Senior Software Engineer - Active Savings

Hargreaves Lansdown; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment services company in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer to join their Active Savings product development team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital solutions and requires extensive experience with Java, Spring Boot, and SQL. Flexible and hybrid working options are available, along with a range of benefits including bonus schemes and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus and annual pay review

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible and hybrid working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme with up to 11% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Health screening

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Java 11+, Spring Boot, RDBMS, and SQL.
• Experience with testing practices and tools.
• Proficient in code reviews, documentation, and Agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital client journeys.
• Write high-quality, secure, tested, and performant code.
• Support and maintain existing applications.

Skills

Java 11+

Spring Boot

RDBMS

SQL

CI/CD

Agile practices

Analytical mindset

Team collaboration

Tools

JIRA

Cucumber

Selenium

Oracle

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Senior Software Engineer - Active Savings

Client: Hargreaves Lansdown

Location: United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 97341799d25f

Job Views: 5

Posted: 12.08.2025

Expiry Date: 26.09.2025

Job Description:

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!

About the role

HL is looking for a talented full stack Senior Software Engineer to join our Active Savings product development team. The Savings application enables HL clients to deposit cash into savings accounts offered by partner banks. It is a bespoke project with several functional sub-components.

This is an opportunity to join the UK’s leading investment services company, managing over £149.7 billion for more than 1.86 million UK investors. As a secure and respected brand, HL offers you the chance to make a significant impact within one of the UK's most innovative and digitally focused businesses.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital client journeys
• Help shape our technical direction for scalable, secure, and high-performing applications
• Write high-quality, secure, tested, and performant code
• Create and maintain automated tests
• Document solutions according to standards
• Support and maintain existing applications
• Continuously develop your technical and interpersonal skills
• Provide coaching and mentoring to peers and juniors
• Promote continuous improvement in processes and quality
• Engage in community and working groups

About You

• Extensive experience with Java 11+, Spring Boot, RDBMS, and SQL
• Experience with testing practices and tools
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Trunk Based Development
• Advocate for observability, monitoring, and logging
• Understanding of website performance and non-functional requirements
• Proficient in code reviews, documentation, and Agile practices
• Strong team collaboration and communication skills
• Analytical, logical, and problem-solving mindset
• Proactive, resourceful, and delivery-focused
• Effective time management and prioritization skills
• Willingness to learn and grow professionally
• Enjoys coaching and knowledge sharing

Nice To Have

• Background in finance/banking
• Experience with Microservices, RESTful APIs, TDD, BDD
• Test automation with Cucumber and Selenium
• Frontend skills: HTML, CSS
• Knowledge of JIRA and Atlassian tools

Tech Stack

• Java / Spring Boot / Gradle / HTML / Oracle / MyBatis
• Cucumber / Selenium / RestAssured / Jenkins
• Linux / Windows

Why us?

HL is the UK’s top investment platform, based in Bristol. For over 40 years, we’ve helped investors save time, tax, and money. We foster a culture of learning, innovation, and service, guided by core values of quality and opportunity.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary bonus and annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas closure
• Option to purchase additional holidays
• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme with up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans
• Health screening