Engineering Manager: Java & Spring Boot Innovator

Legal & General; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Pension

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Legal & General in the UK is recruiting an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and develop a high-performing engineering team while remaining hands-on in the delivery of modern software solutions. You will work closely with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and reliable technology that creates value for customers and supports business ambitions.

This role offers flexible working options, the opportunity to shape technical direction and

Qualifications

• Extensive Java engineering experience with Spring Boot microservices.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, including domain-driven and event-driven design.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and developing people through coaching and mentoring.
• Excellent knowledge of test-driven development and automated testing approaches.
• Experience with CI/CD practices, modern version control workflows and software delivery pipelines.
• Strong understanding of secure software development, operational readiness and observability practices.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing a team of engineers to deliver high-quality, secure and reliable software solutions
• Prioritising, planning and overseeing delivery activities to achieve predictable and effective outcomes
• Designing and building scalable, maintainable software while remaining an active hands-on engineer
• Coaching, mentoring and supporting engineers through feedback and structured development plans
• Embedding a culture of quality, testing and security across day-to-day engineering practices
• Driving continuous improvement through delivery metrics, operational insights and observability data
• Managing operational readiness, incident response processes and technical debt to maintain resilient systems
• Collaborating with product, architecture and business stakeholders to remove blockers and deliver customer value

Skills

Hands-on Java

Spring Boot

Domain-driven design

Event-driven design

Leadership

TDD

CI/CD

Observability

Secure SDLC

Stakeholder influence

Job description

Legal & General in the UK is recruiting an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and develop a high-performing engineering team while remaining hands-on in the delivery of modern software solutions. You will work closely with engineering, product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and reliable technology that creates value for customers and supports business ambitions.

This role offers flexible working options, the opportunity to shape technical direction and