Principal Software Engineer – Automation & Agentic AI

Principal Software Engineer – Automation & Agentic AI page is loaded## Principal Software Engineer – Automation & Agentic AIlocations: Manchestertime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: April 3, 2026 (13 days left to apply)job requisition id: 146266**End Date**Thursday 02 April 2026**Salary Range**£0 – £0**Flexible Working Options**Hybrid Working, Job Share**Job Description Summary**We’re looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to provide senior technical and people leadership within our Automation and Agentic AI team. This is a senior manager-equivalent role, accountable for leading teams, shaping technology direction, and delivering high impact outcomes at scale. As a Principal Engineer, you’ll take end to end ownership for your teams — their people, culture, ways of working, and the technology they build and run. You’ll partner closely with Product Owners to ensure clear vision, strong delivery, and continuous improvement.**Job Description****JOB TITLE:** Principal Technical Application Specialist (Agentic AI & Automation)**SALARY:**£92,700 – £120,000**LOCATION: Manchester****HOURS:** Full-Time**WORKING PATTERN:**Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in **Manchester office**## ## What makes this opportunity outstandingLloyds Banking Group leads the financial industry by integrating automation and AI into its operations. The Principal Software Engineer (Agentic AI & Automation) role offers the chance to drive world-class innovation and transformation. This position plays a key role in crafting the future of automation strategies and AI adoption, ensuring the organization maintains a competitive edge.## What you’ll be doing* Leading and developing **high‐performing engineering teams**, setting clear objectives, encouraging a culture of innovation and continuous improvement* Owning delivery across the **full application lifecycle** — from ideation through build and into live operations* Setting **strategy and technical direction** to realise the value of running automation at scale for both customers and colleagues* Providing technical leadership across **agentic AI,** **automation, cloud platforms and modern engineering practices*** Driving strong **Agile ways of working**, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement* Creating a **psychologically safe, inclusive and high‐trust culture*** Ensuring solutions are **secure, resilient, observable and supportable in production*** Providing **strong line management and coaching** to help engineers reach their full potential while building skills, capability and leadership depth aligned to organisational priorities.## What we’re looking for* Proven **people management experience** in a senior engineering role (leading teams of 6+)* Experience in delivering **automation at scale** ideally using tools such as RPA, Intelligent Automation and Agents* Experience in **Agentic AI systems** with knowledge of Agentic frameworks such as Langchain, Langgraph, MCP and A2A* **Hands-on cloud engineering expertise**, with experience building secure, resilient and scalable platforms in production (GCP preferred)* Strong all‐round engineering expertise spanning **DevOps and CI/CD, containerised solutions (Kubernetes), Quality Engineering, Agile delivery, and architecture/design*** Confidence **influencing** at peer and senior leadership level## Why this roleThis role offers the chance to lead significant automation and AI initiatives, shape how engineering is done at scale, and work in a culture built on empowerment, trust and excellence — making a tangible difference to people, platforms and the outcomes we deliver.## About working for usWe’re committed to building an inclusive organisation that reflects modern society. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and offer support through reasonable adjustments if needed.## We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:* 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* 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays* Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies**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…