Senior Software Engineer - #1781718

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer

SALARY: £70,929 - £80,000

LOCATION: Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Edinburgh office.

About this opportunity…

As Senior Software Engineer, you'll bring your deep technical expertise to the table, driving technical development and delivery in key areas. You'll focus o solving complex challenges with your specialised knowledge taking ownership of critical tech delivery within your team. In this role, you'll lead way in shaping the direction of our software solutions, using your expertise to make impactful decisions and drive success. You'll collaborate closely with the team and product owner to ensure delivery excellence. If you're someone who thrives on delivering high-quality solutions and making real impact with your technical know-how, we'd love to hear from you!

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we're evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We're growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll need…

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the entire application stack, with both breadth and depth, and possess exposure to microservices technologies, particularly Java 17, Spring Boot, Maven, Kafka K Stream, as well as RESTful APIs and web services.
• Exhibit an excellent understanding of the software development lifecycle (preferably within the Agile Framework), validated through prior experience.
• Possess knowledge of development best practices and patterns, with an understanding of CD/CI pipelines, preferably Jenkins or similar tools.
• Have the ability to write modular, well-tested applications that remain easy to maintain as the codebase and business scale.
• Demonstrate technical proficiency to troubleshoot and diagnose issues using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, and Kibana.
• Exhibit a strong understanding of source code management (Git)
• Knowledge of Change, Incident and Problem management processes.
• Possess knowledge and experience in agile development practices, continuous integration, and test automation (e.g., TDD, BDD, Cucumber, Gherkin)
• Display excellent interpersonal and team-working skills.
• Experience in providing technical guidance and mentoring.

And any experience of these would be useful…

• Possess experience working with cloud-based tools such as IBM Cloud Private, Google GCP, MS Azure, and Amazon AWS.
• Kubernetes/Open Shift Container experience is a bonus.
• Test Driven Development and Behaviour Driven Development.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the banking sector, particularly with Faster Payments scheme, BACS payments scheme, and Image Clearing System.

About working for us…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we're committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. 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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, 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.

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

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!