Lead Software Engineer - Core Banking Modernisation
Lloyds Bank plc
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead Software Engineer - Core Banking Modernisation Lead Software Engineer - Core Banking Modernisation Apply locations Manchester time type Full time posted on Posted 11 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: April 26, 2025 (2 days left to apply) job requisition id 127141 End Date Friday 25 April 2025 Salary Range £86,964 - £158,581 We support flexible working click here for more information on flexible working options Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Job Title: Lead Software Engineer Salary: £90,440 £106,400 Location: Manchester Hours: Full time Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week currently, or 40% of our time, at our Manchester office. About this opportunity You'll be part of Core Banking in Consumer Relationships Platform working in the Next Generation Core lab. The lab is focusing on building new core banking platform that will support servicing our customers through multiple channels and will enable the bank to create new innovative products for our customers using groundbreaking cloud-based technology platform. You'll be a Java expert that is comfortable driving the detailed design and implementation of enterprise-grade software that enable seamless integration between our wider banking ecosystem and our next generation ledger. The core ledger technology we're using is provided by Thought Machine, that we install and manage on our own public cloud environments. This will be a critical hands-on leadership role within the lab engineering team, developing cloud-native and event-based integration layers, orchestration services, and platform capabilities that allow product and channel teams across the bank to integrate with our greenfield platform. What you ll do Lead the development of Java-based, cloud-native services that interface with Thought Machine Vault and serve as foundational products for the wider bank to use. Own the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and reusable APIs, orchestration layers, and adapters that abstract core ledger complexity. Guide the adoption of modern engineering practices across the team, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and secure coding standards. Ensure services are production-grade with appropriate telemetry, resilience, and operational tooling in place. Partner with infrastructure, DevOps, and SRE teams to ensure robust deployment strategies and cloud hosting patterns (e.g., containerisation, Kubernetes). Mentor and coach engineers within the team and contribute to the wider engineering community through technical leadership and governance. Hands-on designing and developing the new banking platform as well as integrating with heritage banking systems. What you ll need You'll be able to demonstrate deep technical expertise, experience in building banking platforms, ability to work independently and to mentor junior team members including development standards and quality of code. A must have skills: Technical leadership experience including establishing code quality standards, best practices and leading technical design and implementation. Good understanding of design patterns and build activities across the SDLC including unit testing, system testing, integration, security and performance testing. Relentless focus on delivering business value through sound engineering methods and principles. Significant experience delivering enterprise-scale systems using Java (11+), Spring Boot, and related frameworks. Deep understanding of microservices architecture and domain-driven design. Experience integrating with distributed event-based systems (e.g., Kafka), API gateways, and service meshes. It would be great if you also had Experience in Cloud Applications Docker based container development and deployment on Kubernetes 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. About Us With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future. #J-18808-Ljbffr