Senior Back End Engineer

Royal London Group; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London’s Digital Team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer specialising in Back End development in Alderley Park. You’ll design, develop, test and deliver robust software that supports our business and customers, taking ownership of complex back-end solutions within a collaborative engineering environment.

You’ll collaborate with engineers, testers and architects to raise engineering standards. You’ll design REST APIs and microservices, apply event-driven approaches, and work with SQL

Qualifications

• Enterprise development experience with Java and C#
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures
• Experience with persistence and caching (SQL Server)
• Strong automated testing practices and full SDLC understanding
• Collaborative cross-functional delivery ownership

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust back-end solutions meeting business needs
• Deliver complex technical changes and assess impact on applications
• Design and develop APIs, microservices and event-driven solutions
• Develop high-quality code with automated tests and best practices
• Collaborate with engineers, testers, architecture and delivery teams to deploy safely
• Review code and contribute ideas to improve engineering quality

Skills

Java

C#

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven

SQL Server

Automated testing

SDLC

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer specialising in Back End development to join Royal London’s Digital Team. You’ll use your technical expertise to design, develop, test and deliver high-quality software solutions that support our business and customer needs.

Working as part of a collaborative engineering team, you’ll take ownership of complex back-end solutions while helping to maintain and improve our engineering standards and ways of working.

About the role

Job description:

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Park

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 18 November 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer specialising in Back End development to join Royal London’s Digital Team. You’ll use your technical expertise to design, develop, test and deliver high-quality software solutions that support our business and customer needs.

Working as part of a collaborative engineering team, you’ll take ownership of complex back-end solutions while helping to maintain and improve our engineering standards and ways of working.

About the role

• Design and develop robust, scalable back-end solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
• Deliver complex technical changes, assessing the impact on existing applications and services.
• Design and develop APIs, microservices and event-driven solutions.
• Develop high-quality code, supported by automated testing and engineering best practice.
• Collaborate with engineers, testers, architecture and wider delivery teams to deliver solutions safely into production.
• Review code, share technical knowledge and contribute ideas that improve engineering quality and ways of working.

About you

• Strong enterprise development experience using Java and C#.
• Experience developing REST APIs and microservices, with knowledge of event-driven technologies.
• Experience working with persistence and caching technologies, including SQL Server databases.
• Strong understanding of automated testing practices, and the full software development lifecycle.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and engineering decisions.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams while taking ownership of your own delivery.

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.