At a Glance
- Tasks: Join us to build the bank of the future with innovative software solutions.
- Company: Lloyds Banking Group, transforming finance for good.
- Benefits: Generous pension, performance bonuses, flexible working, and wellness initiatives.
- Other info: Diversity-focused workplace with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on millions while developing your skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in Java and large-scale applications; agile mindset preferred.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer role at Lloyds Banking Group. This range is provided by Lloyds Banking Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
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: We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.
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.
- 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 working with Spring, Hibernate, REST APIs, JSON, Microservices, Kafka and Postgres.
- Good understanding of architecture and cloud native principles.
- Good grasp of algorithms and data structures.
- Familiar with test driven development approach.
- Experience working with container environments in particular Docker, Kubernetes and Helm (e.g. GCP, Azure, AWS), ideally GCP.
- Familiar with automating CI/CD with tools like Jenkins, Spinnaker.
- 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 teams around you.
- Have an Agile mindset and be familiar with Agile values and principles.
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 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.
- Generous holiday allowance, 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.
Senior Software Engineer in London employer: LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
Lloyds Banking Group is an exceptional employer, dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where every employee can thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth, we offer generous benefits including a substantial pension contribution, performance-related bonuses, and flexible working arrangements that support a healthy work-life balance. Join us in London to be part of a transformative journey in banking, where your contributions will make a meaningful impact on millions of customers.
