Software Engineer

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 71,000; 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 is seeking a Software Engineer (Threat Intelligence Platforms) in Edinburgh with hybrid working. You will build Python applications, design integrations, and automate security workflows, while ensuring reliable CI/CD and containerised deployments in Kubernetes environments.

The role emphasizes collaboration with analysts and engineers, improving resilience, and applying AI-driven solutions to automate processes and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Strong experience developing software in Python.

Responsibilities

• Building clean, maintainable and well-tested Python applications, services and integrations.
• Designing and developing integrations between internal and external platforms to automate security and intelligence workflows.
• Working closely with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions.
• Supporting and improving CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and efficient software delivery.
• Deploying, operating and troubleshooting applications running in containerised and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Participating in code reviews and contributing to engineering standards, best practices and ways of working.
• Investigating incidents, resolving defects and identifying opportunities to improve resilience, security and performance.
• Helping shape technical designs while balancing scalability, maintainability and delivery timelines.
• Monitoring live services, identifying issues and proactively driving improvements.
• Continuously developing your technical skills and staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Designing and developing solutions that make effective use of AI capabilities to automate processes, enrich data and improve operational decision-making.

Skills

Python

Linux

DevOps

CI/CD

APIs

Agile

Problem-solving

Learning agility

AI concepts

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tools

APIs

Job description

End Date

Monday 21 September 2026

Salary Range

£47,120 - £70,680

We support flexible working –

Flexible Working Options

Job Share

Job Description Summary

Level 3 will have all traits from Level 2 and, in addition, will have good understanding of Team application domain and technology used. Level 3 should be able to give effort estimates for simple changes.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer (Threat Intelligence Platforms)

SALARY: £47,120 - £58,900

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Bristol 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.

About This Opportunity

Our Threat Intelligence Engineering team builds and maintains the platforms, integrations and automation that help turn intelligence into action. We work across a range of security and intelligence tooling, connecting data sources, automating workflows and developing services that enable analysts and security teams to make better decisions, faster.

What you’ll be doing:

• Building clean, maintainable and well-tested Python applications, services and integrations.
• Designing and developing integrations between internal and external platforms to automate security and intelligence workflows.
• Working closely with engineers, analysts and stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions.
• Supporting and improving CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and efficient software delivery.
• Deploying, operating and troubleshooting applications running in containerised and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Participating in code reviews and contributing to engineering standards, best practices and ways of working.
• Investigating incidents, resolving defects and identifying opportunities to improve resilience, security and performance.
• Helping shape technical designs while balancing scalability, maintainability and delivery timelines.
• Monitoring live services, identifying issues and proactively driving improvements.
• Continuously developing your technical skills and staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Designing and developing solutions that make effective use of AI capabilities to automate processes, enrich data and improve operational decision-making.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What You’ll Need

• Strong experience developing software in Python.
• Experience working with Linux environments and scripting using Bash.
• Good understanding of DevOps principles and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and deployment pipelines.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and container-based application deployment.
• Experience building and supporting APIs, services or system integrations.
• A solid understanding of software testing, debugging and troubleshooting.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently on technical challenges.
• A genuine interest in learning, improving and staying current with technology trends.
• Understanding of AI concepts and technologies, with the ability to identify and implement practical AI-driven solutions within software applications and workflows.

And any of these would be great:

• Experience working within a Threat Intelligence, Cyber Security or Security Operations environment
• Understanding of threat intelligence concepts, data sources and intelligence workflows.
• Experience integrating with third-party security or intelligence platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code approaches.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability and operational support practices.
• Understanding of AI technologies and how they can be applied to automate workflows, improve data quality and enhance intelligence-driven decision making.

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.

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

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.