Software Development Engineer

Business area Digital Services

Location London

Job ID 325833

Location - London with hybrid working available

At LCP we love what we do, and it shows. We help our clients make good decisions based on insightful analysis, industry expertise, and game-changing technology. Working across a wide range of sectors, including pensions and benefits, investments, insurance, energy, health, sports, and data analytics, we help our clients navigate complexity in order to take the action that matters. Technology is increasingly central to how LCP operates, both through the products we provide to clients and the digital services, platforms, and applications that support our people. Digital Services brings together the capabilities required to develop, operate and continually improve these products and services in a secure, scalable and user-focused way.

We have an exciting opportunity for a front-end focused Software Development Engineer to support the growth of a recently established central development team within the Digital Services department. As the third member of the team, you will bring your experience and natural curiosity for tech to create intuitive, high-quality web experiences for colleagues and clients, contributing both to solutions originating within the team and to new innovations that transition into the team for ongoing development and maintenance

You will bring experience of building polished, reliable and client-focused web applications using Vue and TypeScript, together with sound UX judgement and a quality-first approach to automated testing. While frontend development will be your core focus, this is a full-stack role in a lean, AI-enabled team: you will also contribute to Node.js and .NET services and integrations, including AI-powered capabilities. Working under the guidance of the Lead, you will be proactive, adaptable and keen to learn new technologies across multiple products/services owned by the team.

What will you be doing?

• Design and develop responsive, accessible and intuitive user interfaces for new features, bug fixes and ongoing product improvements, primarily using Vue and TypeScript
• Contribute to full-stack delivery by integrating frontend applications with APIs and services, and by developing and maintaining Node.js and .NET backend components where needed
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to build clear, practical user journeys and interface designs, using sound UX judgement
• Build and maintain automated tests across unit, component, integration and end-to-end levels, helping the team deliver changes with confidence
• Actively contribute to all phases of the SDLC with a DevOps, cross-functional mindset
• Investigate and troubleshoot product issues to identify root causes and deliver suitable fixes, with particular attention to user impact
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders and wider Digital Services teams, including Web team, Platforms and QA, to deliver secure solutions aligned with engineering best practices
• Maintain clear, appropriate technical documentation and share knowledge within the team to reduce knowledge silos and support sustainable delivery

What skills, qualities and experience are we looking for?

Essential:

• 3+ years' professional experience developing modern web applications, with a strong focus on frontend engineering
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Vue 3, including component-based development, state management and consuming RESTful APIs
• Demonstrable UX judgement: able to create clear, usable, responsive and accessible interfaces, and to turn requirements into effective user journeys
• Knowledge of frontend performance optimisation, web accessibility standards and design systems
• Hands-on experience with automated testing, including unit and component tests plus integration and/or end-to-end testing
• Experience with Node.js for API development, services or integrations, and confidence working across frontend and backend boundaries
• 1+ years’ experience with C#/.NET
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work independently and pragmatically in an iterative environment
• Proactive and self-motivated, with excellent communication skills and a genuine interest in learning, sharing knowledge and improving how we build software

Nice to have:

• Experience with Azure cloud services, IaC (Terraform) and/or YAML pipelines
• Knowledge of building Generative AI / LLM powered solutions
• Experience with canvas / webgl

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a certified B-Corp, multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more!

We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation.

LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - [email protected] to discuss how we can support you with your application.

Recruitment agencies

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