Technical Lead - Software

Closing Date 25/09/2026

Location | Leeds

Type | Permanent

Salary | £70,618 - £77,679

Lloyds Wealth aims to improve the way financial advice is offered by making it more affordable, accessible and impactful for more people We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead to lead and develop a high-performing Software Engineering team.

Reporting to and working closely with the Engineering Manager, you will translate business and technology priorities into effective technology strategies and solutions while ensuring day-to-day engineering and operational support arrangements are in place. This role combines people leadership, hands‑on technical expertise and delivery responsibility, ensuring our software solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned to business priorities.

You will work closely with the Engineering Manager across people leadership, team capability, roadmap planning, delivery, stakeholder engagement, operational effectiveness, risk and governance.

• Line manage and mentor a team of Software Engineers, supporting performance, progression and technical capability development.
• Support the Engineering Manager in setting clear direction for the team, aligning priorities and developing its engineering capability.
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching and oversight across multiple initiatives, including through design discussions and code reviews.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, vendors and partners, communicating effectively with technical and non-technical audiences to align technology and business needs and support value delivery.

• Contribute to shaping the engineering roadmap and take delegated ownership of delivering agreed roadmap outcomes to the required quality and timescales.
• Lead the technical aspects of software delivery from requirements analysis and estimation through design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Work with cross‑functional delivery teams to define scope, timelines and milestones, plan technical delivery and manage dependencies and risks.
• Articulate the benefits, limitations and technical implications of proposed solutions to support informed decision‑making.
• Represent Software Engineering in relevant cross‑functional change, migration and transformation initiatives, contributing to their scoping, planning and delivery.

• Lead the design and implementation of application architectures that are secure, scalable, maintainable, performant, resilient, cost‑effective and operationally supportable.
• Act as the technical design authority for assigned software solutions, ensuring alignment with engineering standards, architectural principles and best practices.
• Design, code, test and deploy high‑quality software, remaining hands‑on where required for complex or high‑impact work.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, practices, frameworks and tools, recommending adoption where they offer clear business or engineering value.
• Support the definition and implementation of engineering best practices, including coding standards, peer review, automated testing, development methodologies and CI/CD.
• Ensure solutions integrate effectively with APIs, CRM, SaaS products and other third‑party systems.
• Enable a continuous service improvement culture, ensuring software issues are resolved, underlying causes are addressed and opportunities to improve quality, reliability and supportability are implemented.

• Implement and uphold relevant policies, standards and procedures within the team and assigned software solutions to protect the security, compliance and integrity of technology systems and data.
• Ensure technical decisions, software risks and associated controls are documented and progressed through the appropriate governance processes.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of technical documentation, including design specifications, architectural diagrams, implementation guidance, support guides and development standards, to support…