Engineer - Client Data

Job Title

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses: interactive investor (ii), Investments and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

• Interactive Investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

The Client Domain is responsible for shaping data capabilities that drive client-focused outcomes. The department works closely with architects, technical leads, and business stakeholders to design, evolve, and communicate data models that underpin our digital and analytical solutions.

About the Role

We are looking for a technically capable and motivated Data Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. You will contribute to the development of clean, efficient, and scalable data solutions across cloud-native platforms, supporting the delivery of high-quality data products and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop solutions across Snowflake, Azure, and dbt platforms
• Support migration and optimisation of applications using Azure cloud-native services
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following industry standards
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and observability practices using Azure DevOps or JIRA
• Apply AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) and automation techniques to improve productivity
• Enhance tools, technologies, and ways of working to foster innovation and excellence
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives within an Agile team
• Coach and mentor peers and junior team members through technical guidance and best practice sharing
• Troubleshoot technical challenges and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with business users and cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions aligned with strategic goals

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Experience as a Data/Integration Engineer or similar role
• Understanding of data warehousing, ELT/ETL processes, and data modelling
• Knowledge of Cloud-native development (Azure, Snowflake, dbt)
• Agile methodologies and collaboration to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we'd like to hear from you. At Aberdeen we've adopted a 'blended working' approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.