Principal Software Engineer – Automation & Agentic Ai

Lloyds Banking Group

Manchester, United Kingdom
Base: £92,700 - £120,000; bonus/equity: annual per...
Hybrid
Proven people management experience leading teams of 6+
Experience delivering automation at scale using rpa
Hands-on cloud engineering expertise in gcp
This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives while shaping how engineering is done at scale

Job Summary

  • This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives while shaping how engineering is done at scale.
  • The position provides a generous pension contribution of up to 15%, an annual performance-related bonus, and share schemes including free shares.
  • Candidates will partner closely with Product Owners to ensure clear vision, strong delivery, and continuous improvement across the full application lifecycle.

Matching Summary

This role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives while shaping how engineering is done at scale.

Salary

Base: £92,700 - £120,000; Bonus/Equity: Annual performance-related bonus; Benefits: Up to 15% pension, share schemes, 30 days holiday

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Proven people management experience leading teams of 6+
  • Experience delivering automation at scale using RPA
  • Hands-on cloud engineering expertise in GCP
  • Strong DevOps and CI/CD containerised solutions
  • Knowledge of Agentic frameworks like Langchain

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with Kubernetes and Quality Engineering
  • Confidence influencing peer and senior leadership
  • Creating psychologically safe and inclusive culture
  • Driving strong Agile ways of working
  • Building skills capability and leadership depth

Key Requirements

  • Senior engineering role with team leadership experience
  • Agentic AI systems knowledge required
  • Cloud engineering production experience needed

Work Rights

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