Software Engineer
| Posting date: | 11 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,790 to £53,100 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4AP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Lloyds Banking Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 136304_1749649232 |
Summary
JOB TITLE: Software Engineer
SALARY: £47,790 - £53,100
LOCATION(S): Leeds
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our Leeds office.
About this opportunity
The Platform Engineering team is on a mission to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group, a single platform consumed by every engineer and platform across the entire group, you'll be at the heart of one of the UK's biggest financial service technical transformations.
We're looking for an experienced and passionate Software Engineer (Frontend) to work on our flagship Internal Developer Platform.
The ideal candidate will ideally have experience as a Software Engineer working as part of a team to build performant and maintainable frontend solutions. The candidate will have a passion for technology and a commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.
What you'll do
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Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance our Internal Developer Platform
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Deliver features, from prototype to production, ensuring they are well tested, secure, and meet our engineering standards.
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Collaborate with colleagues from across the team business, including Senior Engineers and other Subject Matter Experts.
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Make suggestions for the product roadmap to ensure we're delivering the right features for our customers.
Who are we looking for
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Someone who thinks of the big picture! Always considering how our products & services can support the business, quick to identify new opportunities.
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With a passion for technology and commitment to delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions that work for the group today and into the future
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Someone with a highly collaborative approach, working closely with other specialists and engineers from LBG, suppliers and partner resources
Why Lloyds Banking Group
We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!
What you'll need
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Extensive experience of JavaScript/Typescript and the React framework
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Passionate about UX, with the ability to translate designs into working products
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Quality is part of everything that you do, including robust test automation using tools such as Jest, Playwright and Selenium
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Knowledge of integrating with RESTful APIs following secure coding practices
It would be great if you also had
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Ideally comes from a development background or equivalent e.g. STEM or Computer Science Degree
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Knowledge of Backstage.io and supporting ecosystem
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Hands-on experience building solutions for the public cloud (Azure, GCP)
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Experience building CI/CD pipelines, ideally using Harness.io
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Experience of containerisation technologies
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Knowledge working with Infrastructure as Code technologies using Hashicorp Terraform
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're 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 a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with 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 also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
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A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
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An annual performance-related bonus
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Share schemes including free shares
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Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
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28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
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A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme