Squad Technical Lead

Aberdeen plc is one of Europe’s largest investment companies, built on a long-standing culture of caring about the future and making a positive impact. Together we invest for a better future to make a difference to the lives of our clients and customers, our employees, society, and our shareholders. Our business is structured around three distinct areas focused on our clients' changing needs: Aberdeen Investments, Aberdeen Adviser, and interactive investor.

As a Squad Technical Lead, you will help shape the technology that supports our investment business while bringing our purpose to life and helping you invest in your tomorrow.

About The Department

The Asset Management technology team enables the delivery of products and services that support investment professionals, operational teams and clients across Aberdeen. Working in agile tribes and squads, we combine business knowledge, technology expertise and continuous improvement to deliver solutions that help our clients be better investors. Collaboration, innovation and knowledge sharing are central to how we work, creating an environment where colleagues can learn, contribute and grow.

About The Role

We are looking for a permanent Squad Technical Lead to join our Edinburgh team. As we continue to embed our product operating model, you will play a pivotal role in leading the technical delivery of a squad, ensuring the right balance between new business capabilities, support and maintenance activities. You will work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, architects and engineering colleagues to deliver high-quality outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to influence product direction, drive technical excellence and support the development of colleagues while building expertise that helps you invest in your tomorrow. This role is based in Edinburgh with Aberdeen’s blended working approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Product Owner to align technical delivery with business outcomes and product priorities.
• Lead solution design decisions, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and product roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership across the squad, removing blockers, managing dependencies and supporting effective delivery.
• Drive quality throughout the software development lifecycle, including test driven development, release assurance and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across squads, tribes and centres of excellence to share knowledge and coordinate technical decisions.
• Coach and develop team members while promoting strong documentation and knowledge management practices.

About The Candidate

Essential criteria:

• Experience delivering complex software solutions within financial services or a similarly regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of software design and development practices within a test-driven environment.
• Experience using Microsoft technology tooling, including Azure DevOps, Git and modern CI/CD practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop technology professionals and support high performing teams.
• Ability to manage technical risks, influence stakeholders and make informed design decisions.
• Strong organisation, problem solving and communication skills with a focus on delivery and continuous improvement.

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of asset management business processes and investment technology platforms.
• Awareness of emerging technologies and a passion for continuous learning.

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.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs.

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. 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.

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