Chief Engineer, Lloyds
£124.7-148.8k
Plus an annual bonus award, subject to Group performance and share schemes including free shares
More information about location
2 days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
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Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£124.7-148.8k
Plus an annual bonus award, subject to Group performance and share schemes including free shares
More information about location
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
- This role requires strong architectural judgement and the ability to create solutions that deliver value, reduce complexity, and improve how the organisation operates
- This is a senior leadership role for someone with a deep passion for engineering and emerging technology
- If you thrive in ambiguity, are motivated by building new things in complex environments, and want to drive change that can impact millions, this is your opportunity to help shape the future of banking
- Visionary engineering leader who combines curiosity, ambition, and strong technical judgement, able to balance speed, quality, resilience, and cost
- Deep technologist with a passion for emerging technologies and how they can be applied in real‑world, regulated environments
- Hands‑on experience applying AI‑enabled capabilities in real‑world systems, using AI to re‑imagine how products are built, operated, and scaled
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, shaping direction where answers are not yet clear
- Organisational influencing skills, able to build trust with senior stakeholders, platform teams, and delivery leaders
- Pragmatic innovator with experience working in or alongside startup, scale‑up, or innovation‑led environments, motivated by building new solutions, modernising existing systems, and learning through experimentation
Desirable
- Senior experience in engineering, architecture, or technology leadership roles
- Career background as a software engineer and/or technical architect, with progression into leadership
- Experience operating within large‑scale or regulated organisations, working effectively with governance, risk, and control functions
- A track record of simplifying complex technology landscapes or reducing technical debt
What the job involves
- As the Group continues its ongoing strategic transformation, LBG has created a new function to identify, develop, and deliver new opportunities in Horizons 2 and 3. This new function works across siloes and domains, accelerating the delivery of innovations that will shape our future
- As part of that team, we are looking for a visionary and hands‑on technology leader to be our Chief Engineer for Group Innovation
- The role is accountable for identifying, exploring, and defining how emerging technologies can be applied to transform how the Group operates, unlock new opportunities, and deliver exceptional customer and colleague experiences
- This is a rare opportunity to shape a new team and influence how technology is used across the Group’s biggest innovation bets, combining experimentation and invention with the scale, reach, and purpose of the UK’s largest retail bank
- You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping where the Group places its most important innovation investments, informing priorities and helping define the engineering vision for innovation. You’ll bring curiosity, ambition, and strong technical judgement to ensure ideas are developed into practical, scalable outcomes
- Alongside this strategic influence, you’ll lead engineering teams to rapidly prototype and validate innovative solutions, taking ideas from early‑stage experimentation through to evidence-backed designs that are ready to scale into production
- Set the engineering and technology direction for Group Innovation, shaping how emerging technologies are applied to deliver the Group’s most important innovation bets
- Translate new and emerging technologies into practical solutions that inform investment, build, and scale decisions
- Own end‑to‑end solution architecture across innovation initiatives, from early experimentation through to designs and patterns validated as ready for production scale
- Lead and guide venture teams to rapidly prototype, making critical technical decisions to ensure solutions are validated for scalability and alignment to enterprise standards
- Define and promote engineering standards, architectural principles, and guardrails that enable rapid experimentation without creating downstream risk or complexity
- Work across Group platform and domain teams to ensure toolchains, environments, and integrations support effective innovation delivery
- Act as a senior engineering voice for Group Innovation, sharing patterns, lessons learned, and outcomes to raise engineering capability across the Group
- Ensure innovation initiatives deliver measurable outcomes, including revenue growth, cost reduction, productivity improvement, and simplification of legacy systems where appropriate
Application process
- End Date: Friday 20 March 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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