Software Engineer (Java) - Payments

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

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 you!

About The Role

As a Software Engineer in Payments, you'll be responsible for providing new features and maintaining existing codebase within Payments Product Team. The product is focused on building and maintaining payment solutions.

You will be working on technology initiatives that require delivery of high quality, secure and resilient software, in a sustainable and predictable way. We are always looking forward and constantly striving to use the best and most innovative solutions available.

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.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Writing high quality Java code;
• Working collaboratively as part of a Agile team;
• Suggesting your ideas, participating in technology choices, presenting your solutions;
• Actively contributing to the Agile process (stand ups, retrospectives, etc.) and the overall output of the team.

Essential Skills

• Very good knowledge on Java, preferably the recent versions;
• Hands-on experience with design patterns and programming best practices;
• Have a mindset of continuous improvement in everything you do;
• Solid commercial programming experience;
• Comfortable working in a Scrum/Agile team;
• Developing secure & maintainable code;
• Finding innovate solutions to problems;

Must Have

• Java 17+
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• Gradle
• Design patterns
• Sync & async integration patterns (REST, messaging)
• GIT

Nice To Have

• AWS
• Terraform
• TypeScript

Why 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* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves 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.