Senior Developer in Glasgow

Senior Developer – Sonata

Location: Glasgow (2 Days per week onsite)

Head Resourcing is pleased to be working with a leading Life and Wealth provider in Scotland who are looking for an experienced Senior Developer to join their team in Glasgow.

This role sits within a central technology function that underpins the organisation\’s ability to deliver reliable, efficient, and user-focused systems for both internal teams and external customers. As a Senior Developer, you will play a key role in providing technical leadership across application delivery and support, contributing to both project-based initiatives and business-as-usual activities.

You will work closely with delivery teams, analysts, and senior business stakeholders to design and implement robust technical solutions to complex challenges. In addition to hands‐on development, you will guide and support other developers, helping to raise technical capability across the wider application function.

Key Responsibilities

Take technical ownership for the design and delivery of application solutions across project and operational workstreams

Act as a senior technical lead, supporting delivery teams through complex and large‐scale implementations

Collaborate with business stakeholders and analysts to shape, validate, and refine technical solutions

Provide clear explanations of technical and analytical concepts to both technical and non‐technical audiences

Drive adherence to development standards, best practices, and controlled release processes

Carry out code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure quality, performance, and maintainability

Support production releases and provide Tier 3 application support where required

Ensure application code and configuration is managed appropriately through source control and CI/CD pipelines

Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and team capability

Mentor and train colleagues, supporting individual development and overall team growth

Liaise with third‐party vendors to ensure solutions are delivered to agreed quality and design standards

Balance delivery quality, cost effectiveness, and long‐term technology ownership

Manage competing priorities and deadlines across multiple initiatives

Ensure smooth transition of solutions into Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams using standardised handover processes

Key skills and experience

Strong experience in senior‐level application development roles within complex environments

Proven ability to technically lead teams through end‐to‐end delivery

Experience working on regulatory change projects within Life and/or Pensions

Hands‐on experience with Sonata policy administration systems

Strong SQL skills, including T‐SQL and/or PL/SQL

Experience writing and maintaining stored procedures and supporting data analysis activities

Understanding of data integration and manipulation using Oracle tools

Experience with GitHub and modern CI/CD pipelines

Strong problem‐solving ability and a logical, analytical mindset

Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable

Experience with workflow or case management solutions

Exposure to MGM Talisman

Experience using SSIS

Knowledge of XSL

Awareness of Java and API‐based integrations

SalaryUp to £67k depending on experience

Hybrid2 days per week onsite

If this sounds like you we would like to hear from you.

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