infrastructure

• Proof-of-concepts to simplify journeys and enhance user experience

Where you’ll be working 

You'll join one of our Technology teams within the Chief Operating Office where you’ll help design, build, secure and support the technology that underpins customer-facing and colleague-facing services across Nationwide. You'll work alongside experienced technology professionals, contributing to real projects while developing specialist skills in Software Engineering.

Location 

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, based at our Swindon Head Office.

 If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can..

What you’ll be doing on the Technology Development Programme

The Technology Development Programme is a two-year programme, with the next intake commencing in September 2027.

During the programme, you'll join high-performing teams that support Nationwide's technology platforms, engineering capability, cyber security and data services.

You'll start with an induction programme before joining our dedicated Technology Academy. Here, you'll learn more about Nationwide, connect with colleagues and build the foundations for your role. You'll also complete a personalised learning pathway combining role-specific training, digital learning and interactive workshops. You'll hear from leaders and industry experts, who will share fresh perspectives and practical ideas. 

The Technology Academy will build your core technical capabilities before you progress into a specialist pathway in Infrastructure Engineering. Once you've completed the Academy, you'll join your team, where you'll gain hands-on experience and apply your skills to real business challenges.

No two days are the same. You could be collaborating with colleagues to solve technical problems or supporting technology projects. You might be analysing data, taking part in training sessions, or working with stakeholders to improve systems and services used across Nationwide. You'll gain exposure to modern technologies. You'll also learn how technical solutions support both customer-facing and colleague-facing experiences.

You'll be supported through mentoring, coaching, professional development and structured learning opportunities, helping you build confidence and develop specialist expertise. The programme combines technical, business and professional skills development, giving you the opportunity to grow while making a meaningful contribution from day one.

Depending on your pathway, you could gain exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, programming languages including Java, C# and Python, data platforms, automation tools and cyber security technologies.

Successful participants typically progress into specialist technology roles aligned to their pathway, with opportunities to continue building technical and leadership expertise over time.

Who we’re looking for on Technology Development Programme

We’re looking for driven, curious people with high standards and a genuine interest in technology. You’ll share our determination to push for better and put customers first, not just in what you deliver, but in every decision you make. You might be a recent graduate starting your career, returning to work after a break or ready to bring your professional experience to a new direction. Whatever your route, our Technology Development Programme will help you build the skills and experience for a rewarding career in banking.

To succeed on our Technology Development Programme, you’ll need to show:

• Genuine curiosity about technology and how it improves customer experiences

• Enthusiasm for solving technical problems and learning new technologies

• Interest in building expertise in Engineering disciplines

• The ambition to keep growing, take on new challenges and build towards your next career step

• A logical, methodical approach, with the ability to understand both the detail and the bigger picture 

• The confidence to build relationships and work with colleagues across the business 

• Drive, high performance and a commitment to learning from feedback and setbacks 

• A determination to push for better and put customers first in the decisions you make

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

• 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.

The extras you’ll get 

High performing and purpose-driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and competitive benefits to match. We offer you:

• Structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience to help you build future-ready skills and progress your career in banking

• 25 days holiday each year, which increases over time to 30. Plus, you can ‘buy’ up to 10 extra days 

• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on your performance

• Private medical insurance to help you access additional healthcare when you need it

• Wellhub access to a range of free and paid fitness and wellbeing options, plus free on-site gyms at selected locations

• A highly competitive pension to help you start building your financial future 

• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

• Up to 14 paid hours each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you

• Life assurance to provide additional peace of mind for you and the people who matter to you

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

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. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society. 

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next 

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button, where you’ll be asked to answer a few quick questions for us.  

We’ll send you our online assessments to complete and there will also be a short video interview to find out more about you. If you are successful, you could be selected to attend one of our assessment centres which run from December 2026.

Visa sponsorship information 

As a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the applicable Immigration Rules and guidance (which are subject to change). The Skilled Worker route has specific requirements relating to skill level of the role and minimum salary expectations. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited or may not be possible for some programmes. 

VISA Sponsorship cannot be offered on this programme. 

All successful applicants with need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK on commencement of employment and for the duration of the programme applied for without requiring sponsorship. 

If you have any further questions, please contact us at Early.Careers@nationwide.co.uk