TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
LOCATION: Manchester and Chester (1 day at each) or full time in Chester.
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 one of our office sites.
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY We’re not just a bank. We’re a technology-led organisation with a bold ambition: to shape finance as a force for good. As we continue to invest in our people, platforms, and products, we’re looking for passionate Senior Full Stack Developers to help us create secure, scalable, and customer-first solutions.
If you’re someone who thrives in collaborative environments, enjoys solving meaningful problems, and wants to make a real impact – this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Key responsibilities include:
Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions that meet business needs
Work closely with colleagues from different areas to capture and analyse requirements and determine technical feasibility
Lead the development and implementation of complex software applications
Maintain code quality and follow coding standards
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
Lead with debugging and analysis of production incidents
Mentor and coach junior engineers, encouraging a culture of learning and continuous improvement
What you’ll need:
Extensive experience as a Senior Full Stack Engineer or in a comparable role
Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals, with a track record of building scalable, resilient, and highly observable systems
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS), including cloud‑native architectures
Proven experience building, deploying, and operating containerised applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
Practical application of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) principles
Solid understanding of software testing strategies, methodologies, and best practices
Experience working in Agile environments, including Scrum, and using tools such as Jira
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Harness.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges
Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships
Awareness of and interest in emerging technologies, including Generative AI, and Agentic / AI Capabilities
Good understanding of networking concepts, ideally across both public cloud and on‑premise environments
Ability to contribute to architectural decisions and help shape the broader engineering strategy
Commitment to mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of learning, inclusion, and continuous improvement
If you’re selected to move forward in our assessment process, you may be invited to complete a technical interview with Karat – our trusted interviewing partner. As part of this stage, we’ll share your information with Karat, in line with their privacy policy.
About working for us
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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
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
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
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