We are seeking a highly skilled Engineer to join our Mobile Engineering team, where you will deliver high‑quality software by developing new features, resolving defects, reducing technical debt, and continuously improving our engineering practices.
What you'll be doing:
- Building clean, maintainable features and resolving end‑to‑end issues by evaluating multiple approaches to ensure effective and efficient delivery of excellent customer outcomes
- Managing and contributing to the reduction of technical debt to maintain secure, resilient and reliable systems across Legal & General’s technology landscape
- Improving and supporting team testing practices to deliver a high‑quality customer experience, with a strong focus on security, usability and accessibility
- Participating in thorough code reviews, assessing both functional and non‑functional requirements, including performance, resiliency, maintainability and security, to ensure the consistent delivery of safe, high‑quality software
- Contributing to continuous improvements in security, quality, deployment, monitoring and operational processes, enabling smooth, reliable and resilient production releases
- Engaging actively in developer meetings, sharing knowledge, communicating effectively and collaborating closely with teammates to support smooth and timely delivery within each sprint
- Developing your skills through relevant training and professional growth activities to enhance your capability and positively support team performance
- Ensuring all customers and stakeholders are treated fairly and consistently in alignment with Legal & General’s Customer Experience and Treating Customers Fairly principles
Who we're looking for:
- Demonstrable software engineering experience (degree in a technology field preferred but not essential)
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with expert knowledge of React and core concepts
- Solid understanding of clean code, clean architecture, design patterns, and agile practices (Scrum/Kanban)
- Proficient in software testing, including test‑driven development and the testing pyramid
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, Git/Git Flow, and modern release strategies
- Experience analysing, debugging, and delivering well‑optimised, maintainable software features
- Awareness of application security, performance optimisation, and mobile/web architecture best practices
- Strong communication skills and a track record of contributing to team improvement and codebase maintainability
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. There’s 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
At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.
If you join us, you’ll 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 doesn’t matter if you don’t 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.
