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We’ll offer a competitive base pay range of £80,000.00–£120,000.00.
Location: Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Hours: Full‑time
Working pattern: Our work style is hybrid, involving spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About this opportunity
Here at Lloyds Banking Group, we put our customers at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has an important part to play. We are the Customer Experience & Analytics Lab, an integral part of the amazing Analytics & AI Platform. As a member of the Conversational Experience & Analytics Lab, you’ll play a vital role in building a forward‑thinking Chatbot as a Service platform, collaborating on innovative solutions that incorporate large language models and agentic AI within a well‑established cloud‑based ecosystem.
You’ll be involved in coaching, challenging, motivating, mentoring, and supporting colleagues in the Lab. Specialising in design and architecture, this role will be instrumental in delivering the Group’s agenda for change in a coherent, innovative, and collaborative manner.
We’re a diverse group of people—software engineers, robotics specialists, cognitive developers, data scientists, conversation designers, natural language engineers, and many more. We come from a variety of backgrounds across the globe, but we all share in the vision of the untapped potential of human and machine intelligence. We’re seeking an ambitious and proven Senior Solution Architect to join our dynamic team. This role offers the chance to influence the way we design and build using the latest cloud technology.
What you’ll do
* Solution Design and System Integration: Lead the design and development of robust software solutions using modern engineering techniques across GCP and Microsoft Azure stacks, aligned with Enterprise Architecture and Business Design strategy.
* Thought Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor to a network of colleagues and professionals within and outside the organisation, providing valuable insights, strategic thought, and encouraging problem‑solving.
* Manage constraints and opportunities: Create and maintain a blueprint for organising and communicating the Lab technology change agenda.
* Promote adoption of modern software engineering practices: Including DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud computing.
* Collaboration: Work closely with cross‑functional teams to shape high‑quality, innovative products, ensuring alignment with business goals and advocating for technology design and robust solution governance across the Lab.
* Delivering design outputs: Produce minimum viable designs and architecture decisions via formal governance processes.
* Agile methodologies: Champion agile development practices, including continuous integration and test automation.
About you
We are looking for an experienced individual who can thrive in a fast‑paced environment and is eager to learn new skills and technologies. The ideal candidate will possess:
* Professional experience: 5+ years in software engineering design or solution design/architecture, with experience in shaping and executing design change across complex operational and technology environments.
* Technical expertise: Extensive understanding of software development principles, designing highly observable and scalable solutions, proficiency in Node.js, React, Next.js, and experience with Python. Knowledge of API development, automation, and infrastructure‑as‑code tools (e.g., Terraform). Experience with cyber security and techniques to ensure resilient applications.
* Source code management: Deep understanding of Git and managing change within a source‑code management system.
* Integration tools and cloud infrastructure: Significant experience with integration tools and cloud infrastructure (ideally GCP), hands‑on experience with cloud‑native architecture and containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). Knowledge of Helm is an additional advantage. Understanding of networking, preferably with a mix of public cloud and on‑premise infrastructure.
* Agile development: Strong knowledge of agile development practices, continuous integration and test automation, and timely delivery by managing tasks and priorities effectively.
About working for us
Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving, investing billions in our people, data, and tech to transform how 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.
Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisational culture 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 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. It’s why we especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups. We are disability confident. If you need reasonable adjustments 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 performance‑related bonus
* Share schemes, including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping and cycle‑to‑work
* 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today
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