Senior Software Engineer

Royal London; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and pensions company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to provide technical expertise in a hybrid role. You will work on complex solutions, ensuring all code meets quality standards. The ideal candidate has strong .Net (C#) experience and a commitment to continuous learning. This position offers excellent benefits including generous leave and pension schemes.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in complex solution development.
• Technical knowledge in programming languages.
• Keen to develop technical skills in emerging tech.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex solutions within technical expertise.
• Carry out impact assessment of changes to applications.
• Document and agree on designs in advance.

Skills

Enterprise development experience with .Net (C#)

Full software development lifecycle knowledge

Agile development practices awareness

Ability to work as part of a team

Ability to work without supervision

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer

Date: 13 Aug 2025

Company: Royal London Group

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Park

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 26th August 2025

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

This role is focussed within our Protection Application stack and contributes to our purpose of strengthening the mutual choice for our customers, by providing the best technology solutions to our customers.

About the role

• Develops complex solutions within own area of technical expertise.
• Carries out impact assessment of complex changes to existing applications.
• Documents and agrees design in advance and to agreed standards.
• Takes responsibility that all code meets Group standards, guidelines and quality gates for given technology.
• All code is thoroughly tested to ensure any issues are identified as early as possible, working closely with the test team.
• Will safely implement solutions to production environment(s).
• Collaborates closely with other members of the team.
• Contributes to software development practice by sharing ideas and experience.
• Will participate in code reviews of others’ work.

About you

• Enterprise development experience with .Net (C#) is essential.
• Experience of the full software development lifecycle, and an awareness of agile development practices.
• Technical knowledge of one or more programming languages.
• 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 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.