2 Application Development jobs in the United Kingdom

Principal Application Engineer

Farnborough, South East Discover Financial Services, Inc.

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Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day, and We Succeed Together. We want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while helping millions find a brighter financial future with Discover.

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Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day, and We Succeed Together. We want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while helping millions find a brighter financial future with Discover.

What You'll Do

The Principal Application Engineer leverages their extensive experience to deliver high-impact software solutions intuitively. They excel in troubleshooting and design, often working on complex components, and spend more time documenting than coding.

How You'll Do It

  • Create technology solutions for high-impact business priorities, analyzing, designing, coding, testing, and deploying features with high quality.
  • Be competent in multiple technical domains, including programming, security, automation, testing, and business areas, serving as a go-to person outside their immediate team.
  • Participate in strategic technology decisions, understanding their impact on Discover.
  • Identify and mitigate issues proactively, driving root cause analysis and problem solving.
  • Coach technology communities in areas such as technology domains, design thinking, agile development, security, architecture, and data engineering.
  • Design and optimize big data pipelines using Apache Spark for performance, scalability, and reliability.
  • Architect event-driven systems utilizing AWS Lambda, SQS, and other messaging technologies.

Qualifications You'll Need

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, Information Security, or Information Technology.
  • Experience in IT, Software Engineering, or related fields.
  • For roles requiring Dreyfus Rating, internal applicants only: proficiency on the Dreyfus engineering scale.

Preferred Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with AWS services like Lambda, SQS, CloudFormation/Terraform, and monitoring tools.
  • Deep understanding of big data frameworks, especially Apache Spark.
  • Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, cloud-native systems.
  • Advanced skills in Java and Python.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

  • Primarily stationary work, indoors in an office setting.
  • Ability to operate office equipment and communicate verbally and in writing.

External applicants will undergo a technical interview.

Note: Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment visas. Applicants must be authorized to work in the UK full-time.

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Application Deadline: The closing date is August 18, 2025. Apply early as the posting may close sooner.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Our culture centers on customer focus, compliance, and risk management. Discover, a division of Capital One, is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Contact us at for assistance.

Remote positions are limited to locations within the country where the job is based. Applicants must be 18 or older at hire.

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Engagement Director - Application Development and Maintenance - London

London, London Capgemini

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Engagement Director - Application Development and Maintenance - London Reference Code: 274789-en_GBContract Type: PermanentProfessional Communities: Delivery Excellence

About the job you’re considering

We’re looking for a dynamic and inclusive leader to join us as an Engagement Director in our Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) practice. In this role, you’ll lead the conversion of exciting, high-profile opportunities into successful client engagements—and guide our teams to deliver exceptional results.

You’ll collaborate closely with industry experts and account teams to shape and secure new business, while nurturing strong client relationships and mentoring future leaders. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

Hybrid Working
We offer a flexible hybrid working model. Your work locations will vary depending on your role and project needs, including a blend of Capgemini offices, client sites, and home working. While some in-person presence is required, we support work-life balance and flexible arrangements.

Pre-Employment Checks
If successful, you’ll undergo standard pre-employment checks including identity, right to work, employment history (3 years), and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Your role

  • Partner with clients to co-create innovative digital and technology strategies that deliver real value.
  • Lead diverse, cross-functional teams to shape and secure major business opportunities.
  • Champion inclusive delivery practices, adapting methods to suit team and client needs.
  • Ensure consistent, high-quality delivery that enhances Capgemini’s reputation and impact.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.
  • Represent Capgemini in the industry, contributing to thought leadership and innovation.
  • Support the evolution of our delivery strategies, including Agile and Rightshore™ models.
  • Assist in the qualification of major deals in your area of expertise 

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Your skills and experience

  • A collaborative and inspiring leadership style that motivates and empowers teams.
  • A passion for innovation and continuous improvement, with the confidence to challenge the status quo constructively.
  • Strong commercial acumen and experience with application/cloud solutions, DevOps, and managed services.
  • A track record of delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage at C-suite level.
  • Experience with distributed delivery models, ideally including global teams.
  • A commitment to mentoring and developing others, fostering a culture of growth and inclusion.
  • Experiences and demonstrated success of managed service and technology solution delivery in the digital technology space, you will have an innovative and disruptive mindset and constantly be looking forward.  
  • Direct experience of the application and exploitation of Agile and DevOps delivery processes and techniques is key.
  • Direct experience of distributed delivery, ideally with India

Who you’ll be working with

Capgemini UK Application Development & Maintenance (ADM) focuses on helping our clients achieve business value though self-sustaining, business-driven, technology-enabled digital transformation and the application of social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies.  We are an Agile cloud first organisation delivering API enabled digital solutions that scale, using on and offshore capabilities. 

We are experts in navigating our clients through the complexities of large-scale, technology enabled transformation programmes, using our skills to drive outstanding delivery and business outcomes. Having the right people using the right methodology and following the right process is key to ensuring every client gets the right outcome.

Working for Capgemini, you will be running technology enabled transformation assignments across multiple sectors and managing programmes of varying size and degrees of complexity.

Depending on your specific skills and experience, you will be involved in delivery across technologies ranging from package-based products (SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday), custom developed solutions, Cloud and SaaS deliveries and will be accountable for the ongoing delivery of our ADM services, including programme activities and business change streams.  As an acknowledged expert, you will be comfortable building senior stakeholder relationships, and you will find yourself working closely with clients, mentoring, and guiding them through their roles.

Your security clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. 


To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.


Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.


Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want ‘ mean for you?

Competitive total reward package
We realise a Total Reward package should be more than just compensation.  At Capgemini we offer range of core and flexible benefits and have a Peer Recognition Portal called Applaud. 

Impactful Experiences
You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.

Shared Energy
You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts, who have got your back and will support you, every step of the way. 

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organisations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion. 

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