Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Software Engineer will lead technical development and delivery at Team and sometimes Lab level. They can be a Line Manager who will act as co-lead with the Team PO for overall delivery. In these cases, they will be responsible for overall tech delivery, line management & app ownership alongside their own software engineering output. Others will operate as Individual Contributors, who are specialists in particular technology areas and will be narrower and deeper in focus.

About this opportunity

You will be part of a collaborative team that values innovation and continuous improvement. Your role will involve developing and maintaining applications, implementing new features, and ensuring the highest level of performance and user experience. You will also have the opportunity to learn from peers and senior engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.

What you’ll do...

• As Tech Lead, you’ll set the technical direction for a front‐end‐leaning squad, championing LBG standards (TypeScript/React on supported Node LTS) to deliver performant, accessible experiences.
• You’ll break down complex problems, mentor engineers, uphold high quality with automated testing (Jest/Playwright/MSW) and robust CI/CD (e.g., Harness), and collaborate closely with Product, QE, DevOps and back‐end colleagues.
• You’ll embed resilience, security and operability from the start, own production health when needed, and continuously improve our engineering practices and documentation to help the team ship value safely and often.

What you’ll need.....

• Strong knowledge and working experience of Engineering tools including, React, Angular, TypeScript and Node.
• Back-End experience with Java, SpringBoot will help you stand out in this role.
• Oracle and PL/SQL Database know-how.
• Testing Frameworks – JEST, PlayWright would be highly sought after for this team and this role.
• Comfortable with working around Automation and bringing that experience to this role.
• Confident leading technical teams, mentoring others in the team and making key technical decisions.

It would be great if you also had experience in...

• Any experience with GCP would be a benefit for this role.
• Exposure to Container technologies like Kubernetes, Docker.
• Full-Stack experience would be a bonus.

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.

Benefits include:

• 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.
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

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.

With 320 years under our belt, we’re used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.