Senior Software Engineer

End Date

Sunday 23 March 2025

Salary Range

£104,686 - £190,898

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer – Analytics & AI Platform

SALARY: £104,686 - £123,160

LOCATION(S): London

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least

Two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity…

Here at Lloyds Banking Group, we put our customers at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has an important part to play. We are the Customer Experience & Analytics Lab, an integral part of the amazing Analytics & AI Platform. As a member of the Conversational Experience & Analytics Lab, you'll play a vital role in our efforts to build a forward-thinking Chatbot as a Service platform. You'll collaborate on innovative solutions that incorporate Large Language Models and Agentic AI within a well-established cloud-based ecosystem.

Want to hear more?

We're a diverse group of people. Software Engineers, Robotics Specialists, Cognitive Developers, Data Scientists, Conversation Designers, Natural Language Engineers and many more. We come from a variety of backgrounds across the globe, but we all share in the vision of the untapped potential of human and machine intelligence.

So, are you searching for an outstanding opportunity to innovate in the world of software engineering? If so, we're seeking an ambitious and proven Senior Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. This role offers the chance to influence the way we craft, build, test, and deploy using brand new technology. Join our Lab and Lloyds engineering team to implement innovative solutions and advance product development.

What you’ll do…

• Technical Leadership: Lead the technical development and delivery at Team, Lab and sometimes platform level.  Manage a team of engineers, fostering growth and technical excellence.  Provide technical guidance and mentorship, encouraging a culture of knowledge sharing, improvement and innovation.
• Thought Leadership: A trusted advisor to a network of colleagues and professionals within and outside the Organisation. Uses experience to provide valuable insights, strategic thoughts and encourage problem-solving.
• Architectural Design and Development: Lead the design and development of robust software solutions using modern engineering techniques.
• Technical Delivery: Responsible for overall team technical delivery, line management and application/service ownership alongside their own software engineering output.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality and innovative products, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Code Quality and Standard Methodologies: Develop modular, testable code and ensure adherence to standard methodologies in source code management using Git.
• Integration and Deployment: Utilise integration tools and cloud infrastructure to implement seamless solutions, ensuring smooth deployment processes.
• Agile Methodologies: Champion agile development practices, including continuous integration and test automation.

About you…

We are looking for an experienced individual who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and is eager to learn new skills and technologies. The ideal candidate will possess:

• Technical Expertise: Extensive understanding of software development principles with experience of building highly observable and scalable solutions.  Proficient in Node.js, React, Next.js and experience of Python.  Hands-on knowledge of API development, automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g. Terraform).  Experience of Cyber Security and techniques to ensure resilient applications.
• Proficient Coding Skills: Demonstrated capability to write modular, testable code and implement standard methodologies.  Excellent problem solving and analytical skills to resolve complex technical issues and bugs.
• Source Code Management: Deep understanding of Git and managing change within a source code management system.
• Integration Tools and Cloud Infrastructure: Significant experience with integration tools and cloud infrastructure (ideally GCP).  Hands-on experience with cloud-native architecture and containerisation technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker) - knowledge & experience of Helm is an additional advantage.  An understanding of networking – preferably including a mixture of public cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
• Agile Development: Strong knowledge of agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation.  Experience of timely delivery by manging tasks and priorities effectively.

What you'd get in return…

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

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.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Generous salary plus bonus
• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Private health cover which you can extend to family
• 30 Days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays
• Flexible benefits scheme, share schemes and many more corporate benefits and perks
• So, if joining us at a critical and exciting time appeals and this role sounds like it could be for you, click apply below!

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.