Software Engineer - Python

Legal & General looks after around 700,000 institutional customers who have their retirement benefits secured with us. Operating continuously in the UK market from our entrance in 1987, we are the UK’s longest-running insurer.

Our Institutional Retirement division provides pension risk transfer (PRT) solutions for UK and US defined benefit (DB) schemes, and reinsurance solutions from our global hub in Bermuda. We work with companies, DB pension schemes and their advisors to help them secure and protect scheme members’ retirement benefits.

Joining us means you’ll support customers’ financial security in retirement; help companies to settle their pension liabilities and focus on growing their businesses; and enable investment for the long term to back our pension promises.

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our highly technical engineering team. The role holder will be responsible for developing and supporting the actuarial reviews for the Institutional Retirement division. A big part of the role will include developing solutions in python, C# and delivering against product roadmap.

What you'll be doing:

• Working closely with the senior software engineers of the team, to define and scope configuration, interfacing and enhancement work withing the different business units.
• Ensuring reviews and requirements are detailed enough to implement solutions right first time, tracking changes to requirements and impact reviews to timings and plans
• Having ownership and driving business reviews, design and build of software changes
• Designing, implementing and deploying interfaces between source systems and calculation engines
• Performing code review to ensure development standards are met
• Ensuring that the principles of Conduct Risk are always rooted into your day to day operations to deliver good customer outcomes.

Who we're looking for:

• Handson experience of software development life cycle (Agile philosophy, Scrum methodology, Continuous Integration and Continues Delivery)
• Working knowledge of modern programming language such as Python and C#, Java, C++, VBA
• Proven usage of relational databases such as Oracle, MS SQL Server (SSMS, SSIS)) or non-relational databases (MongoDB)
• Extensive experience of software or database systems development
• A good understanding of Operating System (OS) principles in Linux and/or Windows
• Experience in source control, issue management software, and continuous integration software

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 group and major global investor, 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 aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming 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.

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