Principal Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution

Annual bonus award

Share schemes

30 days' holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

A leading banking organization in Manchester is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to oversee engineering teams and drive technology initiatives. You'll mentor engineers and architect scalable systems, ensuring compliance and driving innovation. The ideal candidate possesses strong knowledge in modern engineering practices and a passion for leading teams. This role offers flexible hybrid working arrangements and competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software design and build.
• Ability to manage complex delivery across teams.
• Passion for coaching and developing engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers.
• Architect and implement scalable systems.
• Promote engineering excellence and innovation.

Skills

Modern Engineering knowledge

Complex systems architectures

DevOps principles

Mentoring and coaching

Interest in AI, IoT

Tools

Java

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

NodeJS

Job description

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Base pay range

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Job details

JOB TITLE: Principal Software Engineer

LOCATION: Manchester (Non-Negotiable)

HOURS: Full time

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

About this opportunity

Are you a tech leader who loves empowering teams and driving change? We're looking for an innovative Principal Engineer to drive the success of our teams, ensuring they have everything they need to thrive.

In this role, you'll be the go-to person for everything tech in your area. You'll oversee both day-to-day operations and long-term change initiatives, ensuring everything runs smoothly while constantly improving efficiency. You'll make sure technology is at the heart of decision-making, working with product owners to develop solutions that drive the business forward. Your deep technical background will be essential in guiding the team and making strategic calls on risk, resilience, and cost management.

If you're ready to step into a leadership role that shapes both people and technology we'd love to hear from you!

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…

What you'll do

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers across software, data, and architecture disciplines.
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and resilient systems using modern technologies.
• Champion DevOps and CI/CD practices to enable continuous delivery and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Drive the evolution of our telephony and digital platforms into cloud-native, microservice-based ecosystems.
• Promote a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with security, data governance, and regulatory standards.

What you'll need

• Modern Engineering knowledge from across a broad range of solutions and platforms, including microservices, build patterns, DevOps, automation, hosting, language and platform choices.
• Experience navigating complex systems architectures, comprised of modern and legacy solutions, and in-house and product solutions using both on-premise and Cloud hosting.
• Practical experience of software design, build and release using DevOps principles and practices, with working knowledge of Java, JSP, GCP, test automation and automated pipelines.
• An ability to manage complex delivery, bringing teams together from within and outside the Bank around a shared outcome to deliver successfully.
• Experience of mentoring and coaching engineers to build a world class engineering capability. A passion for coaching and developing colleagues and building a strong team culture.
• An ever-developing knowledge of and interest in engineering principles, practices and technologies.

Nice to have

• Experience with telephony platforms (e.g. Genesys, Twilio, Avaya, Nuance)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet)
• Secure-by-design principles and architectural patterns
• Interest in AI, IoT, or service mesh (e.g. Istio)
• NodeJS
• A passion for delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles
• Experience of software quality tools such as SonarQube

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

• 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

If you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development