Lead Software Engineer – Savings Lab (Hybrid, AI)

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

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.