Technical Lead (Hands-on Software experience)

Royal London is a Financial Services company with a difference. As the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, we're owned by our members and work for their benefit, not for shareholder profits. We've grown rapidly and have been recognised as one of the UK's top rated places to work.

Today, Royal London has over £170 billion of assets under management, and around 4,000 employees working in five offices across the UK and Ireland. As an organisation, they have worked hard to become experts in specialist markets, building a trusted brand, with plenty of awards to show for it.

We've worked hard to become experts in our specialist markets, building a trusted brand - and our teams have plenty of awards to show for it. Whatever team you're interested in joining and whatever role you play, we'll help you to make a difference.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with Royal London to support their contingent Recruitment processes Acting as an extension of their recruitment team, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of our client, Royal London. We are looking for a Technical Lead (Hands-on Software experience) for a 6 Month based in Edinburgh (2 days per week in the office).

Purpose of the Role:
As Technical Lead you will join a major large-scale migration programme. This is a hybrid role, blending technical leadership with integration across multiple development teams and workstreams.
You will act as the key escalation point for technical issues, working closely with developers, architects, and third-party vendors to ensure a smooth migration.

What you'll do:

• Serve as the escalation point for technical issues across the programme.
• Provide SME-level guidance on application integration and delivery.
• Support and guide developers across multiple workstreams, resolving blockers and ensuring alignment.
• Coordinate integration across diverse technologies (.NET, Java, Shell) into a cohesive solution.
• Define and drive the technical integration strategy across streams.
• Oversee technical delivery with a focus on application-level integration and Back End solutions.
• Ensure release schedules and testing cycles are successfully coordinated and delivered.

The skills you'll need:

• Strong technical background; ideally background as Software Architect Senior Developer with programme delivery experience.
• Expertise in application-focused delivery and integration.
• Proven track record in large-scale migration projects.
• Strong technical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Previous release management experience, including.

Next steps:

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella/PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our sourcing specialists now.

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