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Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid
End Date
Wednesday 07 October 2026Salary Range
£92,701 - £109,060We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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JOB TITLE: Cryptography Lab Engineering Lead
SALARY: £92,701 - £109,060
LOCATION: Leeds, Edinburgh, Bristol
HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
What you’ll be doing…
You’ll lead the engineering capability for Key Management services within the Chief Security Office’s Cryptography Lab, taking accountability for their end‑to‑end operational health, reliability and ongoing improvement. You’ll provide leadership and direction to a team of engineers, ensuring services are designed, built and operated in line with security policy, regulatory expectations and audit requirements.
Working closely with Product Owners, Risk, Compliance and Audit stakeholders, you’ll drive improvements in engineering effectiveness, service resilience and delivery predictability, while maintaining strong control discipline across cryptographic operations and ceremonies such as HSM lifecycle management. You’ll play a key role in strengthening the technical and operational maturity of the platform, coaching teams to enhance design quality, operability and maintainability, and fostering a culture of continuous learning, collaboration and excellence in a high‑trust, high‑risk environment.
Why Join us?
If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it
What we’re looking for?
Senior engineering leadership experience with accountability for delivery and operational outcomes
Strong understanding of Key Management concepts, cryptographic controls and KM operating models
Lead the evolution of enterprise key management services, embedding crypto‑agility principles and modern DevOps engineering practices to ensure scalable, secure, and adaptable cryptographic controls.
Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including coaching and performance management
Solid grounding in modern engineering practices and applying them pragmatically in high‑risk, regulated environments
Ability to work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders, contributing to prioritisation and trade‑off decisions
Experience ensuring services meet security, regulatory and audit requirements with embedded controls
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, risk and business teams
And it would be great if you had any of the following...
Experience delivering scalable, resilient and highly available platforms across the full lifecycle
Background in Financial Services, Financial Markets or similarly regulated environments
Knowledge of cryptographic ceremonies, HSM lifecycle management or related operational practices
Experience driving engineering maturity, reliability and operational excellence at scale
This is a place for you…
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
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
Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.
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.
