Senior Software Engineer

• Develops complex solutions within own area of technical expertise.
• Carries out impact assessment of complex changes to existing applications.
• Documents and agrees design in advance and to agreed standards.
• Takes responsibility that all code meets Group standards, guidelines and quality gates for given technology.
• All code is thoroughly tested to ensure any issues are identified as early as possible, working closely with the test team.
• Will safely implement solutions to production environment(s).
• Collaborates closely with other members of the team.
• Contributes to software development practice by sharing ideas and experience.
• Will participate in code reviews of others' work.

Do you have experience in TypeScript?, * Enterprise web development experience with Angular is essential.

• Experience in one or more programming languages including JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks.
• Experience of the full software development lifecycle and agile development practices.
• Can work without supervision.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Keen to continue to develop technical skills in ever emerging technology stacks.

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.

We have a unique opportunity to offer roles within the Chief Operating Office that will help shape the future of Royal London, across several disciplines. Our Chief Operating Office (COO) works across Royal London to help deliver the Group's strategic ambitions. We work in partnership to deliver operational excellence, drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and protect our business from threats impacting our industry. We are the largest business unit within Royal London, bringing together thousands of colleagues to look after millions of customers to deliver great outcomes for customers. Our business focuses on aligning colleagues, applications and projects with our three value streams: Long Term Savings, Protection & Equity Release, and Long Standing Customers & Annuities. These roles form part of the Long Term Savings value stream. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer in Web Development to join our dynamic team at Royal London. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in providing technical expertise to help our teams design, develop, test, and implement efficient solutions that meet business and customer requirements. You will be given the opportunity to grow your career within a team focussed on promoting internal career progression. This role is focussed on our exciting new Pensions platform and contributes to our purpose of strengthening the mutual choice for our customers, by providing the best technology solutions to our customers. About the Opportunity * Modernising our technology is fundamental to realising our ambitions and achieving sustained competitive advantage. It will allow us to develop an innovative and leading proposition, achieve speed to market and ongoing pace of change, and maintain a competitive cost-to-develop and cost-to-serve. * We are forming new engineering capability in our Alderley Park office to deliver and maintain a new technology solution which will support our financial product offering. * We have more than 80 vacancies for people to be part of this exciting opportunity.