At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and maintain transfer applications, owning the full delivery lifecycle from feature development to production.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking team focused on enhancing financial services through innovative software solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy a collaborative environment with opportunities for mentorship and continuous improvement in engineering standards.
- Other info: The role involves working across various repositories and requires strong communication skills.
- Why this job: Drive technical strategy and improvements in a dynamic role that spans both frontend and backend technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience with Node.js, AWS Lambda, and React is essential; familiarity with CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Requirements
- Backend / BFF: Node.js (v20+) with TypeScript
- AWS Lambda handler development (both SST and raw CDK patterns)
- API Gateway (REST/V1) — authorizers, routing, gateway responses
- Middy middleware framework
- Integration patterns: cross-account STS AssumeRole, Secrets Manager, DynamoDB, SNS
- RESTful API design and OpenAPI specifications
- AWS & Infrastructure: AWS CDK and/or SST for infrastructure as code
- Core services: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store, SNS
- VPC networking — Lambda in VPC, security groups, egress configuration
- Lambda provisioned concurrency and auto-scaling
- Understanding of WAF and ingress routing patterns
- Testing: Vitest for unit and integration testing
- MSW (Mock Service Worker) for API mocking
- Testcontainers experience is a plus
- CI/CD & DevOps: GitLab CI pipelines; multi-stage, environment-specific deployments
- Automated security scanning (Snyk or similar SAST/DAST)
- Environment promotion strategies (dev → staging → production)
- General: Monorepo experience (pnpm workspaces, npm workspaces)
- Feature flagging (LaunchDarkly or similar)
- OAuth/token-based authentication and authorisation flows
- Strong understanding of cross-account AWS patterns (Desirable)
- Frontend (Desirable): React (v18+) with TypeScript
- React Hook Form, Zod/schema-based validation (Desirable)
- TanStack Query (React Query) for server state management (Desirable)
- Vite build tooling (Desirable)
- Component library integration (Desirable)
- Accessibility-first development (Desirable)
- Playwright for end-to-end and snapshot testing (Desirable)
- Contract testing (Pact) (Desirable)
- Analytics integration (Adobe Analytics or similar) (Desirable)
- Experience with SST v2 (Serverless Stack) specifically (Desirable)
- Familiarity with API gateway/ingress platforms (Desirable)
- Experience with Cognito for machine-to-machine auth (Desirable)
- Financial services domain experience (Desirable)
- Experience driving technical roadmaps and aligning them with broader organisational strategy
- Someone who proactively identifies opportunities for improvement rather than waiting to be told
- Ability to articulate technical trade-offs and influence direction at a team and cross-team level
- A pragmatic approach, balancing ideal solutions with delivery timelines
- Comfort working across codebases with different maturity levels and patterns (SST monorepo vs CDK + separate frontend)
- Strong communication skills for collaborating with platform teams, product owners, and other squads
What the job involves
We're looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain our suite of transfer applications. You’ll work across various repositories spanning React frontends and AWS serverless backends, owning the full delivery lifecycle from feature development through to production. Critically, we want someone who can help drive the technical strategy and continuous improvement of these applications, aligning with broader company engineering standards and platform direction.
- Develop and maintain multi-step transfer journeys across transfer products
- Own the full stack; React frontends, AWS Lambda BFF layers, and IaC
- Drive technical strategy for the transfers domain, proposing and delivering improvements that align with company-wide engineering direction
- Champion continuous improvement; identify tech debt, propose modernisation, and improve developer experience
- Contribute to architectural decisions around API design, infrastructure patterns, and cross-service integration
- Collaborate with platform/infrastructure teams to evolve integration patterns
- Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes across all environments (dev, staging, production)
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to team-wide engineering standards
Senior Software Engineer (Transfers, Client Journeys) in Bristol employer: Hargreaves Lansdown
This company is dedicated to transforming financial services through technology, located in a vibrant tech hub. Employees benefit from a culture of mentorship and continuous learning, ensuring they stay at the forefront of industry advancements.
We think you need these skills to ace Senior Software Engineer (Transfers, Client Journeys) in Bristol
Node.js (v20+)
TypeScript
AWS Lambda handler development
API Gateway (REST/V1)
Middy middleware framework
DynamoDB
SNS
