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About the Role

We are seeking Principal Engineers to join our new AI Productivity Lab, focused on accelerating internal AI-driven employee productivity and process automation using the latest agentic co-working technologies. You will provide technical leadership for building domain-specific agents and tooling, and for developing internal knowledge and skills repositories to enable safe, repeatable automation aligned with business operating procedures. You will partner with business stakeholders to embed agents into team processes and realize measurable benefits.

Responsibilities

Lead the engineering of coworking solutions (agents, tools and automations) for priority business areas, taking designs from prototype to operational MVP.
Design and build reusable capabilities for the Lab’s coworking platform and repository (skills, tools and operating procedure assets) with a clear path to adoption.
Apply hands-on experience of agentic coding and/or coworking tools and the open-source ecosystem to evaluate options, recommend approaches and accelerate delivery.
Partner with business stakeholders and line-of-business champions to shape use cases, embed solutions into SOPs and measure outcomes.
Coach and mentor engineers through technical leadership, code review and constructive feedback, and engage senior stakeholders on technical direction.

Requirements

Proven experience leading the delivery of technology solutions to business areas in complex production environments, with ownership of business outcomes.
Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience of solutions architecture, software engineering and business process automation.
Strong hands-on experience with agentic coding and/or coworking technology and ecosystem (e.g. Claude Code and/or Cowork, OpenClaw, GitHub Copilot).
Strong understanding of operational processes and risk management (Financial Services preferred).
Ability to influence stakeholders and guide teams through ambiguity, translating productivity opportunities into clear technical direction and MVPs.

Skills

Agentic coding
Coworking technology
Open-source ecosystem
Solutions architecture
Software engineering
Business process automation
Knowledge management
Enterprise ontology
Knowledge graph technology
Business process optimisation
Applied research / experimentation

Location

Bristol
Edinburgh
Leeds
Manchester

Work Type

Hybrid Working
Job Share

Experience Level

Principal Engineer
Band F

Education Level

Advanced degree (MSc, PhD) in computer science, artificial intelligence or a related subject

Salary/Compensations

£102,864 - £154,296
£92,701- £169,403, depending on location and experience

Benefits

A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
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

About the Company

We are an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good.
A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
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.
We’re disability confident.
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.
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.

Equal Opportunity

We especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.