Junior Software Engineer- Manchester

Junior Software Engineer- Manchester page is loaded Junior Software Engineer- Manchesterlocations: Manchester Westminster Housetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: December 6, 2025 (14 days left to apply)job requisition id: 147918 End Date Friday 05 December 2025 Salary Range £35,340 - £37,200 Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary This is a full time role based in Manchester . Job Description JOB TITLE: Junior Software Engineer SALARY: 35,340 LOCATION(S): Manchester HOURS : Full- time - 35 hours a week. WORKING PATTERN : Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. About this Opportunity We're modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers.Our core technology focus is on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.We're particularly interested in people with experience in one or more of the following: Azure WAF, Google Cloud Armor, Google Model Armor, VPCSC, Azure Firewall, Google VPC Firewall, Azure NGFW, Google Cloud NGFW, GitHub, Terraform, Azure Policy, Google Organization Policy.Your role as a Junior Software Engineer is to learn on the job and work collaboratively with the other Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers within the Network and Perimeter Security team and the wider organisation. Your responsibilities will include: You'll join a collaborative, agile team that is product focused. You'll design and develop features and improvements to our existing products and services. We provide BAU support as well as an on call rota. Write and review Infrastructure as Code ensuring it has been written securely Operationally support existing products including incidents and inbound customer requests Develop and test new features for existing products Manage work via Jira tickets Automate and utilise AI to drive efficient and cost-effective products for our customers Identify opportunities for improvements in our products and services Support planning activities and product roadmaps Grows own capabilities by pursuing and investing in personal development opportunities Why Lloyds Banking Group We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive What you'll need Self-starter who is able to learn quickly on the job whilst building new skills and technological knowledge Ensure that any code or solutions are built in line with our security standards and industry best practice Ability to listen and reflect and respect the views of others as well as being able to communicate your own opinion Understand the business area to facilitate the best solution design with team members and product owners Be environment aware, identify technical impediments / bottlenecks and work directly to resolve Experience with agile development methods & tooling e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Jira & Confluence, and experience of working as part of an agile team Experience of DevOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery Be passionate about automating everything Be industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions and the experience of the team 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 performance-related bonus• Share schemes including free shares• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping• 24 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies Join our journey. (Please note our roles can generate a considerable amount of interest and can close early so don't miss out on this opportunity to apply today.) 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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.