Senior Software Engineer

End Date Sunday 18 June 2023 Salary Range £66,861 - £100,292
Agile Working Options Flexibility in when hours are worked Job Description Summary Aims to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting their engineering teams. They will work in cross-disciplinary teams delivering exciting customer driven solutions and high quality software and showcase excellent interpersonal and communication skill whilst efficiently working across the project life cycle to ensure software operates as intended. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team and great passion for coaching and developing people in a “player-coach” model. Job Description As the UK's largest Retail, Digital and Commercial bank Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has a huge responsibility to support the UK economy and help it prosper whilst putting customers at the heart of everything we do. We're also part way through a three year, £3bn, transformation programme - putting unprecedented levels of investment into our platforms, people, and data capabilities to build the bank of the future. We are the Retirement Advice and Guidance Solutions Platform (RAGS) within Insurance, Pensions, and Investments. Proud of our encouraging and inclusive culture, our purpose is to deliver strategic shared capabilities for our customers and colleagues. By joining the team, you can play an important role in helping us deliver our mission of Helping Britain Prosper. As a Full Stack Software Engineer, the innovative work you will be a part of is uniquely positioned to deliver real, meaningful impact to millions of end users, across multiple channels, daily. As a team we take an Agile, Systems Thinking approach to how we design, develop, and launch solutions to real-world problems. Our enduring mission within the RAGS Platform is to create safe, scalable, and cost-efficient ways to deliver the best value to our customers when and where they need it, as we help Britain Prosper. We're now looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team, who will be responsible for designing and implementing solutions across a wide range of digital services for Customers and Colleagues. Become part of our diverse team, and you'll experience a rare opportunity to make a difference to the lives of millions through the LBG brands. Together, we make it possible! So, what would you be doing? We know that people don't always fit neatly into roles, and value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you awesome! What follows is what you might find our Full Stack Software Engineer mostly doing, your experience will flex depending on the team's needs, and your own aspirations. Our objective is to grow and create an environment where you can do what you enjoy.

• You’ll be passionate about tech and future trends looking for opportunities to bring these into the Lab to keep our digital stack moving forward and drive innovation.
• You'll be given the opportunity and freedom to help design and shape the architecture and development and implementation of new features, improvements, and 3rd party integrations.
• You’d act as a mentor for junior developers, using your experience and expertise to help them grow and reach their potential.

What we’re looking for (essential)….

• Deep and broad understanding of JavaScript/NodeJS with strong development skills and exposure to modern JavaScript libraries and tooling, such as React JS & Webpack.
• Strong expertise in microservices and robust backend patterns to handle data management, authentication, and authorisation.
• A working knowledge of a wide range of engineering practices and tools e.g., BDD, CICD, Jenkins.
• An understanding of public cloud (GCP/Azure) and the benefits it brings to engineering.
• Solid experience in a developer role.
• Aware of emerging technology.
• Experience on Front-End test automation.
• Experience with API management platform (Apigee, API Connect), Service Mocking, Dynatrace, Adobe Analytics and General Data Analytics are desirable but not essential.

We deeply value diversity and are proudly committed to being an equal opportunity employer. If this is you, come and join our inclusive, values-led culture focused on making a difference. What will you get in return? Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development, and a career that’s enriching and full of opportunity! We're also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process. You’ll also get:

• An annual performance related bonus
• A generous pension contribution
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Private Health cover
• Share schemes, including free shares.
• Discounted products and discounted high street shopping.

Sound like you? Apply today, we’d love to hear from you... 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.