Senior Front End Engineer

Hours Per Week: 35

Contract Type: Full Time

Contract type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 18 November 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer specialising in Front End development to join Royal London's Digital Team. You'll use your technical expertise to design, develop, test and deliver high-quality digital solutions that support our business and customer needs.

You'll be part of a collaborative engineering team, taking ownership of complex front-end solutions while helping to maintain and improve our engineering standards and ways of working.

About the role

• Design and develop robust, scalable front-end solutions that meet business and customer requirements.
• Deliver complex technical changes, assessing the impact on existing applications and services.
• Produce clear technical designs and documentation in line with agreed standards.
• Develop high-quality code, supported by appropriate automated testing and engineering best practice.
• Collaborate with engineers, testers, architecture and wider delivery teams to deliver solutions safely into production.
• Review code, share technical knowledge and contribute ideas that improve engineering quality and ways of working.

About you

• Strong enterprise web development experience using Angular, with TypeScript and JavaScript experience.
• Good understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, automated testing and implementation.
• Experience developing robust, scalable and maintainable front-end applications.
• Strong understanding of modern front-end development practices, software design principles and automated testing frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to contribute to technical discussions and engineering decisions.
• Experience working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams while taking ownership of your own delivery.
• Keen to continue developing your technical skills and keep pace with evolving front-end technologies.

If you feel you'd be a great fit for Royal London but don't meet every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. Research shows some candidates are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the criteria - if you meet most requirements and are keen to learn, we encourage you to apply.

About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've 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.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.

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