Lead Software Engineer

Royal London Group; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the UK is seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will provide technical guidance, manage workloads, and lead software development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in .Net and Angular, with a passion for fostering a collaborative culture. Benefits include generous leave, an employer-matching pension scheme, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in leading software development projects.
• Strong background in .Net and Angular development.
• Ability to manage workload and allocate tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers in software engineering tasks.
• Ensure all code adheres to quality standards.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate solutions.
• mentor and coach junior developers.

Skills

Leadership

Technical expertise in .Net

Technical expertise in Angular

Communication skills

Mentoring

Agile methodologies

Job description

• 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. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at Royal London. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in providing deep 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. You will have hands on development experience in .Net and Angular, successfully delivering and leading change on complex applications.
• Enterprise experience working across the full software development lifecycle.
• Be passionate about driving a modern and inclusive culture.
• Can manage own workload whilst scheduling and allocating work to other developers.
• A growth mindset with the ability to lead, support, coach and mentor others.
• Able to communicate at all levels in an engaging and collaborative manner. We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Benefits

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