Job description
End Date
Thursday 08 June 2023
Salary Range
£66,861 - £100,292Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
LBG is on a mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it! Continuing our extensive transformation programme, we're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, our culture, and our mind-set is changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.
Job Description
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're inspired by a clear purpose; to Help Britain Recover. Across the Group, our colleagues are passionate about making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. We’re on the mission to build the bank of the future, and we need your help to do it. We're redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology, culture, and our mindsets are changing to craft a true engineering-led organisation.
We're creating new opportunities and products to improve customer experiences for years to come. With our business evolving to more modern and flexible ways of working, we want driven, dynamic and innovative individuals who join us on this journey.
We’re looking for someone who loves technology and its application to real-world problems. A ‘great teammate’ who can establish relationships and work efficiently with others to help lead and deliver high quality technical solutions.
Where does the role sit within Lloyds Banking Group?
Lloyds Banking Group are redefining the way we do Engineering. We’ve created “LBG Labs” and we're building multi-functional, co-located teams giving them freedom to bring technology to the forefront of our business. This will create new, and improve existing, products and services to help us really make a difference to our customers.
Insurance, Pensions & Investments Transformation is the division you would sit within the Financial Planning & Retirement Value Stream, which has ambitious plans to significantly grow our engineering teams.
Our IP&I Labs are focused on improving support to our customers throughout their financial lives, with clear, straightforward customer journeys, helping empower them to make the right decisions on their long-term Saving, Investment & Retirement needs.
About the role:
The role will require you to utilise your skills to build new digital features whilst transforming the application architecture to be micro-services based. As a strong advocate for driving engineering excellence you’ll work collaboratively with other team members, partners and third parties to build empowered teams who are motivated to solve business problems and realise value to customers.
So what are we looking for in you?
- Broad and deep technical experience with a passion for engineering excellence
- You'll lead, direct and shape approaches to solving technical challenges and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
- You're a dynamic and adaptable individual, able to use and learn new skills in varying circumstances.
- You'll be curious about technology and understanding how things work.
- As a leader and motivator you'll nurture team members to create a robust team culture.
- And you'll influence positively - demonstrating the right values and behaviours and encouraging this in team members.
We'll be specifically looking for these skills on your CV:
- Solid understanding of the entire software development lifecycle and experience in end to end delivery of software products.
- Extensive experience with agile development methods & tooling e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Jira & Confluence, and experience of leading & working as part of an agile team
- Strong software development background essential, along with knowledge of modern software development toolsets including Cloud hosting, Containers, Kubernetes, Web App development, API’s, DevOps Continuous Integration and Delivery.
- You'll have an understanding of the entire application stack, deep and broad knowledge, and significant exposure to modern web technologies, especially Node.js and react.js as well as, ideally, SQL / Nosql, Docker, RESTful APIs and web services.
- Extensive experience with multiple unit/integration frameworks such as jest.
- Good knowledge of UI automated testing frameworks such as webdriver and ideally cypress.
If this is you, come and join our inclusive, values-led culture focused on making a difference.
Together we'll make it possible...
So what can we offer you in return?
Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits, personal development and a career that’s enriching and full of opportunity.
You'll also receive a package that includes
- Discretionary bonus
- Private Medical Insurance
- Pension, where we'll give up to a max of 15%
- Share plans
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
Are you interested in joining us? Apply today, 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.