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Join the Technology & Digital Development Team at Danske Bank UK!
The Danske Bank Group offers a full range of financial products to personal and business customers, with nationwide networks in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltic States and in Northern Ireland. Danske Bank is the largest Retail Bank in Northern Ireland, with an extensive network of Branches and Business Centres across the country. Danske has successfully built a large customer base and is committed to becoming the number one Bank in Northern Ireland.
The role
We are excited to be recruiting for an ambitious Graduate Developer to join our highly skilled team, wherein you will receive training through our PEGA academy, and have exposure to exciting internal projects, and excellent progression opportunities.
As Graduate Developer, you will develop, build and maintain stand-alone digital solutions that meet the requirements of the business and enhance the customer value proposition and customer service standards in NI.
The team is responsible for the development and delivery of a customer centric digital transformation programme across all areas of the Bank, with the aim of building first class digital customer experiences through maximising the use of existing digital capability and the successful integration of new and emerging third party technology solutions.
What you’ll do
As Graduate Developer, your responsibility will be to:
- To understand the specific needs of the business as defined by a specification of requirements and assess how these translate into application features.
- To design and deliver new digital solutions that meet business specifications on time and within budget.
- To collaborate with IT specialists in the specification of new applications, the design of prototypes and write source codes to program complete solutions.
- To conduct a comprehensive program of testing before the launch of new digital solutions to ensure all features are working as expected.
- To support the effective operation of existing applications by trouble shooting and debugging where issues are identified.
- To evaluate existing applications in order to reprogram, update and add new features
- To maintain and develop technical knowledge, learning and sharing best practice with local and Group colleagues, to ensure the business is provided with a professional and high quality service.
- Work supportively, co-operatively and in partnership with colleagues across T&DD, DBNI and Group to ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Ensure full compliance with all Corporate Standards, Policies, Processes and Business Procedures and with all external legal, regulatory and voluntary code obligations, thus enabling the customer to be provided with a high quality, professional and compliant service.
- To ensure all activities are aligned to the Bank’s values thereby ensuring fair treatment of all customers and positive customer outcomes.
What skills / qualifications will you need?
Essential
- Degree in a Computer Science related discipline
- 12 months commercial experience coding in Java
- A keen interest in coding and a desire to learn new concepts
- Experience of designing data flows
- Experience of Agile development methods
- Experience of tools such as Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
- Ability to interact successfully with project stakeholders and manage these relationships effectively
- Experience in interpreting Business analysis and technical specification for development
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
Preferred
- Experience of customer journeys
- Experience of leveraging APIs and SI components for data transfer
- Experience of DevOps code review and deployment to test and production environments
Salary & Benefits
- Starting salary of £29,684
- 37 days’ leave per year (27 days’ annual leave plus 10 paid bank holidays).
- Company pension contribution – we will contribute up to 10% of your salary.
- Funded private medical care provided by Benenden.
- Access to ‘Danske Discounts’ offering discount on a wide range of products and activities such as eating out, fashion, accommodation, motoring and gym membership.
- Financial support for Further Education after successful completion of 12 months service.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
The job role may require travel to Copenhagen, and possibly other areas of the Group. Such travel may be outside normal business hours and require overnight stays.
Why we think you’ll love it here
We are a flexible employer.
Our hybrid working model is based on our colleagues’ need to concentrate, collaborate and connect.
It provides flexibility of work location within a framework where an individual’s role allows:
- Minimum 1 day in the office per week
- Minimum 2 days at home per week
- Remaining time is a choice of home, local branch or office locations
Opportunity to work with Colleague across the group in Denmark and the Nordics
We have comprehensive support virtually and in person to support you as you start your career with us.
We want to be the best bank for our customers, colleagues, partners and society. Visit our social media channels (Danske Bank UK on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) or read more about our approach to being a responsible business here: danskebank.co.uk/responsibility
We embrace Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We embrace diversity and create an inclusive culture where differences are seen as a strength and where people feel valued and realise their full potential. This is vital to how we approach our talent strategy.
It’s our mission to make a home for our colleagues. A place, for all colleagues to feel free to be seen the way they want to be seen, to be validated and to know that their voice matters. We want you to be able to confidently say “I work for Danske Bank, and Danske Bank works for me: I feel included and I belong”
Sound Good?
We’d love to hear from you. If you would like to apply, please make sure your CV includes enough detail to show how you meet the criteria we’ve set out here.
To submit your CV, click ‘apply’.
Good luck!
