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Thursday 27 November 2025Salary Range
£90,440 - £106,400We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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Job Title: Lead Technical Application Specialist
Salary: £90,440 - £140,040 (depending on location)
Location: Edinburgh or Bristol
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
About us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…
About this opportunity
Lloyds Banking Group is redefining itself to build the bank of the future. Our Commercial Banking division supports UK businesses and those connected to the UK, helping them grow, manage risk, and improve efficiency. Within Commercial Banking, you’ll help deliver the next generation digital bank for clients. By simplifying and automating journeys, clients will receive a better experience, and colleagues will be enabled to spend more time helping clients to grow their business.
This role is critical to ensuring we develop and integrate our systems in line with excellent engineering standards to meet our business needs and improve our colleagues' relationship management journeys for clients. As a subject matter expert, you'll collaborate with multi-functional teams to provide guidance and support in building and growing a team of highly skilled engineers.
What you’ll do
Lead and mentor a multi-skilled team to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions to support business goals.
Represent the specialist function in high-level meetings and decision-making processes
Oversee resource planning and allocation for the specialist function
Develop and implement policies and procedures for the specialist area
Lead strategic negotiations with key stakeholders and vendors
Collaborate with feature teams and third parties to identify and implement creative solutions that align with business objectives.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior architects and developers, leading by example with hands-on coding and problem-solving.
Monitor and report on project progress, addressing any issues promptly to ensure timely delivery. Identify and mitigate risks to ensure the successful implementation of projects.
Develop and document processes to improve engineering efficiency and service quality.
Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, fostering an environment of learning and growth within the team.
Supervise the maintenance and enhancement of service infrastructure, ensuring its reliability and efficiency.
Management of Third Party Suppliers to ensure solutions are performant, secure and resilient, and meet bank objectives and client needs.
Ensure that all engineering activities comply with industry standards and regulations.
What you’ll need
Software Engineering - Possess a deep understanding of the software lifecycle, ensuring high standards in design, development, testing, and deployment.
Operational optimisation – Demonstrable experience of optimising Run operations for highly available systems, including control automation, end to end system monitoring and observability
Service Sustainability & Incident Resolution - demonstrable experience of incident resolution, and root cause identification.
Technology leadership - Capable of defining and maintaining engineering standards, aligning solutions with business objectives and architectural principles.
Technology delivery - Provide technology leadership across technical components and complex cross-cutting deliveries spanning multiple platforms and business units.
Experience of DevOps Pipeline optimisation
Familiarity with the concept of automated testing and process automation
Significant experience in delivering technical solutions in an Agile environment.
About working for us…
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.
We’d love to hear from you!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
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What We Do
Our purpose is Helping Britain Prosper. We do this by creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.
We're part of an ever-changing industry and are currently on a journey to shape the financial services of the future, whilst supporting our customers’ changing needs.
The scale and reach of our Group means we can offer a broad range of opportunities to learn, grow and develop. Our values-led culture and approach to inclusion and diversity means we can all make a real difference together.
