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# Senior Back End Engineer

- **Company:** Royal London Group
- **Location:** Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £55,659
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), Code Review, Microsoft SQL Server, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Backend, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5954889107

## About the Role

* Strong enterprise development experience using Java and C#.
 * Experience developing REST APIs and microservices, with knowledge of event-driven technologies.
 * Experience working with persistence and caching technologies, including SQL Server databases.
 * Strong understanding of automated testing practices, and the full software development lifecycle.
 * Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and engineering decisions.
 * Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams while taking ownership of your own delivery.

## Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer specialising in Back End development to join Royal London's Digital Team. You'll use your technical expertise to design, develop, test and deliver high-quality software solutions that support our business and customer needs.

Working as part of a collaborative engineering team, you'll take ownership of complex back-end solutions while helping to maintain and improve our engineering standards and ways of working.

About the role

 * Design and develop robust, scalable back-end solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
 * Deliver complex technical changes, assessing the impact on existing applications and services.
 * Design and develop APIs, microservices and event-driven solutions.
 * Develop high-quality code, supported by automated testing and engineering best practice.
 * Collaborate with engineers, testers, architecture and wider delivery teams to deliver solutions safely into production.
 * Review code, share technical knowledge and contribute ideas that improve engineering quality and ways of working.