Job Specifications
This is the future of HL - and the future of investing.
We're building the next generation of platform for one of the UK's largest financial services companies, trusted by over 2+ million clients and managing £150+ billion in assets. This is your opportunity to shape technology that will redefine how people invest and achieve financial freedom.
All development within Core Wealth Services is greenfield. That means a clean slate - the chance to design, architect and build from the ground up using modern technologies and best practices. No legacy constraints. Just the freedom to architect scalable, robust, and future-proof solutions.
Core Wealth Services forms the backbone of our investment platform, managing the essential business logic and processes that power wealth management operations. This domain handles critical financial workflows and regulatory compliance, ensuring secure and seamless experiences for millions of users.
Our purpose is clear: to give people financial freedom. By joining us, you'll help deliver innovative, secure, and scalable solutions that make investing easier and more accessible for everyone.
This is the future of HL. This is the future of investing. And you can be part of it.
What You'll Be Doing
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 with other members in the team to solve problems, not just ship features.
Innovating, bringing new ideas to the table for adoption throughout HL Digital.
Contributing to technical decisions and shaping how we build our services.
About You
Experience building and deploying services with Java and Spring Boot.
Comfort working in a cloud-native environment - Kubernetes (EKS), containers, scaling etc.
An understanding of observability, using tools like Prometheus and Grafana to keep services healthy and understand usage patterns.
Familiarity with some 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 learn from senior engineers within the team.
Adaptable, thriving in a fast-moving environment where we ship things quickly and always look to evolve.
Your Technical Toolkit
Java (21) and Spring Boot
AWS and cloud-native architecture
RDBMS / NoSQL databases
Event-driven and microservices architectures
Containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles
TDD / BDD testing frameworks
Salary & Package
We offer a competitive salary of up to £70,000, depending on experience, alongside a generous performance-based bonus scheme.
Your total reward package includes:
Up to 19% pension contribution - helping you plan confidently for the future
A wide range of excellent benefits, from lifestyle perks to wellbeing support, designed to help you thrive both in and out of work
We believe in recognising and rewarding the impact you make - and ensuring you feel valued every step of the way.
Interview process
3 Stage interview:
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.
Working Schedule
We're based in the stunning Paddington Central offices at 4 Kingdom Street, a modern workspace designed to energise your day and elevate collaboration.
What Makes It Special?
Landscaped rooftop gardens - perfect for a breath of fresh air or informal catch-ups.
London's highest rooftop basketball court - yes, really!
On-site café and bar with sweeping views across West London.
Wellness amenities including showers, lockers, hairdryers, and fresh towels.
Cyclist-friendly with secure bike storage and drying rooms.
Stylish lounge areas, booths, and breakout spaces for focused work or relaxed chats.
Canalside location near Little Ven
About the Company
We’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments. Today we're trusted by over 1.9 million clients.
Our service allows clients to bring all their ISAs, pensions, SIPPS, and savings into one easy to manage place, allowing them to be in control.
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