Senior Developer

Job Title: Senior Developer

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Edge

Closing date: 24th March 2023

At Royal London we believe your difference is our strength and our organisation benefits from the different perspectives that diversity brings. Studies have shown that people from under-represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience isn't a perfect fit with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Developer to join the Calculations Specialist Team within Application & Test Services.

The Senior ADAM Engineer will provide technical expertise to help our team design, develop, test, and implement efficient solutions that meet business and customer requirements. The Application & Test Services Team sit within the Group Technology Services division of Royal London Group and this role will primarily be focussed on our exciting new Pensions Application stack. The successful candidate will have a real impact into how Royal London develop our applications and will provide a blend of both solid team working skills and technical expertise.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborates with 3rd party software supplier(s)and internal stakeholders to achieve sign-off of design.
• Develops complex technical solutions ensuring that all code meets Royal London Group standards, guidelines, and quality gates for given technology.
• Works closely with the test team to ensure all code is thoroughly tested.
• Understands cross-team dependencies to enable timely resolution of incidents/problems and requests.
• Safely implements solutions to production environment(s).
• Reviews the work of others in the team.

Criteria

• Hands on development experience in .Net or VBA, successfully delivering change on complex applications.
• Experience and a strong understanding of the calculations performed for regulatory illustrations.
• Familiar with automated testing techniques and frameworks.
• Can manage own workload.
• A growth mindset with the ability to support, coach and mentor others.
• Able to communicate at all levels in an engaging and collaborative manner.

What we offer

We've always been proud to reward our employees by offering a number of great benefits including:

• A generous group pension scheme (up to 14% matching employer contribution)
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Annual company and performance based bonus
• Life assurance (up to 8 x annual salary)
• Enhanced parental leave policies
• Private medical insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme - Access 24/7 to confidential health, legal & financial advice

Full details can be found on our benefits page.

About Royal London

Royal London is the largest mutual life insurance, pensions and investment company in the UK.  Since its foundation 160 years ago, Royal London has supported millions of people to protect and provide for themselves and their families.

At Royal London, our People Promise is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This promise has been at the heart of our approach to hybrid working, ensuing a balance of time working in our offices, supporting the culture of collaboration and inclusion and some working time from home, so we can all continue to benefit from the flexibility this brings. Our hybrid working approach is built around our mutual mindset, thinking about what is good for us as individuals (the ‘me’) and in the context of what is right for our customers, our colleagues and The Royal London group (the ‘we’). Together we belong- collaborate – learn and perform.

Our expectation is that colleagues working in hybrid roles will come into the office for 50% of their time, and the rest from home. We want to be as consistent as we can with our approach but we also appreciate some colleagues need adjustments based on personal circumstances. (e.g. to support a disability, or caring responsibility) and / or may wish to formally seek a flexible working pattern in line with our flexible working policy.

We appreciate the world of work continues to evolve and we will continue to listen to our colleagues views on this whilst ensuring our on-going approach is right for our business and customers

We are an equal opportunities employer. We work hard to attract the best talent for our award-winning team. We believe that embracing difference makes us stronger. Our diverse people bring us different skills – whatever their educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

Our Alderley Park office is situated in 400 acres of natural parkland, based 2.2 miles south of Alderley Edge and 6.5 miles from Macclesfield in our newly refurbished site. We offer a free shuttle service to and from the office from Wilmslow train station and offer free on-site parking with free electric car charging points.