Entry level C#.Net Software Engineer (Software Developer)

Lloyds Banking Group

Bristol - Harbourside Building - BS1 5LL5LF

Salary & Benefits: £33,993 to £39,658 base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 13% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours and agile working practices. Working for Lloyds is great!

Want a Summary of the Role?

Your Software Engineering role sits in the Distributed .Net team who are responsible for developing, supporting and maintaining Agency and other.Net applications associated with Insurance and Wealth plus supporting 3rd party applications. We are involved in project based work and business as usual developments.

So what am I responsible for?

We are doing a lot of exciting work in our engineering space, especially within the insurance domain. Primarily you would will be responsible for supporting the designing, building and maintaining of relevant applications in C#.NET and SQL Server. You will be supporting those developments through route to live environments and relevant infrastructure support. You would will work in an environment that is currently using mainly waterfall lifecycle but evolving to Agile DevOps environment. At the entry level training and support will be given to develop your knowledge and skills.

You would have exposure to work within a cross-functional team and collaborate with other developers, solution architects, project staff and business customers. You will support senior developers to help them with their activities such as: shape and review technical designs, maintain and correct data in production systems, build systems, support project stakeholders to understand critical path, team engagements and priorities, specifying and supporting low-level infrastructure design and configuration details.

What experience, skills and knowledge will I need to do this role?

We are open to considering people from a variety of backgrounds but as a minimum would need to see experience developing using C#.NET and SQL Server, plus an understanding of the software development lifecycle. Most importantly we want to see a passion for development and customer centric approach.

The backgrounds we have found work well in the past have often been the following: 1) one to three years' commercial experience in a related role, 2) a relevant degree with no commercial experience or C) those recently graduating from another relevant training course looking to move industry into software development.

This would be a great role if you……

• Are passionate about software engineering.
• Want to develop a long term career within the insurance industry with good future career opportunities.
• Enjoy problem solving, troubleshooting and analysis.

Who are the team and the business area?

Insurance & Wealth Transformation is on a journey to create an excellent experience for our customers though our newly initiated Value Streams. Our Financial Planning & Retirement Value Stream has ambitious plans to significantly grow our software engineering teams this year and into 2020.

Together, we are focused on improving support to our customers throughout their financial lives, with clear, straightforward customer journeys and resilient administration platforms. Our teams are spread across Edinburgh and a growing team in Bristol, supplemented by an experienced partner team based both onshore and offshore.

Who are Lloyds Banking Group?

As the UK's largest retail and commercial bank, we have a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. That gives us a big responsibility to support the UK economy, and we have a clear strategy to put customers first and achieve our vision of being the best bank for our customers.

We're committed to employing a diverse and inclusive workforce, reflective of the customers and communities we serve - where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.

What support will I get and how will my career grow?

You would join a team of Software Engineers which is set to grow during 2020 as one of the first entry level staff after we have just hired a senior developer. You will report into the senior developer who in turn will be led by a very long standing member of our insurance software development community.

As a multi-brand, multi-channel business, we have the scale and breadth to provide you with a diverse range of training and development opportunities, helping you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference.

Together we make it possible.

Entry level C#.Net Software Engineer (Software Developer)

Lloyds Banking Group

Bristol - Harbourside Building - BS1 5LL5LF

Salary & Benefits: £33,993 to £39,658 base salary, plus annual personal bonus, 13% employer pension contribution, 4% flexible cash pot, private medical insurance, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We also offer flexible working hours and agile working practices. Working for Lloyds is great!

Want a Summary of the Role?

Your Software Engineering role sits in the Distributed .Net team who are responsible for developing, supporting and maintaining Agency and other.Net applications associated with Insurance and Wealth plus supporting 3rd party applications. We are involved in project based work and business as usual developments.

So what am I responsible for?

We are doing a lot of exciting work in our engineering space, especially within the insurance domain. Primarily you would will be responsible for supporting the designing, building and maintaining of relevant applications in C#.NET and SQL Server. You will be supporting those developments through route to live environments and relevant infrastructure support. You would will work in an environment that is currently using mainly waterfall lifecycle but evolving to Agile DevOps environment. At the entry level training and support will be given to develop your knowledge and skills.

You would have exposure to work within a cross-functional team and collaborate with other developers, solution architects, project staff and business customers. You will support senior developers to help them with their activities such as: shape and review technical designs, maintain and correct data in production systems, build systems, support project stakeholders to understand critical path, team engagements and priorities, specifying and supporting low-level infrastructure design and configuration details.

