Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 15th August 2025

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer with expertise in .Net and VBA to join our Calculations and Illustrations Team. As a Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in providing technical expertise to help our teams design, develop, test, and implement efficient solutions that meet business and customer requirements.


The successful candidate will have a real impact into how Royal London develop our applications and will provide a blend of both solid leadership experience and technical expertise.


You will be given the opportunity to grow your career within a team focussed on promoting internal career progression. This role is focussed on our exciting new Pensions Application stack and contributes to our purpose of strengthening the mutual choice for our customers, by providing the best technology solutions to our customers.

About the role

Develops solutions within own area of technical expertise. Carries out impact assessment of simple changes to existing applications. Contributes to solution design work. Writes code that meets Group standards, guidelines and quality gates for given technology. Thoroughly tests all changes to ensure any issues are identified as early as possible. Will support the safe implementation of solutions to production environment(s). Collaborates closely with other members of the team. Contributes to software development practice by sharing ideas and experience.

About you

Enterprise development experience with .Net and VBA is essential. Pensions and Actuarial knowledge. Can work with minimal supervision. Ability to work as part of a team. Good understanding of the full software development lifecycle. Awareness of agile development practices. Familiar with automated testing techniques and frameworks.

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. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

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.