Technical Specialist - Mobile

Royal London; Wilmslow, Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Employer pension match 14%

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is expanding its Digital Engineering capability and seeks a Technical Specialist to shape customer and colleague-facing technology. You will work across a broad portfolio, specialising in mobile applications, web portals, IAM, and adviser platforms, collaborating with multiple teams to influence standards and direction.

You’ll provide deep technical expertise, guide decisions, and coach colleagues while staying current with trends and emerging technologies in a hybrid 50%

Qualifications

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for varied audiences.
• Experience applying accessibility standards.
• Knowledge of architectural patterns in modern software systems.

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 mgmt

Independent work

Communicating concepts

Architecture patterns

Accessibility standards

Mobile development

Kotlin

Swift

React Native

Tools

Kotlin

Swift

React Native

Job description

“It feels good to have a career with real purpose.”

Contract Type: Permanent
Location:Alderley Park (Wiltslow) or Glasgow
Working Style: Hybrid - 50% from home / 50% office based

We’re investing in our Digital Engineering capability and are looking for a Technical Specialists to help shape the future of our customer and colleague-facing technology. This newly created role will provide deep technical expertise across multiple teams, helping solve complex challenges, guide best practice and influence future technology direction. You’ll join as a specialist within Mobile and you will work 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.

Whatyou’llbe 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.

Whatwe’relooking 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.
• Mobile: Essential: Expert in Kotlin or Swift (with experience in the other). Highly desirable: Experience with related technologies such as React Native.

What’sin 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.

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.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.
Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.