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
Salary: up to £80,000 dependent on experience
At Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), we value our talented employees and are committed to fostering career growth. If you are passionate about technology and ready to contribute your skills, apply now to be part of the UK's number one investment services company. As the UK's leading investment services company, managing over £149.7 billion in assets for 1.86 million investors, HL is at the forefront of delivering innovative financial solutions. As a FTSE 100 company, we provide a stable, secure environment where you can make a lasting impact. Join us to lead the transformation of our core wealth services by developing robust backend solutions that drive the future of financial innovation for our clients.
As a Senior Software Engineer, your key responsibilities will include:
- Develop, deploy and scale applications in Java / Typescript
- Develop and design backend APIs for scalable solutions
- Build robust, scalable, leading-edge container images
- Develop and automate CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments
- Design solutions for distributed and concurrent systems
- Work with relational and non-relational databases, optimising queries and designing schemas
- Deploy and run enterprise-scale Kubernetes clusters hosting distributed application services
- Document our architecture and infrastructure through code
- Write testable code and believe in Test Driven Development (TDD)
We're looking for an engineer who embodies the following traits:
Problem Solver:
You approach challenges with a logical, analytical mindset always returning to the first principles.
Client Focused:
You're motivated by delivering high-quality outcomes that benefit clients.
Data-Driven Decision-Maker:
You base your decisions on data and insights, using analytics to inform strategies and improve performance.
Strong Communication:
Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audience
Continuous Learner:
You stay curious and committed to growing your technical and interpersonal skills.
Positive Mindset:
You bring a constructive, solution-focused attitude to your work.
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.