Lead Software Engineer (Android)

Lloyds Bank plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyds Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Android) to join their Consumer Servicing and Engagement Platform. This leadership role involves advocating for engineering practices, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering high-quality software solutions. The position offers hybrid working and a competitive salary, reflecting the importance of the role in shaping the future of finance.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

A range of wellbeing initiatives

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills with a good working knowledge of Kotlin and modern toolsets.
• Diverse technical experience and a proven ability to deliver high quality applications at scale.
• Strong knowledge of software architecture patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software features or services.
• Guide junior engineers towards appropriate target architectures.
• Ensure software operates as intended through effective communication.

Skills

Kotlin

Git

Android Studio

Junit

Espresso

GitHub

Job description

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Lead Software Engineer (Android)

Apply locations London 25 Gresham Street time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday time left to apply End Date: June 18, 2025 (27 days left to apply) job requisition id 110852

End Date

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Salary Range

£100,657 - £183,551

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

Flexible Working Options

Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer (Android)

LOCATION(S): London

SALARY: £104,686 - £125,000

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our London office

About this opportunity…

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Consumer Servicing and Engagement Platform for a Lead Android Software Engineer. You’ll be an advocate for Engineering, providing a voice to engineers within the teams, identifying and supporting their teams in resolution of impediments and issues as well as continually developing themselves with industry best practice and tooling used across their engineering team. This is a leadership level role and will blend both deep domain and technical expertise within a feature team and great passion for coaching and developing people in a “player-coach” model.

You’ll work to deliver the highest quality customer driven software whilst continually challenging, motivating, mentoring and supporting the engineering teams. Working in cross-disciplinary teams delivering exciting customer driven solutions and high quality software and showcase excellent interpersonal and communication skill whilst efficiently working across the project life cycle to ensure software operates as intended.

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

About You…

• Work as part of a self-organised engineering team to design and develop software features or services that are delightful and vital in our mission to help Britain prosper.

• A capable technical lead, who takes ownership of delivery and is willing to help grow and guide junior engineers towards appropriate target architectures.

• Work with the product and engineering leads to achieve the vision and customer outcomes for your Lab, through writing well-factored and tested code.

• Be curious about technology and understanding how things work. You'll influence positively demonstrating the right values and behaviours as we improve how we deliver.

What you’ll need…

• Strong programming skills with a good working knowledge of Kotlin and modern toolsets like Git, Android Studio, Junit, Espresso and GitHub.

• Strong knowledge on software architecture patterns.

• Diverse technical experience and a proven ability to deliver high quality applications at scale. Strong knowledge of security patterns and best practice advantageous.

• You’re able to effectively communicate and work together across engineering to maximise inner-sourcing opportunities and reduce waste.

• You’re an advocate for quality and can support the team leveraging approaches such as Pair Programming, TDD and BDD

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. 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 bonus award, subject to Group performance

• 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people?Join our journey!

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.

About Us

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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