**End Date**Thursday 27 November 2025**Salary Range**£70,929 - £78,810**Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working**Job Description Summary**.**Job Description****JOB TITLE****: Technical Application Specialist****SALARY****:** £70,929 - £86,691 **LOCATION:** Edinburgh **HOURS:** Full Time – 35 Hours per week **WORKING PATTERN:** Hybrid – at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, in our Edinburgh office**ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY**We’re on an exciting journey to transform our workplace pensions offering, and we need your expertise to help shape the future. As a **Technical Application Specialist**, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Scottish Widows Platform, which serves over 2.2 million policies and £80bn in assets. This is a hands-on, technically focused role ideal for someone with deep FNZ platform knowledge and a strong understanding of investment and retirement products.You’ll lead technical initiatives, collaborate with external providers, and support the delivery of new functionality across our multi-brand, multi-proposition platform.**DAY TO DAY, YOU'LL:**• Lead and contribute to complex technical projects across the FNZ platform • Verify, create and extend Business Specification Documents (BSDs) from FNZ and other teams • Solve issues alongside developers and testers, and respond to lab-wide inquiries • Participate in meetings with external providers to shape new functionality • Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical strategy and innovation • Conduct root cause analysis and lead proof-of-concept initiatives**WHAT YOU’LL NEED:**• **FNZ Platform Expertise** – Strong technical knowledge of FNZ, ideally with direct experience • **Financial Services Knowledge** – Solid understanding of retirement and investment products • **Technical Skills** – Familiarity with SQL, XML, JSON, APIs, and data modelling • **Business Analysis** – Skilled in requirements gathering, defect analysis, and documentation • **Collaboration & Leadership** – Ability to work cross-functionally and mentor others**DESIRABLE KNOWLEDGE:*** UK Pensions, ISAs, GIAs* Regulatory Change* Investment administration, model portfolios, CASS, PAS, CID* Cash account flows and ISA allowance calculations**WHY LLOYDS BANKING GROUP**We’re transforming the way we serve our customers and communities, investing in technology, people, and innovation. You’ll be part of a team that’s shaping finance for good — and helping millions of people feel more financially confident.**WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN**• A generous pension contribution of up to 15% • An annual performance-related bonus • Share schemes including free shares • 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays • Flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle • A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policiesThis is a once-in-a-career opportunity to help shape your future — and ours. **Join us and grow with purpose.****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. #J-18808-Ljbffr