RPG Senior Developer

Job Description

RPG Senior Developer

• Support and enhance our core Ifaces policy systems, ensuring smooth, reliable performance.


• Turn business and technical requirements into high quality solutions using strong RPG and version control practices.


• Hybrid homeworking, giving you the flexibility to work primarily from home.

About the role

We have an exciting permanent opportunity at NFU Mutual for a Senior Developer within the IFaces Development Team, Group IT. IFaces Development provides the main in-house resource for the continuous enhancement of the company’s underwriting capabilities through the on-going development, configuration, and support for all the GI insurance products offered by NFUM.

As a Senior RPG Developer, you’ll take ownership of the stability, performance, and continuous evolution of our in house bespoke policy administration systems (Ifaces). You’ll provide hands on support and maintenance across production and non production environments, diagnosing issues, implementing robust fixes, and preventing recurrences through root cause analysis and thorough documentation. Working closely with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders, you’ll interpret and refine system requirements, translating them into well planned technical solutions. You’ll also manage version control repositories end to end, including branching strategies, merging, peer reviews, and maintaining code quality standards. Alongside this, you’ll review end to end technical designs to understand dependencies and application impacts, offering clear, balanced recommendations that support reliable and secure delivery.

You’ll build strong working relationships with internal and external teams both onshore and offshore to coordinate releases, resolve incidents, and share knowledge across the wider technology function. You’ll contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by maintaining high quality documentation, promoting secure and maintainable coding practices, and proactively developing your skills to stay current with emerging tools, methods, and industry standards. Operating within an Agile framework, you’ll take an active role in sprint ceremonies, estimation, and delivery planning, helping to drive predictable, high quality outcomes across the team.

About you

You’re a skilled problem-solver with strong attention to detail and have a proactive approach. You work well in a collaborative team environment, sharing knowledge and supporting others to deliver effective solutions. Clear and confident communication comes naturally to you, allowing you to engage effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders. You’re comfortable using SQL to analyse data and produce reports, confident in navigating the IBM iSeries platform and you take pride in delivering reliable, high-quality support.

To join our team, you’ll also have:

• A high level of experience in iSeries RPG Developer, AS400 / iSeries Analyst Programmer, IBM AS400 RPG Developer, Free Format RPG, RPG/ILE, RPG400, CL, SQL


• Experience in TCP/IP Socket development and calling webservices from IBM i


• Experience in XML and JSON


• Full Life Cycle development experience


• Experience of developing within an agile framework.


• Able to excel in a fast-paced development environment and be flexible in approach to work environment and responsibilities.


• The ability to work collaboratively and as a strong team player on a day-to-day basis but also be able to work individually as required.


• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal essential, with the ability to be able to work both within a team and on your own


• Good interpersonal skills.


• A pro-active, creative, analytical, and enquiring nature.


• An aspiration to provide excellent customer service, taking responsibility and ownership of requirements and issues.


• Compliance with team, department and company policy and procedure


• ITIL awareness (desirable)

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary - £50,000 - £60,000 (depending on experience)


• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.


• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for ten consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024 and 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.