Engineering lead in London

Job Description – Engineering Lead

Primary Skills

Engineering Leadership + Cloud & Platform Engineering + Banking Domain

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

Banking & Financial Services

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

• Lead multiple engineering squads delivering complex banking solutions.
  
• 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.
  

Architecture & Design

• 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.
  

Engineering Quality

• 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.
  

Team & People Leadership

• 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.
  

Risk & Compliance

• 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

• Java / GoLang / .NET / Python
  
• Microservices Architecture
  
• REST APIs
  
• Event-Driven Architecture
  
• Domain Driven Design (DDD)
  

Cloud Platforms

• AWS / Azure
  
• Kubernetes
  
• Docker
  
• OpenShift
  

DevOps & Automation

• Jenkins
  
• GitHub / Bitbucket
  
• Terraform
  
• Ansible
  
• CI/CD Pipelines
  

Engineering Practices

• TDD / BDD
  
• Secure Coding
  
• Performance Engineering
  
• Observability & Monitoring
  
• SRE Principles
  

Tools

• JIRA
  
• Confluence
  
• Azure DevOps
  
• Splunk
  
• Dynatrace
  
• SonarQube
  

Banking Domain Knowledge

Preferred experience in:

• Retail Banking
  
• Commercial Banking
  
• Digital Banking
  
• Identity & Authentication
  
• Customer Journeys
  
• Payments
  
• Lending Platforms
  
• Open Banking
  
• Risk & Compliance
  
• Fraud & Security
  

Key Deliverables

• Engineering Roadmaps
  
• 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.
  
• Experience delivering large-scale banking transformation programs.
  
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
  
• Experience working in Agile / SAFe environments.
  

Preferred Certifications

• AWS Solution Architect
  
• Azure Architect Expert
  
• Kubernetes Certification
  
• SAFe Agilist
  
• TOGAF
  
• DevOps Certification