Backend Software Engineer

Salary: £44,000 - 76,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications in Golang
• Experience building and supporting microservices architectures
• Experience deploying and operating applications in containerised environments, ideally Kubernetes
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience working within agile development environments
• Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across the application stack, including network, server and database layers
• Experience building concurrent, distributed applications at scale
• Experience working with DevOps or SRE teams to support production environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• A passion for learning, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality software
• Experience with PHP
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other messaging technologies
• Experience with event-driven architectures
• Experience of real-time, low-latency transaction-based systems
• Knowledge of AWS, Docker, and CI/CD practices
• Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or BigQuery
• Exposure to data platforms, ETL processes, or machine learning-enabled products
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or supporting the development of other engineers
• Previous experience within fintech, payments, or a fast-paced startup environment

Responsibilities:

• Build elegant, performant, maintainable, operable, and secure Golang microservices that power innovative financial products and services
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions
• Contribute to system design and architecture
• Champion engineering best practice
• Help continuously improve development processes
• Play a key role in building a connected platform
• Develop data-driven financial insights
• Enable integrations with leading applications and services
• Support the delivery of scalable, resilient systems that help customers better manage their money

Technologies:

• AWS
• BigQuery
• Backend
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Docker
• ETL
• Golang
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Machine Learning
• MongoDB
• Network
• NoSQL
• PHP
• PostgreSQL
• RabbitMQ
• microservices
• Cloud

More:

We are Lloyds Banking Group, a pioneering, fast-changing business shaping finance as a force for good. This is a hybrid Backend Software Engineer role based in London, with at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, spent in one of our office sites. We support flexible working and offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location, and working patterns. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn and develop. Our benefits package includes a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual bonus award subject to Group performance, share schemes including free shares, adaptable benefits such as discounted shopping, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing initiatives, and generous parental leave policies.

last updated 36 week of 2026