Lead Software Engineer

Job description

Job Title: Lead Software Engineer Contract Type: Permanent: Location: Edinburgh: Working Style: Hybrid 50% home/office based Closing Date: 28th April 2026: About the Role: Royal London is seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join one of our application delivery teams within the Digital space at Royal London. This role is focused on modern software & application engineering: designing, building and operating customer-facing and internal digital services with a strong emphasis on Azure-based application development using Angular and C#/.NET. You will play a key technical leadership role within a cross-functional squad, shaping solution design and delivery while remaining hands-on. You will lead by example, building high-quality, secure, and resilient applications, while supporting and developing other engineers. This is an application-focused role, working closely with product, architecture, cloud, and mobile teams to deliver valuable outcomes for customers and colleagues. About You: You are a hands-on technical leader who enjoys designing and building well-engineered applications. You care deeply about software quality, security, resilience and operability, and you take...