Job Description

End Date Friday 28 July 2023

Salary Range \xc2\xa361,911 - \xc2\xa389,427

Agile Working Options Hybrid Working

Summary The Loans Lab Engineering Team create software within a web-based Internet Banking system deployed across web, mobile and tablet providing functionality to allow customers to apply various Loans products including Personal Loan, Car finance, Personal Contract Hire and Credit Worthiness. As a Senior Frontend Engineer in the team, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be responsible for creating high performant software, ensuring industry best standards, lead in discussions and brainstorming, and for driving improvements and excellence in the discipline of frontend software engineering.
You\xe2\x80\x99ll be working in an Agile Environment and will collaborate closely with fellow Software Engineers, Business Analysts, Architects and Product Owners to create well written tests for the solutions implemented, alongside updating, and creating automation frameworks where required and participating with coaching, mentoring and other leadership activities.



JOB TITLE: Senior Frontend Engineer \xe2\x80\x93 Loans Lab

SALARY: \xc2\xa366,861.00 - \xc2\xa380,290.00 GBP

LOCATION(S): Chester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About this opportunity

The Loans Lab Engineering Team create software within a web-based Internet Banking system deployed across web, mobile and tablet providing functionality to allow customers to apply various Loans products including Personal Loan, Car finance, Personal Contract Hire and Credit Worthiness.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer in the team, you\xe2\x80\x99ll be responsible for creating high performant software, ensuring industry best standards, lead in discussions and brainstorming, and for driving improvements and excellence in the discipline of frontend software engineering.

You\xe2\x80\x99ll be working in an Agile Environment and will collaborate closely with fellow Software Engineers, Business Analysts, Architects and Product Owners to create well written tests for the solutions implemented, alongside updating, and creating automation frameworks where required and participating with coaching, mentoring and other leadership activities...

Here\xe2\x80\x99s where you\xe2\x80\x99ll make a difference:

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you\xe2\x80\x99ll primarily be building frontend applications using React, various state management tool such as Redux and Context, Typescript, HTML and CSS.

The role involves working with other Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Quality Engineers, and DevOps Engineers in a highly collaborative way to design, build, support and improve our front-end software.

You will also be working closely with the Product teams.

A growth attitude and willingness to get stuck in and learn on the job will be important!

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 -

We\'re looking for someone who will -

• Help to drive the success of your Chapter by ensuring the best frontend software engineering disciplines are followed.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle to design, build, test, deploy and support digital systems.
• Be able to work across different Feature Teams and help other teams where necessary.
• Take on a mentorship role for other junior developers on the team.
• In depth experience of leading technology improvements within the frontend domain
• In depth understanding of web accessibility standards and inclusive designs.
• Proven experience in hands-on software engineering using a broad range of technologies including those listed below.

• A team-player who can build relationships and work productively with others across a variety of domains and disciplines.
• React, Redux (etc), TypeScript, HTML, CSS.
• CI/CD/DevOps tooling experience e.g., GIT, Cypress, Jest etc.
• Proven experience of frontend development using a functional paradigm.
• Agile experience and excellent problem-solving skills.

Personal skills we look for include good interpersonal skills, ability to build good working relationships, logical & creative thinking skills and most importantly good communication skills.

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

Want to do amazing work, that\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Lloyds Banking Group