End Date

Thursday 05 March 2026

Salary Range

£92,701 - £169,043

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 will lead the technical development and delivery at Team, & strongly contribute at a Lab level. They will line manage engineering resources within their team and act as co-lead with the Team PO for overall delivery.

They will be responsible for overall tech delivery line management & app ownership alongside their own software engineering output. The will balance delivery of features to customers with the ongoing improvement of the platform.

The will demonstrate strong leadership, deep technical expertise and excellent communication skills. They will relentlessly peruse the best practices of modern software development, testing and architectures in public cloud

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer

SALARY: £92,701 - £109,060

LOCATION: Edinburgh

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

About this Opportunity 

Our mission is to help customers feel confident and in control of their finances, now and into the future. We’re building a new future for financial wellbeing, helping customers understand the big picture and making it easy for them to protect what matters. Our services are accessible for everyone, no matter what their income is or how comfortable they are with financial jargon, and we work hard to make sure we’re there for customers in the moments that matter. We’re bold and we love to experiment. We’re not afraid to try out new ways of working and we encourage teams to be flexible and adaptive.

Here's where you’ll make a difference as a Lead Software Engineer  –

• Lead a full-stack feature team of software and quality engineers with a focus on predictable delivery and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with fellow leads, solution architects, UI/UX designers, and product owners to define roadmaps, technical designs and unblock delivery. 
• Lead by example by being a hands-on contributor to the codebase and providing oversight and feedback via pull requests. 
• Demonstrate leadership for API and microservice design with deep knowledge in your specialist domain (API/microservice/Frontend). 
• Provide line-management and personal development support for engineering team members 

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

• Proven experience of modern application and software development approaches including automated testing, test driven development, continuous integration, pair programming, code review and version control 
• Deep expertise in Frontend and backend development.
• Proven experience in React, .net, Java.
• Firm grasp of testing methodologies (Unit testing, UI testing, automation testing) 
• Experience designing and evolving RESTful API contracts 
• Knack of identifying new technologies, tools and approaches to help continually improve standards and quality 
• A “can-do” attitude, capability of bootstrapping projects and ability to effectively work with multi-disciplinary, internal, and external distributed teams across the project lifecycle 

And any experience of these would be really useful

• Experience of working with Docker or other containerisation technologies 
• Experience of successfully implementing and using CI/CD pipelines 
• Display a DevOps mindset and ability to use tools like Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform 

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

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more!

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.