Engineering Manager (Java & Spring Boot)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid

Company

Legal & General is a UK financial services group and global investor providing retirement, protection, insurance, and workplace pension solutions.

What you will do

• Lead and develop an engineering team delivering secure, reliable, high-quality software.
• Prioritize, plan, and oversee delivery activities to achieve predictable outcomes.
• Design and build scalable, maintainable software while remaining hands-on.
• Coach and mentor engineers through feedback and structured development plans.
• Embed quality, testing, security, operational readiness, and observability practices.
• Manage incident response, technical debt, delivery metrics, and collaboration with product, architecture, and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Significant hands-on Java engineering experience, including building and operating Spring Boot microservices.
• Strong knowledge of domain-driven and event-driven architecture.
• Experience leading engineering teams and developing people through coaching and mentoring.
• Knowledge of test-driven development, quality engineering, and automated testing.
• Experience with CI/CD, version control workflows, and software delivery pipelines.
• Understanding of secure software development, operational readiness, and observability.

Culture & Benefits

• Annual performance-related bonus plan and share schemes.
• Generous pension contribution, life assurance, and healthcare plan for permanent employees.
• At least 25 days of holiday plus public holidays, with the option to buy and sell holiday.
• Competitive family leave and an electric car salary-sacrifice scheme for permanent employees.
• Inclusive culture with career development opportunities and flexible working options, including part-time work and job shares.
• Sustainable modern offices across the UK designed to support in-person collaboration.