Lead Software Engineer - Savings Lab

lloyds banking group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the United Kingdom is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive development and mentoring within a self-organised team. You will leverage your technical leadership skills and programming expertise in Java and cloud technologies to enhance customer experiences. With a focus on innovation, you will collaborate across teams while enjoying a flexible, hybrid working model. Strong candidates have experience in Kubernetes and a passion for technology. Competitive salary and benefits package included.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Discounted shopping benefits

30 days’ annual holiday

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Able to communicate and work effectively across teams.
• Proven experience in leadership and mentoring.
• Experience in mobile native development is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead a self-organised engineering team to develop software.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their development.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leads.

Skills

Technical leadership

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Kubernetes

CI/CD best practices

TDD

BDD

Tools

GCP

Container orchestration

Job description

End Date Thursday 22 January 2026

Salary Range £92,701 - £169,043

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

Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working

Job Description Summary

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Salary: £90,440 - £123,160 (depending on location)
Location: Edinburgh and London
Hours: Full-time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Edinburgh office.

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 this opportunity

Everyday Banking is a key platform for Lloyds Banking Group with a very broad reach across the Bank’s customer base and a diverse stakeholder group. The platform is responsible for the end-to-end journeys for personal current accounts and savings products to consumers and providing a market leading customer experience through the servicing of Debit and Credit cards via multiple channels.

What you’ll do…

• Lead a self-organised engineering team to design and develop software features or services that delight our customers and contribute to our mission to help Britain prosper.

• Be a technical leader within your feature team, providing day-to-day line management, as well as providing leadership in the wider Lab and community, coaching and/or mentoring other engineers, helping them to grow.

• You’ll lead and inspire teams to explore, adopt and responsibly integrate AI-driven solutions to achieve great customer outcomes and improve our engineering experience.

• Collaborate with product and engineering leads to realise the Lab’s vision and deliver customer outcomes through robust, scalable, and maintainable services that underpin exceptional customer experiences.

• Be curious about technology and look to foster a culture of innovation. You'll influence positively demonstrating the right values and behaviours as we improve how we deliver.

What we’re looking for…

• A capable technical leader, who takes ownership of design and delivery, helping to grow our junior engineers capabilities and understanding of target architectures and patterns.

• Working in the public cloud domain at scale, primarily with GCP.

• Strong programming skills with a good working knowledge of Java, Spring Boot/Quarkus & REST APIs, hosting microservices in a container orchestration platform such as Kubernetes..

• 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 CI/CD best practice, Pair Programming, TDD and BDD.

• Proven experience in a leadership role within engineering, with a track record of mentoring and developing talent.

• Any experience of mobile native development would be beneficial

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 is why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you would 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? Apply today and find out more.

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.