Lead Software Engineer

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

LOCATION(S): Manchester

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which means spending at least two days per week or 40% of your time in our Manchester office (this is non-negotiable).

About this opportunity…

Are you searching for an outstanding opportunity to lead and innovate in the world of software engineering? If so, we're seeking an ambitious and proven Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic team in Manchester. This role offers the chance to influence the way we craft, build, test, and deploy using brand new technology.

We're committed to leveraging AI and Automation to deliver significant value to both customers and the business. In 2024, we were in the process of delivering two of the Bank’s pioneering AI products: transforming the Complaints journey and developing a group-wide Knowledge Management solution. This has recently been recognised across the industry as we won the AI Project of the Year award at the UK IT Industry Awards 2024.

In 2025, we're expanding our use of this technology, and need someone to help oversee Software Engineering across the Lab. This presents an exciting opportunity to enhance customer value by increasing assurance, becoming more data-driven, and utilising predictive, groundbreaking technology. Join our Lab and Lloyds engineering team to implement innovative solutions and advance product development!

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll do…

• Thought Leadership: Help embed and enhance our Software Engineering practices across the Lab whilst running key ceremonies like the Lab Engineering Chapter.

• Architectural Design and Development: Lead the design and development of robust software solutions using modern web technologies.

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software engineers, encouraging a culture of improvement and innovation.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality and innovative products, ensuring alignment with business goals.

• Code Quality and Standard Methodologies: Develop modular, testable code and ensure consistency to standard methodologies in source code management using Git.

• Integration and Deployment: Utilise integration tools and cloud infrastructure to implement seamless solutions, ensuring smooth deployment processes.

• Agile Methodologies: Champion agile development practices, including continuous integration and test automation (TDD, BDD, Playwright).

What you’ll need…

• Understanding of AI systems.

• Java with SpringBoot or python.

• ReactJS or knowledge of JavaScript, Nodejs, TypeScript.

• Delivering production grade ML models.

• Kubernetes and container management.

• Building RESTful services and Web UI.

• Exposure to continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines and test automation.

• Exposure to public cloud infrastructure, data streaming and Spanner DB.

• Experience coaching and mentoring teams to adopt the best practices.

• Experience of working as part of an agile team using agile practices and tooling such as Scrum, Kanban, Jira & Confluence.

It would be great if you had any of the following…

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex challenges.

• Some experience of curating and running production-scale ML pipelines.

• Up to date with the latest developments in machine learning (LLMs).

• Experience with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure for deploying machine learning models.

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’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and creativity. We’re actively seeking to build a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and thinking approaches and would like to encourage applications from under-represented groups from candidates of all ethnicities, cultures and identities, and from candidates that identify as neurodiverse. As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to support you in showcasing your best self; 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance

• 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!