Job Description

End Date Thursday 27 November 2025
Salary Range 90,440 - 106,400
Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share
Summary The purpose of the Engineering Lead is to support the Lab leadership and the teams within their area to deliver against the strategy and their delivery commitments. Colleagues in these roles must come from an Engineering background, and this position represents the conscious decision of an Engineer to progress down the management track of the Y-shaped model. This allows these colleagues to start building up the broader set of skills required to operate in a engineering management position, not all of which will be developed under the Software Engineer role. However, they will remain deeply technical, providing technical guidance to teams and making sure that they make the right technology choices, though the broader set of responsibilities will often (though not always) take them away from actual coding on a very regular basis.

JOB TITLE: Engineering Lead
SALARY: 90,440 - 106,400
LOCATION: Edinburgh or Leeds
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in the Edinburgh or Leeds office.
About this opportunity:
We're looking for an experienced and passionate Engineering Lead to take ownership of our Route to Live (RTL) team - a critical function within the IP&I Data Centre of Excellence (CoE). RTL is responsible for both Run and Build activities across our cloud-native estate, ensuring resilience, scalability, and innovation in how we deliver microservices and tooling to our internal customers.
This is a high-impact leadership role where you'll guide a cross-functional team of engineers (UK and India-based, permanent and non-permanent) and shape the future of platform operations and onboarding. You'll work collaboratively with your Product Owner, Lead Integrator, and Lead Architect.
About us
We're on an exciting journey and there couldn't be a better time to join us. The investments we're making in our people, data, and technology are leading to innovative projects, fresh possibilities, and countless new ways for our people to work, learn, and thrive.
What you'll need

• Proven leadership in engineering teams within cloud-native environments.
• Hands-on technical background (ideally with coding and/or SRE experience).
• Strong understanding of GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Passion for building resilient, secure, and scalable platforms.
• Ability to coach, inspire, and grow engineering talent.
• Strategic mindset with a bias for action and continuous improvement.
• Ability to engage effectively with vendors and clients to ensure value delivery at pace

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.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• 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

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? 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.

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