Principal Engineer – AI Productivity Lab

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounted shopping

30 days holiday

Wellbeing & parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group seeks a Principal Engineer for the AI Productivity Lab to accelerate internal AI‑driven productivity and automation. You will lead the engineering of coworking solutions, building MVPs and reusable platform capabilities while partnering with stakeholders to shape use cases and measure outcomes.

The role requires hands-on experience with agentic coding and coworking tools, strong architecture and software engineering skills, and a track record of delivering in complex

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading delivery of tech solutions in complex production environments.
• Extensive knowledge of architecture, software engineering and business process automation.
• Hands-on experience with agentic coding and coworking tech, open-source ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering of coworking solutions from prototype to MVP.
• Design reusable capabilities for the Lab platform and repository.
• Evaluate options and accelerate delivery using agentic tech.
• Partner with stakeholders to shape use cases and embed solutions into SOPs.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Software engineering

Automation

Agentic coding

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

MSc/PhD in CS/AI

Tools

Claude Code

Cowork

OpenClaw

GitHub Copilot

Job description

End Date Wednesday 21 October 2026 Salary Range £84,624 - £126,936 We support flexible working - click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share

Job Description Summary

We are looking for Principal Engineers to join our new AI Productivity Lab. The purpose of the Lab is to accelerate internal AI-driven employee productivity and process automation using the latest agentic co‑working technologies.

Job Title and Salary

Principal Engineer - AI Productivity Lab

Salary: £84624- £105,780 depending on location and experience

Location: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds 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.

Day to day, you will:

• Lead the engineering of coworking solutions (agents, tools and automations) for priority business areas, taking designs from prototype to operational MVP.
• Design and build reusable capabilities for the Lab's coworking platform and repository (skills, tools and operating procedure assets) with a clear path to adoption.
• Apply hands-on experience of agentic coding and/or coworking tools and the open‑source ecosystem to evaluate options, recommend approaches and accelerate delivery.
• Partner with business stakeholders and line-of-business champions to shape use cases, embed solutions into SOPs and measure outcomes.
• Coach and mentor engineers through technical leadership, code review and constructive feedback, and engage senior stakeholders on technical direction.

What you’ll need

• Proven experience leading the delivery of technology solutions to business areas in complex production environments, with ownership of business outcomes.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience of solutions architecture, software engineering and business process automation.
• Strong hands-on experience with agentic coding and/or coworking technology and ecosystem (e.g. Claude Code and/or Cowork, OpenClaw, GitHub Copilot).
• Strong understanding of operational processes and risk management (Financial Services preferred).
• Ability to influence stakeholders and guide teams through ambiguity, translating productivity opportunities into clear technical direction and MVPs.

Desirable

• Expertise in knowledge management, enterprise ontology and knowledge graph technology.
• Business process optimisation experience (e.g. Business Process Modelling, Lean Six Sigma).
• Experience with applied research / experimentation.
• Advanced degree (MSc, PhD) in computer science, artificial intelligence or a related subject.

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’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.

Benefits

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.

Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: [e-mail]

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