Full Stack Staff Engineer

Legal & General; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonuses

Share Schemes

Pension

Life Assurance

Healthcare

Generous Holidays

Family Leave

Electric Car Schemes

Discounts

Modern Workspace Facilities

Job summary

A leading UK financial services group is seeking a Full Stack Staff Engineer to join their software development team. This role involves leading projects, mentoring engineers, and developing secure, scalable products. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Full Stack development, Agile methodologies, and cloud services, contributing to the company's mission of creating brighter financial futures.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Full Stack development with experience in software testing frameworks.
• Experience in influencing technical direction and mentoring colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Spearheading the development of scalable and secure products.
• Overseeing technical work across multiple teams to ensure smooth delivery.
• Mentoring engineers and addressing technical blockers.

Skills

Full Stack Development

Agile Methodologies

Secure Development Practices

Microservices Architecture

Tools

Java

Angular

AWS

Job description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. These underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, UK and US life insurance, and UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Retail supports the savings, protection, and retirement needs of around 14 million people through our portfolio of retail and workplace businesses.

Our Retail division helps people enjoy a more colorful retirement, both directly and through their employers, including Lifetime Mortgages, Retirement Interest Only Mortgages, and financial advice on our range of lending products.

We are the UK’s number one individual life insurer and also provide Group Protection products for employers—helping people to plan for the unexpected. We support home buying through our Mortgage Club, the UK’s largest, and our award-winning Surveying Services team. Additionally, our fintech team finds and supports socially useful start-ups and scale-ups working in workplace, home, insurance, and wealth sectors.

Joining us means helping create brighter financial futures for all our customers.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Full Stack Staff Engineer to join our expanding software development team. This role involves leading and mentoring talented engineers, driving project success, shaping application design, and standardizing approaches across teams.

What you'll be doing:

1. Spearheading the development of scalable, secure, and well-architected products and platforms to deliver excellent customer outcomes.
2. Leading influence by leveraging technical expertise and organizational authority to align with long-term organizational goals.
3. Transforming strategic direction into tangible technology solutions, ensuring they are fit for purpose, business-valued, and compliant with quality and security standards.
4. Overseeing technical work across multiple teams to reduce duplication, improve collaboration, and ensure smooth delivery.
5. Partnering with engineering leaders, mentoring engineers, and removing blockers to foster growth and independence.
6. Researching relevant technologies, market trends, and vendors to keep applications relevant, efficient, and valuable.
7. Addressing technical blockers, reducing technical debt, and proposing process improvements for faster delivery.
8. Guiding the Developer Community in defining standards that meet security, compliance, and audit requirements without hindering development processes.

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Proficient in Full Stack development with experience in:
• Software testing frameworks and strategies
• CI/CD and release strategies
• Secure development practices
• Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Microservices architecture
• Technical knowledge of:
• Java or other JVM languages
• Angular or other JavaScript frameworks
• AWS cloud services
• Experience in influencing and guiding technical direction and mentoring colleagues.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including performance bonuses, share schemes, pension, life assurance, healthcare, generous holidays, family leave, electric car schemes, discounts, and modern workspace facilities.

Additional Information

At L&G, we value diversity, inclusion, and flexible working arrangements. We encourage applicants to consider their strengths and potential contributions beyond just the listed criteria.