Software Engineer - Core Banking Platform in Manchester

End Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026

Salary Range: £63,152 - £94,728

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Job Description Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in transforming our Core Banking Platform by leveraging modern technologies and innovative approaches such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and microservices-based architecture. You’ll bring modern software engineering experience and ways of working, and will likely have some technical leadership experience that you’ll be keen to build on. You’ll be an active contributor to the code base, while also being able to operate at a higher level when needed, joining conversations with architects and other functions to help design the software appropriately.

For this role:

• You must have deep experience writing object-oriented back-end code, ideally with expertise in Java.
• You’ll have a good understanding of software fundamentals, including data types, threading, memory management, and debugging techniques.
• Your strength lies in communication, promoting agile practices, and championing high-quality engineering.
• Your toolkit will include knowledge and experience of design patterns and techniques such as Test-Driven Development.
• You’ll understand the importance of managing technical debt and have previous experience of doing this effectively.
• You’ll be delivery-focused and comfortable in both technical and business conversations.
• You’ll be a passionate technologist, able to demonstrate how you’ve picked up various technologies quickly and turned your hand to what’s needed in an evolving and innovative environment.
• You’ll be inquisitive, a great problem solver, and a self-starter. You’re not afraid to ask questions to make sure you’re clear on what’s needed.

Why join us:

We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for:

• Backend coding (ideally a depth in Java)
• Object-Oriented Design
• Problem solving and debugging
• Application and solution design
• Clean Coding practices and appreciation of design patterns
• Excellent communication skills with some leadership experience or potential

And any experience of these would be great:

• Test Driven Development
• Test automation
• Asynchronous communication patterns
• Domain Driven Design – Strategic and Tactical
• Microservice architectures
• SpringBoot
• Apache Kafka
• Docker based container development and deployment on Kubernetes
• Cloud Computing (ideally Google Cloud Platform)

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you:

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 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
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.

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.