End Date
Friday 17 March 2023
Salary Range
£39,654 - £66,924
Agile Working Options
Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion
Job Description Summary
We are looking for a Software Engineer with relevant experience in Microservices Architecture and who is passionate about engineering.
You'll be part of an Award winning team, responsible for delivering end-to-end engineering solutions and supporting our Cloud journey. Your contribution will be instrumental to our strategy of simplifying, modernising, and de-risking the Payments landscape, enabling the Bank of the Future and ultimately driving value for customers and shareholders.
You’ll work with a range of key stakeholders, external partners and our internal development and testing teams, to support the successful achievement of IT strategies.
You'll be responsible for delivering high quality maintainable software, support members of the team and support the applications developed and deployed by the team into production. With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you'll need to contribute to design decisions and provide your inputs to drive resolution.
We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you awesome!
What follows is what you might find our Software Engineers mostly doing, but 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.
Job Description
Software Engineer, payments, London.
We are looking for a Software Engineer with relevant experience in Microservices Architecture and who is passionate about engineering to be part of our Award winning team, You’ll be responsible for delivering end-to-end engineering solutions and supporting our Cloud journey. Your contribution will be instrumental to our strategy of simplifying, modernising, and de-risking the Payments landscape, enabling the Bank of the Future and ultimately driving value for customers and shareholders.
Our Mission
We're on a journey to build the bank of the future, and we need your help. We’re continuing our extensive transformation Programme, with an investment of £3bn, redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Become part of our diverse team, and you'll experience a rare opportunity to impact the lives of more than 26 million customers through brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows. We need people who can make this transformation a reality.
Where does my role sit?
In the Payments Services Platform (PSP), our mission is to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We sit within Business & Commercial Banking and play a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.
We do this by processing compliant, fast, secure, and flexible transaction management services and covering rising threats from social engineering and real time payments by implementing new and improved digital ways of meeting and exceeding our customer needs.
You’ll work with a range of key stakeholders, external partners and our internal development and testing teams, to support the successful achievement of IT strategies.
You'll be responsible for delivering high quality maintainable software, support members of the team and support the applications developed and deployed by the team into production. With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you'll need to contribute to design decisions and provide your inputs to drive resolution.
We believe that people don't fit neatly into roles, and we value everyone's individual skills, experience, and knowledge — it's what makes you awesome!
What follows is what you might find our Software Engineers mostly doing, but 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.
Here’s how you’ll make a difference
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Having strong skills in software development lifecycle and Agile Framework is essential and should be demonstrable through your experience to date.
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Write modular, performant, secure and well tested applications that remain easy to maintain as the codebase and business continues to scale.
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Contribute to setting the strategic direction for how applications are developed within the team.
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Ensure software is built in a way that is consistent with the frameworks, patterns and practices that exist across the wider engineering community and industry.
What we need from you:
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Would have used and understand majority of the following software technologies:
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Java, Spring boot, Maven, Jenkins, Kafka
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REST APIs, JSON, XML, SQL
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Understanding of Git, source code management and managing change
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Understanding of cloud technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
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An understanding of the entire application stack and significant exposure to modern web technologies
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Know about agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation (TDD, BDD, Selenium)
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Understanding of how to design low-latency, high-availability and performant applications.
Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture passionate about making a difference. Apply today…!
Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that’s enriching and full of opportunity.
Sound like you, then apply today!
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'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.