We are looking for an experienced .Net Developer

Job description
You will work in a challenging and international environment to enable the bank in providing relevant financial services to our clients, so that the world is fed. You are a full stack .Net developer and part of a T-shaped DevOps team that realizes the bank’s digital ambitions within the wholesale domain, while closely collaborating with business and IT stakeholders.

Making a difference
You can be a key success factor in meeting those ambitions within the GCOB team. GCOB (a Customer Due Diligence platform for wholesale clients) is the Global Client Onboarding application that aims to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and security throughout the entire client onboarding journey; from initial registration to ongoing due diligence. The GCOB system is a completely custom-built application with Microsoft .Net, Angular 16, and will soon be hosted in the Azure cloud. The application ecosystem is composed of several microservices that, together, provide a comprehensive platform designed to streamline and automate the process of onboarding new clients, while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The application is used across various regions and time zones with approximately 2,000 Rabobank users worldwide. All new regulatory standards and compliance requirements are managed on the platform to ensure we remain In-Control as a bank. As the CDD landscape is constantly changing, the team must be flexible and able to thrive in a complex environment.

With each other
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Our DevOps team brings talented people together multiple locations. We are one team, mainly situated in the UK and The Netherlands. We currently have weekly releases and aim for high standards of quality, stability and continuity. With you included, the team will have about 45 diverse colleagues in a variety of roles. Your main competence is focussed on development, but you must have a T-shaped attitude. You are able to professionally handle requests and incidents of a demanding international user base while also being involved in change and improvement activities. You are focussed on delivering high quality and value while continuously striving for further improvements.

Your contribution
Objectives and responsibility of a GCOB .Net Developer:

• Contribute to innovative solutions that we develop within the GCOB team itself, leveraging advice from internal architects and utilising the latest techniques and tools that keep us at the forefront as a bank.
• Swiftly respond to changes and modifications of the application , realizing features from frontend to backend, so that the result of your work positively impacts the application and our end-users’ experience.
• Ensure and improve the stability and performance of the platform: You are driven by continuous improvement and you can create and maintain tools for monitoring, testing and automation of manual activities. You have in-depth development expertise and combine it with broad knowledge about other fields such as test and deployment automation. You are concerned with developing changes, improvements and fixes on our software components.
• System security and compliance: You are familiar with current security and compliance standards in the banking environment. You are technically competent to scope and implement relevant industry standards within our system environment and you are effective at briefing other internal support teams and ensuring work is completed effectively. For example managing vulnerabilities, static code analysis and secure production deployments.
• Communicative team player who is good at building relationships: You support other developers internally with your solutions and you liaise with individuals of other roles/disciplines on a daily basis. You can build strong relationships and collaborate well with others to deliver robust solutions.
• Time management: You are able to manage your time between ad hoc tasks and larger projects. You are familiar with prioritization in a scrum environment and are able to plan and deliver work effectively.

Your profile

• A higher education degree in IT
• 2+ years’ experience as .Net Developer on Enterprise scale Azure projects
• Knowledge of and experience with Agile, Scrum and DevOps ways of working
• Excellent English communication skills (Dutch would be an advantage)
• An affinity with business processes and objectives of the Banking industry (large enterprise IT environments is desirable)
• Experience with distributed caching is a plus

Technologies

Development Technical skills

• .NET
• Entity Framework
• C#
• Web Technologies (e.g. MVC)
• Tabular Model
• TypeScript
• Automation test and regression tools
• Cloud
• Logging and Monitoring

Common technical skills

• Test Driven Development methods
• Automation test and regression tools, e.g. Selenium, Specflow/BDD
• Microsoft Visual Studio and Azure DevOps or similar
• SQL Server

Test technical skills:

Knowledge and understanding of the following applications of IT:

• Client Data Systems
• The different modules necessary to calculate risk measures for CDD
• Scheduled overnight batch systems
• Optimising and streamlining batch procedures
• Business Workflow
• Web Applications
• Web Services

Personal Attributes:

