TL;DR

Lead Software Engineer (Fullstack): Leading a team to deliver features on flagship products within the API & Digital Services Platform, focusing on a next generation API Gateway, API Marketplace and API Compliance. Focus on implementing software engineering best practices and developing solutions that support a consistent approach for delivering the bank's technical strategy.

Location: Hybrid, involving spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Edinburgh office.

Salary: £92,701 - £169,043 per annum

Company

Lloyds Banking Group is transforming its Group and the way it’s shaping finance for good.

What you will do

  • Lead a Feature Team delivering features on our flagship products.
  • Implement software engineering best practices to deliver exciting and innovative software within the API team.
  • Develop solutions that support a consistent approach for delivering our technical strategy.
  • Collaborate using Agile frameworks methodologies to optimise team development process and give rapid feedback working iteratively.

Requirements

  • Detailed knowledge and experience of Software engineering and processes, to be able to confidently design and implement solutions.
  • Strong programming skills in one or more programming languages such React, CSS, HTML, Typescript, Node.js.
  • In depth knowledge of developing and managing API solutions, including REST and GraphQL and microservices.
  • Knowledge of Cyber security and techniques to build secure and robust solutions.
  • Cloud technologies and infrastructure are essential, with exposure on at least one of the 3 main cloud providers Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills are also essential.

Nice to have

  • Exposure to an API Management Platform would be a bonus (eg: ApigeeX, API Connect or similar).

Culture & Benefits

  • A generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
  • An annual performance-related bonus.
  • 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.