Golang Lead Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid working

Job share

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a Golang Lead Engineer in London/Bristol to lead the design, development and delivery of backend services that are secure, scalable and operable.

You will blend hands-on Go engineering with technical leadership, shaping the Group's backend capabilities and collaborating with Product, Architecture and SRE teams. The role follows a hybrid pattern with office days and flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Strong Go backend engineering experience with testing and concurrency.
• Experience designing microservices and distributed systems.
• DevOps and production support experience.
• Containerised services with Kubernetes and Docker knowledge.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, build, release and support of complex backend services.
• 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.

Skills

Go

Backend engineering

Microservices

System design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

End Date

Saturday 10 October 2026

Salary Range

£102,864 - £154,296

We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Golang Lead Engineer

SALARY: £84,624 - £128,580 (dependent on location and expereince)

LOCATION(S): London and Bristol

HOURS: Full time

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

About this opportunity

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!

As a senior technical leader, you'll:

• 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.

About us / 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.

Join us and, give us your best and we'll give you ours. Here, you'll make a difference to customers, you'll enjoy a fulfilling career where you're free to be yourself. Great colleagues, amazing workspaces, hybrid working and huge career opportunities, you'll find them all here.

What you'll need

• Strong Software Engineering expertise, with significant experience building and operating production backend services in Go, including testing, concurrency, code quality and maintainable service design.


• Experience designing and delivering microservices, APIs, integrations and distributed systems, balancing performance, resilience, security and maintainability.


• Strong DevOps and operational engineering capability, including CI/CD, automated testing, release practices and production support.


• Experience building and operating containerised services, with knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker and modern cloud deployment approaches.


• Strong leadership and coaching skills, with the ability to mentor engineers, guide technical decisions and lead delivery through ambiguity.


• Excellent 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 Management.

And any experience of this would be really useful

• Experience modernising legacy applications into well-owned backend services.


• Experience within a regulated financial services environment or other large-scale enterprise organisation.


• Experience with Google Cloud Platform, Azure, OpenShift, platform engineering capabilities or internal developer platforms.


• Experience using AI tools responsibly to support software development, testing, documentation or operational activities.

This is a place for you...

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are 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 launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have 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 barrie