Core Banking Software Engineer

Core Banking Software Engineer (Unisys UFSS)

Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid - 2 Days per Week Onsite)

Contract Length: 12 Months

Employment Type: Contract

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Core Banking Software Engineer with strong Unisys UFSS expertise to support a major banking transformation and mortgage servicing programme. This role will focus on the enhancement, maintenance, and modernisation of a core mortgage servicing platform, working across both business-critical change initiatives and day-to-day platform support.

The successful candidate will have deep experience with Unisys Financial Services Solution (UFSS) , mortgage servicing operations, and banking technology environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain solutions within the Unisys UFSS platform.
• Deliver enhancements across mortgage servicing functions, including:
• Payments
• Account Maintenance
• Arrears Management
• Collections
• Redemptions
• Perform impact assessments, technical design, development, testing, and production deployments.
• Support L2/L3 incident resolution, problem management, and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain integrations with core banking systems and downstream applications.
• Support platform modernisation, data migration, and reconciliation initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and Mortgage SMEs.
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory, security, and operational resilience requirements.
• Contribute to release planning, testing activities, and continuous service improvements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven hands-on experience with Unisys UFSS (Unisys Financial Services Solution) .
• Strong understanding of mortgage servicing platforms and processes .
• Experience with Unisys EAE/LINC and/or AB Suite development environments.
• Background in software engineering and application support within banking or financial services.
• Experience with:
• Batch processing
• System integrations
• Interfaces
• Data analysis
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and production support capabilities.
• Knowledge of SDLC, testing methodologies, and release management processes.
• Experience working within regulated financial services environments.

Desirable Skills

• Core banking transformation or mortgage platform modernisation experience.
• Cloud platform exposure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• API integration, messaging technologies, or Kafka experience.
• Strong SQL and data migration experience.
• Experience supporting large-scale mortgage portfolios.
• Knowledge of modern integration and event-driven architectures.

Ideal Candidate

• 7+ years of banking technology experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on UFSS development, engineering, or specialist support experience.
• Strong mortgage servicing domain knowledge.
• Comfortable operating across both Run and Change activities.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Able to work independently within complex enterprise banking environments.
• Experience balancing platform stability, application support, and transformation delivery.

Why Apply?

• Long-term 12-month contract engagement.
• Hybrid working model with 2 days per week onsite in Manchester .
• Opportunity to work on a high-profile core banking and mortgage servicing programme.
• Significant involvement in platform modernisation and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborative environment working alongside banking, technology, and architecture specialists.