Senior Software Engineer - Next Gen Core Accounts

Lloyds Banking Group
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 81K

Job location

Remote
Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Automation of Tests
Software Debugging
Memory Management
Object-Oriented Software Development
Software Systems
Google Cloud Platform
Test Driven Development
Spring-boot
Technical Debt
Backend
Kubernetes
Kafka
REST
Docker
Microservices

Job description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in transforming our Core Banking Platform by leveraging modern technologies and innovative approaches such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and microservices-based architecture. You'll bring a strong technical background, ideally with experience in building microservice or event-driven systems. Drawing on your expertise, you will propose and establish engineering standards, drive technical excellence, and coach other team members, ensuring they are adopting best practice and designing secure, resilient platform that is easy to maintain., * Actively contribute to the codebase while collaborating with architects and cross-functional teams to design scalable software solutions.

  • Build strong relationships and support team development through mentoring and coaching, with a focus on collective success.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the business domain and processes to effectively translate user needs into stories and technical tasks.
  • Drive efficient breakdowns of work, ensuring non-functional requirements like security and performance are well considered.
  • Partner with the Engineering Lead and other teams to enhance ways of working across the lab by proposing and testing innovative approaches.

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in Object-Oriented Design and back-end development with deep knowledge of Java.
  • Solid understanding of software fundamentals such as threading, memory management, debugging, and clean coding practices.
  • Proven ability to drive technical delivery and communicate effectively, promote agile ways of working, and mentor others.
  • Experience in application and solution design, with a focus on managing technical debt and delivering high-quality engineering outcomes.
  • Comfort in both technical and business conversations, with a delivery-focused mindset.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Test-Driven Development and test automation
  • Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design
  • Knowledge of Microservices, Spring Boot, REST protocol, Apache Kafka
  • Exposure to Docker and Kubernetes for containerized development and deployment
  • Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Benefits & conditions

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
  • 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

About the company

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

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