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
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- REST APIs
- Domain Driven Design (DDD)
- Docker
- OpenShift
DevOps & Automation
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- Ansible
- TDD / BDD
- Secure Coding
- Performance Engineering
- Observability & Monitoring
Tools
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- SonarQube
Banking Domain Knowledge
Preferred experience in:
- Retail Banking
- Commercial Banking
- Digital Banking
- Identity & Authentication
- Customer Journeys
- Payments
- Lending Platforms
- Open Banking
- 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.
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
- Experience working in Agile / SAFe environments.
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Engineering lead employer: Test Triangle Limited
Test Triangle Limited is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of the United Kingdom. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide comprehensive training and development opportunities, ensuring our team members are equipped to excel in their roles. Our commitment to regulatory excellence and risk management not only enhances professional skills but also contributes to meaningful outcomes in the financial sector.
