Senior Software Developer

Senior Front End Software Engineer Contract Type: Permanent Location: Edinburgh Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing date: 14th April 2026 We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer in Web Development to join our dynamic team at Royal London. In this role, you will play a crucial part 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 focused on our Long Term Savings (Pensions) Application stack and forms part of the Long Term Savings value stream.

Our Chief Operating Office (COO) works across Royal London to help deliver the Group’s strategic ambitions. We work in partnership to deliver operational excellence, drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and protect our business from threats impacting our industry. About The Opportunity This role is focused on our Long Term Savings (Pensions) Application stack and contributes to our purpose of strengthening the mutual choice for our customers, by providing the best technology solutions to our customers.

Modernising our technology is fundamental to realise our ambitions and achieving sustained competitive advantage, allowing us to develop an innovative proposition, achieve speed to market and maintain competitive cost-to-develop and cost-to-serve ratios. You will be given the opportunity to grow your career within an organisation that values internal career progression. About The Role This is a developer role for a Front‑end portal application.

Enterprise web development experience with Angular is essential. A Senior Software Engineer must be able to design and develop complex solutions within their own area of technical expertise, and may document the design to agreed standards. A Senior Software Engineer would be expected to carry out impact assessments of complex changes to existing applications.

A Senior Software Engineer’s code would meet Group standards, guidelines and quality gates for the given technology. A Senior Software Engineer would work closely with the test team to ensure their code is thoroughly tested so that issues are identified as early as possible. A Senior Software Engineer would safely implement solutions to production.

A Senior Software Engineer would collaborate closely with other members of the team. A Senior Software Engineer would be expected to contribute to the RL software development practice by sharing ideas and experience. A Senior Software Engineer would participate in code reviews of others’ work.

About You Experience with Angular is essential. Experience in one or more programming languages including JavaScript or TypeScript is essential. Experience with automated testing frameworks is preferred.

Experience of the full software development lifecycle and agile development practices is preferred. Experience of Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and Microsoft 365 is an advantage. Ability to work without supervision is essential.

Ability to work as part of a team is essential. Enthusiastic to continue developing technical skills in emerging technology stacks is essential. Benefits Our benefits include 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, a private medical insurance, and an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value diverse backgrounds and cultures across Royal London, recognising and respecting a range of skills and perspectives that enhance our work. #J-18808-Ljbffr