Are you interested in a career in IT? Do you drive your own learning and are you logical in your thinking? Our 18-month Technology Development Programme (TDP) will give you the training and experience you need to build a successful career in tech. We have intakes starting in May 2025 and September 2025.
We are currently recruiting for specialist roles within: Security & Resilience, Infrastructure Engineering, Test Engineering and Software Engineering. We will ask you to make preferences when you apply for the Programme.
As part of the Technology development programme, you’ll develop skills in different work situations, contributing to the development and improvement of processes, products and services in your department.
We’ll need you to build rewarding relationships across the organisation and externally to understand customer needs, resolve problems and support the delivery of the Society blueprint.
You’ll also attend development workshops and complete any set qualifications and training aligned to achieve your best.
Our Chief Operating Office (COO) function is more than IT – it's the engine that drives Nationwide’s transformation into a modern mutual.
COO delivers:
- Nationwide’s Strategy and Blueprint through our strategic investment portfolio, which includes improving the resilience of our systems, introducing new technology, and enhancing customer experience.
- The IT capability for the Society – both customer and colleague facing.
- Almost half of Nationwide's operational costs, ensuring efficiency and quality across a wide range of customer and colleague services, including our facilities and buildings, payments, and production of customer letters.
- The data strategy for Nationwide.
- Our Tech Strategy – simplifying our IT application estate and improving the digital experience for customers.
Location
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, based at our Swindon office. 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
Our Technology Development Programme will have two intakes ,12th May 2025, and 1st September 2025. You’ll be asked to select the specialism and intake which interests you most when applying.
Whichever specialism you choose in line with your skills, interests, and potential, we’ll provide you with a foundation in IT. You could be working on any of the below:
- Dealing with security opportunities and challenges presented by Open Banking, Cloud-based services and new technologies.
- Working within Data and Analytics, you could be working to build data platforms, create pipelines or transform raw data into something that can be used to uncover new insights and inform business decisions.
- Improving your scripting and coding skills or learning from scratch to continually improve our service and build new applications in software engineering.
- Shaping and creating seamless and meaningful user experiences through service and/or product design.
- Writing code, enhancing user experience, dealing with live incidents, supporting ongoing innovation in Infrastructure Engineering and IT Operations.
You’ll attend an induction and our Technology Development Programme Academy, where you’ll receive upfront training in core IT skills with a focus on specific technical skills to enable you to thrive in your role.
You’ll receive an individual learning pathway when you join your team to ensure you’re continuously developing your skills.
Following successful completion of the programme, and with the right drive and attitude, there is the opportunity to progress into a more senior role.
You’ll also gain access to a bespoke 18-month learning journey to develop core business skills that complement role-specific development and you’ll meet and work alongside a range of diverse like-minded individuals from across the organisation.
About you
Dare more. Develop more. Deliver more.
- Bold in living our Customer First behaviours, you are innovative and have a growth mindset.
- Development is something you expect and embrace.
- You push for high performance – from yourself and those around you.
- You have a high standard of numerical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- You’ll have the ability to analyse and problem solve to identify challenges and propose solutions.
- Through research and experience, you’ll have commercial awareness of Nationwide Building Society and the Financial Services industry.
We’re looking for people who want to develop a career in Technology and have the passion and determination to grow and learn. We’re more interested in your ability to shape your own career, have an openness to learning and ability to think logically, than your education or background. Whether you’re a recent graduate, contemplating a career change, or are already working in Technology but seeking your next challenge, our Technology development programme paves the way for a rewarding career.
Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.
- Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
- Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
- Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.
We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.
The extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
- Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
- Life assurance worth 8x your salary
- A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
- Access to an annual performance related bonus
- Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
- 25 days holiday
What makes us different
Uniquely Nationwide.
At Nationwide, we're making banking fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. Unlike the banks we are owned by our members, not shareholders. That’s anyone who banks, saves or has a mortgage with us. Which means we can always focus on what’s best for them. It’s our fundamental difference.
You'll feel that difference when you join our Early Careers programmes. When you're inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about customers, you're one of us. An advocate for positive change.
