End Date
Sunday 10 May 2026Salary Range
£72,702 - £109,053We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £72,702 – £81,000
Location: Leeds or Edinburgh
Hours: Full time
Working pattern: Hybrid (40% or two days per week in one of the above office sites)
About this opportunity
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Prudential & Analytics Platform, supporting the transformation of our commercial model execution, analytics engines, and enterprise data warehouse!
You’ll play a key role in modernising our cloud‑native analytics and data processing platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling scalable, reliable and data‑driven capabilities that support critical pricing, risk and finance functions across the organisation!
This is an opportunity to work on large‑scale analytics platforms, data pipelines and data warehouse solutions, using GCP, Python, SQL and modern DevOps practices. Your work will contribute directly to delivering high‑quality analytical services used across the Group.
What you’ll do
As part of a multi-functional feature team, you’ll:
Design, build and deliver cloud‑native software and data engineering solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Modernise legacy analytics capabilities into automated, observable and scalable cloud services.
Build and maintain data pipelines, analytics engines and enterprise data warehouse solutions.
Optimise BigQuery workloads, including performance tuning and cost optimisation.
Support containerised deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling and automation to improve engineering quality and reliability.
Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, architects and engineering peers.
Contribute to engineering standards, observability, resilience and platform performance improvements.
What you’ll need
We know no candidate ticks every box. If you meet many of these requirements and are excited by the role, we’d love to hear from you.
Strong software engineering experience (typically 3–5+ years).
Proficiency in Python and SQL.
Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ideally including BigQuery, Cloud Composer (Airflow), Cloud Storage, Logs Explorer and Data Catalog.
Experience building or migrating solutions into cloud environments.
Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, ideally using Harness.
Understanding of containerisation and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience building scalable data pipelines, analytics platforms or data warehouse solutions.
Experience working in Agile development teams.
Any of the following would be great to see
Broader GCP experience or certification.
Experience with Airflow DAGs, orchestration patterns or distributed compute workloads.
Infrastructure‑as‑code experience (e.g. Terraform, Deployment Manager).
Exposure to data modelling, analytical workload optimisation or ETL / ELT patterns.
Familiarity with observability, logging, monitoring and cost‑optimisation techniques.
Experience collaborating with distributed and multi-functional teams.
Experience with additional languages (e.g. Java, Go or TypeScript).
About working for us
We’re an inclusive organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups and are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you need reasonable adjustments during our recruitment process, just let us know.
What we offer
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus, subject to Group performance
Share schemes, including free shares
Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle
30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
A wide range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Want to do amazing work that’s interesting and makes a real difference to millions of people?
Join our journey.
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.
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.
