Software Engineer - Payments

  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Aug 18, 2023
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java SQL Software Engineer Testing

Job Description

End Date
Saturday 19 August 2023

Salary Range
£45,054 - £67,581

We support agile working - click here for more information on agile working options.

Agile Working Options
Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary
Will use their strong knowledge and expertise in a variety of methodologies and toolsets to assist with designing, building and unit testing code to deliver products that are fit for purpose and meet the quality standards that our customers expect. Working in one of our cross-disciplinary teams engineers will have the opportunity to develop their technical knowledge and understanding as well develop, practice and demonstrate the workplace skills and behaviours required for this job role. They will also join and attend Communities of Practice, Engineering Guilds and Working Groups to deliver peer-to-peer mentoring.

Job Description

SALARY: £45,054-58,400
LOCATION: Edinburgh
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

In the Payments Services Platform (PSP), our mission is to provide compliant and efficient payments capabilities for the Group and drive innovation to enable customers to move money confidently, quickly and securely. We sit within Business & Commercial Banking and play a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.

We do this by processing compliant, fast, secure, and flexible transaction management services and covering rising threats from social engineering and real time payments by implementing new and improved digital ways of meeting and exceeding our customer needs.

As a Software Engineer, you ll work with a range of key stakeholders, external partners and our internal development and testing teams, to support the successful achievement of IT strategies.

You'll be responsible for delivering high quality maintainable software, support members of the team and support the applications developed and deployed by the team into production. With excellent interpersonal and communication skills, you'll need to contribute to design decisions and provide your inputs to drive resolution.

Surrounded by a collaborative and purpose-driven team, you ll be supported from the moment you join the group with a focus on continued professional learning and development opportunities.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We re on an exciting journey and there couldn t be a better time to join us. The investments we re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you ll need

You would have a breadth of experience across the following software technologies:
• Java, Spring boot, Maven, Jenkins, Kafka
• REST APIs, JSON, XML, SQL
• Understanding of Git, source code management and managing change
• Understanding of cloud technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• An understanding of the entire application stack and significant exposure to modern web technologies
• Knowledge of agile development practices, continuous integration, and test automation (TDD, BDD, Selenium)
• Understanding of how to design low-latency, high-availability, and performant applications.
• Practical experience building and deploying Java Microservices to a cloud environment.

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

If you re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We d love to hear from you.

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.