Job Description
End Date\n\nSunday 19 January 2025\n\nSalary Range\n\n£86,964 - £158,581\n\n**[We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible\nworking options](https:www.lloydsbankinggroup.comcareersculture-and-\ninclusionagile-working.html)**\n\nFlexible Working Options\n\nHybrid Working\n\nJob Description Summary\n\n.\n\nJob Description\n\nJOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer\n\nSALARY: £86,964 - £102,310\n\nLOCATION: Leeds\n\nHOURS: Full time\n\nWORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at\nleast two days per week, or 40% of our time, in our Leeds office.\n\nAbout this opportunity:\n\nWe are looking for dedicated engineers to join brand-new feature teams and\nleadership dedicated to building an enhanced stockbroking platform.\n\nIn this role, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of\nonline trading by designing and implementing a streamlined, customer and\ncolleague focussed platform that will redefine how our customers invest.\n\nHere’s where you’ll make the difference:\n\n * Join the lab engineering leadership team, shape the teams direction as we maintain the current platform and enhance our future proposition\n * Collaborate with the head of engineering, product owners, architects, and other stakeholders to define and execute on the labs roadmap, scope, and deliverables\n * Mentor and coach, the software engineers, developing their skills and career growth.\n * Drive the culture of delivering highly resilient, secure and quality software.\n * Drive adoption of best engineering practices.\n\nAbout us\n\nLike the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our\npeople, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of\nour 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose.
Join us on our journey\nand you will too…\n\nWhat you’ll need:\n\n * Leadership, management, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and empower the software engineering team.\n * Background delivering systems design, software development, testing and operational stability.\n * To be hands-on with a range of programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, e.g. JavaScript, TypeScript, React, NodeJS, Express, C#, .NET, Oracle PLSQL and Kafka.\n * Experience of automation and CICD across the SDLC\n * Experience working with large-scale applications where high performance and low latency is a must\n * Previously used distributed systems and event driven architectures\n * Experience in cloud native solutions and integration with SaaS solutions via APIs\n * Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and experience with cloud platforms such as GCP.\n\nAbout working for us:\n\nOur focus is to ensure were inclusive every day, building an organisation\nthat reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.\n\nWe want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless\nof background, identity or culture.\n\nWe were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in\nsenior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with\nCancer initiative.\n\nAnd it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.\n\nWe’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be\nmade to our recruitment processes, just let us know.\n\nWe also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:\n\n * A generous pension contribution of up to 15%\n * An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance\n * Share schemes including free shares\n * Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping\n * 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top\n * A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies\n * \n\nWant to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions\nof people?
Join our journey.\n\n**At Lloyds Banking Group, were driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain\nprosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference\nto customers, businesses and communities. With us youll have a key role to\nplay in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and\nreach of our Group means youll have many opportunities to learn, grow and\ndevelop.**\n\n**We keep your data safe.
So, well only ever ask you to provide confidential\nor sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an\ninterview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our\nbackground checks. Well always explain what we need and why, with any request\ncoming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.**\n\n**Were focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building\na workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we\nserve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our\ncolleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.**