SANTANDER UK - Big Data Developer

We are looking for a software engineer, who will be primarily working on AWS however needs to be skilled with traditional big data technology.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES / ROLE

- Taking responsibility of the software delivery by ensuring quality and scope expectations are met;

- Developing user stories working solo or pairing with a colleague

- Discussing functional and technical solutions with the different stakeholders in the business, UX designers, architecture, and engineering managers to ensure US are refined and understood at the correct level

- Ensuring delivered solutions are developed under DevOps practices and latest technology trends

- Keeping the solutions delivered running healthy in production minimising incidents and maximising quality of service

- A software engineer who takes pride in their craftsmanship and in the results that they deliver

MANDATORY SKILLS

• Excellent understanding of AWS services (EMR, EC2, S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM)

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python & Scala

• Excellent ETL, Spark, and Analytical SQL knowledge

• Knowledge of Unix scripting including AWS CLI

• Adopting Agile engineering processes (Scrum/Kanban, DevOps, CI/CD, BDD/TDD test automation)

• MINIMUM LEVEL OF ENGLISH C1

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS

• Knowledge in financial and risk services or information systems ideally combining regulatory and/or Risk models

• Control-m scheduler knowledge

• Practical experince with IaC, ideally Terraform

QUALITIES

- Team player

- Excellent communications skills

- Energetic, motivated and determined

- Pragmatic and results-oriented

- Adaptable to diverse set of technical responsibilities

- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

- Productive and able to manage time / priorities effectively

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

+2 -4 years