Principal Software Engineer – Automation & Agentic Ai

Lloydseurope

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 with gcp preferred
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 successful candidate will provide senior technical and people leadership within the Automation and Agentic AI team.
  • Lloyds Banking Group offers a generous pension contribution of up to 15% along with 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays.

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 contribution, 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 with GCP preferred
  • Strong all-round engineering expertise spanning DevOps
  • Experience in Agentic AI systems with Langchain or Langgraph

Nice-to-have

  • Confidence influencing at peer and senior leadership level
  • Creating a psychologically safe, inclusive and high-trust culture
  • Driving strong Agile ways of working and predictable delivery
  • Building skills capability and leadership depth aligned to priorities

Key Requirements

  • Senior engineering role with proven people management experience
  • Experience leading teams of 6+ engineers
  • Hands-on cloud engineering expertise required

Work Rights

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