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At the heart of Nationwide’s Retail Products portfolio lies the Core Banking Engineering team — the powerhouse behind the banking and savings products our members rely on every day. But that’s just the beginning. This team also fuels the engine for critical internal services like payments processing, operations and accounting and financial accounting all while keeping our technology stack fresh, modern, and future-ready.
We’re on the lookout for a visionary Lead Engineer with deep expertise in the SAP Fioneer Banking ecosystem, especially in Banking Technical (ABAP Ecosystem) and Data Migration. If you thrive on solving complex integration challenges and love inspiring teams to build elegant, practical solutions - this could be the role for you.
Nationwide is undergoing a bold transformation, consolidating our systems into a unified SAP-based ecosystem while simultaneously modernising our stack to SAP S/4 Transactional Banking. You’ll lead a diverse, talented engineering team that’s simplifying and reimagining the core banking technology landscape. Your leadership will be instrumental in unlocking our ability to deliver new products at speed - a cornerstone of our business strategy.
This is more than a job. It’s a chance to shape the future of banking technology at one of the UK’s most trusted financial institutions.
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, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
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
Lead from the Front: You will take charge with hands-on technical leadership, steering both design and execution. You will be able to architect the future by guiding design and development teams with clarity, confidence, and cutting-edge insight.
In this position you will keep the engine running smoothly by ensuring technical excellence and seamless delivery across your workstream. You will also get to shape the roadmap and collaborate with key engineering leads to craft a bold, forward-looking roadmap for your domain.
About you
As a minimum, you’ll have/be:
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:
You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
The extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
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. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.