Need help reading this page? Click to activate Recite Me popup.

Lead Software Engineer

  • Posted 3 days ago
  • Permanent
  • 141194
  • Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester
Apply now

End date

Tuesday 21 October 2025

Salary range

£90,440 - £164,920

We support flexible working

Learn more about flexible working.

Agile Working Options

Job Share; Reduced Hours; Flexibility in when hours are worked; Hybrid Working

Job description

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer   

LOCATION(S): Leeds, Bristol, Manchester or Edinburgh  

HOURS: Full-time 

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

 

About this opportunity 

The Chief Security Office (CSO) plays a vital role in delivering Lloyds Banking Group's vision of putting customers at the heart of everything we do, helping Britain prosper, and protecting the Group and its customers and suppliers from security threats. We defend, and we enable. Our mission is to help the bank move safely faster, with engineering at the heart of security services to the Group. 
 
We’re looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Security Vulnerability Services team. You’ll be instrumental in building the data-driven applications that power our cyber security services—helping us detect, manage, and respond to vulnerabilities across the Group. 

 

What you’ll do  

  • Design, build and maintain our in-house developed software systems hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Get creative to take our systems the next level. 

  • Collaborate with product owners and service leads to deliver high-throughput, data-intensive applications for security analysts and engineers across the Group. 

  • Lead the integration of security controls into the software lifecycle. 

  • Champion agile development, automation, and collaborative engineering practices. 

  • Mentor and grow a high-performing, psychologically safe engineering team. 

 

Why Lloyds Banking Group 

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you. 

 

What you’ll need 

  • Proven expertise in Python and comfort navigating diverse tech ecosystems. 

  • Experience designing and maintaining secure systems in complex environments. 

  • Strong understanding of vulnerability management, risk mitigation, and secure development practices. 

  • Passion for enabling business outcomes through technology and data. 

  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills. 

 

About working for us 

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. 

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. 

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. 

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need. 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply now Search for more roles

Similar roles

$$title$$

Location:
$$primaryLocation$$
Salary:
$$salaryRange$$
End Date:
$$endDate$$
    • End Date: Thursday 23 October 2025
    • Location: Edinburgh
    • Salary: £90,440 - £106,400
    • Lead Solutions Architect
    Full job description
    • End Date: Friday 24 October 2025
    • Location: Edinburgh
    • Salary: £90,440 - £164,920
    • Lead Software Engineer
    Full job description
Search for more roles

Can't find the role you want right now?

By joining our Talent Community your profile will be visible to our recruitment teams, who are constantly looking to match outstanding talent with our current and future opportunities. Just complete the short form and we’ll be able to keep you up to date.
 

Join our Talent Community

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'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.