Engineering Lead (Cryptography lab)

• 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

Benefits

• A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
• A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
• Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
• Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
• Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
• Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
• Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
• Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
• Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our ‘Your Tomorrow’ scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.- 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
• 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
• Strong understanding of Key Management concepts, cryptographic controls and KM operating models
• Experience leading and developing engineering teams, including coaching and performance management
• Senior engineering leadership experience with accountability for delivery and operational outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across engineering, risk and business teams
• Knowledge of cryptographic ceremonies, HSM lifecycle management or related operational practices
• Background in Financial Services, Financial Markets or similarly regulated environments
• Experience driving engineering maturity, reliability and operational excellence at scale
• Experience delivering scalable, resilient and highly available platforms across the full lifecycle- End Date: July 23, 2026