Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Lead, Lloyds
£92.7-120k
London: £107,304-£138,864. Plus an annual performance-related bonus & Share schemes including free shares
2-3 days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
Be an early applicant
Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£92.7-120k
London: £107,304-£138,864. Plus an annual performance-related bonus & Share schemes including free shares
2-3 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
- Experience leading engineering, security research, offensive security, or platform engineering teams
- Experience building AI-powered security tooling, agentic systems, or autonomous testing platforms
- Strong understanding of AI systems, LLMs, agentic architectures, and AI evaluation techniques
- Deep knowledge of vulnerability research, penetration testing, application security, or exploit development
- Experience building software platforms, automation frameworks, or large-scale security tooling
- Strong software engineering skills (Python, Go, Rust, Java, or similar)
- Expertise in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, APIs, and platform engineering
- Experience translating modern research into production-ready capabilities
- Consistent track record of building new teams and capabilities from inception and deliver measurable outcomes
- Excellent partner management and influencing skills
Desirable
- Experience contributing to vulnerability research, security tooling, or open-source projects
- Cyber security related qualifications or trainings
- MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related discipline
- Knowledge of AI red teaming, LLM security testing, or adversarial machine learning
- Experience operating within highly regulated environments such as financial services
What the job involves
- We're establishing a new Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Team with a strong mission: to build the Group's agentic vulnerability research platform, enabling AI-powered vulnerability discovery, exploit validation, risk prioritisation, and remediation verification at unprecedented scale and speed
- This team will sit at the intersection of offensive security, artificial intelligence, software engineering, and security research. By employing frontier AI models, autonomous agents, testing frameworks, and sophisticated security tooling, the team will create a continuously evolving capability that accelerates vulnerability research, strengthens defensive resilience, and enables the Group to remain ahead of rapidly changing threat landscapes
- As the Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Lead, you will define the vision, recruit and grow a multidisciplinary engineering team, and own the development of the Group's AI-powered vulnerability research platform. You will shape how offensive security is delivered in the future by combining autonomous systems with human guidance to create a scalable, resilient, and continually improving security capability
- Build and own the Autonomous Vulnerability Research (Harness Engineering) Team, defining strategy, operating model, standards, and roadmap
- Design and deliver LBG's agentic vulnerability research harness and supporting platform services
- Develop autonomous workflows for vulnerability discovery, validation, prioritisation, remediation recommendation, and remediation verification
- Integrate frontier AI models, security tooling, and engineering workflows into a scalable research platform
- Establish evaluation, observability, governance, and safety controls to ensure credible outcomes
- Partner with Offensive Security, AI Security, Engineering, and Architecture teams to operationalise research and accelerate remediation
- Drive innovation in AI-assisted vulnerability research and ensure the capability remains aligned to emerging industry practices
Application process
- End Date: August 14, 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.
Share this job
View 30 more jobs at Lloyds