Software Engineer - Lloyds Banking Group
Duration: July 2025 - Present
Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support continuous improvement nad development.
About Me
London, England
Hello! I'm Hayden, a software Engineer passionate about building efficient, user-friendly applications. With a background in computer science and professional experience as a software developer and quality engineer, I am dedicated to crafting clean, scalable code and continuously improving my skills. I'm eager to contribute to innovative teams and develop cutting-edge technology solutions.
Programming Languages
- Java
- C++
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Python
- SQL
Frameworks
- RestAssured
- SpringBoot
- Cucumber
- JUnit
- Selenium
- OWASP
Tools
- Git
- Linux
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Postman
- Thunder Client
- Kafka
- Swagger
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Code
- JetBrains IDEs
- BurpSuite
- Wireshark
Job Experience
Quality Engineer - Lloyds Banking Group
Duration: October 2023 - July 2025
Responsibilities include ensuring the quality and efficiency of banking software solutions through rigorous testing and quality control processes, using automated and manual testing methods.
Accomplishments:
- Refactored automation repo to reduce runtime by 70%, reducing test execution time from 50 minutes to 15 minutes.
- Developed a new BDD test automation repo for regression testing across three microservices.
- Finalist, together with team, for the Tackling Economic Crime: Outstanding team award 2024
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science: Cybersecurity
University: Liberty University
Graduation Year: 2023
GPA: 3.79
U.S. Equivalent of a First-Class Degree
Certifications & Awards
ISTQB Certified Tester
Foundation Level
Certificate Obtained: November 2, 2023
Awards
Reboot London Hackathon Winner 2025
Together with my team won the Reboot Hackathon hosted by Lloyds Banking Group and sponsored by Microsoft and IBM in London 2025
Year: 2025
TECA: Outstanding Team Award
Finalist, together with team, for the Tackling Economic Crime: Outstanding Team Award 2024
Year: 2024