Software Engineer

Lloyds Bank plc; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Discounts

28 days holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in Edinburgh or Leeds is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Insider Risk Team, focusing on front-end applications to support analyst workflows and risk investigations.

This role combines frontend development with some backend support, expects experience with JavaScript/TypeScript/React, and offers hybrid working with two days per week in office.

Qualifications

• Experience building web applications with JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Experience integrating APIs into data-driven applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience with Agile delivery approaches (Scrum/Kanban).

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance user-facing applications to improve analyst workflows and risk investigations.
• Design and develop detection capabilities and software solutions to identify insider risk events.
• Explore emerging technologies and third-party solutions to drive innovation.
• Improve processes through automation and analytics, following modern engineering practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to share knowledge and contribute to initiatives.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Java

APIs

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Data analysis interest

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

End Date Sunday 30 August 2026 Salary Range £42,744 - £64,116.

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share.

Job Description Summary.

Software Engineer (Insider Risk Team)

SALARY: £42,744 - £53,000

LOCATION(S): Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: Full-time, 35 hours per week

Working Pattern

Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Edinburgh or Leeds office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments, including hybrid working expectations, in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

About this opportunity

Want to use your software engineering skills to help protect millions of customers and colleagues? At Lloyds Banking Group, we're continuing our digital transformation and investing heavily in technology, data and security. Within our Chief Security Office, the Insider Risk Management team plays a critical role in helping keep our customers, colleagues and assets safe! We're a collaborative team of insider risk analysts and software engineers who work together to improve how we identify, investigate and manage insider risk. We combine software engineering, analytics and behavioural insights to deliver the Group's Insider Strategy, support data‑led decision making and contribute to industry‑wide conversations on insider risk!

We're looking for a Software Engineer with strong front‑end development experience to help us develop innovative tools and capabilities. This is primarily a front‑end engineering role, with approximately 60% of your time focused on designing, building and enhancing user‑facing applications. The remaining time will be spent supporting back‑end services, APIs and integrations that underpin these solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance user‑facing applications that improve analyst workflows, case management and risk investigations.
• Design and develop detection capabilities and software solutions that help identify potential insider risk events.
• Explore emerging technologies and third‑party solutions, bringing new ideas and challenging existing approaches.
• Improve processes through automation, analytics and modern engineering practices.
• Collaborate across the team to share knowledge, develop engineering capability and contribute to innovation initiatives, hackathons and technical communities.

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and technology to transform the way we meet the ever‑changing needs of our customers. Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation that values curiosity, continuous learning and innovation, while helping shape the future of security engineering in one of the UK’s largest financial institutions.

What you’ll need

• Software Engineering: Developing high‑quality, reusable and maintainable software solutions using modern programming languages, frameworks and engineering practices.
• Technical Delivery: Delivering reliable technology solutions that meet user needs and support business outcomes.
• Problem Solving: Analysing complex challenges, identifying root causes and creating practical, scalable solutions.
• Collaboration: Working effectively with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.
• Experience developing web applications using technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React or Java.
• Experience integrating APIs into modern, data‑driven applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS or Azure.
• Interest in data analysis and using data to identify patterns, anomalies and opportunities.

Additional skills

• Ethical and responsible use of AI and machine learning technologies.
• Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Git source code management.
• Complex SQL query development.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Agile delivery approaches including Scrum and Kanban.
• Container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and introduce a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long‑term health condition or are neurodivergent through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. Just let us know what you need.

Benefits

• 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
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

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. 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.

Should you wish to contact us for any reason, please email us at: [e-mail] For more Flexible Working Options please use the free text search, e.g. job sharing, variable hours, to identify relevant matches.