Software Engineer (Fullstack) - Pensions, ISA & Investments

Salary: Up to £65,000 dependent on experience. HL is looking for a talented full stack Software Engineer to join a Pensions & Retirement product engineering team, building market leading solutions for our clients. This opportunity is within the UK's number one investment services company, overseeing over £180 billion in assets and more than 2 million investors.

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React.
• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented.
• Write high-quality, secure, tested and performant code.
• Work collaboratively with others in a cross functional team to deliver high-quality digital client journeys.
• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team, including quality, security, performance, and CI/CD processes.
• Document all solutions to agreed team standards.
• Engage in learning and adoption of new technologies and techniques embraced by the development team.
• Build strong working relationships within the squad across Product and Engineering.
• Participate in working groups and communities of practice designed to support the development team.
• Continuously develop both technical and interpersonal skills and provide engineering support for existing applications when necessary.

• Professional experience with AWS, full stack TypeScript with React on the front end, IaC, CI/CD.
• Experience with unit, integration, and end to end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop).
• Enjoys learning and prioritises growing knowledge.
• Experience with CI/CD and Trunk Based Development.
• Understanding of microservices and principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.
• Experience performing code reviews.
• Experience operating within an Agile framework.
• Aware of website performance implications, best practices and other non functional requirements.
• Able to assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation.
• Advocate of excellent development practices to optimise rapid and continuous delivery of client value.

• Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others across different disciplines.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills.
• Logical, analytical and methodological approach to problem solving.
• Pro active, resourceful and able to use initiative.
• Pragmatic and focused on delivery.
• Effective time management.
• Willingness to learn and desire to develop professionally.
• Tenacious, with a pride in what you do.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• React Native, GraphQL, DevOps and event driven architecture experience beneficial.

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review.
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an additional 1 day Christmas closure.
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday.
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution.
• Income protection and life insurance (4 salary core level of cover).
• Private medical insurance.
• Health care cash plans - optical, dental and outpatient care.
• Health screening programme.
• confidential support, including mental health counselling and remote GP.
• Wellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessions.
• Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities.
• In house barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwiches.
• Two paid volunteering days per year.

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.