Engineering lead

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 Dev. Sec. Ops 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 / Go. Lang / .NET / Python Microservices Architecture REST APIs Event-Driven Architecture Domain Driven Design (DDD) Cloud Platforms AWS / Azure Kubernetes Docker Open. Shift 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 Sonar.

Qube 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