At a Glance
- Tasks: Enhance IRESS Xplan solutions and improve user experience in a collaborative agile team.
- Company: Join Rathbones, a growing FTSE 250 company with a local feel and national reach.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, private medical insurance, flexible holidays, and study support.
- Other info: Be part of diverse inclusion networks and enjoy excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by developing solutions that help people invest their money wisely.
- Qualifications: Experience with IRESS Xplan, Python, JavaScript, and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
At Rathbones, we help people invest their money well, so they can live well. That means more than financial returns; it's about helping people feel confident in their decisions and supported in their future. We don't just manage money, we guide people through life's big moments, helping them stay on track and focus on what matters most.
About the Role
In this role, you'll shape and enhance our IRESS Xplan capability, developing and integrating solutions that improve functionality, reporting, and user experience. Working within a collaborative agile team, you'll deliver meaningful improvements, support deployments, and partner closely with stakeholders to drive continuous improvement across the platform.
- Customise Xplan interface and workflows to improve functionality and user experience.
- Work with the Business Design Analysts to ensure all requirements are documented to enable the build of configuration changes.
- Initial design and implementation of changes and enhancements and transition from product delivery into support.
- Provide technical support during the deployment and post-deployment phases.
- Work with application engineers, data engineers, 3rd party vendors, and internal product teams on layout changes and deployment planning.
- Contribute as a key member of an agile team, including maintaining a JIRA board, agile ceremonies and retros.
About you
If you meet some of these criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply:
- Strong experience with building and maintaining IRESS Xplan solutions.
- Proven experience in developing solutions in Xmerge, Python or Javascript.
- Proven skills in building and configuring workflows.
- Experience in Snowflake data warehouse, PowerBI and Alteryx reporting tools.
- High attention to detail and data accuracy.
- Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with a varying level of stakeholders both IT and business to develop strong professional relationships.
- A structured approach to problem solving and issue resolution with a focus on performance.
Benefits
- A company pension - 9% non-contributory or 10% if you contribute 5%
- Private medical insurance Individual on joining, family after 1 years service
- Life assurance - 8 x salary
- Income protection 75 % salary
- Company share scheme
- Flexible holidays purchase up to 5 additional days
- Discretionary bonus
- Green Car Scheme
- Family friendly policies enhanced family leave for parents & carers
- Study support study days and funding for courses and qualifications
- Season travel ticket loans
- Volunteering days
- Gym discounts
- Other voluntary benefits you can choose to suit you
Our employees can choose to take part in various social groups and communities to support their wellbeing, growth, development and sense of community. Inclusion Networks that help us drive change within the organisation such as Gender Balance, Multicultural, Abilities Count, Pride, Social Mobility, Generations, Take a moment to pause (Menopause) and Armed Forces. The NextGen IM Network, which brings together a community of trainees from across the UK, who are all at the early stages of their careers and offers development opportunities, exposure across the business as well as peer support and connection.
We are committed to building a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We're a Level 1 Disability Confident employer under the UK Government scheme. This means we've signed up to a set of commitments around how we recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities.
If you feel there are any reasonable adjustments that would make the process easier for you and help you to perform at your best whether that is due to disability, neurodiversity or other protected characteristic, just let us know by emailing us.
Mission
We believe in playing the long game. That means building consistent results, earning trust and doing the right thing for our clients, our colleagues and the communities we're part of. We show we care - Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure you don't miss out.
Application Engineer (F/M/D) (Permanent) employer: Rathbones Group Plc
At Rathbones, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and inclusive work culture that prioritises employee wellbeing and growth. With a strong commitment to professional development, flexible working arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package, including generous pension contributions and family-friendly policies, we empower our team members to thrive both personally and professionally. Our vibrant offices in Glasgow, London, and Liverpool foster collaboration and innovation, making Rathbones a fantastic place for Application Engineers to make a meaningful impact while enjoying a fulfilling career.
