Software Engineer

lloyds banking group; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services institution seeks a Software Engineer - Backend to join their Bristol team. The role offers a hybrid working model, requiring office presence two days per week. Candidates must have solid experience in backend technologies such as Java and Spring, as well as cloud platforms like AWS. You will contribute to enhancing the digital banking experience for millions of customers, while benefiting from a generous perks package, including a 15% pension contribution and 30 days of annual leave.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience with backend technologies and system architecture.
• Familiar with cloud platforms and continuous integration tools.
• Understanding of networking principles and system administration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend systems to enhance digital banking services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement innovative solutions.
• Optimize system architecture and ensure seamless integration of services.

Skills

Java 8+ and Spring Ecosystem

Database design: SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB

Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure

Kubernetes and Linux OS

Test automation: BDD/Playwright/Cypress

Integration with external services (SOAP, REST, GraphQL)

Experience with continuous integration pipeline

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Gradle

Maven

Job description

End Date

Thursday 12 February 2026

Salary Range

£72,702 - £109,053

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

We have an exciting opportunity!

Job Description

JOB TITLE:

Software Engineer - Backend

Hours:

Full Time

WORKING PATTERN:

We adopt hybrid working style which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office.

About this opportunity

We're looking for Full Life Cycle Engineers to join our Segments & Propositions Relationships Lab in Bristol. Our Mass Affluent segment includes customers with investable assets ranging from £50,000 to £5 million. With nearly three million Mass Affluent customers, we are dedicated to developing personalized and tailored offerings to provide an exceptional banking experience. Our goal is to deliver a seamless digital experience, offering the right products and services at our customers' fingertips, while maintaining the importance of face-to-face, telephone, and secure messaging services.

Why Lloyds Banking Group.

We're on an exciting transformation journey and there could not be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you’ll need:

Required skills

• Code using backend technologies (Java 8+ , Spring Ecosystem )

• Designing / refining system architecture

• Using cloud platforms and technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure etc)

• Database design: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra)

• Integration with external services (SOAP, REST, GraphQL)

• Kubernetes and Linux OS

• Exposure to continuous integration pipeline and test automation

• Exposure to public cloud infrastructure

• Gradle/Maven

• Test automation: BDD/Playwright/Cyprus/COESF

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Second programming language

• Distributed and scalable applications principles

• Building RESTful services or Web UI

• Exposure to Kotlin, iOS, Android, Flutter or Rust

• Experience with Hibernate ORM

• Exposure to Quarkus

• Understanding of networking principles, tools and equipment

• Exposure Linux system admin tools

• Exposure with Python and Big Data technologies including ML

• Exposure to Go

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’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which 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!

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.