Cryptography Engineering Lead

End Date

Wednesday 31 December 2025

£92,701 - £109,060

Hybrid Working, Job Share

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JOB TITLE: Cryptography Engineering Lead

SALARY: From £90,440 dependent on experience and location

LOCATION(S): Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, London or Edinburgh

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

The Chief Security Office (CSO) is a vital part of delivering the Group's vision of putting customers at the heart of everything we do, helping Britain prosper and protecting the Group and customers from security threats. We’re responsible for defining and communicating Lloyds Banking Group's security strategy and providing a range of critical Enterprise Security Services which not only operate key controls that keep the Group safe but also enable the digital transformation agenda of the wider organisation.

CSO cryptography services ensure secure transactions, data privacy, compliance, and protection of banking systems. The Cryptograph Lab is updating these services for greater agility and ease of management, supporting safe business growth and the Group's goals.

We are looking for a modern technology leader who works collaboratively with other lab roles to build empowered teams that are motivated to take on business problems and realise value for customers through excellence in execution.

• You will work collaboratively across the Cryptography Lab to build empowered teams that solve complex business problems and deliver secure, scalable cryptographic services.

• You’ll act as a modern technology leader who works collaboratively with other lab roles to build empowered teams that are motivated to take on business problems and realise value for customers through excellence in execution.

• You will be accountable for leading the engineering function—setting the technical direction and inspiring teams to deliver excellence. This includes strategic ownership of cryptography architecture and design, the solution development lifecycle, technology vendor partnerships, operational excellence through Dev Ops practices, the cultivation of engineering best practice, and proactive risk stewardship.

• You’ll need to have a solid background in Dev Ops engineering on large, sophisticated cryptography services, plus significant line, task and stakeholder management experience. Your people skills will need to be top notch. It’s a fantastic opportunity to shape the Lab and have a real impact on our customers.

This role involves significant responsibility, working with Lab Product Owners to define the vision and strategy for cryptography services in line with the bank’s technology and security goals. The Engineering Lead will guide technical delivery throughout the product lifecycle, emphasising crypto-agility and readiness for quantum computing and other evolving threats. Immediate action is required because our cryptography service consumers expect and deserve excellence-now.

You will lead the transformation of our cryptographic platforms to deliver secure, scalable, consumable, and agile services that meet the expectations of our internal consumers and external regulators. This includes improving the platform’s technical posture, driving engineering efficiency, quality, and release velocity, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and continuous delivery.

You’ll take ownership for improving the platform’s technical position whilst working and coaching a wide variety of technical engineering capabilities. We must see an increase in engineering efficiency, quality and release velocity and would look to this individual to drive that, whilst recruiting, retaining and developing talent within the platform. We aspire to a culture of learning and continuous improvement, whilst encouraging the adoption of external perspectives and good practice from the wider technology community, and with this role as the figurehead for this aspiration.

We benchmark our engineering excellence and…