Lead Engineer – Bank Technology Stack As a Lead Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping and supporting the Bank's technology stack – from cloud-native platforms to traditional on-premise systems. You'll collaborate across teams, lead by example, and help drive innovation and resilience in our infrastructure. Flexible Working Options

Ability to adapt calendar as needed, to fit school run, gym, or appointments A 50% in‑office attendance requirement can be spread across the month to accommodate diverse working patterns, such as flexibly purchasing a weekly train ticket for certain weeks Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team) Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

A Day in the Role You will be contributing your expertise towards the continual improvement of our technology stack, ranging from complex cloud-hosted applications applying IaC and full CI/CD automation, to more traditional VM-based on-premise systems. You'll then dive into hands‑on work‑automating infrastructure deployments using Terraform and GitHub Actions, scripting in PowerShell, or improving CI/CD pipelines. You'll collaborate with engineers across teams, mentor junior colleagues, and contribute to a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement. You'll also document your work clearly, showcasing it to team members and ensuring others can understand and support your work. Whether you're deploying a new Azure environment, solving a build, or reviewing a pull request, you'll bring a security‑first mentality and a drive for quality and innovation. Role Requirements We are looking for someone with relevant experience, but we do not expect new joiners to have skills across our entire technology stack and will support you to fill technical gaps. Minimum Criteria

Strong practical knowledge and experience of GitHub Actions, Terraform, Azure, PowerShell, and using Git for source control Demonstrable experience writing clear and concise documentation This is a Lead Engineering role within the Data Collection Platforms team. The team is responsible for the Bank's strategic data collection platform, as well as several other systems critical to the Bank's mission. More broadly, you will contribute to modernising and securing the Bank's technology estate, building resilient, scalable infrastructure to support critical services across the organisation – ensuring the Bank remains agile, secure, and future‑ready.

Our Approach to Inclusion The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve. At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we’re working hard to build an inclusive culture that supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part‑time working patterns. Desired Capabilities

Strong written and verbal communication and organisational skills Comfortable experimenting and learning from failure Ability to plan, schedule, and manage a demanding workload Professionalism, self‑motivation, and a desire for continuous improvement Understanding and ability to provide quality, automated testing as you develop Demonstrate a security‑first focus, baked‑in not bolted‑on

Desirable Criteria

Strong practical knowledge and experience of deploying and configuring Windows-based systems in Azure via GitHub Actions and Terraform. Good practical knowledge and experience of SQL and Azure Monitoring. Software development experience using C# and SQL Server.

Salary Leeds: £72,320 – £81,360London: £80,320 – £90,360 Benefits

Non‑contributory, career‑average pension – guaranteed retirement benefit of 1/80th of your annual salary for every year worked, with options to vary the accrual rate. Discretionary performance award based on a current award pool. 8% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits. 26 days' annual leave with the option to buy up to 12 additional days through flexible benefits. Private medical insurance and income protection.

National Security Vetting Process Part of the recruiting process includes a national security vetting procedure.

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