Senior Software Engineer

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

SALARY: £81,999 - £91,110

LOCATION(S): London

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our office location.

About this opportunity

We're on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it. We're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology and our culture are changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation. 

This role sits within our Customer Data Services Platform and we're the team that looks after the customer data for the whole of Lloyds Banking Group. Our mission is to make this data available for the right purpose with the appropriate confidentiality and always ensuring a phenomenal engineering experience based on performance, resilience, and integrity. The systems we support, underpin almost everything we do as Lloyds Banking Group. We maintain these systems with the highest standard, with an ambition to take ownership of the operational support 24/7 using SRE principles. 

Why Lloyds Banking Group

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.

What you’ll need

Generally, you are technically minded and skilled at java. You have developed a project from inception to production and understand the value of well tested software and production feedback. 

We're looking for engineers that can ask penetrating questions, design and communicate robust solutions, develop in short iterative cycles following XP practices, while being an agile advocate for excellence, culture, and sustainability. 

Be prepared to join an existing development team and learn fast with the goal of becoming a strong member of the team, able to mentor peers and collaborate with stakeholders. 

More specifically we’d like you to have much of the following, but it's ok if you don't check every box: 

• Hands on Software Engineering background with experience in building large scale applications in Java, using a broad set of tools, techniques, and platforms, with a focus on proving it works and does the right thing. 

• Experience writing Microservices written with Spring that work with, Kafka, Postgres, storage buckets, REST, etc. 

• Good understanding of architecture and cloud native principles 

• Good grasp of algorithms and data structures 

• Practitioner of the test-driven development approach 

• Experience working with container environments in particular Docker, Kubernetes and Helm (e.g. GKE, AKS, EKS), ideally GKE 

• Familiar with automating CI/CD with tools like Jenkins, Github Actions. 

• Passionate about driving a modern and inclusive culture 

• Able to listen, reflect and respect the views of others as well as being able to communicate your own opinion without being strongly tied to it 

• A growth mindset, who encourages, mentors and motivates the others around you 

• Demonstrate an Agile mindset, grounded in Agile principles and practices.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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 offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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

• Up to 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.