Engineering Lead – Payments Optimisation Lab

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Engineering Lead – Payments Optimisation Lab page is loaded Engineering Lead – Payments Optimisation Lablocations: Edinburghtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: March 2, 2026 (13 days left to apply)job requisition id: 151919 End Date Sunday 01 March 2026 Salary Range £92,701 – £109,060 Flexible Working Options Hybrid Working, Job Share Job Description Summary . Job Description JOB TITLE : Engineering Lead – Payments Optimisation Lab SALARY: £90,400 – £106,000 LOCATION(S): Edinburgh HOURS: Full time WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site About this opportunity We’re looking for a strong engineering leader to lead delivery within a multi disciplinary lab, ensuring high quality software is built, released, and runs as intended.You’ll own the engineering agenda for workflow optimisation, driving improved zero touch payments outcomes by reducing failure demand and exceptions through PEGA workflow automation and the use of agentic AI and GenAI. As a passionate advocate for Engineering, you’ll represent the voice of engineers, proactively identify blockers, and help teams remove impediments, so they can deliver at pace. You’ll foster modern engineering practices and continuous improvement, using technology to unlock agility and deliver compelling customer and business outcomes efficiently. You’ll also play a key role in keeping the area safe, embedding resilience, security, and risk management into delivery while maintaining clear accountability for run and change. What you’ll need Domain + Lab outcomes Experience across the payments domain, and a track record of delivering service optimisation through automation and efficiency outcomes. Strong experience delivering workflow automation using PEGA (or comparable workflow/BPM tooling) in complex operational environments. Proven, hands on experience applying agentic AI / GenAI to workflow optimisation to drive automation and reduce failure demand/exceptions. Top technical skills Expert experience in software design & development patterns, with the ability to set standards and direction for how teams build maintainable solutions. Expert software development capability, with strong engineering fundamentals and modern delivery discipline. Expert technical solution design experience, able to translate complex requirements into secure, resilient, operable end to end solutions. Engineering leadership & ways of working Experience providing software engineering oversight and leadership across teams, inspiring delivery while encouraging simplicity and building trust. Strong engineering practice across quality and secure delivery (e.g., code quality, secure programming practices, CI/CD), with the ability to coach teams and embed effective development frameworks. Experience working closely with Product Owner counterparts to ensure technology considerations are factored into decision making appropriately. 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 Join our journey. 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’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we’ll 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 to join us which is when we run our 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 of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. With 320 years under our belt, we’re used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers.Here, you’ll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.