Senior Java Developer

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

Job summary

A leading mutual life insurance company in Alderley Park is looking for a Senior Java Developer to build innovative digital solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in enterprise Java development, REST APIs, microservices, and cloud technologies, alongside strong mentoring abilities. This permanent role offers a hybrid working model and numerous workplace benefits, including 28 days of annual leave and a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Expert in enterprise Java development with Spring.
• Expert in REST API microservice development and event streaming with Kafka.
• Expert in cloud hosting and containerisation platforms such as Kubernetes.
• Experienced in agile development practices and software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Build amazing digital solutions for customers and business users.
• Play a central role in delivering a new state-of-the-art investments platform.

Skills

Enterprise Java development with Spring

REST API microservice development with Kafka

NoSQL databases such as MongoDB

Cloud hosting and containerisation platforms such as Kubernetes

Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Agile development practices

Low latency and optimized runtimes

Mentoring and leadership capabilities

Job description

Job Title : Senior Java Developer

Contract Type : Permanent

Location : Alderley Park

Working style : Hybrid 50% home / office based

Closing date : 28th Nov 2025

We are seeking expertly skilled and experienced Senior Java Developers to play a central 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 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 with minimal supervision and naturally eager to lead and mentor others.
• Continuously developing new skills, driving best practice and standards.

About the Opportunity

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 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. 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.