Engineering Lead

JOB TITLE: Engineering Lead

SALARY: The salary banding for Halifax and Edinburgh is £124,653 - £146,650 and for London is £144,424 - £169,910

LOCATION: London, Edinburgh, Halifax

HOURS: 35 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

The Identity & Authentication Platform delivers capabilities to enable LBG business areas secure client and digital authentication and identity across all their digital channels.

The Platform delivers core products including Identity & Authentication as a Service, giving end-to-end packaged services of several components for self-serve consumption to give strategic capabilities of centralised and reusable authentication services, a suite of authentication methods (either 1 or multi-factor depending on regulation obligations) and a scaled, centralised and hosting agnostic Authorisation as a Service capability consisting of a Token Exchange component and the provision of a signed token for Channels to use downstream, allowing management of their access.

As a Lab Engineering Lead you'll be responsible for building out the engineering capability and working with partners who will deliver exceptional colleague and customer interactions through technology, drawing upon your engineering expertise, whilst being open minded to the opportunities that modern technology, automation and Artificial Intelligence provides.

What will I be doing?

• Lead the software engineering teams in designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining high-quality, high-availability and scalable software applications and systems.

• Establish and enforce best practices, standards, and methodologies for software engineering, ensuring alignment with our business goals, customer needs, and industry trends.

• Collaborate with the Lab Product Lead, Solutions Architects, and other stakeholders to define and prioritise the software engineering roadmap, scope, and deliverables.

• Collaborate with the Lab Product Lead to manage the software engineering budget and resources, allocating them efficiently and effectively across products and initiatives.

• Collaborate with and drive the direction of technology capability we need to employ in the Identity & Authentication space where the delivery relies on external platforms / vendors.

• Provide technical guidance and direction, as well as firsthand support, to the software engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Lead teams in embracing the best engineering practices like Test Driven Development, code reviews, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery etc.

• Hire, train, coach, and evaluate the performance of the software engineering team, developing their skills and career growth.

• Stay abreast of the latest technologies, tools, and techniques in private and public cloud, AI, machine learning, and software engineering, and evaluate their potential and feasibility for our products and services.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

• A working knowledge of Authentication and Authorisation concepts

• Software Engineering, ideally with a focus on Java

• Strong experience of API design and development

• Experience of working with containerised microservices

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and actionable business outcomes

• Advanced knowledge of agile methodologies

• Practical experience of Public and Private Cloud

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 underrepresented 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.