Lead Software Engineer

Medirest Signature; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK digital bank seeks a passionate Lead Software Engineer in Leeds to spearhead the development of an Internal Developer Platform. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead a team, drive high-quality engineering practices, and shape the future of banking technology. Known for its commitment to diversity and inclusion, the company provides a dynamic and supportive work environment. Exceptional candidates with a track record in software engineering and cloud solutions are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Adaptable lifestyle benefits

30 days' holiday, plus bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in high-level programming languages, preferably Python or ReactJS/Typescript.
• Hands-on experience with Azure and GCP.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering team in delivering features, ensuring quality and security.
• Collaborate on system design and product roadmap.
• Communicate with teams of varying technical backgrounds.

Skills

Python

ReactJS

Typescript

Infrastructure as Code

RESTful APIs

Databases

CI/CD

Job description

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

LOCATION(S): Leeds

HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week

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

About this opportunity

We're already the UK's leading Digital Bank and biggest mobile bank with nearly 14 million active online customers across our brands. Now we're on a journey to build the bank of the future, for which we're investing £3bn across platforms, people and data capabilities to truly become the best bank for customers!

The Platform Engineering team is on a mission to create the next generation technical platform for Lloyds Banking Group, a single platform consumed by every engineer and platform across the entire group, you'll be at the heart of one of the UK's biggest financial service technical transformations.

We're looking for an experienced and passionate Lead Software Engineer Leader to work on our flagship Internal Developer Platform.

The ideal candidate will have an exceptional track record with demonstrable experience as a Lead Software Engineer leading a team "hands on" to build performant and maintainable backend solutions. The candidate will also have a passion for technology and a commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions.

What you'll do

• Bring thought and engineering leadership, education and mentorship covering your key skill areas to support different teams on those topics, and drive upskilling of your team in a "player / coach" model

• Lead the engineering team "hands-on" with the delivery of features, from prototype to production, ensuring they are well tested, secure, and meet our engineering standards.

• Lead system design work, collaborating with colleagues from across the business, including Senior Management and other Subject Matter Experts.

• Shape the product roadmap to ensure we're delivering the right features for our customers, contributing to the overall strategy of the Group

• As a key member of our IDP development community, you'll build, maintain, and evolve our capabilities whilst embracing the best industry standards.

• Communicate & collaborate with other teams & collaborators of varying levels of technical background, including Senior Management, both internally and externally

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. Including you!

What you'll need

• Extensive experience of several high-level programming languages, preferably Python or ReactJS / Typescript

• Hands-on experience building solutions for the public cloud in both Azure & GCP

• Significant experience building solutions following Infrastructure as Code best practices employing Terraform and Hashicorp Vault secrets engines

• Knowledge of building and consuming RESTful APIs

• Experience using relational or NoSQL Cloud databases

• Experience working with, and building, CI/CD pipelines.

• Ensures that quality is part of everything that you and your team do, including test automation, quality engineering and robust release management practices.

• Insists on and has experience of the leading automated testing frameworks promoting a thorough & sound approach to enterprise release management.

It would be great if you also had

• Good working knowledge of Backstage.io and supporting ecosystem

• Good working knowledge of the industry concepts of Internal Developer Platform and Golden Paths or Paved Roads

• Knowledge of building secure solutions.

• Passionate about building the best possible developer experience for our engineers.

• Experience with serverless and containerisation technologies

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we're 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 a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with 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 barriers. Just let us know what you need.

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