Lead Java Developer
Royal London GroupAlderley Edge, GB
Posted May 6, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Job Description
We are seeking expertly skilled and experienced Lead Java Developers to play a lead role in building amazing digital solutions for our customers and business users.
Requirements
- Expert in enterprise Java development with Spring
- Expert in REST API microservice development and event streaming with Kafka
- Expert in persistence and caching layers, NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
- Expert in cloud hosting and containerisation platforms such as Kubernetes
- Expert in TDD and left-most automated testing
- Experienced in low latency, highly performant, optimised runtimes
- Experienced in agile development practices and the full software development lifecycle
- Thrives under little to no supervision
- An experienced development lead and mentor
- Continuously developing new skills, driving best practice and emerging technology adoption
Benefits
- Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme
- Private medical insurance
- 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
