Software Engineer (Backend)

at  Lloyds Banking Group

End Date
Friday 01 November 2024
Salary Range
£45,954 - £68,931
We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Backend)

SALARY: £45,954 - £51,060

LOCATION(S): Bristol
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
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too.
What you’ll need
Generally, you’re comfortable in a software engineering role, blending both solid experience and technical expertise.
We’re looking for an outstanding collaborator that can deliver customer value in an Agile development team, while being an advocate for excellence, culture, and sustainability.

More specifically we’d like you to have much of the following, but it’s ok if you don’t check every box:

• Hands on Java software development background with experience in building and testing REST APIs using a broad set of tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of the Spring Framework including Spring Boot, Spring Web, and Spring Data JPA.
• Experience deploying solutions using containerisation technologies, in particular Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
• Experience working with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or others AWS, Azure, etc.
• Able to listen, reflect and respect the views of others as well as being able to communicate your own opinion but you’re not strongly tied to it
• A growth mindset, who encourages and motivates the teams around you

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 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.
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