Senior Software Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Mar, 26

Salary

122999.0

Posted On

07 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Microservices, Spring Boot, JSON, Kafka, RESTful APIs, Web Services, Git, Source Code Management, Maven, GitHub, Jenkins, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Platforms, Agile Framework

Industry

Financial Services

Description

End Date Monday 15 December 2025 Salary Range £81,999 - £122,999 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer SALARY: £81,999 - £90,000 LOCATION(S): London HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the above office location About this opportunity Are you an experienced Software Engineer who wants to join an Award Winning Lab and are passionate about engineering and Group Transformation? Our goal in the Domestic Payments Lab Value Stream is to support customer welfare through secure payments and fraud prevention. Support Domestic Payments Lab Business Areas with compliant, fast, secure transaction services to combat threats. We're looking to recruit a Senior Software Engineer to be part of our Payments Services Platform and help achieve our mission to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. Your role will be part of a cross-disciplinary feature team in addition to being a highly experienced member of our wider Lloyds engineering team delivery change. As part of these teams, you'll be expected to demonstrate and apply outstanding software engineering practices and skills, whilst working in a collaborative and agile environment. You’ll learn new skills, technologies and approaches to software development as well as benefiting from a culture that celebrates diversity, equal opportunity and provides opportunities for flexible working. What we need from you Form the core of our design and decision forum, and support colleagues with advice based on your expertise. Develop technical strategies to transform and modernise our lab. Identify and build relationships with senior leaders to influence and enable the implementation of your strategies. Form part of one of our feature teams to define and drive their architecture, assist in daily delivery activity and defend your recommendations at senior architecture forums. What you'll need A good understanding of an entire application stack, both breadth and depth, and an exposure to microservices technologies, especially Spring boot, JSON, Kafka as well as RESTful APIs and web services. A good understanding of Git, source code management and managing change. Technical understanding of: Maven, GitHub, Jenkins, JSON, Kafka, WMQ, REST APIs, SQL, Docker and Kubernetes. Knowledge of java development standard methodologies and patterns with an understanding of how to craft low-latency, high-availability and performant applications. Knowledge of using cloud platforms and technologies (OCP, AWS, GCP, Azure etc). Having an excellent understanding in software development lifecycle is key (preferably the Agile Framework) and should be validated through your experience to date. Write modular, well tested applications that remain easy to maintain as the codebase and business continues to scale. Lead team of engineers, mentor and develop your colleagues, providing clear and constructive feedback, whilst crafting opportunities for learning and growth. 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. 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. Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: careers@lloydsbanking.com For more Flexible Working Options please use the free text search, e.g. job sharing, variable hours, to identify relevant matches.

Responsibilities

The Senior Software Engineer will be part of a cross-disciplinary feature team, responsible for defining and driving architecture while assisting in daily delivery activities. They will also mentor and develop colleagues, providing feedback and opportunities for learning.