Senior Software Engineer

The Payments Services Platform enables customers and businesses across Lloyds Banking Group to move money securely and efficiently. We work closely with regulators, industry partners and engineering teams across the Group to deliver reliable, compliant and innovative payment solutions.

You'll be joining a team that values collaboration, learning and continuous improvement, where engineers are empowered to experiment, challenge thinking and influence the future direction of our technology.

We're looking for people who bring a blend of technical capability, collaboration and problem-solving skills. Key skills include:

Software Engineering – substantial experience designing, developing and maintaining high-quality software solutions using Java and modern engineering practices.

DevOps – experience supporting automated delivery pipelines, deployment automation and continuous improvement of engineering practices.

Technical Delivery – ability to deliver reliable, scalable software solutions while balancing customer, operational and regulatory requirements.

Problem Solving – able to analyse complex technical challenges and identify practical, scalable solutions.

Collaboration – experience working effectively within cross-functional agile teams to deliver shared outcomes.

Stakeholder Management – ability to build strong working relationships across engineering, product and external partner communities.

And any experience of this would be really useful

Kafka, Quarkus or similar distributed application technologies.

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT), blockchain or DAML.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or other public cloud platforms.

React, TypeScript or modern frontend development frameworks.

Experience working on globally distributed or high-scale payment platforms.

Knowledge of payment processing, digital assets or financial services technology.

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 colleagues to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We're committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and experiences, including people who are currently under-represented within our industry.

We're a Disability Confident employer and we'll make reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process. If there's anything we can do to make the application process more accessible for you, please let us know.

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

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

An annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle

30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous family leave policies

If you're excited by the thought of helping shape the future of payments whilst working with modern engineering technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

Even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Your skills, potential and unique perspective could make you a great addition to our team.

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.