Lead Software Engineer - BoE Regulatory Reporting

Lead Software Engineer - BoE Regulatory Reporting

Location: Leeds, Wellington Place

Type: Full-time, Hybrid (40% in-office)

Application Deadline: August 19, 2025

Salary Range: £90,440 - £164,920

We support flexible working options, including hybrid working and job sharing.

Job Summary

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will oversee technical development and delivery at team, lab, and platform levels. You may act as a Line Manager co-leading with the Team PO or as an individual contributor specializing in specific technology areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement engineering strategies across the lab.
• Support the Engineering Leadership team and report to the Engineering Lead.
• Simplify and modernize our technology estate.
• Lead and develop engineering teams, fostering continuous improvement.
• Bridge architecture and software engineering to bring theoretical concepts to life.
• Collaborate with product owners to deliver business solutions.

About Us

We are an innovative bank committed to shaping finance as a force for good, empowering our people to innovate and grow with purpose.

Candidate Requirements

• Proven technical leadership and ownership of delivery.
• Experience leading engineering transformations.
• Understanding of CI/CD practices and modern engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience with complex software development, including Aptitude Studio, Oracle PL/SQL, Unix Bash/Shell scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Urban Code Deploy.
• Strong debugging, design patterns, and agile methodologies.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

• Up to 15% pension contribution
• Annual bonus based on performance
• Share schemes with free shares
• Flexible benefits including discounts
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Wellbeing initiatives and parental leave policies

Our Commitment

We value diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from under-represented groups. We are disability confident and offer reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

Join us to do meaningful work that impacts millions and helps Britain prosper.