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Principal Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group, City of Westminster

Principal Software Engineer

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Lloyds Banking Group, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 16 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: bd101921f3384d7c82a453089c9d9ffc

Full Job Description

  • Lead end-to-end design, implementation and delivery of future architecture for highly scalable, resilient low latency systems
  • Collaborate with the head of engineering, product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define and execute the software engineering teams' roadmap, scope, and deliverables.
  • Lead engineering best practices
  • Drive technical strategy and direction for engineering team
  • Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple entities across the group.
  • Drive the culture of delivering highly secured and high-quality software.
  • Identify and eliminate recurring issues by automating processes.
  • Have cross-functional and cross-product impact in the organisation
  • Initiate, design and drive high impact ideas using the right design principles
  • Mentor and coach, software engineering teams, developing their skills and career growth.

    Significant experience in designing, building and supporting distributed systems and large-scale data processing systems in production with a proven track record
  • Strong computer science skills
  • Proven experience and knowledge of automation and CI/CD
  • Proficiency in relevant programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, such as Python, Java, Go, Rust, JavaScript, React, SQL.
  • Practical experience of Cloud native solutions
  • Advanced knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure or AWS.
  • Strong experience working with Kafka.
  • Clear understanding of data structures, algorithms, software design, design patterns and core programming concepts.
  • Good understating of cloud storage, networking, and resource provisioning
    • It would be great if you also had
  • Master's degree or PhD in computer science or related field
  • Certification in GCP "Cloud Architect", "Cloud Developer", "Professional Data Engineer"
  • Certification in Apache Kafka (CCDAK)

    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!

    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:
  • 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.

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