Senior Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative banking institution is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive technical solutions and enhance software quality. This role involves collaborating with diverse teams to create impactful software that meets the evolving needs of millions. You will be part of a dynamic environment that values engineering excellence and encourages continuous learning. With a focus on inclusivity and diversity, this organization offers a supportive culture and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous holidays and pension contributions. Join this forward-thinking company and make a difference in the financial sector.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual bonus award

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with object-oriented programming languages.
• Experience in building applications using container technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud services and DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape technical solutions for software challenges.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams on software projects.
• Ensure quality and engineering practices align with strategy.

Skills

Java

Go

Python

RESTful API services

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Git

SQL/NoSQL

Basic Unix/Linux Skills

Tools

Maven

Jenkins CI/CD

Nexus

SonarQube

Terraform

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Talent Acquisition Manager at Lloyds Banking Group | Edinburgh | MSc HRM, Associate CIPD

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

SALARY:

LOCATION(S): London/Manchester/Bristol/Halifax/Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of our office sites

Who are we?

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

We are recruiting for multiple openings across different platforms for Senior Software Engineers. As the Software Engineer you'll lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions. You will work in a highly collaborative way to drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our software working closely with the product and engineering teams with lots of exciting new challenges. You'll be a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with engineering transformation strategy.

Here's where you'll make a difference

An ideal Software Engineer will need to be able to display broad and deep technical experience with a passion for engineering excellence. We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable individual, able to use and learn new skills in varying circumstances. You'll be curious about technology and understanding how things work and influence positively - demonstrating the right values and behaviours and encouraging this in team members.

We would be looking for the following…

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

SALARY:

Regional: £70,929 - £86,691 GBP

London: £81,999-£100,221 GBP

LOCATION(S): London/Manchester/Bristol/Halifax/Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time - 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of our office sites

Who are we?

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

We are recruiting for multiple openings across different platforms for Senior Software Engineers. As the Software Engineer you'll lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions. You will work in a highly collaborative way to drive efforts to create, build, support and improve our software working closely with the product and engineering teams with lots of exciting new challenges. You'll be a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with engineering transformation strategy.

Here's where you'll make a difference

An ideal Software Engineer will need to be able to display broad and deep technical experience with a passion for engineering excellence. We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable individual, able to use and learn new skills in varying circumstances. You'll be curious about technology and understanding how things work and influence positively - demonstrating the right values and behaviours and encouraging this in team members.

We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge - it's what makes you amazing!

As a minimum to be considered, we would like to see demonstrated, hands-on experience of:

• Strong understanding of at least one object oriented language, e.g. Java, Go or Python
• Developing of RESTful API services & understanding of API Gateways (e.g. APIGEE).
• Building applications utilising container technologies e.g. Docker.
• Managing application deployed to Kubernetes clusters, Istio & Helm.
• Cloud: GCP, GKE, IaC (Terraform).
• Build Tools & DevOps principles: Git, Maven, Jenkins CI/CD, Nexus, SonarQube.
• SQL/NoSQL database, Basic Unix/Linux Skills, TDD using JUnit.

It would be great if you also had…

• Experience in Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Experience in JavaScript or other front-end technologies.

• Experience of building microservice architecture and event driven systems.
• Experience in Test automation: BDD, mocking, contract testing, Sast.
• Exposure to web technologies, data tooling & infrastructure / networking.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity, or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?

Join our journey.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Information Services

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