Engineering Manager: Lead Scalable Systems & Teams

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK banking institution is seeking an Engineering Manager in Leeds to lead high-performing teams in building scalable systems. The role involves recruiting and mentoring software engineers, managing project plans in an Agile environment, and driving improvements in software engineering practices. Candidates should have a strong technical background and experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. This position offers a hybrid working model and an attractive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience leading high-performing engineering teams, ideally in a high-scale, distributed environment.
• Strong background in at least one software engineering discipline.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams of Software Engineers building and scaling systems.
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and coach software engineers.
• Manage project plans and delivery commitments.

Skills

Leading high-performing engineering teams

Strong technical background in software engineering

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with Terraform

Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Understanding of modern API-driven architectures

Focus on observability and monitoring

Balancing technical debt and product velocity

Hands-on technical leadership

Data-driven decision-making

Job description

A leading UK banking institution is seeking an Engineering Manager in Leeds to lead high-performing teams in building scalable systems. The role involves recruiting and mentoring software engineers, managing project plans in an Agile environment, and driving improvements in software engineering practices. Candidates should have a strong technical background and experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. This position offers a hybrid working model and an attractive benefits package.