Backend Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 95,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution up to 15

Annual bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to design and sustain Golang microservices powering financial products. You will collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions and help shape system design.

The role emphasizes secure, scalable, resilient systems, with opportunities to work across data-driven insights and integrations with leading applications. Hybrid work and supportive environment are offered.

Qualifications

Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang.
Experience building and supporting microservices architectures.
Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes.
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
Experience working within agile development environments.
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers.
Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale.
Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
A passion for learning, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software.

Responsibilities

Build elegant, performant, maintainable, operable and secure Golang microservices powering financial products and services.
Collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Contribute to system design and architecture, champion engineering best practice.
Help continuously improve development processes and deployment pipelines.
Support delivery of scalable, resilient systems that help customers manage their money.

Skills

Golang

Microservices

Kubernetes

Databases

Agile

DevOps

SRE

Communication

Learning

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

WORKING PATTERN:

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you'll be doing…

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.

Why Join us?

If you think all banks are the same, you're wrong. We're a pioneering, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. If you're after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you've just found it

What we're looking for?

Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang
Experience building and supporting microservices architectures
Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
Experience working within agile development environments
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers
Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale
Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments
Strong communication and collaboration skills
A passion for learning, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software

And it would be great if you had any of the following...

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 engineersPrevious experience within fintech, payments or a fast-paced startup environment

This is a place for you…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…