Golang Lead Engineer

Lloyds; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holidays

Flexible working

Health insurance

Pension plan

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Job summary

Lloyds is seeking a Golang Lead Engineer to steer the design, build and operation of backend services that are reliable, secure and scalable. You will lead delivery across teams, shaping Go APIs, integrations and deployment pipelines while promoting engineering excellence.

You will balance hands-on coding with technical leadership, mentor engineers, and partner with product, architecture, SRE and security colleagues to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions for our production

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating containerised services; Kubernetes, Docker, modern cloud deployments.
• Strong critical thinking, decision making and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Experience designing and delivering microservices, APIs and distributed systems balancing performance, resilience, security.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, release and support of complex backend services and shared platform capabilities.
• Drive engineering quality through code reviews, technical leadership and reusable patterns.
• Build secure, observable services for production with scalable deployment pipelines.
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, Engineers, SREs and Security specialists to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers, grow capability and contribute to engineering communities and standards.
• Champion automation, reliability, secure coding and continuous improvement.

Skills

Golang leadership

Go backend services

Microservices design

APIs & integrations

CI/CD

DevOps

SRE & reliability

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud deployment

Code reviews

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Google Cloud Platform

Azure

OpenShift

Job description

• We are looking for a Golang Lead Engineer to lead the technical development and delivery of backend services that are reliable, secure, scalable and easy to operate!
• This role sits within Software Engineering and offers the opportunity to shape the Group's Mobile Security Core and wider backend capabilities. You'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, helping teams build high-quality Go services, APIs, integrations and deployment pipelines while driving engineering excellence across delivery teams!
• Lead the design, build, release and support of complex backend services and shared platform capabilities
• Drive engineering quality through code reviews, technical leadership, reusable patterns and modern software engineering practices
• Build resilient, observable and secure services that perform effectively in production environments
• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, Engineers, SREs and Security specialists to translate requirements into practical technical solutions
• Mentor engineers, support capability growth and contribute to engineering communities and standards
• Champion automation, operational excellence, reliability, secure coding and continuous improvement

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You'll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our 'Your Tomorrow' scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.

Experience building and operating containerised services, with knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and modern cloud deployment approachesExcellent critical thinking, decision making and stakeholder collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate technical trade-offs clearly and influence outcomes. The Skills Taxonomy identifies relevant skills including Software Engineering, DevOps, SRE & Service Engineering, Technology Leadership, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Coaching & Feedback and Stakeholder ManagementStrong DevOps and operational engineering capability, including CI/CD, automated testing, release practices and production supportStrong Software Engineering expertise, with significant experience building and operating production backend services in Go, including testing, concurrency, code quality and maintainable service designStrong leadership and coaching skills, with the ability to mentor engineers, guide technical decisions and lead delivery through ambiguityExperience designing and delivering microservices, APIs, integrations and distributed systems, balancing performance, resilience, security and maintainabilityExperience modernising legacy applications into well-owned backend servicesExperience within a regulated financial services environment or other large-scale enterprise organisationExperience with Google Cloud Platform, Azure, OpenShift, platform engineering capabilities or internal developer platformsExperience using AI tools responsibly to support software development, testing, documentation or operational activities