Senior Software Engineer

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer

Chester or Manchester

£63,152 - £94,728

Full time. Hybrid – 40% (or two days) in one of the above office locations.

The Loans & Affordability Platform offers a forward‑thinking and diverse team. The role sits in the Loans Lab where you will work in a strong collaborative way to create, build, support and improve our backend software, working closely with product and engineering teams. As a core contributor you will ensure good quality and engineering practices are followed in accordance with the engineering transformation strategy and will work with the Lead Engineer.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will:

• Design, build and test backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Develop high quality, well‑tested and robust code that meets engineering standards.
• Maintain and improve backend systems using Java (17+) and Spring/ Spring Boot.
• Work with containerised services such as Kubernetes and cloud technologies, preferably GCP.
• Create tests and pipeline integrations to prove strong and maintainable code.
• Participate in agile development methods; use Kanban, Jira, Confluence and work in a cross‑disciplinary team.
• Coach and support other engineers to grow and reach their potential.
• Engage in continuous improvement of technical practices and tools.

• Strong experience in Java (17+) and Spring Framework development.
• Strong experience in Microservice Development using Spring Boot.
• Experience designing, building and testing backend microservices and RESTful APIs.
• 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 for maintainable code.
• Understanding of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in end‑to‑end delivery of software products.
• Experience with agile development methods and tooling (Kanban, Jira, Confluence).

• Experience with JavaScript/Type Script.
• Experience with Dev Ops tooling such as Harness.
• Experience with Quarkus framework.

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.

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Annual performance‑related bonus
• Discounted shopping and other lifestyle‑adjustable benefits
• 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies