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About the Role

As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll build elegant, performant, maintainable, operable and secure Golang microservices that power innovative financial products and services. You’ll collaborate closely with product, engineering and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions, contribute to system design and architecture, champion engineering best practice, and help continuously improve development processes. You’ll play a key role in building a connected platform, developing data-driven financial insights, enabling integrations with leading applications and services, and supporting the delivery of scalable, resilient systems that help customers better manage their money.

Responsibilities

Build Golang microservices
Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions
Contribute to system design and architecture
Champion engineering best practice
Continuously improve development processes
Build a connected platform
Develop data-driven financial insights
Enable integrations with leading applications and services
Support the delivery of scalable, resilient systems

Requirements

Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang
Experience building and supporting microservices architectures
Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes
Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
Experience working within agile development environments
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers
Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale
Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments
Strong communication and collaboration skills
A passion for learning, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality software

Skills

Golang
Microservices
Kubernetes
Relational databases
NoSQL databases
Agile development
DevOps
SRE
Communication
Collaboration
PHP
Kafka
RabbitMQ
Messaging technologies
Event-driven architectures
Real-time systems
Low-latency systems
Transaction-based systems
AWS
Docker
CI/CD practices
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
BigQuery
Data platforms
ETL processes
Machine learning
Mentoring
Coaching
Fintech
Payments
Startup environment

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Full Time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

£76,760 - £95,950

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
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
Generous parental leave policies

About the Company

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.
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.