Tech Lead

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK bank is seeking a skilled engineer to lead the design and implementation of scalable architecture for their Identity & Authentication Platform. The role requires strong Java scripting skills and experience in automation, CI/CD, and cloud-native solutions such as GCP and Azure. You will collaborate with various teams to drive delivery goals, ensuring the software produced is secure and of high quality. The position offers competitive benefits including a generous pension and annual bonuses.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution

Annual bonus based on performance

Share schemes including free shares

Adaptable lifestyle benefits

30 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and supporting distributed systems.
• Proven track record in large-scale data processing systems.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement future architecture for scalable systems.
• Collaborate with teams to define delivery goals.
• Lead engineering best practices.
• Drive technical strategy for the engineering team.
• Deliver solutions for multiple entities.
• Drive the culture of secure high-quality software.
• Automate processes to eliminate recurring issues.

Skills

Scripting in Java

Knowledge of Go

Proficiency in JavaScript

React

Automation

CI/CD

Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Kafka

Cloud-native solutions

GCP

Azure

Job description

The Identity & Authentication Platform delivers capabilities to enable LBG business areas secure client and digital authentication and identity across all their digital channels. The Platform delivers core products including Identity & Authentication as a Service, giving end‑to‑end packaged services of several components for self‑serve consumption.

• ID&Auth as a Service, giving end‑to‑end packaged services of several components for self‑serve consumption to provide strategic capabilities of centralised and reusable authentication services.
• A suite of authentication methods (either single or multi‑factor depending on regulatory obligations).
• A scaled, centralised and hosting‑agnostic Authorisation as a Service capability consisting of a Token Exchange component and the provision of a signed token for Channels to use downstream, allowing management of their access.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead end‑to‑end design, implementation and delivery of future architecture for highly scalable, resilient low‑latency systems
• Collaborate with the head of engineering, product owners, solution architects, and other colleagues to define and drive the software engineering teams' roadmap, scope, and delivery goals
• Lead engineering best practices
• Drive technical strategy and direction for the engineering team
• Deliver technical solutions that can be leveraged across multiple entities across the group
• Drive the culture of delivering highly secured and high‑quality software
• Identify and eliminate recurring issues by automating processes
• Proficiency in scripting in Java; also any working knowledge of Go, JavaScript and React would be beneficial
• Significant experience in designing, building and supporting distributed systems and large‑scale data processing systems in production with a proven track record
• Proven experience of automation and CI/CD and of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and of Kafka
• Practical experience of cloud‑native solutions, and of cloud platforms and storage such as GCP and Azure

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us, which is when we run our background checks. We always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and we welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

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 they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We are disability confident and offer reasonable adjustments where needed.

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