Technical Specialist – Mobile

Company: Royal London
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Location: Glasgow
Job Description:

“It feels good to have a career with real purpose.”

Contract Type: PermanentLocation:Alderley Park (Wiltslow) or GlasgowWorking Style: Hybrid – 50% from home / 50% office based

We’re investing in our Digital Engineering capability and are looking for a Technical Specialists to help shape the future of our customer and colleague-facing technology. This newly created role will provide deep technical expertise across multiple teams, helping solve complex challenges, guide best practice and influence future technology direction. You’ll join as a specialist within Mobile and you will work across a broad portfolio of services, including mobile applications, web portals, Identity and Access Management, Contact Centre services and emerging adviser experience platforms.

About you:

We’relooking for collaborative technical experts who enjoy working across teams, buildingrelationshipsand helping others solve complex engineering problems.You’llbe comfortable providing consultancy and guidance, influencingstakeholdersand translating technical concepts for different audiences.You may already beoperatingat this level, or you may be ready to step into a broader role where you can have more influence across platforms,standardsand engineering practices.

Whatyou’llbe doing:

As a Technical Specialist,you’lluse yourexpertiseto support teams across Digital Engineering, helping shape technical decisions and strengthen capability across the function.

  • Provide deep technicalexpertisein your specialist area.
  • Support multiple engineering teams across Digital.
  • Help shape technology strategy,standardsand roadmap decisions.
  • Promote best practice, reusablepatternsand consistent approaches.
  • Provide consultancy and design support for complex technical challenges.
  • Coach and upskill colleagues to build technical capability.
  • Stay close to emerging technology trends,standardsand industry developments.

Whatwe’relooking for

  • Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work independently and quickly understand unfamiliar codebases.
  • Experience explaining technical concepts clearly to different audiences.
  • Knowledge of relevant architectural patterns within your technical domain.
  • Experience applying accessibility standards.
  • Confidence working across multiple teams and managing changing priorities.
  • A relationship-led approach, with the ability to influence and support colleagues across Digital.
  • Mobile: Essential: Expert in Kotlin or Swift (with experience in the other). Highly desirable: Experience with related technologies such as React Native.

What’sin it for you?

This is an opportunity to move into a high-impact technical role where yourexpertisewill influence multiple teams,platformsand future technology decisions.You’llhelp shape engineering standards, support business-critical services and play an important part in our continued investment in Digital Engineering.Financial services experience is not essential.We’remore interested in your technical depth,curiosityand ability to collaborate across teams.

About Royal London

We’rethe UK’s largest mutual life,pensionsand investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible,enjoyableand fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We’vealways been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’reaninclusive employer. We celebrate and valuedifferent backgroundsand cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.

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Posted: October 5th, 2026