Software Engineer (Java) Payment Services

End date

Thursday 02 May 2024

Salary range

£66,861 - £100,292

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Hybrid Working

Job description

About this opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (JAVA) to join our New Payments Architecture (NPA) Lab.

NPA is a regulatory initiative that will change UK payments as we know them. Working closely with industry, the NPA team is replacing the complexity of the existing payments landscape with a new, more efficient infrastructure that will benefit from enhanced security and resilience.

This multi-million-pound initiative has a new partnership with a leading FinTech company and is looking for talented individuals who are interested in working with new and exciting technologies, such as Cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS).

What would I focus on as a Senior Software Engineer?

Through your team you'll aim to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting the team. We mainly use Java to developing this area.

Example of some specific activities might include:

• Form the core of our design and decision forum, and support colleagues with advice based on your expertise
• Develop technical strategies to transform and modernise our lab
• Identify and build relationships with senior leaders to influence and enable the implementation of your strategies
• Supporting the management of key stakeholders in the business, and also 3rd parties we partner with
• We're moving to utilise cloud for many of our applications, so you'll be heavily involved in our move for this area of the business
• Form part of one of our feature teams to define and drive their architecture, assist in daily delivery activity and defend your recommendations at senior architecture forums
• Educate both technical and non-technical colleagues about DevOps topics and articulate reasoning behind key technical decisions

What do we need to see from applicants?

We like people who come from a diverse group of backgrounds that can bring new and challenging ways of thinking to the team. As a minimum to be considered we'll need to see evidence of the following in your CV's;

• Strong understanding of an entire application stack, both breadth and depth, and an exposure to microservices technologies, especially Spring boot, JSON, Kafka as well as RESTful APIs and web services.
• Experience in Banking domain is a must with experience of working in Faster Payments scheme, BACS payments scheme and Image Clearing System.
• A good understanding of Git, source code management and managing change.
• Knowledge and experience of agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation (e.g. TDD, BDD, Selenium).
• Knowledge of java development standard methodologies and patterns with an understanding of how to craft low-latency, high-availability and performant applications.
• Technical understanding of: Spring boot, Maven, GitHub, Jenkins, JSON, Kafka, WMQ, REST APIs, Database SQL, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working on any one of the cloud-based tools - IBM Cloud Private, Google GCP, MS Azure, Amazon AWS.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Experience of technical guidance and mentoring.

Here's how you'll make a difference:

• Having an excellent understanding in software development lifecycle is key (preferably the Agile Framework) and should be validated through your experience to date
• Write modular, well tested applications that remain easy to maintain as the codebase and business continues to scale
• Significantly contribute in delivering the strategic solutions for Payment applications
• Ensure software is built in a way that is consistent with the frameworks, patterns and practices that exist across the wider engineering community
• Lead team of engineers, mentor and develop your colleagues, providing clear and constructive feedback, whilst crafting opportunities for learning and growth

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:

• Any 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?

Apply today and find out more.

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.

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.