Job Description

End Date Friday 18 August 2023

Salary Range \xc2\xa352,912 - \xc2\xa385,982

Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Summary Aims to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting their engineering teams.



JOB TITLE: Java Software Engineer

SALARY: \xc2\xa366,861 - \xc2\xa374,290

LOCATION: Bristol

HOURS: Full Time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office.

About this opportunity

As a member of the Customer Data Services Lab, you\xe2\x80\x99d be part of the team that looks after the customer data for the whole of Lloyds Banking Group. Our mission is to make this data available for the right purpose with the appropriate confidentiality and always ensuring a phenomenal engineering experience.

The systems we support, underpin almost everything we do as Lloyds Banking Group. We maintain these systems to the highest standards, focusing on quality, performance, resilience, and integrity. We have an ambition to use SRE principles to take ownership of operational support 24/7 and guide decision making.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we\xe2\x80\x99re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We\xe2\x80\x99re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too\xe2\x80\xa6

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll need

Generally, you\'re comfortable in a software development role, blending both solid experience and technical expertise.

We\'re looking for an outstanding collaborator that can communicate well to drive strategy and key initiatives forward, while being an advocate for excellence, culture, and sustainability.

You\'ll support growth and mentor junior colleagues, while helping shape the culture of the team.

Specifically, we\xe2\x80\x99d like you to have much of the following, but it\'s ok if you don\'t check every box:

Hands on Software Engineering background with experience building large scale applications in Java, using a fairly broad set of tools, techniques, and platforms, including cloud hosting.

Knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, REST APIs, JSON, Microservices

Experience working with container environments in particular Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.

Passionate about continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automation (Nexus, GIT, Jenkins)

And any experience of these would be really useful:

Operations and support, ideally following SRE principles

Awareness of security considerations and security tools used to integrate with the build pipeline covering the OWASP top 10

About working for us

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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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.

And it\xe2\x80\x99s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We\xe2\x80\x99re disability confident. So if you\xe2\x80\x99d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

30 days\xe2\x80\x99 holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you\xe2\x80\x99re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We\xe2\x80\x99d 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\xe2\x80\x99re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Lloyds Banking Group