What experience, skills and knowledge will I need to do this role?

We are open to considering people from a variety of backgrounds but as a minimum would need to see experience developing using C#.NET and SQL Server, plus an understanding of the software development lifecycle. Most importantly we want to see a passion for development and customer centric approach.

The backgrounds we have found work well in the past have often been the following: 1) one to three years' commercial experience in a related role, 2) a relevant degree with no commercial experience or C) those recently graduating from another relevant training course looking to move industry into software development.

This would be a great role if you……

• Are passionate about software engineering.
• Want to develop a long term career within the insurance industry with good future career opportunities.
• Enjoy problem solving, troubleshooting and analysis.

Who are the team and the business area?

Insurance & Wealth Transformation is on a journey to create an excellent experience for our customers though our newly initiated Value Streams. Our Financial Planning & Retirement Value Stream has ambitious plans to significantly grow our software engineering teams this year and into 2020.

Together, we are focused on improving support to our customers throughout their financial lives, with clear, straightforward customer journeys and resilient administration platforms. Our teams are spread across Edinburgh and a growing team in Bristol, supplemented by an experienced partner team based both onshore and offshore.

Who are Lloyds Banking Group?

As the UK's largest retail and commercial bank, we have a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. That gives us a big responsibility to support the UK economy, and we have a clear strategy to put customers first and achieve our vision of being the best bank for our customers.

We're committed to employing a diverse and inclusive workforce, reflective of the customers and communities we serve - where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit.

What support will I get and how will my career grow?

You would join a team of Software Engineers which is set to grow during 2020 as one of the first entry level staff after we have just hired a senior developer. You will report into the senior developer who in turn will be led by a very long standing member of our insurance software development community.

As a multi-brand, multi-channel business, we have the scale and breadth to provide you with a diverse range of training and development opportunities, helping you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference.

Together we make it possible.

What you will be doing:

You will play a key role in generating and closing new business opportunities for SS&C. In this position, you’ll manage the sales life cycle from initial inquiry to qualification and closure. You will be a part of an international and fast-growing sales and marketing team based across the globe. The ideal candidate is results-oriented, enthusiastic to learn, and ambitious to earn.

Some of your responsibilities include:

• Focusing on our target market in the life and pensions sector
• Selling solutions across the SS&C portfolio including
  • Business process outsourcing
  • Our core life and pensions platform
  • Digital Operations encompassing our world class AWD technology and our new digital platform
  • Investment operations outsourcing
• Developing  and maintain excellent customer relationships with decision makers and influencers within your new business customers
• Attend events to broaden your network
• Target existing SS&C clients across Europe
• Maintain and enhance product and solution knowledge through regularly scheduled training sessions
• Work with the marketing team on the creation and evolving of campaigns and messaging
• Provide regular feedback into the marketing process
• Collaborate with the wider Sales and proposition team

Who you are:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• 5-10 years previous sales experience in the European Life and Pensions industry
• Used to complex deals, consultative selling and long deal cycles
• Located in Europe
• Fluent in Dutch or German
• Previous working experience in technology and/or  BPO services an advantage
• Self-motivated and results-driven with a positive can-do attitude to achieve

What you will be doing:

You will play a key role in generating and closing new business opportunities for SS&C. In this position, you’ll manage the sales life cycle from initial inquiry to qualification and closure. You will be a part of an international and fast-growing sales and marketing team based across the globe. The ideal candidate is results-oriented, enthusiastic to learn, and ambitious to earn.

Some of your responsibilities include:

• Focusing on our target market in the life and pensions sector
• Selling solutions across the SS&C portfolio including
  • Business process outsourcing
  • Our core life and pensions platform
  • Digital Operations encompassing our world class AWD technology and our new digital platform
  • Investment operations outsourcing
• Developing  and maintain excellent customer relationships with decision makers and influencers within your new business customers
• Attend events to broaden your network
• Target existing SS&C clients across Europe
• Maintain and enhance product and solution knowledge through regularly scheduled training sessions
• Work with the marketing team on the creation and evolving of campaigns and messaging
• Provide regular feedback into the marketing process
• Collaborate with the wider Sales and proposition team

Who you are:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• 5-10 years previous sales experience in the European Life and Pensions industry
• Used to complex deals, consultative selling and long deal cycles
• Located in Europe
• Fluent in Dutch or German
• Previous working experience in technology and/or  BPO services an advantage
• Self-motivated and results-driven with a positive can-do attitude to achieve