At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and operate a cutting-edge data platform for analytics and machine learning.
- Company: Join MONY Group, a forward-thinking company focused on innovation and collaboration.
- Benefits: Enjoy up to 27 holidays, a pension scheme, and work-from-anywhere flexibility.
- Other info: Access mentorship, training, and a diverse, inclusive workplace culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact with AI and automation in a dynamic engineering role.
- Qualifications: Strong Python and SQL skills, with a passion for cloud systems and automation.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
This role is a hands‑on engineering position focused on building and operating a data platform that supports analytics, CRM, financial reporting and machine learning across the MONY Group. The position requires strong engineering judgment, curiosity, and the ability to apply automation responsibly.
What You Will Be Doing
- Build and operate the data platform, including platform infrastructure, using infrastructure‑as‑code (primarily Terraform).
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment practices and platform tooling to enable data teams to self‑serve safely.
- Work with security, compliance and data protection colleagues to reduce risk and improve data handling practices.
- Deliver reliable data products by building robust, scalable data solutions that support business needs such as CRM, SEO, financial reporting and personalization.
- Improve monitoring, alerting, data quality checks and observability to quickly detect and understand issues.
- Improve engineering workflows with AI and automation, turning repeated or high‑friction tasks into reliable automated or AI‑assisted workflows.
- Enable the wider team by sharing practical learning through documentation, demos, pairing and show‑and‑tell sessions.
- Support junior team members through coaching, code review and clear engineering standards.
- Maintain an informed view of the fast‑moving AI tooling landscape and recommend adoption where it solves real team problems.
What We Look For
- Strong software or data engineering fundamentals, including production Python and SQL.
- Experience building, operating or improving cloud‑based systems.
- Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code, CI/CD, version control and automated testing.
- Ability to reason about reliability, security, observability and operational support.
- Experience working with technical and non‑technical stakeholders and communicating clearly.
- Curiosity about AI‑assisted engineering and automation, with an interest in applying these tools to practical delivery workflows.
- Experience with GCP, AWS or Azure services such as serverless runtimes, networking, data warehouses, streaming systems or managed workflow platforms is useful but not essential.
- Experience building or configuring AI agent workflows, custom agents, tool/function calling, MCP servers, local coding‑agent instructions, hooks or SDKs is useful but not essential.
- Experience with BDD/TDD, design‑for‑testing, or improving testability in data and platform systems is useful but not essential.
Rewards
- Up to 27 holidays + bank holidays
- Pension up to 6% employer contribution
- Bonus scheme
- Digital Doctor on demand
- Work from anywhere scheme – 2 weeks per year
- Financial coaching
- Mental health platform access
How We’ll Invest in You
We are invested in your development. Expect mentorship, training and opportunities to expand your skill set, including access to a LinkedIn Learning license with over 16,000 courses. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and we provide reasonable accommodations throughout the application process. Contact us for any accommodations you may need.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Cloud Platform Engineer employer: Moneysupermarket Group
MONY Group is an exceptional employer located in the vibrant city of Manchester, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will benefit from a supportive environment that prioritises employee growth through mentorship and continuous learning opportunities, while also enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work model. Join us to make a meaningful impact on millions of customer journeys with cutting-edge technology and a commitment to quality.
