Senior Software Engineer - Pensions, ISA and Investments

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Why HL

HL is the UK's number one investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we have helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. We believe in a workplace with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos, driven by core values that promote service, quality, innovation and opportunity.

What You\'ll Be Doing

• Build and run AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React
• Establish and maintain automated tests for the changes being implemented
• Write high quality, secure, tested and performant code
• Upskilling - Providing coaching & mentoring to peers and more junior members of the team
• Work collaboratively with others in a cross functional team to deliver high quality digital client journeys
• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team including ways of working, quality, security, performance and CI/CD processes
• Document all solutions produced to agreed team standards
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and adopt technologies & techniques embraced by the development team
• Cultivate strong working relationships within the squad and HL as a whole
• Participate in working groups and communities of practice to support the development team
• Continually develop both technical and interpersonal skills
• Provide engineering support for existing applications when necessary

About You

• Professional experience with AWS, full stack TypeScript with React on the front end, IaC, CI/CD
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop)
• Enjoys upskilling others in a team and prioritises sharing knowledge
• Experience with integration and onboarding 3rd party vendors, defining integration patterns, abstracting vendor APIs/data models from internal downstream services
• Experience with CI / CD and Trunk Based Development
• Understanding of Microservices & RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking
• Understanding of event driven architecture
• Experience performing code reviews
• Experience operating within Agile framework
• Aware of website performance implications and other non-functional requirements
• Able to write, assist in writing or reviewing technical documentation
• Advocate of excellent development practices to optimise for rapid and continuous delivery of client value
• React Native, GraphQL and DevOps experience is beneficial

Skills / Attributes

• Excellent collaborator and communicator (written and verbal) with good numerical skills
• Logical, analytical and methodological problem solving
• Pro-active, resourceful and able to use initiative
• Pragmatic and delivery-focused
• Effective time management
• Willingness to learn and develop professionally
• Tenacious with a pride in what you do
• Continuous improvement mindset

Why Us?

Here at HL, we are the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, with a focus on learning, dynamic teams and strong values promoting service, quality, innovation and opportunity.

What\'s On Offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1 additional Christmas closure day
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme
• Income protection & life insurance (4 x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plans (optical, dental, and outpatient care)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass and wellbeing apps
• Travel to work schemes with bike storage and showers
• In-house barista with subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL\'s networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.