Software Engineer

Lloyds Bank plc; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Dundee is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Customer Waterfront Lab. This role involves innovative projects using games and gamification to enhance customer engagement. You will be expected to have proficiency in JavaScript or Typescript, along with C# experience and a passion for web app development. The offering includes flexibility with a hybrid work model and a compelling benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

30 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience with RESTful APIs for games & web apps.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for automating tests or deployments.
• Experience writing & maintaining automated tests for frontend, backend, or games systems.

Responsibilities

• Become an integral part of a feature team within the Customer Waterfront Lab.
• Explore how games and gamification can educate and boost engagement.
• Help customers feel confident in controlling their finances.

Skills

Proficiency in JavaScript or Typescript

Proficiency in C#

Experience building web applications with React

Strong problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

Passion for web app development

Tools

Git for version control

Unity

Rive

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 14, 2025 (12 days left to apply)

End Date

Wednesday 13 August 2025

Salary Range

£47,790 - £71,685

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

You will join the team that make up the second cohort of the Dundee Tech School to become integral part of a feature team within our Customer Waterfront Lab evolving our Digital Channels.
Within Customer Waterfront, we’re running an experiment exploring how games and gamification can be used to educate customers, boost engagement, and drive commercial value.

Our mission is to help customers feel confident and in control of their finances, now and into the future. We’re building a new future for financial wellbeing, helping customers understand the big picture and making it easy for them to protect what matters. Our services are accessible for everyone, no matter what their income is or how comfortable they are with financial jargon, and we work hard to make sure we’re there for customers in the moments that matter. We’re bold and we love to experiment. We’re not afraid to try out new ways of working and we encourage teams to be flexible and adaptive.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer

SALARY: £49,790 - £53,100

LOCATION: Dundee

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the Dundee office.

About this opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity tobecome integral part of a feature team within our Customer Waterfront Lab evolving our Digital Channels. Within Customer Waterfront, we’re running an experiment exploring how games and gamification can be used to educate customers, boost engagement, and drive commercial value.

Our mission is to help customers feel confident and in control of their finances, now and into the future. We’re building a new future for financial wellbeing, helping customers understand the big picture and making it easy for them to protect what matters. Our services are accessible for everyone, no matter what their income is or how comfortable they are with financial jargon, and we work hard to make sure we’re there for customers in the moments that matter. We’re bold and we love to experiment. We’re not afraid to try out new ways of working and we encourage teams to be flexible and adaptive.

About us

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.

What you’ll need

• Proficiency in JavaScript or Typescript
• Proficiency in C#
• Experience building web applications with React
• Clear understanding of object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, and clean architecture practices
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Passion for web app development and eagerness to learn

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience building RESTful APIs for games & web apps
• Experience with Git for version control
• A background in games development - particularly with technologies like Unity and Rive
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for automating tests or deployments
• Experience writing & maintaining all levels of automated tests for both frontend, backend, or games systems

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.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

About Us

With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.

Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

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