Lead Java Developer

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme up to 14% match

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is forming a new engineering capability at Alderley Park to deliver a state-of-the-art investments platform. The role leads a team of Java developers and engineers, driving delivery across the full software lifecycle in a hybrid working model.

You will work on enterprise-grade Java, Spring, REST microservices, and cloud/container platforms, mentoring others and delivering performant, scalable solutions with a focus on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Expert in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Experience in REST API microservice development and Kafka.
• Experience with persistence and NoSQL databases (MongoDB).
• Cloud hosting and containerisation (Kubernetes).
• TDD and automated testing; strong agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a development team in delivering a new investments platform.
• Drive end-to-end software delivery across the full SDLC.
• Champion modern engineering practices, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with business needs.

Skills

Leadership

Mentor/coach

Agile practices

Full SDLC

Low-latency optimization

Tools

Spring

REST API microservices

Kafka

MongoDB

Kubernetes

Job description

“It feels good to have a career with real purpose.”

Contract type: [Permanent]]
Location: [[A]]
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

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

About the role

• 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 you

• Expert in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Expert in REST API microservice development and event streaming with Kafka.
• Expert in persistence and caching layers, NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
• Expert in cloud hosting and containerisation platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Expert in TDD and left-most automated testing.
• Experienced in low latency, highly performant, optimised runtimes.
• Experienced in agile development practices and the full software development lifecycle.
• Thrives under little to no supervision.
• An experienced development lead and mentor.
• Continuously developing new skills, driving best practice and emerging technology adoption.

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.

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.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.
Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.