Senior Software Engineer (Backend) – Lloyds Banking Group

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

SALARY: £70,929 - £86,691

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Bristol, Halifax, & Leeds

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid – 40% (or two days) in one of our office sites

Job Description Summary

We’re transforming the way we serve our 26 million customers by investing in cutting-edge technology and exceptional engineering talent. As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building scalable, secure, and resilient services that power our digital platforms. You’ll work in a collaborative, agile environment where your ideas and expertise will shape the future of our backend systems. From microservices to cloud-native infrastructure, you’ll be at the heart of our engineering transformation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, develop, test, and deploy backend services using modern OOP languages (e.g. Go, Python, C#) or Node.js
• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (GKE)
• Develop RESTful APIs and work with API Gateways (e.g. Apigee)
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, Git, Jenkins)
• Work with SQL/NoSQL databases and Unix/Linux environments
• Contribute to architectural decisions and ensure secure, scalable solutions
• Mentor junior engineers and support community knowledge sharing

What You’ll Need

• Strong backend development experience in Python, Node.js, C#, Go, etc.
• Experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and service mesh (Istio)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and IaC tools (Terraform)
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools and DevOps principles
• Experience with TDD using JUnit and knowledge of secure coding practices

Desirable Experience

• Microservices, event-driven systems, and test automation (BDD, contract testing)

Working For Us

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 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 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.

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• Annual bonus and share schemes
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits and wellbeing initiatives
• Supportive policies including parental leave and workplace adjustments

Want to do amazing work that makes a difference? Join our journey!

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. We’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us, at which point 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. We’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology