JOB TITLE: Engineering Lead - Colleague Channels Platform

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400

LOCATION: Manchester

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (two days) in our Manchester office.

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…

• Modern engineering knowledge from across a broad range of solutions and platforms, including micro frontend, microservices, build patterns, DevOps, data, automation, hosting, language & platform choices etc.

• Experience of navigating complex systems architectures, comprised of modern and legacy solutions, and in-house and product solutions, using both on-premise and Cloud hosting.

• Practical experience of software design, build and release using DevOps principles and practices, with working knowledge of React, JavaScript / typescript, GCP, test automation, and automated pipelines.

• An ability to managing complex delivery, bringing together teams from within and outside the Bank around a shared outcome to deliver successfully.

• Experience of mentoring and coaching engineers to build a world class engineering capability, with a passion for coaching, developing colleagues and building a strong team culture that radiates far beyond your team alone.

• An ever-developing knowledge of, and interest in, engineering principles, practices and technologies.

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!