Lead Software Engineer

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual insurance organization is seeking a skilled Lead Software Engineer in Web Development for its hybrid team in Alderley Edge. This role is pivotal in shaping innovative solutions within the exciting Pensions Application stack. The successful candidate will possess enterprise web development experience, particularly with Angular, and will provide guidance to the development team while ensuring code quality standards are met. Attractive benefits package includes 28 days annual leave and employer-matching pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise web development with Angular is essential.
• Experience in programming languages like JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of complex technical solutions.
• Provide technical advice and guidance to other developers.
• Ensure all code meets Royal London Group standards.

Skills

Enterprise web development with Angular

JavaScript or TypeScript

Automated testing frameworks

Agile development practices

Ability to work as part of a team

Job description

Job Title : Lead Software Engineer – Web Development

Contract Type : Permanent

Location : Alderley Park

Working style : Hybrid 50% home / office based

Closing date : 28th December 2025

We have a unique opportunity to offer roles within the Chief Operating Office that will help shape the future of Royal London, across several disciplines.

Our Chief Operating Office (COO) works across Royal London to help deliver the Group’s strategic ambitions. We work in partnership to deliver operational excellence, drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and protect our business from threats impacting our industry.

We are the largest business unit within Royal London, bringing together thousands of colleagues to look after millions of customers to deliver great outcomes for customers. Our business focuses on aligning colleagues, applications and projects with our three value streams : Long Term Savings, Protection & Equity Release, and Long Standing Customers & Annuities. These roles form part of the Long Term Savings value stream.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer in Web Development to join our dynamic team at Royal London. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in providing technical expertise to help our teams design, develop, test, and implement efficient solutions that meet business and customer requirements.

The successful candidate will have a real impact into how Royal London develop our applications and will provide a blend of both solid leadership experience and technical expertise.

You will be given the opportunity to grow your career within a team focussed on promoting internal career progression. This role is focussed on our exciting new Pensions Application stack and contributes to our purpose of strengthening the mutual choice for our customers, by providing the best technology solutions to our customers.

providing the best technology solutions to our customers.

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

About the role

• Leading in the development of complex technical solutions, managing own workload and that of the developers in the team.
• Providing technical advice and guidance to other software developers, proactively and reactively.
• Taking responsibility for ensuring that all code meets Royal London Group standards, guidelines, and quality gates for given technologies.
• Encouraging close collaboration with other disciplines within the team and with dependent teams.
• Taking an active role on the transfer of knowledge and sharing of experiences relating to own area of technical expertise at practice level.

About you

• Enterprise web development experience with Angular is essential.
• Experience in one or more programming languages including JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks.
• Experience of the full software development lifecycle and agile development practices.
• Can work without supervision.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Keen to continue to develop technical skills in ever emerging technology stacks.

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 colleaguesis 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.