We are looking for an experienced Advanced R Developer / Software Engineer to support the modernisation of complex, business-critical analytical and reporting applications.
The role will focus on upgrading existing R-based tooling onto modern platforms, reducing technical debt and ensuring established business outputs remain accurate and consistent throughout major system and code changes.
Key Responsibilities
Develop, maintain and refactor complex R applications and analytical tooling.
Modernise legacy R code and migrate solutions onto newer platforms.
Build and maintain data transformation pipelines and reusable R packages.
Improve code quality, maintainability, performance and engineering standards.
Design and implement robust testing and validation approaches.
Carry out regression testing, reconciliations and automated validation to ensure changes do not impact established outputs.
Maintain and enhance business-critical reporting and analytical solutions.
Redesign reporting logic to support evolving business and regulatory requirements.
Work with data and reporting stakeholders to ensure continuity and accuracy of outputs.
Support version control, CI/CD and modern software engineering practices.
Essential Experience
Expert-level commercial experience developing applications and solutions in R.
Strong software engineering background, including production-grade coding practices.
Experience refactoring and modernising complex or legacy R applications.
Strong experience with data transformation pipelines and R package development.
Experience designing automated testing, regression testing and validation frameworks.
Strong understanding of data modelling and analytical reporting solutions.
Experience working with SQL and version control tools such as Git / Azure DevOps.
Ability to work independently within complex, highly controlled environments.
Desirable Experience
Experience with Databricks and scalable data engineering or analytics architectures.
Power BI and data visualisation experience.
Python development experience.
Microsoft Power Platform exposure.
Strong Excel capability.
Experience working with regulatory, financial or...
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