Junior Software Engineer - Big Data Engineering

Job Description

End Date Friday 28 April 2023 Salary Range £35,656 - £57,941 We support agile workingclick here for more information on agile working options.Agile Working Options Flexible / Variable Hours, Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job DescriptionJunior Software EngineerBig Data EngineeringLloyds Banking GroupBristol: Hybrid working arrangements, (2 days per week in the office and the rest from home)Salary & Benefits: £41,715 to £48,668 per annum (location dependent), plus annual personal bonus, 15% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.We also offer flexible working hours, agile working practices flexibility to suit your lifestyle and ensure a good work-life balance.Lloyds Banking GroupAs the UKs largest Digital, Retail and Commercial bank we realise that our data is a significant business differentiator and plays a pivotal role in achieving our sustainable growth ambitions.Were looking to further adopt sophisticated approaches to how we utilise data to interact with and service our customers backed with a £3bn investment programme.Our team Were the Data & Machine Learning (D&ML), in the Data Content Services lab. Were responsible for Hadoop based Systems of Insight within the Group. Whilst currently on-prem, were moving to the cloud, making this an excellent time to join our team on thisjourney.About the role Were the owners of the Enterprise Data Hub - a Hadoop implementation based upon Hive and Spark, currently favouring Scala. The Group has also signed up to a strategic partnership with Google to utilise their Cloud Platform services (GCP) to build a newstrategic platform for the Group to prepare our Bank of the Future service for customers. We anticipate very significant opportunity for review of our systems, data processing methods and approaches.As a Junior Software Engineer (Big Data) youll support the delivering the highest quality data processing and analytical systems.Youll be involved in data processing and analytics, drawing upon your engineering and coding expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities the cloud provides.Youll get to know then support key business and lab priorities, deliver code, facilitate solution designs and identify potential technical impediments then work to resolve them.What key skills youll need to apply for the role Wed welcome applicants from diverse organisational, cultural, and technological backgrounds and believe this is critical to success. As a minimum to be considered for shortlisting we need to see evidence of the following in your CV;

• Prior experience of big data systems (large scale Hadoop, Spark, Beam, Flume, or similar data processing paradigms)either through a degree or we find people with up to three years commercial experience align well to this level of role.
• Prior programming skills in any language ideally Scala, Python
• Hands-on approach and knowledge of big data systems, ideally Hadoop/Spark but any exposure to big data systems for this level of role can work.
• Any exposure to cloud technologies would be highly beneficial

Why else would you want to work with usWere also passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability positive, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process.Were simply committed to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.So, if you have a desire to work in an exciting Software Engineer role, then please get in touch wed love to hear from you!At Lloyds Banking Group, were 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 youll have a key role to play in shaping the financialservices of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means youll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.Were 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 were building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunityto make a real difference.