• Absolute integrity (strong commitment to the highest professional and ethical standards)
• Credibility and maturity in dealing with people, across a complex organisation with different cultures and geographical locations
• Ability to work as part of a team, to multi-task and adhere to tight timelines
• Confident, creative and proactive personality with strong entrepreneurial drive
• Demonstrates professional acumen, discretion, credibility and trustworthiness
• Self-motivator, ability to work effectively under pressure and results driven
• Strong interpersonal and client relationship/influencing skills
• Assertiveness with the ability to challenge others in a constructive way
• Flexible working approach and willingness to learn new applications and business lines
• Willing to occasionally travel to other branch locations and the banks head office
• Works closely with other discipline/roles
• Combine one or more technical specialties with the capability of taking over basic activities of other specialists on the team (analysis, dev-ops and testing)

Together we achieve more than alone
The W&R tech department is working towards an organisation which is based on DevOps principles, with a full integration of activities for development and continuity within highly mandated self-organizing DevOps teams.

The Wholesale & Rural organization within Tech supports the wholesale bank across the globe. The Client Banker and Data Services tribe delivers and supports global business systems, including process automation in the areas of CRM, Client Onboarding, Client Data Management, Document- and Case Management. The delivery cluster has a global responsibility and services over 20+ locations divided in multiple regions. The delivery unit is working closely with strategic programs within other domains to realize the bank’s digital transformation.

Working together is the way we work as 1 focused team at Rabobank. Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9.5 million customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

Rabobank Values and Behaviours:

• Excellent customer focus; we are client driven and action oriented – I go the extra mile for my clients
• Meaningful co-operative; we are purposeful and courageous – I dare to make a difference for the world
• Rock-solid bank; we are professional and considerate – I am doing the right thing exceptionally well
• Empowered employees; we bring out the best in each other and keep learning – I make you better
  

Growing a better world together
You'll already be aware that Rabobank is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in numerous ways, such as:

• Together with the World Wildlife Fund, we’re helping to create a harmonious balance between nature and the agricultural sector in Brazil.
• We make sizeable annual investments in the voluntary sector in The Netherlands. This allows us to support about 1,250 sport and cultural organisations that are a second home to many people.
  

Your reward
Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you achieve this by focusing firmly on your growth, development, and investing in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional. In addition, with us (on the basis of a 40 hour working week), you can also expect:

• a gross monthly salary, scaled in function group 8 (€3.711,55 - €5.300,48) based on 36 hours a week.
• a thirteenth month and holiday pay.
• an Employee Benefit Budget. You decide how to spend this budget. This may include purchasing extra leave days, making extra pension contributions or even receiving it as cash on a monthly basis.
• a personal budget that you can spend on activities related to your personal development and career.
• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel by public transport. Do you still prefer to travel by car or motorbike? Then choose a commuting allowance.
• Rabobank has a range of (free) desks, chairs and monitors for your work from home ‘office’. We will provide you with a laptop and mobile phone.
• a pension scheme, to which your contribution is only 3.5%.

Interested?
Are you the person we're looking for? Are you ready to join Rabobank and make a difference to yourself, our customers and the society? We look forward to receiving your application for this vacancy in Utrecht.

Good to know:

• Apply via the button “Apply now”. Responses will be handled in accordance with our vacancy management policy.
• Isabelle Brust, senior recruiter, would be happy to answer any questions about the application procedure via Isabelle.brust@rabobank.nl
• The application process includes screening. Based on the screening procedures in place at Rabobank, we assess whether new staff are reliable enough to work at Rabobank.
• The application process for this vacancy can include an individual assessment.
• Everyone is different, and it is exactly those differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we want to know who you really are!

We'd like to get to know you.

Step 1 Applying

Thanks for applying! We consider all the CVs and covering letters that we receive. After the closing date, you will hear from us as soon as possible.

Step 2 First interview

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Step 3 Second interview

We want to speak to you a second time. In this online meeting, we will delve deeper into the details of what the job entails. Another colleague will often join the interview too.

Step 4 Offer

If you are a good match for us and we’re a good match for you, then you’ll receive a good offer by email. Some positions require you to undergo further assessment first.

Step 5 Screening

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