Backend Software Engineer

Lloyds; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance: 22–30 days

Flexible working

Family leave

Flex cash benefit

Health insurance

Share plans

Pension

Job summary

Lloyds in London is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to develop secure Golang microservices powering financial products and services. You will collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders to drive architecture, design and scalable solutions.

You will contribute to building a connected platform, enabling data-driven insights and seamless integrations while maintaining high performance and reliability in a cloud-enabled, agile environment.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale.
• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience building and supporting microservices architectures.
• Experience working within agile development environments.
• Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes.
• A passion for learning, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers.
• Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments.
• Experience with PHP.
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or other messaging technologies.
• Experience with event-driven architectures.
• Experience of real-time, low-latency transaction-based systems.
• Knowledge of AWS, Docker and CI/CD practices.
• Exposure to data platforms, ETL processes or machine learning-enabled products.
• Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting the development of other engineers.
• Previous experience within fintech, payments or a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build Golang-based microservices that power financial products and services.
• Collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Help design and improve platform architecture and development processes.
• Contribute to building a connected platform with data-driven insights and scalable systems.

Skills

Communication

Distributed systems

Golang backend

Agile

Troubleshooting

Mentoring

fintech experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

BigQuery

AWS

Job description

• As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll build elegant, performant, maintainable, operable and secure Golang microservices that power innovative financial products and services
• You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions, contribute to system design and architecture, champion engineering best practice, and help continuously improve development processes
• You’ll play a key role in building a connected platform, developing data-driven financial insights, enabling integrations with leading applications and services, and supporting the delivery of scalable, resilient systems that help customers better manage their money

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale
• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience building and supporting microservices architectures
• Experience working within agile development environments
• Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes
• A passion for learning, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software
• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers
• Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments
• Experience with PHP
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or other messaging technologies
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Experience of real-time, low-latency transaction-based systems
• Knowledge of AWS, Docker and CI/CD practices
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB or BigQuery
• Exposure to data platforms, ETL processes or machine learning-enabled products
• Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting the development of other engineers
• Previous experience within fintech, payments or a fast-paced startup environment