Software Engineer

The opportunity - Overview

As a Software Engineer, you'll be hands-on in the delivery of new applications for a range of products in our digital client experience platform, adhering to coding standards, and prioritising software quality.

We are entirely in the cloud, with a greenfield tech stack; taking advantage of powerful commoditised offerings where we can, and building bespoke cloud-native solutions when they can differentiate us from our competition.

You'll have worked on the full-stack of modern, scalable and resilient software projects, cloud hosted, ideally Internet-facing, and will have a sound understanding of what "good" looks like in an engineering team.

We believe in an open and collaborative working environment, and we want you to draw upon your experience to establish this culture within engineering, whilst ensuring we don't skip over our regulatory obligations around process controls.

What we're looking for

• You have 3 - 5 years of experience in full-stack software engineering, in which you demonstrated an eagerness to expand your set of skills and learn new technologies.
• You have an interest in cloud-first and serverless design patterns, and an appreciation of how PaaS offerings can be composed into solution design.
• You understand what it takes to design and develop APIs.
• You are familiar with distributed version control systems like Git, and can describe the branching strategies you have used on previous and current projects.
• You can give examples of what you consider to be good practices in software engineering, and how you have tried to implement those practices in previous roles.
• You appreciate both the importance of development and testing for "non-functional" requirements and, hopefully, why that phrase is in inverted commas!
• You are happy working in an Agile delivery environment, interacting directly with other team members and stakeholders on a daily basis.
• You treat operational and monitoring considerations as first class concerns.

Your qualities

• Humble: you acknowledge your strengths, and also your weaknesses; you work for more than your own personal glory.
• Curious: you follow the latest technology developments, and explore ways they can be adopted.
• Creative: you think beyond the obvious.
• Thorough: you consider the full-picture, and understand that details can matter
• Calm: you're positive under pressure and happy to take the lead in challenging times.

You belong here

At Schroders Personal Wealth, we welcome all. All colours, cultures, genders, beliefs, religions, ages, people.

We depend on the unique approaches of our team members to help us meet our ambitions.

We are committed to increasing diversity across our team and ensuring that Schroders Personal Wealth is a place where people from all backgrounds can make an impact and reach their potential

Work in a way that works for you

When it comes to flexible working, we'll do our best to accommodate your needs with our flexible working policy. Please enquire in your interview.

What we'll give you

You can expect a career that's full of opportunity and support to help you develop. We offer a competitive total reward package, which means you share in the success you help create.

• A market leading defined contribution pension scheme.
• An additional 4% of your annual salary in a Flexible benefits package that you can select and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction or take as cash.
• 25 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays.
• An incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and your contribution to it.

About us

Schroders Personal Wealth combines over 400 years of expertise from Lloyds Banking Group and Schroders plc, two leading British companies partnering to bring financial planning services to more people in the UK.

Our focus is on the personal relationship we develop with our customers, underpinned by leading edge technology, multi-channel customer reach and global investment expertise.

We aim to become a top UK financial planning business within five years. Would you like to be part of making this possible?

Join us

Does this sound like a role that you'd like to know more about? If like us, you're more motivated by customers than by targets, and you'd thrive in a culture that is values and client led - then we'd love to hear from you.