Senior Software Engineer (Cards)

Company: Lloyds Banking Group
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Location: Chester
Job Description:

TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

LOCATION: Chester, with potential to work from the Manchester office in the future.

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 are 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 are looking for passionate Senior Full Stack Developers to create secure, scalable, and customer‑first solutions.

We look for someone who thrives in collaborative environments, enjoys solving meaningful problems, and wants to make a real impact.

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 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.

Benefits:

  • 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.

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Posted: July 13th, 2026