Engineer

Just Group plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Greater London seeks a software developer to build and support customer-facing software solutions. The role involves building APIs and microservices, designing Azure infrastructure, and applying DevOps practices. Candidates should have experience with security, scalability, and Agile methodologies. A competitive salary and various employee benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Private medical cover

25 days annual leave

Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in building and supporting APIs and microservices.
• Knowledge of cloud-aligned solutions and security best practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Build and support APIs and microservices in line with Group engineering standards.
• Design Azure infrastructure for microservices using Kubernetes and Docker.
• Improve DevOps practices to streamline deployments.

Skills

API development

Azure infrastructure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

DevOps practices

Job description

To develop, maintain, and support customer‑ and colleague‑facing software solutions that enable Just Group’s business strategy. The role will contribute to designing and building secure, scalable, and reliable applications in line with Group Engineering standards and cloud best practices.

About Just

We help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose‑led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.

Key Accountabilities

• Build and support APIs and microservices, ensuring secure, scalable, and cloud‑aligned solutions.
• Design and implement Azure infrastructure to support microservices and containerised applications using Kubernetes/AKS, Docker, Terraform, and Helm.
• Prepare release content and documentation, contributing to reliable, repeatable deployment processes.
• Establish and improve DevOps practices to streamline deployments and enhance time‑to‑market.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation and participate in peer reviews across the full technology stack.
• Apply effective testing and quality assurance approaches, ensuring solutions meet required standards and security expectations.
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams, support issue resolution, and maintain ongoing professional development

Examples of Key Activities

• Contribute to Agile ways of working by activelyales in stand‑ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
• Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
• Opportunities to progress your career in‑role and within the company
• Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
• A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.

We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.