Engineering Lead _ Credit Platform

Monday 30 March 2026 Hybrid Working The purpose of the Engineering Lead is to work with the Lab Product Owner to provide effectively leadership and management of the teams in their Labs. Specifically, this requires setting the vision, mobilisation of the teams required to deliver it and ensuring effective delivery execution. With the Lab PO they are also responsible for all operational management activities including workforce plans, risk and issue mitigation and cost management. There is a particular focus on the ways of working and overall engineering experience, where the Engineering Lead is responsible for creating the right environment for effective delivery which will include the identification of blockers and action plans to remove them.

• About this opportunity
  Are you a tech leader who loves empowering teams and driving? We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to drive the success of our teams, ensuring they have everything they need to thrive.
  In this role, you’ll set the overall direction for our engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and efficiency. You’ll work closely with product owners to make sure technology is at the heart of decision-making, while also keeping a close eye on risk, resilience, and costs. While you may not be coding day to day, your deep technical expertise will be crucial in guiding and mentoring the team.
  If you’re ready to step into a leadership role that shapes both people and technology, we’d love to hear from you!
  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…
  What you’ll need
  
  Proven experience defining technology vision and architecture working closely with lead architects to drive strategic development
  
  Proven experience of working across regional boundaries and leading multi-disciplinary global teams.
  
  Proven experience is leading large scale transformation migrating from legacy to modern cloud based platforms running scalable microservices and distributed compute architecture
  
  A deep, inquisitive focus on technology, with a track record of identifying opportunities to optimise and enhance systems and processes
  
  A strong understanding of the experience, with hands on experience in improving team productivity, morale and overall efficiency
  Classification: Limited
  
  A solid background in resilience and security by design, ensuring teams take full ownership of production issues and prioritise a customer first approach
  
  A passion for developing talent, fostering a product-based mindset, attracting and retaining top engineering talent to build high-performing teams
  And any experience of these would be really useful
  
  Experience in GCP products and services
  
  Experience in designing & building Generative AI applications and the usage of Tools like LangChain and LangGraph
  
  Experience Integrating AI applications into business processes and driving process simplification.
  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!