Senior Software Engineer – Engineering Team Manager
Employer: Lloyds Banking Group
End Date: Thursday 11 December 2025
Salary Range: £70,929 - £106,394 per annum
Location: Halifax or Leeds
Hours: Full‑time – 35 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid – spend at least 2 days (or 40%) per week at one of the above offices.
Job Description Summary: As an Engineering Team Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of talented engineers, driving innovation and excellence in our projects. The role is crucial in ensuring the successful delivery of high‑quality software and platforms that make a real impact on our customers, businesses, and communities. You will be part of a dynamic team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and the pursuit of excellence.
What You’ll Be Doing:
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of the product roadmap.
* Take hands‑on ownership for unblocking technical challenges and proving out new patterns and technical solutions ready for full use within the team.
* Act as a player‑coach, building others by developing and mentoring engineers on how to achieve the team and personal goals.
* Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and high performance.
* Ensure the team is equipped with the necessary tools and resources to succeed.
What You’ll Need:
* Experience in technical leadership: proven ability to lead, coach and manage engineering teams, including offshore.
* Strong technical background in full‑stack JavaScript/TypeScript development (ideally Node and React).
* Ability to build strong relationships and demonstrate a passion for solving real‑world problems with technology.
* Experience designing technology solutions that are reliable, scalable and performant.
Any experience of this would be useful:
* Knowledge of cloud platforms (ideally Azure) and source control platforms (e.g., GitHub Enterprise).
* Familiarity with DevOps tooling, including continuous integration pipelines and containerisation.
We’re committed to making our recruitment process inclusive and accessible. If you need any adjustments, just let us know – we’re here to support you.
About Working With Us
We’re proud to be a leader in diversity, equity, and inclusion. From our menopause health package to our Working with Cancer initiative, we are creating a workplace where everyone can thrive.
We’re also a Disability Confident Leader, and we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants with disabilities, long‑term health conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the minimum criteria.
Our benefits include:
* Up to 15% pension contribution
* Annual bonus (based on Group performance)
* Share schemes, including free shares
* 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
* Flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle
* Generous parental leave and wellbeing support
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow, and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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 have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. We will 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, which is when we run 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 our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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