Engineering Lead

JOB TITLE : Engineering Lead

SALARY : £121,023 - £142,380

LOCATION ( S): Halifax or London

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 our office site.

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 colleagues 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.

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 will you be doing with us?

• 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.

Specifically, we're looking for people who have….

• 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.

Highly desirable:

• A working knowledge of Authentication and Authorisation concepts

• Exposure to TDD

• Exposure to performance engineering/cloud optimisation

• A good understanding of Networking & API Gateways

• CI/CD and monitoring tools

• Containers, orchestration & service mesh

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 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 under-represented 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.

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 keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.

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.