Software Engineering Lead

Lloyds Banking Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial services organization based in Leeds is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to direct complex technology initiatives and lead teams. The ideal candidate will have Pega Smart Dispute experience and proficiency in Java and JavaScript. This role requires strong leadership skills and a commitment to developing junior engineers. Benefiting from a hybrid working pattern, the successful candidate will be part of a mission to prevent economic crime while delivering high-quality applications.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual performance-related bonus

Free share schemes

Lifestyle adaptable benefits

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven technology leader willing to guide junior engineers.
• Experience in hands-on software engineering with Pega Smart Dispute.
• Knowledge of modern software development tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex change initiatives across multiple platforms.
• Provide technical leadership in Pega Smart Dispute.
• Adopt DevOps to increase pace of change.

Skills

Leadership

Pega Smart Dispute

Java

JavaScript

Microservices

CI/CD

DevOps

Kubernetes

Education

Pega Lead System Architect certification

Tools

Git

Harness

Job description

Job Description Summary

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Software Engineering Lead

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

LOCATION: Leeds

HOURS: 35 hours, full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

In the Economic Crime Prevention (ECP) Platform, our mission is to reduce harm to our communities. We’re on a journey to use the latest advances in AI and Machine Learning to enhance the Group's capability to prevent, detect and respond to economic crime. The Platform sits within Consumer Relationships and plays a critical role in providing services across the whole Group.

Key responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-application change initiatives across Pega/GCP/ digital/mobile and integrated platforms.
• Provide technical leadership in Pega Smart Dispute and digital architecture.
• Simplify and modernise our technology estate to enable internal flexibility and increase responsiveness to evolving customer needs.
• Increase pace of change by adopting a DevOps approach and automating manual tasks and interventions within the delivery pipeline.
• Extend and enhance the functionality of our existing applications.
• Lead teams delivering micro-service-based applications and play a key role in moving our legacy stack onto Cloud.
• Contribute to setting the strategic direction for how we integrate with applications from other platforms and different providers.
• Ensure applications are fast, secure, and work across all manner of devices and platforms.
• Line management responsibilities across 3 feature teams.
• Provide engineers with clear and constructive feedback, creating opportunities for learning and growth.

About us

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. Who are excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together, we can grow with purpose.

What you’ll need

• A capable technology leader, who takes ownership of delivery and is willing to help grow and guide junior engineers to form high-performing teams.
• Pega Lead System Architect (LSA) certification with Smart Dispute implementation experience.
• In depth experience of leading software engineers, Pega Engineers and driving technology improvements at pace.
• Proven experience in hands-on software engineering using a broad range of technologies including those listed below: Pega Smart Dispute, Java/JavaScript (Spring, Spring Boot, Node), Microservices, CI/CD/DevOps tooling (GIT, Harness).
• Knowledge of modern software development toolsets including Cloud hosting, Containers, Kubernetes, API’s and DevOps.
• Diverse technical experience and a proven ability to deliver high quality applications at scale.
• An advocate for quality and can support the team leveraging approaches such as Pair Programming, TDD and BDD.

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 underrepresented 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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.