Front End Software Engineer - Consumer Finance Platform - Loans Lab

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Tuesday 02 July 2024
Salary Range
£77,301 - £115,952
We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Front End Software Engineer - Consumer Finance Platform - Loans Lab
LOCATION: London
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our London
About this opportunity
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK’s leading Digital Bank and biggest mobile bank with nearly 14 million active online customers across our three brands. The Loans Lab Engineering Team create software within a web-based Internet Banking system deployed across web, mobile and tablet.
As a Senior Frontend Engineer in the team, you’ll be responsible for creating high performant software, ensuring industry best standards, lead in discussions and brainstorming, and for driving improvements and excellence in the discipline of frontend software engineering.
You’ll primarily be building frontend applications using React, various state management tool such as Redux and Context, Typescript, HTML and CSS. The role involves working with other Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Quality Engineers and DevOps Engineers in a highly collaborative way to design, build, support and improve our front-end software. You will also be working closely with the Product teams.
About us
Join us and, as well as making a difference to customers, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career where you’re free to be yourself. Great colleagues, transforming workspaces, hybrid working and a wide variety of career opportunities – you’ll find them all here.

Specific activities which you’ll be responsible for includes:

• To help drive the success of your Chapter by ensuring the best frontend software engineering disciplines are followed.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle to design, build, test, deploy and support digital systems.
• Work hands-on to deliver the highest quality software.
• Be able to work across different Feature Teams and help other teams where necessary.
• Have a strong focus on delivering exciting customer driven solutions.
• Collaborate with the Product team to implement banking products.
• Take on a mentorship role for other junior developers on the team.

What you’ll need

• In depth experience of leading technology improvements within the frontend domain
• In depth understanding of web accessibility standards and inclusive designs.
• Proven experience in hands-on software engineering using a broad range of technologies including those listed below.
• A team-player who can build relationships and work productively with others across a variety of domains and disciplines.
• React, Redux (etc), TypeScript, HTML, CSS.
• CI/CD/DevOps tooling experience e.g., GIT, Cypress, Jest etc.
• Proven experience of frontend development using a functional paradigm.
• Agile experience and excellent problem-solving skills.

About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey!
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

• To help drive the success of your Chapter by ensuring the best frontend software engineering disciplines are followed.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle to design, build, test, deploy and support digital systems.
• Work hands-on to deliver the highest quality software.
• Be able to work across different Feature Teams and help other teams where necessary.
• Have a strong focus on delivering exciting customer driven solutions.
• Collaborate with the Product team to implement banking products.
• Take on a mentorship role for other junior developers on the team