Senior Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,929 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Range of wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

A major banking institution in Manchester is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team. This role involves developing robust backend software and microservices, using Java and Spring Framework. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with agile practices and container technologies like Kubernetes. The position supports a hybrid work pattern, allowing flexibility in office attendance. Competitive salary and benefits package, including generous pension contributions and annual bonus opportunities, are offered.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Java (17+) and Spring Framework for development.
• Good experience with containerised services, preferably Kubernetes.
• Experience with agile development methods and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to create, build, support and improve backend software.
• Coach other engineers and support their growth.
• Design, build and test backend microservices and RESTful APIs.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

Microservice development

Kubernetes

Cloud technologies (GCP)

Agile development methods

Tools

Kanban

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group

LOCATION(S): Chester or Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of the above office locations

Salary: £70,929 – £80,000

Base pay range: £70,929 – £80,000

About this opportunity

The Loans & Affordability Platform gives you the opportunity to work in a forward-thinking and diverse team, at the forefront of change for customers and colleagues by evolving & digitising the Lloyds Banking Group Retail Bank. We empower individuals and teams to build multi‑skilled environments using agile methodologies, delivering outstanding customer experiences and driving innovative technology solutions that enable iterative change to market at pace.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to create, build, support and improve backend software, closely with product and engineering teams.
• Act as a core contributor to ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with the engineering transformation strategy.
• Coach other engineers and support their growth.
• Use judgement to combine tooling, libraries and programming languages to solve problems and deliver customer‑focused software solutions.

What you’ll need

• Produce high‑quality, well‑tested and robust code.
• Design, build and test backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Strong experience in Java (17+) and Spring Framework for development.
• Strong experience in microservice development using Spring Boot.
• Good experience with containerised services (e.g. Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably GCP.
• Good awareness & understanding of database design.
• Create tests and work with pipelines to prove strong and maintainable code.
• Understand the entire software development lifecycle and experience in end‑to‑end delivery of software products.
• Experience with agile development methods & tooling e.g., Kanban, Jira & Confluence, and experience working as part of an agile team.

Bonus skills

• Experience of JavaScript/TypeScript, DevOps tooling like Harness, Quarkus framework would be a plus.

Benefits

• 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

Inclusion

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. We especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups and are disability confident. If you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.