Job Description – Engineering Lead
Primary Skills
Engineering Leadership + Cloud & Platform Engineering
+ Banking Domain
Secondary Skills
Microservices & APIs + DevOps / CI-CD + Agile
Delivery
Tertiary Skills
Stakeholder Management + Architecture Governance + Team
Leadership
Role Title
Engineering Lead
Experience
12 to 18+ Years
Location
UK ,London
Domain
Banking & Financial Services
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to
drive end-to-end engineering delivery across strategic Lloyds Banking Group
initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading
multi-disciplinary engineering teams, providing technical direction, driving
engineering excellence, ensuring delivery quality, and managing stakeholder
relationships across business, architecture, operations, and delivery
functions.
The role requires strong hands-on knowledge of modern
engineering practices, cloud-native platforms, microservices architecture,
DevOps, security, and large-scale transformation programs within the banking
domain. Engineering Leads are expected to foster a culture of innovation,
automation, quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while
ensuring successful delivery of business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership
- Lead
multiple engineering squads delivering complex banking solutions.
- Define
engineering strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Drive
engineering excellence, productivity improvements, and technical
innovation.
- Establish
development standards, code quality metrics, and governance controls.
- Mentor
Technical Leads, Architects, and Senior Engineers.
Solution Delivery
- Own
end-to-end technology delivery across programs and releases.
- Ensure
commitments are delivered within agreed scope, timeline, quality, and
budget.
- Manage
dependencies across engineering, testing, DevOps, architecture, and
business teams.
- Support
release planning, capacity planning, and sprint governance.
Architecture & Design
- Collaborate
with Enterprise and Solution Architects on technology roadmaps.
- Review
solution designs to ensure scalability, resilience, maintainability, and
security.
- Drive
API-first, cloud-native, microservices-based engineering approaches.
- Ensure
adherence to LBG engineering and security standards.
Engineering Quality
- Champion
test automation, code quality, security scanning, and performance
engineering.
- Drive
CI/CD adoption and DevSecOps practices.
- Monitor
engineering metrics, technical debt, and platform stability.
- Improve
system reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
Stakeholder Management
- Act
as the primary technology contact for business and delivery stakeholders.
- Present
engineering updates, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
- Work
closely with Product Owners, Customer Journey Managers, Delivery Managers,
and Architects.
- Support
governance forums and executive status reporting.
Team & People Leadership
- Lead
distributed teams across multiple locations.
- Support
hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and capability building.
- Conduct
performance reviews and career development conversations.
- Drive
a high-performance engineering culture.
Risk & Compliance
- Ensure
compliance with LBG governance, audit, security, and risk requirements.
- Manage
operational risks and technology controls.
- Support
production readiness reviews and regulatory initiatives.
Required Technical Skills
Engineering & Architecture
- Java
/ GoLang / .NET / Python
- Microservices
Architecture
- REST
APIs
- Event-Driven
Architecture
- Domain
Driven Design (DDD)
Cloud Platforms
- AWS
/ Azure
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenShift
DevOps & Automation
- Jenkins
- GitHub
/ Bitbucket
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CI/CD
Pipelines
Engineering Practices
- TDD
/ BDD
- Secure
Coding
- Performance
Engineering
- Observability
& Monitoring
- SRE
Principles
Tools
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Azure
DevOps
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- SonarQube
Banking Domain Knowledge
Preferred experience in:
- Retail
Banking
- Commercial
Banking
- Digital
Banking
- Identity
& Authentication
- Customer
Journeys
- Payments
- Lending
Platforms
- Open
Banking
- Risk
& Compliance
- Fraud
& Security
Key Deliverables
- Engineering
Roadmaps
- Solution
Design Reviews
- Release
Readiness Assessments
- Engineering
Governance Packs
- Platform
Modernization Plans
- Capacity
& Delivery Plans
- Risk
and Dependency Management Reports
- Technical
Debt Reduction Plans
- Operational
Stability Metrics
Qualifications
- Bachelor's
or Master's Degree in Engineering / Computer Science / Technology.
- 12+
years of software engineering experience.
- 5+
years leading large engineering teams.
- Experience
delivering large-scale banking transformation programs.
- Strong
stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Experience
working in Agile / SAFe environments.
Preferred Certifications
- AWS
Solution Architect
- Azure
Architect Expert
- Kubernetes
Certification
- SAFe
Agilist
- TOGAF
- DevOps
Certification
