Job Description
End Date
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Monday 20 March 2023
Salary Range
£81,928 - £153,615
We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options.
Agile Working Options
Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion
Job Description Summary
Lead Software Engineer for the Commercial Lending Origination Client Digital Journeys team, leading the technical implementation, championing software engineering practices and coaching the team to build the bank of the future.
Job Description
Lead Front End Engineer
London based role (please only apply if able to work in this location at least 1 day per week).
Benefits: base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution (when you put in 6%), 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays.
We re a family friendly organisation who focus on delivery, not time at your desk . A mature, flexible work environment, flexible start/finish hours, agile working practices . We care about your mental health and want to enable a good work-life balance.
Who are Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group is the UK s leading digital franchise, with over 13 million active online customers across our three main brands - including Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - as well as the biggest mobile bank in the country. We're building the bank of the future, and we need your help.
About the role
We re creating exciting opportunities within the Commercial Lending Origination Lab to improve customer experiences for our Commercial Banking clients for years to come.
With our business evolving to more modern and flexible ways of working, we want driven, dynamic and innovative individuals to join us on this journey. Working alongside our partners in the Commercial Bank will put you at the heart of the digitisation agenda for both clients and colleagues.
We re looking for someone who is passionate, inspiring and customer-obsessed, ensuring that the team are always focused on the priorities that will deliver the best outcomes for our customers and colleagues.
We're hugely proud of the relationships we hold with our clients and key partners as trusted delivery providers. This is key to our success.
Our culture brings together experienced, hardworking, people from a diverse group of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working, always learning and improving ourselves and sharing knowledge.
What will I be responsible for ?
As a Lead Software Engineer for Commercial Lending Origination, as well as creating, building, supporting and improving our software, you'll also be responsible for guiding and leading our software engineers to collaborate with Product and other Engineering teams and colleagues to achieve this . As an experienced engineer you'll champion software engineering practices that align with architectural and group strategies and coach/mentor your team to deliver a quality product.
Your contribution will be instrumental to our strategy where we are making it simpler, safer, faster and more sustainable for clients to borrow through their channel of choice . Creating 'whenever, wherever' optionality through on and off bank routes . One of our main challenges is to digitise our client and colleague experience and you ll play a key part in achieving that.
Our Software Engineers should have skills and experience that enable them to design and create innovative solutions in an increasingly digital world. Understanding how modern software applications are built and delivered is key . We employ a left-shift paradigm and have a passion for quality over all else.
Encouraging the right culture is key and you ll embrace a Fail Fast, Learn Faster approach. Experimenting new ways of engineering and adopting a test and learn approach, with a focus on learning and continuous improvement.
Essential skills & experience:
- Strong experience of both React and Java/NodeJS (spring or other framework) and microservices architecture.
- Sound experience in using and adopting a wide range of engineering practices and tools including feature team or component team delivery across the full software development lifecycle.
- Experience of agile Development practices, DevOps pipelines, continuous integration / deployment and Test Automation, GHE source code management and the E2E software development lifecycle.
- A proven background in Software Engineering, producing quality artefacts.
- Good knowledge of Javascript and SQL/RDBMS/NoSQL.
- Experience developing with APIs.
- A good level of technical maturity and be familiar with cloud-based tech with a firm grasp of emerging technologies.
- Experience of leading, coaching and developing engineering colleagues in a line management capacity .
Desirable skills & experience
- Experience in cloud based development, namely containers, container orchestration and associated development/design patterns.
- Experience of Azure, Google or AWS Cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of Typescript.
- Experience of BDD.
What you I get in return?
We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both professionally and personally to optimise your potential.
As a new colleague, you ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain, and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel welcomed and valued.
We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.
Together we make it possible!
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'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.