Lead Engineer – Advanced AI Engineering

Lloyds Bank plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Job summary

Lloyds Bank plc is seeking a Lead Engineer for Advanced AI Engineering to join our Data & AI Unit. You will combine research and solution development to build MVPs for deployment across the Group, supporting scalability and responsible AI practices.

The role is hybrid with locations in major UK cities and a strong emphasis on collaboration, governance, and production readiness for AI-driven products across the bank.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering technology solutions in complex environments.
• Applied AI/ML and GenAI experience with knowledge of RAG, tools, guardrails, evaluation, and agents.
• Experience working in agile teams and with SDLC tooling.
• Understanding requirements for managing AI risk in a regulated environment: reliability, security, safety and explainability.
• Ability to mentor and engage stakeholders on technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Support ideation activities with stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities.
• Evaluate AI methods and technologies, conduct experiments and build proof-of-concepts.
• Develop operational MVPs and support their delivery to business platforms and engineering teams.

Skills

Applied AI/ML experience

GenAI experience

RAG patterns

Agile methods

AI risk management

Team collaboration

Job description

End Date Sunday 06 September 2026

Salary Range £84,624 - £126,936

We support flexible working -

JOB TITLE: Lead Engineer - Advanced AI Engineering

LOCATION: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London or Manchester

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

About this Opportunity

We are looking for Lead Engineers to join our new Advanced AI Engineering team. You will combine applied research and solution development to create effective solutions to critical AI business challenges, building operational MVPs that our engineering teams can scale out across the Group’s business areas. You will be working within the Data & AI Unit of the Chief Technology Office (CTO), where we define and lead the Group’s Data and AI technology strategy, serve as the Group’s design authority for Data and AI, and inspire, develop and incubate new AI-driven products, capabilities and ways of working through applied research and product discovery. These are hands-on roles, working at the forefront of Agentic AI adoption, which will draw upon your curiosity and problem-solving abilities, your experience building and supporting technology solutions within production environments, and your knowledge of GenAI technology. Day to day, you will: Support ideation activities, working with team members and business stakeholders to explore the art of the possible and identify areas of challenge and opportunity Evaluate AI methods and technologies, conducting experiments and building proof-of-concepts Develop operational MVPs and support their delivery to business platforms and engineering teams.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

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

• Proven experience engineering technology solutions in complex environments and supporting production operations
• Applied AI/ML and GenAI experience with knowledge of established patterns (RAG, tool use, guardrails, evaluation, agents) and an ability to evaluate tools and approaches
• Experience of working in teams employing agile practices and using modern SDLC tooling
• A solid understanding of requirements for managing operational and AI risk in a regulated environment, including reliability, security, safety and explainability
• Ability to collaborate as part of a high-performing engineering team – mentoring and supporting others and engaging stakeholders on technical direction

Desirable

• Experience delivering technology solutions in regulated industries (financial services preferred)
• Experience of research, either in industry or as part of an advanced degree
• Experience developing technology solutions for customer-facing platforms at scale (digital apps, contact centre/voice, colleague tooling)
• Experience of partnering with Enterprise Architecture functions

About working for us

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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? 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. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.

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