Job description
JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack)
SALARY: £92,701 – £109,060 per annum
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours per week
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
About this opportunity
This is a key role within our API & Digital Services Platform, where you’ll guide and uplift a talented group of engineers. You’ll work closely with supportive, cross‑functional partners to bring ideas to life and turn requirements into meaningful outcomes for the Bank and our customers.
You’ll help shape the future of our next‑generation API Gateway, API Marketplace, and API Compliance capabilities—creating richer, more seamless connections with our customers. We’re looking for engineers who want to make a real impact and be part of this exciting transformation.
Our Software Engineering Team Leaders play a vital role in ensuring our services remain reliable, secure, and resilient. They’re always looking for ways to simplify, strengthen, and improve how we build.
This work is varied, modern, and creative, with a spotlight on our flagship React and cloud‑based API Marketplace.
What you’ll do
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Lead a feature team delivering enhancements to our flagship products.
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Apply engineering best practice to design and deliver high‑quality, forward‑thinking software.
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Build solutions that align with and support our wider technical strategy.
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Collaborate through Agile ways of working, helping your team move quickly and learn rapidly through iteration.
Why Lloyds Banking Group
We’re on an exciting and purposeful journey to transform how we shape finance for good.
We’re investing in our people, our technology, and our workplaces to make the Group a great, inclusive place to thrive—and that includes you.
What you’ll need
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Strong knowledge and hands‑on experience in software engineering.
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Confidence building and implementing solutions end‑to‑end.
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Proficiency in one or more languages such as React, CSS, HTML, TypeScript, or Node.js.
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Strong understanding of API engineering, including REST, GraphQL, and microservices.
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Experience with any API Management Platform (e.g., ApigeeX or API Connect) is a plus.
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Good awareness of cybersecurity and secure development practices.
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Experience with cloud technologies, ideally GCP, Azure, or AWS.
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Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach.
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Engineering leadership experience.
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Experience influencing or managing collaborators.
This is a place for you:
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
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A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
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An annual performance-related bonus
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Share schemes including free shares
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Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
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30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
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A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready to make an impact? Apply today.