Senior Software Engineer

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

Job summary

A leading banking group in Bristol is seeking a Senior Java Software Engineer. In this hybrid role, you will contribute to large-scale applications and mentor a team, focusing on software excellence and agile practices. Ideal candidates will have strong Java skills and experience with microservices and cloud-native principles. The position offers a competitive salary and an extensive benefits package including a generous pension and parental leave policies.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building large scale applications in Java.
• Experience writing Microservices with Spring, Kafka, and Postgres.
• Good understanding of algorithms and data structures.

Responsibilities

• Join and mentor an existing development team.
• Ask penetrating questions and design robust solutions.
• Advocate for collaboration and software excellence.

Skills

Java development

Microservices

Cloud native principles

Test driven development

Agile principles

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD automation

Tools

Spring

Kafka

Postgres

GCP Bigquery

Elastic Search

Jenkins

Github Actions

Job description

JOB TITLE: Senior Java Software Engineer
LOCATION: Bristol
SALARY: £70,929 - £86,691 per annum
HOURS: Full-time
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.

About the Customer Data Services Platform

We're the team that looks after the customer data for the whole of Lloyds Banking Group. Our mission is to make this data available for the right purpose with the appropriate confidentiality and always ensuring a phenomenal engineering experience based on performance, resilience, and integrity.

The systems we support, underpin almost everything we do as Lloyds Banking Group. We maintain these systems with the highest standard, with an ambition to take ownership of the operational support 24/7 using SRE principles.

About you

Generally, you are technically minded and skilled at java. You have developed a project from inception to production and understand the value of well tested software and production feedback.

What we're looking for

We're looking for engineers that can ask penetrating questions, design and communicate robust solutions, develop in short iterative cycles following XP practices, while being an advocate of; collaboration, software excellence, agile principles and sustainability.

Be prepared to join an existing development team, pickup fast with the goal of becoming a strong member of the team, able to mentor peers and collaborate with stakeholders.

More specifically we'd like you to have much of the following, but it's ok if you don't check every box:

• Hands on Software Engineering background with experience in building large scale applications in Java, using a broad set of tools, techniques, and platforms, with a focus on proving it works and does the right thing.
• Experience writing Microservices written with Spring that work with; Kafka, Postgres, storage buckets, REST, etc.
• Experience with GCP Bigquery or Elastic Search is a differential
• Good understanding of architecture and cloud native principles
• Good grasp of algorithms and data structures
• Practitioner of the test driven development approach
• Experience working with container environments in particular Docker, Kubernetes and Helm (e.g. GKE, AKS, EKS), ideally GKE
• Familiar with automating CI/CD with tools like Jenkins, Github Actions.
• Passionate about driving a modern and inclusive culture
• Able to listen, reflect and respect the views of others as well as being able to communicate your own opinion without being strongly tied to it
• A growth mindset, who encourages, mentors and motivates the others around you
• Demonstrate an Agile mindset, grounded in Agile principles and practices.

We deeply value diversity and are proudly committed to being an equal opportunity employer.

If this is you, please get in touch!

What can we offer you in return?

Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity.

We'll also ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform crucial job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

You’ll also receive a package that includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• 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!

Our continued commitment to helping Britain prosper means that as a colleague you can make a difference to customers, businesses and communities.

Together we have a key role to play in shaping the bank of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll continue to have opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture, and our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the opportunity to make a real difference, together.