Java Developer

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment company in Alderley Edge is seeking a skilled Java Developer to join their team. The role involves building a new investments platform, requiring expertise in Java and modern development practices. Candidates should thrive in a collaborative environment and be eager to enhance their skills. The position offers a hybrid working model and competitive benefits including a generous leave policy and pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experienced in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Experienced in REST API microservice development and event streaming with Kafka.
• Experienced in persistence and caching layers, NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Experienced in cloud and containerization platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experienced in TDD and left-most automated testing.
• Experienced in agile development practices and the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Play a crucial role in building digital solutions.
• Deliver a new state-of-the-art investments platform.
• Form new engineering capability in Alderley Park.

Skills

Enterprise Java development with Spring

REST API microservice development

Event streaming with Kafka

NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Cloud and containerisation platforms like Kubernetes

TDD and automated testing

Agile development practices

Teamwork

Job description

Job Details

Job Title: Java Developer

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Park

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 10th Oct 2025

Overview

We are seeking highly skilled and experienced Java Developers to play a crucial role in building amazing digital solutions for our customers and business users. The team will be focused on delivering a new state-of-the-art investments platform, an undertaking that is expected to take several years.

About you

• Experienced in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Experienced in REST API microservice development and event streaming with Kafka.
• Experienced in persistence and caching layers, NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Experienced in cloud and containerisation platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experienced in TDD and left-most automated testing.
• Experienced in agile development practices and the full software development lifecycle.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Thrives as part of a team.
• Keen to develop new skills.

About the Opportunity

• We are forming new engineering capability in our Alderley Park office to deliver and maintain a new technology solution which will support our investment product offering.
• We have more than 80 vacancies for people to be part of this exciting 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.

About Royal London

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.