Technical Specialist

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension up to 14% employer matching

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London invites applications for Technical Specialist roles in Mobile Development, Web Development, or Authentication and Authorisation. You will join a hybrid team working 50% from home and 50% in the office across Alderley Park (Wilmslow) or Glasgow, supporting Digital Engineering with deep technical expertise and cross-team influence.

You’ll shape technology decisions, ensure accessibility standards, and collaborate with multiple engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable customer and

Qualifications

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and quickly understand unfamiliar codebases.
• Experience explaining technical concepts clearly to different audiences.
• Knowledge of relevant architectural patterns within your technical domain.
• Experience applying accessibility standards.
• Confidence working across multiple teams and managing changing priorities.
• A relationship-led approach, with the ability to influence and support colleagues across Digital.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep technical expertise in your specialist area.
• Support multiple engineering teams across Digital.
• Help shape technology strategy, standards and roadmap decisions.
• Promote best practice, reusable patterns and consistent approaches.
• Provide consultancy and design support for complex technical challenges.
• Coach and upskill colleagues to build technical capability.
• Stay close to emerging technology trends, standards and industry developments.

Skills

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Communication

Architectural patterns

Accessibility

Multi-team work

Influence

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent
Location:Alderley Park (Wilmslow) or Glasgow
WorkingStyle: Hybrid-50%fromhome/50%office based

We'reinvesting in our Digital Engineering capability and are looking for three Technical Specialists to help shape the future of our customer and colleague-facing technology.

These newly created roles will provide deep technicalexpertiseacross multiple teams, helping solve complex challenges, guide bestpracticeand influence future technology direction.

You'lljoin as a specialist in one of the following areas: Mobile Development, Web Development, or Authentication and Authorisation.You'llwork across a broad portfolio of services, including mobile applications,web portals, Identity and Access Management, Contact Centre services and emerging adviser experience platforms.

About you

We'relooking for collaborative technical experts who enjoy working across teams, buildingrelationshipsand helping others solve complex engineering problems.You'llbe comfortable providing consultancy and guidance, influencingstakeholdersand translating technical concepts for different audiences.You may already beoperatingat this level, or you may be ready to step into a broader role where you can have more influence across platforms,standardsand engineering practices.

What you'll be doing

As a Technical Specialist,you'lluse yourexpertiseto support teams across Digital Engineering, helping shape technical decisions and strengthen capability across the function.

• Provide deep technicalexpertisein your specialist area.

• Support multiple engineering teams across Digital.

• Help shape technology strategy,standardsand roadmap decisions.

• Promote best practice, reusablepatternsand consistent approaches.

• Provide consultancy and design support for complex technical challenges.

• Coach and upskill colleagues to build technical capability.

• Stay close to emerging technology trends,standardsand industry developments.

What we're looking for

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently and quickly understand unfamiliar codebases.

• Experience explaining technical concepts clearly to different audiences.

• Knowledge of relevant architectural patterns within your technical domain.

• Experience applying accessibility standards.

• Confidence working across multiple teams and managing changing priorities.

• A relationship-led approach, with the ability to influence and support colleagues across Digital.

Specialist experience

• Mobile Development:Expert-level Kotlin or Swift skills, with experience in the alternative language. React Native experience would be highly desirable.

• Web Development:Expert-level HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Angular and TypeScript experience would be highly desirable.

• Authentication and Authorisation:Expert knowledge of OAuth2.0, OIDC and authentication concepts. Experience integrating authentication flows into mobile and web applications would be highly desirable.

What's in it for you

This is an opportunity to move into a high-impact technical role where yourexpertisewill influence multiple teams,platformsand future technology decisions.You'llhelp shape engineering standards, support business-critical services and play an important part in our continued investment in Digital Engineering.Financial services experience is not essential.We'remore interested in your technical depth,curiosityand ability to collaborate across teams.

If you feelyou'dbe a great fit for Royal London butdon'tmeet every requirement,we'dstill love to hear from you. Research shows some candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the criteria - if you meet most requirements and are keen to learn, we encourage you to apply!

About Royal London

We'rethe UK's largest mutual life,pensionsand 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,enjoyableand fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We'vealways 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'reaninclusive employer. We celebrate and valuedifferent backgroundsand cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.