At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the design and delivery of innovative tech solutions for secure digital authentication.
- Company: Join Lloyds Banking Group, a leader in transforming finance for good.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous pension, 30 days holiday, and flexible lifestyle benefits.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with strong focus on diversity and career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Shape the future of finance while driving innovation in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in distributed systems, automation, and cloud platforms required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Base pay range: This range is provided by Lloyds Banking Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
LOCATION: London
HOURS: Full-time - 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our London Office.
ABOUT US: 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.
ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY: The Identity & Authentication (ID&Auth) Platform is recruiting for a Tech Lead to focus on contributing to technical delivery. ID&Auth delivers capabilities to enable Lloyds Banking Group’s business areas secure client and digital authentication and identity across all their digital channels. The Platform delivers core products including:
- ID&Auth as a Service, giving end-to-end packaged services of several components for self‑serve consumption to give strategic capabilities of centralised and reusable authentication services.
- A suite of authentication methods (either 1 or multi‑factor depending on regulation 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.
As a Tech Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security. You’ll work closely across teams to align solutions with our strategic vision while driving innovation and maintaining technical excellence across all stages of development.
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.
- Drive technical strategy and direction for 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.
- Have cross‑functional and cross‑product impact in the organisation.
- Initiate, design and drive high impact ideas using the right design principles.
- Mentor and coach software engineering teams, developing their skills and career growth.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- 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.
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:
- 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.
Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type: Full‑time
Job Function: Information Technology
Industries: Software Development and Technology, Information and Internet
Tech Lead employer: LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
Lloyds Banking Group is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in London that fosters innovation and collaboration. With a strong commitment to employee growth, the company provides extensive benefits including a generous pension scheme, annual bonuses, and flexible lifestyle perks, all while promoting a culture of inclusivity and diversity. As a Tech Lead, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of finance through cutting-edge technology, while also mentoring and developing your team in a supportive and forward-thinking atmosphere.
