Hargreaves Lansdown

Financial Services

SeniorSoftwareEngineer

£75–110k ~AI est. United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer at Hargreaves Lansdown. Skills: Software engineering, Java, AWS, Event-driven architectures. Lead technical discovery for initiatives. Shape solution options”

What You'll Achieve.

Transfers systems simpler; Transfers systems more resilient; Transfers systems easier to change; Fewer incidents; Faster recovery; Technical risks surfaced; Technical risks addressed early; Enabling predictable delivery

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex technical problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years of experience in software engineering, Java software engineering background, Experience with AWS, Experience with event-driven architectures, Experience delivering product-led, agile software, Stakeholder management across Product, Operations, and Engineering, Keen focus on quality and security, Baking testing into CI/CD pipelines, Baking scanning into CI/CD pipelines

Nice to Have

Experience in financial services, Familiarity with AWS, Familiarity with Java, Familiarity with integration-heavy platforms, Experience improving operational resilience, Experience improving throughput via system redesign, Experience improving throughput via automation

What You'll Do.

Lead technical discovery for initiatives

Shape solution options

Shape technical risk assessments

Identify system-level technical risks

Reduce system-level technical risks

Identify cross-team technical risks

Reduce cross-team technical risks

Solve complex technical problems

Drive improvements in testability

Drive improvements in observability

Drive improvements in deployment safety

Drive improvements in recovery

Act as technical mentor

Act as technical coach

Enable sustainable delivery

Enable predictable delivery

Work closely with Product teams

Work closely with Operations teams

Work closely with Architecture teams

Work closely with Platform teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering Managers; Product Managers; Principal Engineers; Architecture teams; Platform teams; Product teams; Operations teams

Communication Scope

Explain complex technical concepts

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

# Excited to grow your career? ## **Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.** 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 # About HL And The Opportunity We’re building the next generation platform for one of the UK’s largest financial services companies, trusted by over 2 million clients and managing c.£150 billion in assets. You will contribute in expanding our new capabilities that will enable our clients to seamlessly transfer in (and out) financial products like SIPPs and ISAs. Be part of HL’s future. Be part of the future of investing. Shape it with us. About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer in our Transfers Tribe, you’ll focus on solving technical problems at scale, reducing systemic risk, and enabling teams to deliver faster without compromising stability, security, or regulatory compliance. You will work closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Principal Engineers, Architecture, and Platform teams within an end-to-end, product-led delivery model. ## Key Responsibilities ### ### Technical Strategy & Architecture * Lead technical discovery for initiatives, shaping solution options, trade-offs, and technical risk assessments. * Identify and proactively reduce system-level and cross-team technical risks, including performance, operability, and data integrity. ### Engineering & Problem Solving * Solve complex technical problems across event-driven flows, integrations, orchestration, and data consistency. * Drive improvements in testability, observability, deployment safety, and recovery across Transfers systems. ### ### Technical Leadership & Enablement * Act as a technical mentor

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