Principal Software Engineer, Lloyds
Automation & Agentic AI
£92.7-120k
+ Annual performance-related bonus + Share schemes including free shares
2+ days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
Open for applications
Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£92.7-120k
+ Annual performance-related bonus + Share schemes including free shares
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To support families and businesses, helping them to take the next step, whatever that may be.
Role
Who you are
- Proven people management experience in a senior engineering role (leading teams of 6+)
- Experience in delivering automation at scale ideally using tools such as RPA, Intelligent Automation and Agents
- Experience in Agentic AI systems with knowledge of Agentic frameworks such as Langchain, Langgraph, MCP and A2A
- Hands-on cloud engineering expertise, with experience building secure, resilient and scalable platforms in production (GCP preferred)
- Strong all‑round engineering expertise spanning DevOps and CI/CD, containerised solutions (Kubernetes), Quality Engineering, Agile delivery, and architecture/design
- Confidence influencing at peer and senior leadership level
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to provide senior technical and people leadership within our Automation and Agentic AI team
- This is a senior manager-equivalent role, accountable for leading teams, shaping technology direction, and delivering high impact outcomes at scale
- As a Principal Engineer, you’ll take end to end ownership for your teams — their people, culture, ways of working, and the technology they build and run
- You’ll partner closely with Product Owners to ensure clear vision, strong delivery, and continuous improvement
- The Principal Software Engineer (Agentic AI & Automation) role offers the chance to drive world-class innovation and transformation. This position plays a key role in crafting the future of automation strategies and AI adoption, ensuring the organization maintains a competitive edge
- Leading and developing high‑performing engineering teams, setting clear objectives, encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
- Owning delivery across the full application lifecycle — from ideation through build and into live operations
- Setting strategy and technical direction to realise the value of running automation at scale for both customers and colleagues
- Providing technical leadership across agentic AI, automation, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices
- Driving strong Agile ways of working, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement
- Creating a psychologically safe, inclusive and high‑trust culture
- Ensuring solutions are secure, resilient, observable and supportable in production
- Providing strong line management and coaching to help engineers reach their full potential while building skills, capability and leadership depth aligned to organisational priorities
- 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
Application process
- End Date: Thursday 02 April 2026
Our take
Lloyds Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group, began operations back in 1765 and is nowadays one of the UK’s leading retail and commercial banks. As with many leading banks, the company has dealt with its share of controversy, but it has nonetheless stood the test of time and worked to build back its public reputation in the wake of these setbacks.
As part of its ongoing digital transformation, the company is seeking to put the cloud at the front of its services and systems, and has cited intentions to invest heavily in overhauling its technology infrastructure. All this seeks to serve the modern banking customer, and to compete with the fast-increasing number of alternative banking options appearing on the market.
On top of this, Lloyds Bank has shown great interest in facilitating innovation in the industry, joining as a partner on "FinTech Action Labs" to bring its industry expertise to early-stage FinTechs. The company continues to enhance its online and mobile services (it is the UK's biggest mobile bank), as well as expanding its partnerships with digital banking companies.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
- A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
- A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
- Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
- Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
- Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
- Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
- Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
- Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our 'Your Tomorrow' scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Charlie Nunn
(Group Chief Executive)Spent nine years at HSBC, including as Group Head of Wealth Management and Digital, and as CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking.
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