Market Risk Engineering Developer

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Market Risk Engineering Developer

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About this opportunity

Join a multi-skilled rapid application development team embedded in the business, enhancing capability through collaborative solution delivery.

Take your place in the Traded Risk Rapid Application Development team where you'll work with multi-skilled software engineers, risk, change and operational SME’s. As an Application Developer, apply your significant experience software development skills and broader technical expertise to deliver and support technical solutions and build business functionality, so we can enable evolving analytical, regulatory and operational deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deliver, and support internally developed and connected applications and robust technical solutions in collaboration with technical and business users, recommending options where appropriate

• Conduct research into new solutions and prototype new ideas

• Analyse problems, provide expert diagnosis, maximise your individual skills and collaboration

• Develop product specifications and accompanying testing

• Support change planning with project colleagues and ensure controlled change delivery

• Develop capabilities of the team, providing specialised training in your area of expertise

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey and there couldn’t be a better time to join us. The investments we’re making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.

What you’ll need:

• Technical skills: Over 5 years of experience developing applications, automation and technical solutions in python, plus a broad developer experience across a range of technologies, including SQL Server

• Working experience with DevOps and change tools accompanied by experience with software development lifecycle and agile delivery methods

• Strong problem solving skills and a growth mindset, able to demonstrate effectiveness in learning and applying new skills, and application of AI to solution development

• Experience delivering applications and technical solutions covering content in traded risk (market and / or counterparty risk)

And any experience of these would be really useful:

• Delivering complex information simply and concisely, such as to a non-technical audience

• AI assisted development and deployment (e.g. vibe coding) to build applications via AI using natural language

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply. 

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We’re disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're 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 you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're 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 we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.