Senior Engineer (AWS & Java)

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension contribution

Life insurance

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday

Job summary

Legal & General, a leading UK financial services group, is seeking a Senior Engineer in London to shape engineering excellence and own critical services. You will work across high-availability systems, collaborate with security specialists, and mentor engineers in design, testing and operational excellence.

You will drive testing, observability and modern delivery practices in a hybrid, collaborative environment, supporting business value and customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience developing and supporting enterprise applications using Java or JVM-based languages.
• Experience with cloud-native tech, AWS, serverless and containerised apps.
• Strong testing practices including automated testing and TDD.
• Experience with CI/CD and Agile delivery methods.
• Knowledge of secure development and API security principles.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems and full-stack approaches.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own services and major components ensuring quality, security, performance and reliability.
• Define and evolve testing strategies with automation and fast feedback loops across teams.
• Drive observability with monitoring, metrics, logging and alerts.
• Use engineering metrics to identify opportunities for improved delivery, reliability and quality outcomes.
• Champion secure engineering practices with security specialists to mitigate risk.
• Lead investigation and resolution of complex incidents with root cause analysis.
• Mentor engineers to strengthen design, testing, security and operational excellence.
• Influence architecture and engineering standards to support long-term value.

Skills

Java/JVM

AWS

Serverless

Containers

Testing/TDD

CI/CD

Agile

Security

Microservices

Distributed Systems

Full-stack

Leadership

Communication

Job description

• London

• Full-time

• IT & Change

• Hybrid

Company Description

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Who we are

Our Retail business supports customers throughout their lives, to help them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement.

We’re a leading provider of retirement and protection solutions. We aim to support our c.12.8 million policyholders and workplace members throughout their lifelong financial journeys.

We focus on helping the customers of today and tomorrow achieve better long-term outcomes. We either talk with them directly or work with intermediaries and employers to meet their needs. We use the latest technology to connect with them quickly, efficiently and wherever possible in highly personalised ways.

Job Description

At Legal & General, we’re committed to building innovative, secure and resilient technology solutions that support our customers and business objectives. As a Senior Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping engineering excellence, taking ownership of critical services and applications, and helping teams deliver high-quality software at scale. You’ll work in a collaborative, inclusive environment where continuous improvement, technical leadership and knowledge sharing are highly valued.

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning services and major technical components, ensuring high standards of quality, security, performance and reliability
• Defining and evolving testing strategies, embedding automation and fast feedback loops across engineering teams
• Driving improvements in observability through effective monitoring, metrics, logging and alerting capabilities
• Using engineering and operational metrics to identify opportunities for improved delivery, reliability and quality outcomes
• Championing secure engineering practices and partnering with security specialists to mitigate risk effectively
• Leading investigation and resolution of complex technical incidents, conducting root cause analysis and implementing lasting solutionsMentoring and coaching engineers to strengthen capability across design, testing, security and operational excellence
• Influencing architecture, engineering standards and continuous improvement initiatives that support long‑term business value

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong experience developing and supporting enterprise applications using Java or other JVM-based languages
• Proven expertise working with cloud-native technologies, particularly AWS services, serverless architectures and containerised applications
• Solid understanding of software testing practices, including automated testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices within Agile environments
• Knowledge of secure software development, web security and API security principles
• Experience with microservices architectures, distributed systems and full-stack engineering approaches
• Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to mentor colleagues and positively influence engineering outcomes
• Excellent communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to balance short-term priorities against long-term value

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.