End Date
Wednesday 04 October 2023
Salary Range
£66,861 - £100,292
Agile Working Options
Hybrid Working
Job Description Summary
Job Description Summary
Our Cash managements & payments Lab teams aim to deliver the highest quality software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting colleague development. This is a leadership level role within the Lab that will blend deep domain / technical expertise with great passion for mentoring and developing colleagues in delivering technical solutions to become the bank of the future.
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer
SALARY: £66,861 - £74,290
LOCATION: Edinburgh
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About this opportunity
Our Cash managements & payments Lab teams aim to deliver the highest quality software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting colleague development. This is a leadership level role within the Lab that will blend deep domain / technical expertise with great passion for mentoring and developing colleagues in delivering technical solutions to become the bank of the future.
Lloyds Banking Group are redefining the way Engineering is carried out. We’ve created “LBG Labs” and we're building multi-functional, co-located teams giving them freedom to bring technology to the forefront of our business. This will help us create new, and improve existing, products and services to help us really make a difference to our customers.
Want to know more?
A Lab is a co-located team working together on key projects to deliver value at pace by designing services that people find useful, easy and engaging to use. Typically, a Lab has a strong focus on problem solving in an agile environment where engineers are free to experiment and create innovative products which will transform the way our customers engage with us.
We're passionate about providing innovative solutions to support our customers in managing their Business cash-flow efficiently. This underpins our role in Helping Britain Recover and ultimately Prosper.
A great opportunity has arisen as a Software Engineer in the Cash managements and payments lab. You'll collaborate with Product and other Engineering teams, driving efforts to create, build, support and improve our software. As a Leader within the Lab, you'll champion quality Engineering practices that align with Architectural and Group Transformation strategies.
Here's where you'll make a difference:
Your contribution will be instrumental to our strategy of simplifying, modernising, and de-risking the Cash management and payments technology landscape, enabling the Bank of the Future and ultimately driving value for customers and shareholders. This is a key role at the financial heart of LBG, underpinning the long-term sustainability and integrity of the organisation.
About us
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.
What you’ll need
Your contribution will be instrumental to our strategy of simplifying, modernising, and de-risking the Cash management and payments technology landscape, enabling the Bank of the Future and ultimately driving value for customers and shareholders. This is a key role at the financial heart of LBG, underpinning the long-term sustainability and integrity of the organisation.
Specifically you’ll:
Contribute to setting the strategic direction for application development within the team.
Ensure that software is built in a way that is consistent with the core Architectural frameworks, patterns and practices that exist across the wider Engineering community.
Work with Architects, providing input for key solution design artefacts.
Be aware of industry innovation, and gain exposure to the knowledge required to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist.
Our Software Engineers should have skills and experience that enable them to design innovative solutions in an increasingly digital world. Understanding how modern software applications are built and delivered is key.
In order to be seriously considered, we would expect applicants to have the following skills / experience in any of the following categories:
Category A
5 years + working in Distributed J2EE, Websphere, Linux, Oracle environments
Solid experience in coding and testing applications using J2EE technology stack
Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript and nodejs
Category B
At least 2 years experience of providing Production Support including familiarity with ITIL
Knowledge of the SAP ABAP language and Development Environment
Knowledge of the SAP HANA Db
Category C
Java / Java Script (Spring, Spring Boot, Node)
Experience in relational databases (Oracle and SQL, etc)
Experience in Websphere / Collective controller / IHS
Dev Ops Tooling : Jenkins / Maven / GitHub / Urban code / Dynatrace / Splunk and etc.
Experience in file transfer protocols (SFTP / CD+ / etc)
Experience of working with third party vendors / SAAS providers to implement the technical solution
And any experience of these would be really useful
In addition to the above you will also have:
Solid experience in developing low-latency, high availability and high performance applications
Knowledge of REST / SOAP API’s and strong SQL and knowledge of Oracle Databases
Sound understanding of agile Development practices, DevOps pipelines, continuous integration / deployment and Test Automation, GHE Source code Management and the E2E software development lifecycle
Work closely with the Business analysts and Product Owners to ensure requirements are clearly defined and acceptance criteria’s are met.
Understanding of Microservices & Containers would be beneficial and Understanding of Cloud methodologies and experience designing applications through containerised microservices-based architectures.
Be willing to be part of production support rota and/or Technical Recovery Manager rota to coordinate/provide solution for the resolution of incidents.
In terms of personal skills, you’ll want to be a keen and comfortable communicator who is happy working with a wide range of technical and non-technical colleagues.
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’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So if you’d 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’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
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.