Senior Software Engineer - Identity in Bristol

Senior Software Engineer - Identity in Bristol

Bristol Full-Time 60000 - 75000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Hargreaves Lansdown plc

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Join our Identity team to shape secure access for millions of customers.
  • Company: Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's number 1 investment platform.
  • Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, competitive salary, and a range of health benefits.
  • Other info: Great career growth opportunities and a supportive, inclusive culture.
  • Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment with cutting-edge technology.
  • Qualifications: Experience in Typescript, AWS, and CIAM solutions is a plus.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.

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

We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join our Identity team at Hargreaves Lansdown. As part of a major transformation programme, you’ll help deliver the migration of our identity services to a new strategic platform, shaping how millions of customers securely access our products and services, as well as making delivery easier for internal teams.

Role Responsibilities
  • We are looking for someone that is passionate about delivering market-leading client experiences, with prior experience implementing Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions being a benefit.
  • Build and run Cloud-native applications with Typescript and React.
  • Develop internal services deploying to AWS, using both serverless and container-based infrastructure.
  • Establish and maintain a high degree of automated test coverage for those services.
  • Write high quality, secure and performant code.
  • Advocate for continuous improvement within the team including for the quality, security and performance and the CI/CD processes.
  • Document all solutions, as well as driving architectural decisions within the team.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and further technologies & techniques embraced by the development team.
  • Cultivate strong working relationships both within the team and across HL as a whole.
  • Actively participating in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team.
  • Providing engineering support for existing applications when necessary.
  • Proactively coaching & mentoring to peers.
  • Comfortable engaging with external stakeholders, such as security, enterprise architecture and downstream consumers of your team's services.
  • Evangelise best practices and assist the team in avoiding anti-patterns.
Experience
  • Professional experience with Typescript, AWS and Infrastructure-as-Code.
  • Experience developing and maintaining React-based JavaScript SPAs.
  • Experience with unit, integration, and end to end testing tools and practices.
  • Experience of onboarding, integrating and managing 3rd party platforms.
  • Understanding of Microservices architectures and the principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.
  • Experience operating within Agile development teams.
Knowledge
  • Excellent knowledge of HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Typescript.
  • Excellent working knowledge of modern JavaScript libraries and frameworks, including React, Hono or equivalent.
  • Understanding of the OAuth 2 Framework and Open ID Connect flows (OIDC).
  • Use of JSON Web Tokens and the concepts of asymmetric cryptography.
  • Fluent using Git (GitLab/GitHub), as well as understanding concepts related to CI/CD and Trunk Based Development.
  • Awareness of website performance and accessibility best practices.
  • Advocate of excellent development practices including test-driven development, pairing and mobbing.
  • Able to write, assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation.
Desirable
  • Hands on experience with PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud, formally ForgeRock.
  • Experience of GraphQL and related technologies.
  • Ability to understand Java and/or PHP code.
Skills
  • 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.
  • Effective time management.
Attributes
  • Comfortable with helping and consulting others.
  • Collaborates with others over significant decisions and able to articulate effectively.
  • Is approachable, friendly, with a consistently positive, constructive attitude whilst performing day-to-day activities.
  • Promotes the culture of Hargreaves Lansdown in terms of quality, drive, entrepreneurial activity and commitment to outstanding client service.
  • Pragmatic and focused on delivery.
  • Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally.
  • Tenacious, with a pride in what you do.
  • Have a continuous improvement mindset.
  • Desire to contribute to the organisation’s success and uphold its exceptional reputation.
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 outpatient care
  • Health screening programme - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GP
  • Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions
  • Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
  • Inhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches
  • Two paid volunteering days per year dependant on role level

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.

Senior Software Engineer - Identity in Bristol employer: Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Hargreaves Lansdown is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant work culture that prioritises continuous learning and innovation. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide flexible working options, generous benefits including enhanced parental leave and private medical insurance, and a supportive environment that values diversity and collaboration. Join us in Bristol, where you can make a meaningful impact on millions of customers while advancing your career in a dynamic team.

Hargreaves Lansdown plc

Contact Details:

Hargreaves Lansdown plc Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Software Engineer - Identity in Bristol

Typescript
React
AWS
Infrastructure-as-Code
Cloud-native applications
Automated testing
CI/CD processes