Senior Engineer - Data - Edinburgh

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.

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.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient Senior Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. This role is instrumental in delivering clean, modern, and efficient data solutions across cloud-native platforms.

• Develop solutions across Snowflake, Azure, and DBT platforms.
• Lead migration and optimisation of applications using Azure cloud-native services.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following industry standards.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and test automation using Azure DevOps or JIRA.
• Apply AI-powered development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Drive continuous improvement in tools, technologies, and practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Mentor peers and junior team members through technical guidance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver user-centric solutions.

• Strong understanding of data warehousing, ELT/ETL processes, and data modelling.
• Proficiency in Cloud Native Development (Azure / AWS).
• Experience in application modernisation and migration.
• Time spent as a Senior or Similar in a Financial services or Asset Management environment.
• Cloud Data Warehouse-as-a-service experience (E.g. Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift).
• CI/CD pipeline implementation and test automation.
• Familiarity with AI-powered development tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Mentorship, coaching and knowledge sharing.

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.

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.

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. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.