This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives, shape how engineering is done at scale, and work in a culture built on empowerment, trust and excellence — making a tangible difference to people, platforms and the outcomes we deliver
Job Summary
This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives, shape how engineering is done at scale, and work in a culture built on empowerment, trust and excellence — making a tangible difference to people, platforms and the outcomes we deliver.
Lloyds Banking Group leads the financial industry by integrating automation and AI into its operations and offers a wide-ranging benefits package including a generous pension contribution, performance-related bonus, share schemes, and wellbeing initiatives.
The Principal Software Engineer will take end to end ownership for their teams — their people, culture, ways of working, and the technology they build and run, partnering closely with Product Owners to ensure clear vision, strong delivery, and continuous improvement.
Matching Summary
This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives, shape how engineering is done at scale, and work in a culture built on empowerment, trust and excellence — making a tangible difference to people, platforms and the outcomes we deliver.
Salary
Base: £92,700 - £120,000; Bonus/Equity: Annual performance-related bonus and share schemes; Benefits: Pension up to 15%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, wellbeing and parental leave policies
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Automation at scale delivery
Agentic AI systems expertise
Cloud engineering with GCP
DevOps and CI/CD practices
Agile delivery and leadership
People management senior role
Nice-to-have
Culture of innovation and improvement
Psychologically safe and inclusive culture
Strong coaching and mentoring skills
Key Requirements
Proven senior people management experience
Experience with RPA and Intelligent Automation tools
Knowledge of Agentic AI frameworks like Langchain
Hands-on cloud engineering expertise
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized solutions