C sharp Software Developer

We are Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), the asset-management arm of Legal & General Group. Our purpose is to create a better future through responsible investing. We strive to achieve this through a strong sense of partnership with our clients, working together to achieve positive long-term outcomes. We draw on industry-leading expertise to innovate constantly across public and private assets, index and active strategies. And we are a responsible investor, rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. 

We are truly international, present where our clients need us. Our teams around the world are highly dedicated, professional and collaborative and we draw strength from our diversity of talent. We are clear on what we stand for and our commitment to inclusivity anchors our behaviours. 

We’re recruiting for a C Sharp Software Developer to join our application support and development team. The ideal candidate will  contribute towards current EUC’s upgrade, add features, solve bugs, improve how we work and ultimately deliver valuable, high quality software to our customers.

As a Systems Development & Support Analyst, successful candidate will be responsible for providing a variety of development & support activities in line with the services we provide - with a focus on analysing how the systems and processes work, as well as providing testing and technical assistance.

What you'll be doing:

• Delivering medium-sized, clean, maintainable features and solutions, resolve end-to end issues with an understanding of different possible approaches
• Conducting code reviews with an emphasis on functionality and other non-functional requirements, such as maintainability and security 
• Contributing to your team's approaches to deployment, monitoring and operations, so that we can easily release and run performant and resilient systems in production
• Attending and contributing to all team events, with a focus on improvement
• With a challenging Programme of Work, you will be assigned to one or more initiatives, liaising with third parties as well as all areas within LGIM and the wider L&G Group
• Engaging at all stages of the project & service lifecycle, with the opportunity to see process/system changes right the way through from design to early life support
• Ensuring that service delivery is consistent with business needs and user requirements
• Championing of Continual Service Improvement, proactively striving to improve the services we provide

Who we're looking for:

• ITIL Service Management (or equivalent)
• Strong C# development skills combined with SQL
• VBA (MS Access and MS Excel)
• .NET Framework, Azure DevOps
• Appreciation of the Retail Investments and the regulatory frameworks
• Excellent understanding of Agile methodology and CI/CD
• Being collaborative and enjoy sharing knowledge as well as learning

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart 

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.  

We’re one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.  

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.  

We strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose. 

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.