Senior Software Engineer

Excited to grow your career? Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from youAbout the roleHL are looking for a talented full stack Senior Software Engineer to join our Active Savings product development team in building market leading solutions for our clients. The Savings application allows HL clients to easily deposit cash into a selection of savings accounts offered by partner banks. It is a bespoke development project with several functional sub-components.This is an opportunity to join the UK’s number one investment services company, managing over £149.7 billion in assets for more than 1.86 million UK investors. As a secure, and highly respected brand, HL offers you the chance to make a genuine impact within one of the UK's most innovative and digitally focused businesses.What You’ll Be DoingCollaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital client journeysHelp drive our future technical direction to enable us to deliver modern, scalable, secure and highly performant applicationWrite high quality, secure, tested and performant codeCreate and maintain automated tests for all changesDocument all solutions according to team standardsProvide engineering support and maintenance for existing applications.Continuously develop your own technical and interpersonal skills, with a willingness to learn and adopt new technologies and techniques.Provide coaching & mentoring to peers and junior members of the teamAdvocate for continuous improvement in ways of working, quality, security, performance, and CI/CD processes.Engage in working groups and communities of practice to support the development teamAbout YouExtensive professional experience with Java 11+, Springboot, RDBMS and SQLExperience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing tools and practicesExperience with CI/CD and Trunk Based DevelopmentAdvocate for observability, experienced in monitoring, logging, and tracing to ensure system reliability and performanceAwareness of website performance implications, best practices and other non-functional requirementsProficient in collaborative code reviews, technical documentation, and advocating for excellent development practices to optimize for rapid and continuous delivery of client value within an Agile frameworkCollaborates effectively with others across different disciplines in a cross functional teamExcellent team skills, demonstrating a flexible approach to ideas: strongly formed but actively soliciting team inputClear communication, both written and verbal, with good numerical skillsLogical, analytical and methodical approach to problem solvingPro-active, resourceful and able to use initiativePragmatic and focused on deliveryEfficient time management, with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and balance multiple responsibilitiesWillingness to learn and a growth mindset, with a desire to develop professionallyEnjoys coaching and guiding others in a team and prioritizes sharing knowledge.Persistent, with a pride in what you doNice To HaveA background in finance/bankingExperience with the design and implementation of Microservices and RESTful APIs, including structuring, documenting, versioning and testingUnderstanding of TDD and BDDTest automation with Cucumber and SeleniumFrontend Web development, HTML, CSSKnowledge of using JIRA and other Atlassian productsTech StackJava / Springboot / Gradle / HTML / Oracle / MyBatisCucumber / Selenium / RestAssured / JenkinsLinux / WindowsWhy us?Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.What's on offer?Discretionary annual bonus * and annual pay review25 days * holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closureOption to purchase an additional 5 days holidayFlexible working options available, including hybrid workingEnhanced parental leavePension scheme up to 11% employer contributionIncome Protection and Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)Private medical insurance*Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patient careHealth screening programmeHelp@hand - confidential support including mental health counselling and remote GPWellhub - unlimited access to fitness providers and wellness coach sessionsVariety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilitiesInhouse barista and deli serving subsidised coffee and sandwichesTwo paid volunteering days per year* dependant on role level** only available to select during our annual benefits window, in November each yearHargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates. #J-18808-Ljbffr