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Senior Software Engineer (Typescript)

Legal & GeneralLondon, United Kingdom
UsabilityJavaKotlinSpringNode.js
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We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a high performing engineering team delivering robust, scalable, and high quality software solutions. In this role, you will apply your technical expertise and strategic mindset to design and build new features, resolve complex issues, address technical debt, and continually improve engineering practices. You will play a key role in shaping how the team works and ensuring we deliver meaningful value and excellent outcomes for our customers.


Responsibilities

  • Building clean, maintainable features and resolving end to end issues by evaluating multiple approaches to deliver effective, high quality customer outcomes
  • Ensuring solutions are fit for purpose, deliver business value, meet quality standards, and align with established engineering practices
  • Contributing to the strategy and management of technical debt to maintain secure, resilient, and reliable systems
  • Defining and supporting test approaches and strategies that prioritise security, usability, accessibility, and overall customer experience
  • Reviewing code with a focus on functional and non functional requirements, including performance, resilience, maintainability, and security
  • Promoting continuous inspection and adaptation to improve team effectiveness, culture, and ways of working
  • Coaching and mentoring engineers to foster collaboration, mutual respect, engagement, and ongoing skill development
  • Researching emerging technologies and sharing knowledge to improve solutions, while championing fair treatment of customers and stakeholders

Requirements

  • Hands on experience building and supporting large, production grade backend systems using Java/JVM technologies (Java 17+/Kotlin) and JVM Spring or Node.js based REST microservices
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, including working with Angular or related frameworks from either a web or backend leaning background
  • Deep understanding of clean code, clean architecture, and layered backend designs (e.g. three tier, hexagonal, onion), with the ability to align engineering choices to business goals such as scalability, quality, and maintainability
  • Solid knowledge of database composition and SQL, alongside experience designing APIs and an understanding of web, API, and distributed cloud security best practices
  • Proven ability to deliver well optimised, maintainable software features; analyse and resolve complex technical problems; and contribute high quality, actionable feedback through code reviews
  • Strong practitioner of test driven development and the testing pyramid, with experience working in Agile/Scrum environments using Git, Git Flow, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in teams, facilitate technical discussions and workshops, and ensure alignment toward shared goals
  • Demonstrates sound decision making, process thinking, and mentoring capability, holds accountability for outcomes, and takes ownership of continuous learning and team capability development

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This listing was posted on April 28, 2026 and is still open for applications.
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