Engineering Lead – Banking

Company: Spencer Rose Ltd
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Location: London
Job Description:

Spencer Rose are urgently seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to work for our Banking client for a minimum 6 month contract (extensions highly likely), to start ASAP. Hybrid, 2 days a week in Central London.

Start: ASAP (allowing up to 2 weeks for vetting and onboarding)Day Rate: £450pd Inside IR35Hybrid: 2 days a week in the officeDuration: 6 months initially

  • 5+ years leading large engineering teams.
  • Experience delivering large-scale banking transformation programs.
  • Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills.
  • Experience working in Agile/SAFe environments.

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end engineering delivery across strategic Banking initiatives. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, providing technical direction, driving engineering excellence, ensuring delivery quality, and managing stakeholder relationships across business, architecture, operations, and delivery functions.

The role requires strong hands-on knowledge of modern engineering practices, cloud-native platforms, microservices architecture, DevOps, security, and large-scale transformation programs within the banking domain. Engineering Leads are expected to foster a culture of innovation, automation, quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while ensuring successful delivery of business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead multiple engineering squads delivering complex banking solutions.
  • Define engineering strategy, standards, and best practices.
  • Drive engineering excellence, productivity improvements, and technical innovation.
  • Establish development standards, code quality metrics, and governance controls.
  • Mentor Technical Leads, Architects, and Senior Engineers.
  • Own end-to-end technology delivery across programs and releases.
  • Ensure commitments are delivered within agreed scope, timeline, quality, and budget.
  • Manage dependencies across engineering, testing, DevOps, architecture, and business teams.
  • Support release planning, capacity planning, and sprint governance.
  • Collaborate with Enterprise and Solution Architects on technology roadmaps.
  • Review solution designs to ensure scalability, resilience, maintainability, and security.
  • Drive API-first, cloud-native, microservices-based engineering approaches.
  • Ensure adherence to LBG engineering and security standards.
  • Champion test automation, code quality, security scanning, and performance engineering.
  • Drive CI/CD adoption and DevSecOps practices.
  • Monitor engineering metrics, technical debt, and platform stability.
  • Improve system reliability, observability, and operational readiness.

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Posted: September 12th, 2026