Location
London

Hours
Full time - 35 hours per week

Salary
£104,686 - £123,160

Working Pattern
Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About the Role
We're on a mission to build the bank of the future, redefining what a bank is from the inside out. Our technology and culture are evolving to create a truly engineering-led organisation. Join our diverse team and make a meaningful difference to millions of customers through brands like Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, and Scottish Widows. Our flat teams empower you to make decisions, build positive relationships, and deliver impact. Mentors will support your growth and career development.

Within the Personal Lab, our mission is to securely manage customer data for Lloyds Banking Group, ensuring accessibility for authorised purposes while maintaining performance, resilience, and data integrity. We uphold top-tier engineering standards to achieve this.

Experience
- Proficient in interpreting diverse stakeholder requirements and transforming them into coherent, innovative designs aligned with organisational strategy
- Skilled at communicating designs to engineering teams and breaking work down into deliverables
- Excellent diagramming techniques for data and system modelling
- Experienced in designing performant, scalable, and cost-effective systems
- Knowledgeable in event-driven, RESTful, micro-service architectures and SOLID design principles
- Experienced in data modelling and domain segregation
- Skilled in designing data pipelines for cloud platforms, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Able to articulate architecture trade-offs and select best-fit architectures
- Follow a security-first architecture approach
- Knowledge of Java, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and principles
- Enjoy mentoring and motivating teams
- Possess a growth mindset

About you
You thrive engaging with stakeholders and designing innovative, maintainable solutions. You enjoy working in cloud environments leveraging elasticity and resilience while maintaining security. You are motivated by continuous learning and supporting others' development. You value collaboration and have a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications
While specific qualifications are not detailed, a strong background in software architecture, cloud technologies, and engineering principles is expected. A commitment to ongoing professional development and embracing new technologies is essential.

Benefits
- Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- Annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Lifestyle benefits such as discounted shopping
- 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

We are committed to inclusivity and diversity, welcoming applications from under-represented groups. Reasonable adjustments can be made during recruitment to support candidates with disabilities.