Senior Software Engineer, Hargreaves Lansdown

Core Wealth Services

£80.8-95k

+ performance-based bonus scheme

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Prometheus

Spring

Grafana

DevOps

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

2-3 days a week in office (Paddington, London)

The UK's number one investment and savings platform for private investors

Open for applications

The UK's number one investment and savings platform for private investors

1001+ employees

B2CFinancial Services

Open for applications

£80.8-95k

+ performance-based bonus scheme

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Java

Prometheus

Spring

Grafana

DevOps

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

2-3 days a week in office (Paddington, London)

1001+ employees

B2CFinancial Services

Company mission

To make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Solid experience building and deploying services with Java and Spring Boot
Comfort working in a cloud-native environment – Kubernetes (EKS), containers, scaling etc
An interest in observability, using tools like Prometheus and Grafana to keep services healthy and understand usage patterns
Familiarity with AWS services and how to integrate them into modern applications
A keen focus on quality and security, baking testing and scanning into CI/CD pipelines
Capable of writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
Happy to review, share knowledge and mentor engineers within the team
Adaptable, thriving in a fast-moving environment where we ship things quickly and always look to evolve

What the job involves

At Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) we are building our next generation platform, creating flexible and scalable applications in a multi-tenancy SaaS architecture
We’re on the lookout for engineers who can help develop our offering, creating quality-focused first-class applications at pace, leveraging cloud applications to deliver robust, event-driven microservices used by millions of customers every day to manage their investment portfolios
We want to revolutionise the financial services industry and we’re looking for innovative talent to help us on our mission
Building and deploying scalable, fault-tolerant micro-services at pace, owning them end to end
Integrating with cloud applications, operating in a zero-trust, security-first environment
Delivering value iteratively, always focused on customer outcomes and short feedback loops
Creating and visualising application metrics to help understand usage patterns and anomalies
Reviewing code with peers, with an eye for both quality and velocity
Collaborating across teams to solve problems, not just ship features
Innovating, bringing new ideas to the table for adoption throughout HL Digital
Driving technical decisions and shaping how we build our services

Application process

End Date: October 31, 2025
Stage 1 – Discussion with our Hiring Manager (30mins):
A chance to talk with our Hiring Manager in more detail about the role, our tech stack and some of the problems we solve every day. Here, we’ll dig a bit more into some of your experiences, understand the processes you’re familiar with and the technologies you’ve used to deliver end user value
Stage 2 – Technical (70mins):
For the technical part, we’d like you to sit down with some of your potential peers to work through a coding solution. We’ll be looking together at where a sample piece of code has issues and how we might address them
Stage 3 - Culture Fit (30mins):
In our Cultural Fit section, we’ll be looking to learn more about your past experiences, what keeps you motivated, where we may be able to help you improve further, key decisions you’ve helped to make and issues you’ve resolved

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's number one investment platform for private investors, trusted by 2M people to help manage their money. Founded back in 1981 in a spare bedroom, it's grown into a powerhouse, and with more than £170B in assets under its administration, it's become the biggest name in DIY investing in the country.

The company offers a wide range of services that include Stocks and Shares ISAs, pensions (SIPPs), savings accounts, and a market-leading investment app, making it easy for everyday people to invest, save, and better plan for their retirement.

Recently, HL was taken private in a £5.4B deal, with new leadership aiming to modernise and future-proof the business. And despite more competition from digital challengers, it continues to thrive, adding more customers, launching new features, and paying strong dividends. On top of that, it's got over 40 years of experience and a forward-thinking team driving it towards even more success.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Trustpilot (4.5)

Company

Company benefits

Generous Discretionary Annual Bonus
Up to 19% Pension
Private Medical Insurance*
Health Cash Plan
Income Protection
Life Assurance (4x Salary)
Additional Holiday Purchase

Company HQ

Canon's Marsh, Bristol, UK

Articles

Peter Hargreaves to step down from Hargreaves Lansdown board

Leadership

Richard Flint

(CEO)

Previously, Richard spent over 5 years at Sky Betting & Gaming as CEO and an Executive Chair. Prior to that, he spent over 13 years at Sky as a Managing Director. Now, he is an Investor and Chairperson at a number of companies.

Mohamed Ait Si Brahim

(Group CTO)

Mohamad is also a Member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. Previously, he spent over 7 years at Profile Pensions as CTO. Prior to that, he was a VP of Engineering at OpenGamma and Head of Market Risk Technology at LSEG.

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