Software Engineer - Everyday Banking Platform

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose. Together, we're putting the ever-evolving needs of our customers at the heart of everything we do, as they move through their financial life with us. As a Software Engineer for our Consumer Relationship Platforms, you'll design and develop software features or services that are vital in our mission to help Britain prosper. You'll be curious about technology, understanding how things work and will influence positively to solve customer problems using technology and Engineering practices. You'll work with the product and engineering leads to achieve the vision and customer outcomes for your Lab, through writing well-factored and tested code and building efficient and reusable back-end systems and abstractions. You'll lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translate business requirements into technical solutions. Why Lloyds Banking Group. We're on an exciting transformation journey and there could not 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.

• Design and develop applications in Java with automated tests to ensure it meets business functionality
• Use the Spring Boot framework for building our Microservices
• Hands-on experience working with APIs
• Experience with DevOps practices, including continuous integration, continuous development (CI/CD) and infrastructure as code (IaC)
And any experience of these would be really useful:
• Good knowledge using modern technologies e.g. SQL Databases etc.
• Experience with Public Cloud Solution, ideally GCP or AZURE
• Diverse technical experience and a proven ability to deliver high quality applications at scale
• Agile experience and excellent problem-solving skills
• Strong experience of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in delivery of software.
• You're able to effectively communicate and work together across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste.
  
  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.

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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role. We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process 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
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies