Senior Backend Engineer (Node or JVM)

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in React Native to join our engineering this role you will apply your software engineering skills to build high-quality features resolve bugs and address technical debt. You will also bring a strategic perspective to team processes and tooling helping to continuously improve how we work and deliver valuable reliable software to our customers.

What youll be doing:

• Delivering clean maintainable features and resolving end-to-end issues by applying thoughtful engineering approaches that ensure solutions are fit for purpose aligned with standards and deliver real value to our customers
• Contributing to the technical debt strategy helping the team maintain secure resilient and reliable systems that support long-term scalability and performance
• Defining effective test strategies that prioritise security usability and accessibility ensuring a consistently high-quality customer experience
• Participating in code reviews with a focus on both functional and non-functional requirements including performance maintainability resiliency and security
• Promoting continuous improvement by encouraging inspection and adaptation to enhance team effectiveness productivity and overall wellbeing
• Fostering a collaborative team culture mentoring and supporting junior engineers to grow their skills and contribute confidently to delivery
• Researching emerging technologies and identifying opportunities to integrate them into our applications while sharing insights through developer forums to inspire innovation
• Upholding customer-centric values ensuring all work reflects Legal & Generals principles on Customer Experience and Treating Customers Fairly

Qualifications :

Who were looking for:

• Backend - at least 3 years experience working as a backend developer on 1 or more large commercial projects (Node or JVM based frameworks)
• Bringing deep expertise in React Native with at least 2 years of hands-on experience delivering large-scale commercial projects alongside strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript from either a web or backend background
• Demonstrating solid knowledge of modern architecture patterns including React fundamentals REST-based microservices (JVM Spring or ) mobile app design (MVP MVVM Flux) and clean code principles (SOLID Onion Hexagonal)
• Applying best practices in testing and quality assurance including test-driven development the testing pyramid and CI/CD pipelines while working effectively within Agile frameworks such as Scrum
• Utilising cloud and container technologies with working knowledge of GraphQL AWS services and Docker and a strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation and React Natives underlying architecture (e.g. Hermes Fabric JSI)
• Solving complex engineering challenges through effective debugging root cause analysis and decision-making that balances short-term delivery with long-term scalability and business impact
• Leading and mentoring within teams by facilitating technical workshops coaching peers and contributing to cross-team process improvements that align with strategic goals
• Designing secure observable and scalable software with a strong grasp of software architecture threat modelling and observability practices to ensure resilient and reliable systems
• Driving automation and delivery accountability by optimising CI/CD processes breaking down work effectively managing dependencies and promoting an operational mindset across engineering teams

Whatever your role we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday plus public holidays 26 days after 2 years service. Theres also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023 some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

Additional Information :

At L&G we believe its possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us youll be part of a welcoming inclusive culture with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesnt matter if you dont meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths potential and connection to our purpose. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time