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Lead Automation Engineer

Waystone Governance Ltd. • Holbeck, Leeds

Salary

£66k – £66k

Posted

6 August 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Waystone Governance Ltd. is hiring a Lead Automation Engineer in Holbeck, a full-time it role. The advertised salary is £66k – £66k. Waystone Governance Ltd. holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

About Waystone Waystone is a leading asset-servicing solutions provider of institutional governance, administration, risk and compliance services to financial institutions. With over 25 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone helps our clients structure, operate and grow through our expertise, innovation and digitisation, backed by the operational scale to support global expansion SUMMARY Reporting to the AI and Automation Manager, the Lead Autom…

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Employer: Waystone Governance Ltd. — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker
Advertised salary: £66k – £66k
How this salary compares: about 11% above the £59,449 median across 1,959 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Holbeck, Leeds · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 9 other live it roles in Holbeck — browse them
Posted: 6 August 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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