Backend Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 77,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Backend Software Engineer in London. You will develop Golang microservices powering financial products, collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders, and contribute to system design while promoting engineering best practices.

The role offers a hybrid work pattern in London, full-time hours (35 per week), and a competitive salary in a fintech environment focused on scalable, secure financial services.

Qualifications

• Strong backend experience with Go
• Experience with microservices architectures
• Knowledge of containerised environments (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience in Agile environments
• Ability to diagnose issues across stack (network, server, DB)
• Experience building concurrent, distributed systems
• Experience with DevOps/SRE collaboration
• Strong communication and collaboration
• Continuous learning and high-quality software focus

Responsibilities

• Build Golang microservices powering financial products
• Collaborate with product, engineering and business stakeholders
• Contribute to system design and architecture, promote engineering best practices
• Help improve development processes and platform resilience

Skills

Golang

Microservices

Distributed systems

Agile methodologies

Debugging/triage

Concurrent programming

DevOps/SRE collaboration

Communication

Continuous learning

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

BigQuery

Job description

Description

JOB TITLE: Backend Software Engineer

SALARY: £76,760 - £95,950

LOCATION: Hybrid (London)

HOURS: Full Time (35 Hours)

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 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

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…

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.