Technical Lead | S3 | Capital and Risk Models | Milton Keynes

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Technical Lead | S3 | Capital and Risk Models | Milton Keynes

Country:
United Kingdom

IT STARTS HERE
Santander () is evolving from  a global, high-impact brand  into a  technology-driven organisation , and our people are at the heart of this journey.  Together , we are driving a  customer-centric transformation  that values bold  thinking, innovation , and the  courage to challenge  what's possible.
This is more than a strategic shift.  It's a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference .
Our mission is to contribute to help more  people and businesses prosper . We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.
Capital and Risk Models is a sub-domain of Enterprise Services part of the Chief Information Office of Santander Technology and Operations, providing enterprise-wide systems and support services that help run and transform the bank's IT, data and business capabilities.  Specifically, the area looks after the calculation of PRA and ECB calculations for Credit Risk and Finance, including but not limited to IFRS9, IRB, Regulatory Capital and other Risk Metrics .
THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE
Capital and Risk Models under Enterprise Services    is looking for a  Software Engineer  based out of  Milton Keynes .
This role is a 15 month fix term contract.
As part of the Capital and Risk Models domain, you will be the Technical Lead for Risk responsible for driving the design and delivery of Risk Models and Reporting. This role will drive the Risk product roadmap and the successfully delivery of its goal to improve the efficiency, flexibility, and traceability of the common reporting framework to internal and external stakeholders.
We're  shaping the way we work  through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:
Leading risk team across multiple locations, providing full management of the product lifecycle (design, development, Implementation, test & deployment) including post release

Mentoring and developing individuals across multiple squads on design patterns, solution design, technical integration; using your experience and demonstrating your passion to define fit-for-purpose engineering designs/solutions.

Supporting change management, audit, compliance, and design assurance to meet the banks standards

Collaborating with stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs

Driving the quality and adherence to service levels for month end execution with a strong focus on control, performance, and automation

A working knowledge and understanding of GenAI tools

WHAT YOU'LL BRING
Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We're  enabling teams to go beyond  by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.
The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Professional Experience
Demonstrated leadership in guiding engineering teams, setting technical standards, and collaborating with product, risk, and governance stakeholders in regulated environments to deliver resilient, auditable, and production-ready solutions.
Extensive experience leading the design, delivery, and operation of cloud-native data and software platforms on AWS, with hands-on expertise.
Proven track record of architecting scalable and secure data pipelines and event-driven services, with strong experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, applying least-privilege security models through IAM, and embedding monitoring, logging, and cost-optimisation practices.

Experience of supporting production related incidents until resolution
Experience working withing Financial or Banking companies would be beneficial
Education
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience (Required)

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Hard Skills
Terraform Infrastructure as Code (Required)

Compute & Data Processing EC2, EMR (Required)

S3 Data Storage (Required)

Lamda Serverless Development (Required)

Glue Data Integration & ETL (Required)

Unix scripting including AWS CLI

Step Functions Workflow Orchestration (Required)

Adopting Agile engineering processes in Scrum/Kanban, Dev Ops, CI/CD, BDD/TDD test automation   (Required)

Cost Management & Optimisation (Preferred)

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Soft Skills
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking (Required)

Technical & Non-Technical Communication (Required)

Adaptability & Change Management (Required)

Stakeholder Management (Required)

Decision-Making & Accountability (Required)

Collaboration & Team…