Senior API Engineer

End Date Monday 21 April 2025 Salary Range £70,929 - £106,394 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE: Senior API Engineer LOCATION: Edinburgh SALARY: £70,929 – 78,810 HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our office site. About this opportunity: Our mission is to help customers feel confident and in control of their finances, now and into the future. We’re building a new future for financial wellbeing, helping customers understand the big picture and making it easy for them to protect what matters. Our services are accessible for everyone, no matter what their income is or how comfortable they are with financial jargon, and we work hard to make sure we’re there for customers in the moments that matter. We’re bold and we love to experiment. We’re not afraid to try out new ways of working and we encourage teams to be flexible and adaptive. As part of our Edinburgh based team, you will work as a senior engineer and become an integral part of a feature team within our Customer Experience Lab evolving our Digital Channels (native mobile, web, Internet Banking). Why Lloyds Banking Group: We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. What Will You Do? Work as part of a self-organised engineering team to design and develop software features or services that are delightful and vital in our mission to help Britain prosper. Be at the heart of delivery in your team building features with a passion for evolving best practices within your community. Work with the product and engineering leads to achieve the vision and customer outcomes for your Lab, through writing well-factored and tested code. Be curious about technology and understanding how things work. You'll influence positively demonstrating the right values and behaviours as we improve how we deliver. What we need from you: Experienced in Node.js or similar technology based API development. Strong understanding and experience in JavaScript/React.js stack. Experienced with modern engineering concepts and technologies such as Microservices, RESTful APIs, Kubernetes, Git, Jenkins. Good understanding of distributed system architectures. Experience working with Data Streaming and Cloud based Database systems would be beneficial Ability to write efficient and scalable software as well as experience with building performant systems. Ability to effectively communicate and work collaboratively across engineering function to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste. An advocate for quality who can support the Engineering team leveraging: CI/CD best practice, Pair Programming, TDD/BDD Good analytical skills to identify and resolve complex technical issues. Working in the private / public cloud domain at scale, primarily with LBG Private Cloud/GCP. Solving real world problems and being comfortable working in a complex regulated environment 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 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 performance-related bonus 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 interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey. 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.