Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineer will lead technical development and delivery at Team and sometimes Lab level. They can be a Line Manager who will act as co-lead with the Team PO for overall delivery. In these cases, they will be responsible for overall tech delivery, line management & app ownership alongside their own software engineering output.. Others will operate as Individual Contributors, who are specialists in particular technology areas and will be narrower and deeper in focus., Are you an ambitious and passionate full stack engineer looking to make a difference to our digital home buying experiences? Homes Platform are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Halifax, UK. This is an outstanding opportunity to work on brand-new technology, collaborate with outstanding talent, and contribute to our mission of delivering world class digital mortgage products.

Day to Day, you'll be:

• Developing and maintaining web applications, implementing new features to ensure the highest level of performance and user experience.
• Working within a feature team to deliver iteratively - often releasing each sprint.
• Using agile methodology to continuously drive team performance.
• Writing clear, modular, testable applications adhering to design principles and patterns.
• Working in collaboration with design colleagues to create design specifications aligned to engineering understanding of our applications and technologies.
• Technically mentoring and guiding colleagues, providing clear and constructive feedback through mechanisms such as code reviews and design documentation.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge within the team.
• Responsible for elements of Run and Maintain of the product - carefully considering how to monitor products from development to active monitoring in production.

• Significant experience as a Full Stack Engineer, with strong expertise in Typescript React and NodeJS using Typescript.
• Strong understanding and experience of designing, building and operating web applications, particularly microservice architecture and RESTful services in Typescript.
• A proven past creating software which exhibits clean code and SOLID principles
• A passion for testing and experience with testing libraries such Jest, React Testing Library and Playwright.
• Strong understanding of web development principles and responsive design.
• The ability to adopt a culture of collaboration, communication and continuous improvement.
• Confidence with building, testing and deploying services into a cloud environment.
• Experience designing, building, and operating services using Cloud Native services from any major Cloud provider.
• Experience of mentoring peers and junior engineers.
• Proven experience of source code management and tooling, preferably Git.
• Outstanding problem-solving skills and ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.

Experience of the below would be really useful:

• Familiar with cloud technologies (such as AWS, GCP or Microsoft Azure).
• Experience in using component or UI libraries such as Material UI.

We're proud to be a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. From our menopause health package to our Working with Cancer initiative, we're creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader, and we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities, long-term health conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the minimum criteria.

Our benefits include:

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual bonus (based on Group performance)
• Share schemes, including free shares
• 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle
• Generous parental leave and wellbeing support

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.