Graduate - Site Reliability Engineer - London - 2026

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.  

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. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day. 

Are you looking for a graduate role that is technically challenging? Do you want a future that allows you to develop commercial acumen alongside technical skills?

We are looking for graduates who can answer “yes” to the above for our Site Reliability Engineer Graduate Programme.

The Key thing to know is that your role will be broad and diverse, with lots of opportunity to develop. You will join our two-year programme as part of an SRE team, where you will use your technical and analytical skills to ensure the reliability and quality of the software we provide to our customers.

Joining L&G marks the start of an exciting future. Get involved, stay curious, and discover how we help you be your best, no matter who you are

Role overview:

From day one, you’ll be part of a real Site Reliability Engineering team, contributing to live systems and meaningful projects.

You will:

• Begin with our Future Talent induction, building connections with fellow graduates and learning how L&G operates.
• Work on real‑world engineering challenges, supporting the reliability, availability, and performance of customer‑facing systems.
• Learn how to design and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability, helping teams detect and resolve issues quickly.
• Use automation tools and frameworks to reduce manual work and improve system resilience.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders across the business.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and operational excellence.
• Take part in structured training, workshops, and mentoring to build strong foundations in Site Reliability Engineering principles.

As your confidence grows, so will your responsibilities—giving you the chance to make a real impact.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to attain professional and industry recognised qualifications such as SRE Practitioner Certification (to be agreed with the successful candidate once they’ve joined). 

Who we're looking for:

We’re looking for graduates with a genuine interest in technology and a strong desire to learn. You don’t need prior industry experience, but you should be motivated, curious, and ready to develop quickly. 

You’ll bring:

• A 2:1 degree or above in a STEM subject (or the ability to demonstrate strong technical interest from another discipline).
• An analytical mindset with good numerical skills.
• Strong problem solving abilities and logical thinking.
• Awareness of modern technologies such as cloud platforms and TypeScript/JavaScript based frameworks.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work well with others.

Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning new tools, technologies, and ways of working

Please note we only accept one application per recruitment cycle for our Graduate roles. Please consider all placement positions before applying as your first application will be considered your only application.

We recruit on a rolling basis and expect this vacancy to close before the deadline. To be in with the best chance of securing a role, please submit your application ASAP. 

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Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.

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.