Job Description

End Date

Tuesday 30 December 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

Summary

JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer (JAVA)


SALARY:70,929 - 78,810


LOCATION: Halifax


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 one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

The Identity & Authentication Platform delivers capabilities to enable LBG business areas secure client and digital authentication and identity across all their digital channels. The Platform delivers core products including Identity & Authentication as a Service, giving end-to-end packaged services of several components for self-serve consumption.

What

you'll

be doing:

Create and maintain robust APIs that enable secure and efficient communication between services. Develop scalable microservices architectures that support high availability and performance. Deliver solutions across both public and private cloud platforms , ensuring reliability and security. Participate as a valued mem b er of agile squads, contributing to planning, development, and continuous improvement. Use best practices and design patterns to shape high-quality, maintainable solutions. Advocate for "What Good Looks Like" in software engineering and help spread these standards across teams. Take ownership of software delivery from inception to production , ensuring robustness and scalability. Focus on building secure authentication systems to protect customers against fraud. Work closely with architects, engineers, and technicians in the Authentication Lab to deliver cutting-edge solutions.

What

you'll

need

Strong Software Engineering experience , ideally focused on Java Proven expertise in API design and development Hands-on experience with microservices Working knowledge of Authentication and Authorization concepts Exposure to Test-Driven Development (TDD) and performance engineering/cloud optimization Solid understanding of Networking and API Gateways Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines , monitoring tools, containers, orchestration, and service mesh Experience with DevSecOps pipelines and methodologies

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

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:

o A generous pension contribution of up to 15%


o An annual performance-related bonus


o Share schemes including free shares


o Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping


o 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top


o A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today

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.