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# Lead Software Engineer

- **Company:** Royal London's Digital Area
- **Location:** Nether Alderley, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Systems, TypeScript, AngularJS
- **Published:** August 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gbc0cdf6e61afd5250ca5196de94c3197d/eaa

## About the Role

* You'll bring strong technical knowledge in .Net (C#) with experience of Azure, Typescript or Angular being an advantage.
 * You'll have a good understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing and implementation.
 * You'll be confident leading technical delivery, reviewing others' work and providing guidance to software engineers.
 * You'll be comfortable managing your own workload while helping to schedule, allocate or support work across the wider team.
 * You'll have experience working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams and managing dependencies with other teams.
 * You'll bring an awareness of agile development practices and a continuous improvement mindset.
 * You'll be a positive role model for the Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate and Achieve.

## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Engineer to join Royal London's Digital Area. In this role, you'll use your deep technical expertise to help design, develop, test and implement high-quality software solutions that meet business and customer needs. The main technical skills would be .Net (C#).
About the role

 * You'll lead your engineers to provide high quality solutions in a collaborative, empowered team who are constantly looking to improve and grow.
 * You'll lead the delivery of complex technical solutions within your area of expertise.
 * You will work closely with architecture and Front end teams to design best solutions with the strategic plan in mind with you feeding into that strategy.
 * You'll provide technical advice, guidance and support to software engineers across the team supporting and mentoring to support development.
 * You'll contribute to our software development community by sharing ideas, reviewing others' work and helping to drive continuous improvement.


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