Lead Software Engineer (.NET) - Bank of Ireland - Northern Ireland/Belfast

Bank of Ireland Group is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace which values and benefits from the diversity of our workforce.

Bank of Ireland are delighted to be hiring a Lead Software Engineer (.NET) to join our IT & Engineering Delivery team!

Who are We

Our Northridge IT team are part of Group Technology & Customer Solutions (GTCS) area within Bank of Ireland and are responsible for the full end-to-end delivery and support of a wide range of applications used by Northridge staff and customers.

Northridge Finance is one of the UK's most dynamic and partner driven finance houses with over 60 years' experience providing personal and commercial finance to the Motor, Agricultural, Insurance Premium and Leisure finance markets.

Services provided by the highly skilled Northridge IT team range from systems integration architecture, design, security, application and API delivery including platform tooling and support. We deliver flexible and scalable technology that is secure to enable our customers, colleagues and communities to thrive.

What is the opportunity?

The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for providing technical leadership and delivering quality UI & API applications whilst working closely with various partners and developers across multiple work streams. This role will manage and provide direction for developers, acting as a partner concern point for technical queries or issues. They will ensure the SDLC is adhered and continually inspire change and standard methodologies within the existing Scrum / Agile & DevOps environment.

Key Accountabilities

Providing technical direction and leadership to developers / scrum teams

Be an effective member of the Scrum teams and participate positively in all the ceremonies.

Ensuring developers have the requisite tooling, methodology and process to drive delivery efficiency

Being a leader for other engineers and ensures that career path and transfer of knowledge is embedded in ways of working

Follow Group Service Introduction & change approval processes to work within group standards and Industry standards as appropriate.

Liaise with users regarding system requirements.

Align with audit requirements, specifically ensuring all SDLC standards are adhered to.

Software development and Unit testing.

Ensure applications align with required security controls and standard methodologies

Adhere to all the GTCS controls, processes and solutions to minimise business and IT risk.

Operate in compliance with all Group. Legal, Regulatory requirements and standards.

Striving to continuously develop new and improved engineering capabilities

Contributing to the continual improvement of the business's data platforms through observations and well-researched knowledge

Continuously keeping track of industry standard methodologies and trends and through acquired knowledge, which takes advantage of process and system improvement opportunities

As a People Manager you will be accountable for demonstrating and role modelling the Group values and behaviours through your people management and the way in which you deliver business goals.

Who are You

Essential Qualifications

Third-level qualification in Computer Related Subject area

Essential Skills / Experience

• Minimum 10 Years' Experience designing and developing in C# .NET, n-tier Distributed Solutions, as well as Database schema
• Experience in People Management and performing Code Reviews, Goal Setting and performance management.
• Extensive Experience with .NET Core MVC, HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3
• Knowledge of REST and SOAP web services
• Proven track record of delivering high quality robust and scalable software applications.
• Experience of MS/SQL Server is essential, including knowledge to create SQL queries.
• Proven experience applying Software Security standard methodologies.
• Good experience of working and leading within the Scrum/Agile development environment.
• Good communication skills for identifying, assessing and implementing software solutions.
• In-depth understanding of various technologies to provide appropriate solutions.
• Ability to create and maintain close business relationships with various partners, including business owners, 3rd party suppliers and out-sourced partners.
• Capacity to operate on a standalone basis on some activities yet work and lead collaboratively with others as required.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• TFS/Azure DevOps experience
• GIT & BitBucket
• Experience of Confluence & Jira
• Experience of Modular/RequireJS
• Behavioural Driven Development / Test Driven Development
• Knowledge of Gherkin / Spec Flow

Location

Working at Bank of Ireland doesn't have to mean working in an office to have an impact. Our commitment to enabling colleagues to thrive means that depending on role type you can have choice and flexibility in where you work and live, subject to your role, customer needs and our requirements. We have a hybrid working model, with home, agile hub and office based options available. We will always list a primary location which can be where you go for in person collaboration, and a location where you can best perform your role.

This job can be done anywhere in Northern Ireland with the primary office location as Belfast to which travel will be required for in person collaboration.

Exact frequency to be agreed with manager.

Please note you must live in the jurisdiction for the business to which you are contracted.