Developer

Join our day-to-day Banking team as a Senior Developer, helping to deliver change and maintain the Fujitsu Mainframe savings platform. You'll play a key role in supporting account migration to a new platform, enabling safe decommissioning of the current system, and protecting reliable service for colleagues and customers. We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best. The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 21 and 35 hours., What you'll be doing In this role, you'll design, build, test and support Fujitsu Mainframe solutions that help deliver business change safely and effectively. You'll work in a small specialist team, planning and tracking work through Jira while balancing multiple priorities. Day to day, you may be developing new changes, reviewing code, sharing knowledge with colleagues, resolving defects, or supporting live service incidents. The role also includes participation in an on-call rota to help protect out of hours processing and keep critical services available for colleagues and customers., 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 You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

As a minimum requirement, you'll have:

• Fujitsu Mainframe development experience across the full change lifecycle, from analysis and design through to build, test and implementation
• Experience supporting business-critical core banking applications in a complex technology environment
• A practical problem-solving approach, with the ability to stay calm, focused and effective during live service incidents
• The ability to manage your own workload across multiple concurrent tasks, priorities and delivery timelines
• A collaborative working style, including experience of peer review, knowledge sharing and constructive feedback
• A focus on quality, standards and safe delivery when making changes to critical systems
  
  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 role, you'll be based at your nearest regional office or hub. We value time spent together to connect with colleagues for collaboration so there will be a regular requirement to attend our Gosforth site approximately once per quarter. If you are based at an office location, you'll be expected to meet our hybrid working requirement of at least two days a week, or 40% of your working time if part-time, in the office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. Virgin Money is now part of Nationwide Nationwide acquired Virgin Money in October 2024. Virgin Money continues to serve customers on the high street, and there will be a phased and considered integration over the coming years. You'll be employed by Nationwide from day one, delivering real impact and benefitting from a highly competitive range of benefits. We're a workplace where you're rewarded, recognised and celebrated. Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process., 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. Keeping your data and personal information confidential is important to us. To find out more about how we use and process your data, please read our . If you want to find out more about using AI in our recruitment process, please read more . Disability Confident We're not just guided by data, we're driven by the real experiences of our people. We're a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level. That's why we're constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we're here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at . Apply safely with Nationwide Recruitment scams can look convincing, so take a moment to check the role is listed on our official careers site and read our guidance on The hiring manager for this role is Geoff Scott, and the main recruitment contact is Ashley Dodds.

The extras you'll get There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including: 25 days holiday, pro rata Private medical insurance A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement Access to an annual performance-related bonus Training and development to help you progress your career A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death Wellhub - access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society