Senior Backend Engineer — Java Microservices Lead (Hybrid)

PVH (Tommy Hilfiger/Calvin Klein); Chester; Hybrid; GBP 63,152 - 94,728; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution up to 15

Annual bonus

Discounted shopping

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build and improve backend software within the Loans & Affordability Platform, collaborating with product and engineering teams in an agile environment. You will lead backend microservices and RESTful APIs, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high-quality engineering practices across the delivery lifecycle.

Strong Java (17+) with Spring, SpringBoot, Kubernetes and cloud experience (GCP) are preferred.

Qualifications

• Exhibits high-quality, well-tested code.
• Designs, builds and tests backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Proficient in Java (17+) and Spring Framework.
• Experience with SpringBoot microservices.
• Experience with containerised services (Kubernetes).
• Cloud experience, preferably GCP.
• Good database design knowledge.
• Creates tests and supports pipelines for maintainable code.
• Understands full SDLC and end-to-end delivery.
• Experience in Agile environments (Kanban, Jira, Confluence).
• Bonus: JavaScript/TypeScript and DevOps tooling like Harness or Quarkus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and support of backend software.
• Ensure high-quality engineering practices and alignment with transformation strategy.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Co-design and develop robust backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Java (17+)

Spring Framework

SpringBoot

RESTful APIs

Microservices design

Testing

CI/CD pipelines

Agile

Cloud - GCP

Kubernetes

JavaScript/TypeScript (bonus)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Kubernetes

Quarkus

Harness

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design, build and improve backend software within the Loans & Affordability Platform, collaborating with product and engineering teams in an agile environment. You will lead backend microservices and RESTful APIs, mentor junior engineers, and ensure high-quality engineering practices across the delivery lifecycle.

Strong Java (17+) with Spring, SpringBoot, Kubernetes and cloud experience (GCP) are preferred.