FullStack Software Engineer in Chester

Salary Range: £47,790 - £71,685

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

Location: Chester

Hours: Full-time – 35 hours per week

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our offices stated above.

About This Opportunity: We’re hiring! Join us as a FullStack Software Engineer in Chester. We’re about to embark on an ambitious Google Cloud transformation journey, and we’re looking for motivated, talented technology professionals to help shape the future of our platform. This is a chance to be part of something exciting from the very beginning, helping us build scalable, secure, and customer-focused solutions that make a real difference!

We’re looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer to join our Chester-based team within the Financial Wellbeing Platform. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in our cloud-first journey, building modern, scalable solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You’ll be working on innovative projects using Java Quarkus, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, leveraging GCP services to deliver high-quality, resilient applications. While you’ll provide essential support for some existing systems, the emphasis is on designing and developing new cloud-native solutions that drive our transformation forward. This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll collaborate closely with a passionate team, champion best practices, and continuously improve how we deliver value to our customers. You’ll have the chance to make a real impact by shaping the future of our technology landscape and influencing decisions that affect millions of customers. Working with cutting-edge cloud technologies, you’ll gain hands-on experience in modern frameworks and cloud-native design patterns, supported by access to training, certifications, and mentoring to accelerate your growth.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Maintain and enhance existing applications using Java (8, 17, 21) and SQL Server.
• Design and develop cloud-native solutions on GCP using Typescript, Java, and PostgreSQL.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software aligned to business needs.
• Apply DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and agile ceremonies.
• Ensure robust documentation and knowledge sharing across the team.

What You’ll Need:

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience in Java development across multiple versions.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Typescript and modern frontend/backend frameworks.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, ideally GCP, and associated services.
• Knowledge of DevOps tooling and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform).
• Ability to work in agile teams and contribute to collaborative delivery.

Desirable Skills:

• Exposure to legacy system maintenance and modernisation.
• Experience with Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
• Understanding of security and performance considerations in cloud environments.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments, just let us know - we’re here to support you.

About Working for Us: We’re proud to be a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. From our menopause health package to our Working with Cancer initiative, we’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We’re also a Disability Confident Leader, and we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the minimum criteria.

Our benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual bonus (based on Group performance)
• Share schemes, including free shares
• 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle
• Generous parental leave and wellbeing support

Apply today and find out more!

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.

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.