Senior Software Engineer - Pensions, ISA and Investments

Hargreaves Lansdown; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK investment services company based in Bristol is seeking a talented full stack Senior Software Engineer to join their Pensions & Retirement product engineering team. The role involves building and running AWS Cloud-native applications using TypeScript and React, establishing automated tests, and mentoring team members. With up to £80,000 salary based on experience, the company also offers a range of benefits including a discretionary bonus, flexible working options, and extensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Flexible working options

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Wellness coach sessions

Two paid volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Professional experience with AWS and full stack TypeScript with React.
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing tools.
• Experience with CI/CD and Trunk Based Development.

Responsibilities

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React.
• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented.
• Work collaboratively with a cross-functional team.

Skills

AWS Cloud experience

Full stack TypeScript with React

CI/CD experience

Unit and integration testing

Agile methodologies

RESTful API understanding

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Adaptability

Job description

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

Salary: Up to £80,000 dependent on experience

HL are looking for a talented full stack Senior Software Engineer to join a Pensions & Retirement product engineering team in building market leading solutions for our clients. This is an opportunity to join the UK's number one investment services company, looking after over £180bn billion in assets on behalf of more than 2 million UK investors. This is your chance to genuinely stamp your mark on one of the UK's most innovative and digital-focused businesses.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React
• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented
• Write high quality, secure, tested and performant code
• Upskilling – Providing coaching & mentoring to peers and more junior members of the team
• Work collaboratively with others in a cross functional team to deliver high quality digital client journeys
• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team including for the ways of working, quality, security, performance and CI/CD processes
• Responsible for documenting all solutions, produced to agreed team standards
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and further technologies & techniques embraced by the development team
• Cultivate strong working relationships both within working squad and in HL as a whole
• Actively participating in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team
• Continually develop both technical and interpersonal skills
• Providing engineering support for existing applications when necessary

About You

• Professional experience with AWS, full stack TypeScript with React on the front end, IaC, CI/CD
• Experience with unit, integration, and end to end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop)
• Enjoys upskilling others in a team – you prioritise sharing knowledge
• Experience with integration and onboarding 3rd party vendors, meeting with vendor engineering contacts, defining integration patterns, abstracting vendor APIs/data models from internal downstream services etc.
• Experience with CI / CD and Trunk Based Development
• Understanding of Microservices & principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking
• Understanding of event driven architecture
• Experience performing code reviews
• Experience operating within Agile framework
• Aware of website performance implications, best practices and other non-functional requirements
• Able to write, assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation
• Advocate of excellent development practices to optimise for rapid and continuous delivery of client value
• React Native, GraphQL and DevOps experience beneficial

Skills / Attributes

• Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others across different disciplines in a cross functional team
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills
• Logical, analytical and methodological approach to problem solving
• Pro‑active, resourceful and able to use initiative
• Pragmatic and focused on delivery
• Effective time management
• Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally
• Tenacious, with a pride in what you do
• Have a continuous improvement mindset

Why us?

Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review
• 25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday **
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Income Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans – including optical, dental, and out patient care
• Health screening programme
• Help@hand – confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
• Wellhub – unlimited access to fitness provider s and w ellness c oach sessions
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
• Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
• T wo paid volunteering days per year

* dependant on role level

** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each year

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.