Head of Engineering – Individual Customer Savings Lab

lloyds banking group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 124,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking group is seeking a Head of Engineering to drive technology collaboration and inspire engineering teams for the Individual Customer Savings Lab. The role requires extensive experience in engineering, team development, and a passion for innovation. You will oversee strategic goals while ensuring a high standard of technology delivery. This position offers a hybrid work model, generous benefits, and the chance to significantly impact the future of financial services.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in engineering knowledge and implementation of various platforms.
• Experience in providing Software Engineering leadership across multiple teams.
• Hands-on experience in Software Engineering and Test Driven Development.

Responsibilities

• Drive high standards of technology and engineering delivery.
• Assume ownership and accountability of Lab strategic goals.
• Create a data-driven organization that delivers best value to customers.

Skills

Visionary leadership

Digital transformation advocacy

Team development

Technical engineering knowledge

Full stack development

Cloud Native Architectures

Tools

React

Microservices

APIs

Databases

Job description

End Date

Saturday 03 January 2026

Salary Range

£124,653 - £146,650

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

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Engineering Lead is to work with the Lab Product Owner to provide effectively leadership and management of the teams in their Labs. Specifically, this requires setting the vision, mobilisation of the teams required to deliver it and ensuring effective delivery execution. With the Lab PO they are also responsible for all operational management activities including workforce plans, risk and issue mitigation and cost management. There is a particular focus on the ways of working and overall engineering experience, where the Engineering Lead is responsible for creating the right environment for effective delivery which will include the identification of blockers and action plans to remove them.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Head of Engineering – Individual Customer Savings Lab

SALARY: £124,653 - £146,650

LOCATION: Leeds or Bristol

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

About this Opportunity

Are you looking for a technology focused leadership role which will enable you to drive tech collaboration; input and advise the strategic vision and direction for the Individual Customer Savings Lab whilst inspiring our engineering teams to be creative, innovative, and empowered to reach their full potential?

The purpose of the Head of Engineering is to work with the Lab Product Owner to provide effectively leadership and management of the teams in their Lab. Specifically, this requires setting the vision, mobilisation of the teams required to deliver it and ensuring effective delivery execution. With the Lab PO they are also responsible for all operational management activities including workforce plans, risk and issue mitigation and cost management. There is a particular focus on the ways of working and overall engineering experience, where the Engineering Lead is responsible for creating the right environment for effective delivery which will include the identification of blockers and action plans to remove them.

You will:

• Drive the highest standard of technology and engineering delivery across the Lab and Investment Platform.
• Jointly assume the ownership, development, and accountability of Lab strategic and quarterly OKRs, and are incentivised against a balanced set of business and technology outcomes.
• Optimise, evolve, and deliver an efficient operating model.
• Support shaping of the backlog and prioritising outcomes which are essential to keep the solution / product in good health.
• Create an organisation that is truly data driven and providing the best value propositions to our customers.
• Define the What and Why the team deliver, and how through a combination of engineering solutions and changes to our ways of working i.e. agile and instrumentation.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

• To be a visionary leader and an advocate for digital transformation.
• A passion for team development; allowing colleagues to develop in different/new technologies and mature in ways of working, resulting in a successful team.
• Extensive experience and technical engineering knowledge and implementation of a broad range of platforms, including public cloud.
• Are technology agnostic and willing to adapt your approach in pursuit of the best solution; enables via an excellent knowledge and understanding of multiple engineering & software design solutions.
• Experienced in providing Software Engineering leadership, oversight, technical and people leadership across multiple teams.
• Successful in building high performing mission driven cultures.
• You will inspire delivery whilst encouraging simplicity and developing confidence & trust.
• Have extensive experience in hands on Software Engineering, Test Driven Development, Event Driven and/or Cloud Native Architectures.
• Experienced in full stack development with demonstrable knowledge in React, Microservices, APIs, Databases and Observability.

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 sharesBenefits 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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

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.