Senior Software Engineer

End date:
Monday 06 July 2026. Salary range: £63,152 - £94,728.

We support flexible working. Flexible working options:
Hybrid Working, Job Share.

Senior Software Engineer – responsible for designing, building, and improving backend software within the Loans & Affordability Platform, collaborating with product and engineering teams in a cross‑disciplinary, agile environment.

• Lead efforts to create, build, support and improve backend software.
• Ensure high quality engineering practices and adherence to the engineering transformation strategy.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions.
• Co‑design and develop robust backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers.

• Experience producing high quality, well‑tested and robust code.
• Ability to design, build and test backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Strong experience in Java (17+) and Spring Framework.
• Strong experience in Microservice Development using Spring Boot.
• Good experience with containerised services (e.g. Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably GCP.
• Good awareness and understanding of database design.
• Ability to create tests and work with pipelines to prove strong and maintainable code.
• Understanding of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in end‑to‑end delivery.
• Experience with agile development methods and tooling (e.g. Kanban, Jira, Confluence) and working as part of an agile team.
• Bonus:
  Some experience of JavaScript/Type Script, dev‑ops tooling like Harness, Quarkus framework.

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Annual performance‑related bonus
• Benefits that can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

Equal opportunities:
Lloyds Banking Group is an equal‑rights employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, disability or any other characteristic conferred by law.