Dynamics Platform Engineering Manager

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. 

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. 

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. 

Who we are 

Our Retail business supports customers throughout their lives, to help them save, plan, protect and enjoy retirement.

We’re a leading provider of retirement and protection solutions. We aim to support our c.12.8 million policyholders and workplace members throughout their lifelong financial journeys. 

We focus on helping the customers of today and tomorrow achieve better long-term outcomes. We either talk with them directly or work with intermediaries and employers to meet their needs. We use the latest technology to connect with them quickly, efficiently and wherever possible in highly personalised ways. 

We are seeking a Technical Dynamics Platform Engineering Manager to join our software delivery team. In this principal role, you will leverage your deep technical expertise and leadership skills to guide a team of engineers, actively contributing to the team’s delivery while shaping its strategic direction.

You will play a key role in driving successful outcomes, identifying opportunities to standardise practices across adjacent teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, high-value software to our customers. Your strong people management capabilities will support the growth and development of your team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

As a leader, you will embody and promote L&G’s core behaviours — Challenge Positively, Commit Together, and Act Decisively — helping to cultivate a collaborative and high-performing environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Applying strong software testing principles to ensure robust and reliable code quality
• Implementing CI/CD pipelines and release strategies to streamline and automate software delivery
• Adopting Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban to support iterative and collaborative development
• Contributing technically within development teams by building maintainable features and solving complex challenges
• Providing constructive feedback through effective code reviews to enhance team performance and code standards
• Mentoring and coaching engineers to support their professional growth and foster a collaborative team culture
• Translating complex requirements into practical, achievable solutions while considering team dynamics and organisational behaviour

Who we're looking for:

• An expert knowledge of three or more of the following is essential:
  • Power Platform
  • Dynamics 365
  • Azure LogicApps
  • Azure Integration components
  • Javascript
  • C#
  • Dynamics 365 plugins and workflows
  • SQL
  • FetchXML
  • XRM Toolbox
  • PowerBI
  • Azure Active Directory
• Strong understanding of software testing principles and their application in modern development environments
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines and associated release strategies to support efficient and reliable software delivery
• Solid knowledge of Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban, with hands-on experience in iterative development practices
• Demonstrated ability to contribute technically within a development team, including writing maintainable features and solving complex problems
• Skilled in conducting effective code reviews, offering actionable feedback to improve code quality and team performance
• Experience in mentoring and coaching engineers, supporting their growth and fostering a collaborative team culture
• Ability to break down complex requirements into achievable solutions, with a strategic mindset toward team design and organisational behaviour

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
• Healthcare Plan (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 (permanent employees only)
• 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 

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

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 care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

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.