Software Engineer

HL are looking for a talented Software Engineers to work on one of our Investment Growth product engineering teams in building market-leading solutions for our clients.

This is an opportunity to join the UK's number one investment services company, looking after over £180 billion in assets on behalf of more than 2 million UK investors. This is your chance to genuinely stamp your mark on one of the UK's most innovative and digital-focused businesses.

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality digital client journeys.

• Develop AWS Cloud-native applications with TypeScript and React and manage them using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Write high-quality, secure, tested and performant code.

• Create and maintain automated tests for new changes.

• Document all solutions according to team standards.

• Provide engineering support and maintenance for existing applications.

• Continuously develop your own technical and interpersonal skills, with a willingness to learn and adopt new technologies and techniques.

• Provide coaching & mentoring to peers.

• Advocate for continuous improvement in ways of working, quality, security, performance, and CI/CD processes.

• Cultivate strong working relationships within the squad and across the organisation.

• Engage in working groups and communities of practice to support the development team.

Skills

• Professional experience with TypeScript, React and Node, and with the use of IaC tools such as Terraform.

• Familiarity with product development for cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or GCP, and related technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker and serverless).

• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing tools and practices (e.g. Jest, Cypress, Backstop, Playwright).

• Experience with CI/CD and Trunk Based Development.

• Experience with observability tools and practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Understanding of Microservices & principles of RESTful API development, including structuring, documenting, versioning, testing and stubbing/mocking.

• Understanding of Event Driven Architecture.

• Understanding of databases technologies and how to work with them, including document, relational and data platform tools.

• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards.

• Awareness of website performance implications, best practices and other non-functional requirements.

• Proficient in collaborative code reviews, technical documentation, and advocating for excellent development practices to optimize for rapid and continuous delivery of client value within an Agile framework.

Attributes

• Collaborate effectively with team members across various disciplines in a cross-functional team.

• Strong team skills, open to new ideas and actively seeking team input, and contributing to an inclusive and psychologically safe environment.

• Clear communication, both in writing and verbally, with good numerical skills.

• Logical, analytical and methodical approach to problem solving.

• Pro-active, resourceful and able to use initiative.

• Pragmatic and focused on delivery.

• Efficient time management, with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and balance multiple responsibilities.

• Willingness to learn and a growth mindset, with a desire to develop professionally.

• Enjoys sharing knowledge and helping others in the team to improve their skills.

• Persistent, with a pride in what you do.