End Date Monday 09 February 2026 Salary Range £72,702 - £109,053 We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary. Job Description Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Salary: £70,929 - £78,810 Location: Bristol Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Bristol office. About us 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! About this opportunity Become a part of Commercial Lending for Lloyds Banking Group and seize a unique chance to influence the future of the Commercial Cards business. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to drive our ambitions to grow our Commercial Cards business, focus on improving the client experience, and change how we work. Become part of our diverse team, and you'll experience a rare opportunity to make a difference to the lives of millions through our brands like Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank (among others). Are you ready to be part of the journey? Our culture brings together experienced, hardworking, people from a diverse set of backgrounds that enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment that supports flexible and agile working, always learning and improving ourselves and sharing knowledge. What you’ll do Designing and building scalable, modular, and well-tested back-end and full stack applications, with a strong emphasis on maintainability and performance as the codebase and business continue to scale. Ensuring software is built in a way which is consistent with, and exploits where possible, the collective frameworks, patterns and practices that exist across the wider Engineering community. Applying advanced software engineering principles and design patterns (such as SOLID, CQRS, event-driven architecture, and domain-driven design) to deliver robust, scalable solutions. Understand and apply industry best practices, foster knowledge-sharing to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist and ensure implementation of solutions where appropriate. Demonstrating a relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods, rigorous code reviews, and continuous improvement, with a particular strength in backend architecture, API design, and distributed systems. What you’ll need: Typescript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Microservices, containerisation and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, event-driven architecture using Kafka, gRPC, Express; and responsive web design in addition to knowledge of RESTful APIs and web services; Strong commercial experience in the full software development lifecycle React and state management libraries (redux, react-query); Source code repositories and change management tools (e.g. Git); Agile development practices and test automation (Unit/Integration/E2E testing – Jest/Testing Library/Cypress, Playwright); Build processes and release automation (Azure Pipelines, Nexus); Experience of agile development practices, DevOps pipelines, continuous integration / deployment, test automation and the E2E software development lifecycle. Feature flag management (Unleash). 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: 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 Want to do amazing work, that’s 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.