Senior Engineer

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Thursday 04 July 2024
Salary Range
£68,202 - £102,303
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Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
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Job Description
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer
LOCATION(S): Leeds
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days)
About this opportunity
A great opportunity has arisen to be part of a team within P&A platform working in the analytics team as a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key leadership role in our continued transformation journey by:
Prudential & Analytics (P&A) is on an exciting journey and there is no better a time to join us. The investments we are making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects; fresh possibilities have provided new ways for our people to work, learn and thrive.
What do we need to see from applicants?

We like people who come from a diverse group of backgrounds that can bring new and challenging ways of thinking to the team. As a minimum to be considered we’ll need to see evidence of the following in your CV’s:

• Extensive experience of the Merit application
• Extensive experience of working on GCP and additional experience of managing applications on GCP in Lloyds
• Full knowledge and understanding of the banks regulatory models and reporting
• Full knowledge of how modelling in financial services
• Experience of managing an application that executes regulatory models on GCP in a financial institution
• Experience of Java and reactUI and extensive GCP platform knowledge
• Strong understanding and experience of designing, building and operating Java services (particularly microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems). We use the Spring Boot framework for building our microservices.
• Experience designing, building and operating services using Cloud Native services from any major Cloud provider. We run our services on Kubernetes on GCP.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with Product and Design colleagues to drive outcomes for customers
• A good understanding of Git, source code management and managing change.
• Knowledge and experience of agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation (e.g. TDD, BDD).
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Experience of technical guidance and mentoring.

Here’s how you’ll make a difference:

• Having an excellent understanding of Agile software development and supporting continuous improvement of your team
• Write modular, clean, testable applications using design principles such as SOLID and DRY
• Significantly contribute to the delivery of strategic microservices that support the Mass Affluent Digital Experience offering
• Contribute to levelling up how we design, build and operate software as scale within the Bank through the wider engineering community
• Technically mentor and develop your colleagues, providing clear and constructive feedback, through code reviews and design documents

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:
Any 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
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?
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

Please refer the Job description for details