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Job Title: Lead Software Engineer
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 9th October 2025
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to join out dynamic team at Royal 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.
The successful candidate will have a real impact into how Royal London develop our applications and will provide a blend of both solid leadership experience and technical expertise.
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
- Leads the delivery of complex technical solutions within own area of technical expertise managing own workload and developers in the team.
- Provides technical advice and guidance to other software developers proactively and reactively.
- Takes responsibility for ensuring that all code meets Group standards guidelines and quality gates for given technology.
- Takes responsibility for ensuring technical solutions are safely implemented to production environment(s) without impact to internal or external customers.
- Encourages close collaboration with other disciplines within the team and with other teams.
- Takes an active role on the transfer of knowledge and sharing of experiences relating to own area of technical expertise at practice level.
About you
- Experience with Azure Cloud technologies is a must.
- Experience is essential.
- Enterprise experience working across the full software development lifecycle.
- Deep technical knowledge of one or more programming languages.
- Excellent knowledge and experience of design principles and patterns.
- Can manage own workload whilst scheduling and allocating work to other developers.
- A growth mindset with the ability to lead a team support coach and mentor others.
- Able to communicate at all levels in a collaborative manner.
- Good understanding of the full software development lifecycle and an awareness of agile development practices.
About Royal London
Were the UKs largest mutual life pensions and investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Weve 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
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Employment Type
Full Time
