Gen AI Developer

Aviva; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Starting salary up to £95,000 depending on experience

10% annual performance bonus

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares through Matching Share Plan

Parental and carer’s leave

Flexible benefits including sustainability options

Paid volunteering days

Job summary

A leading UK insurance company seeks a Mid-Senior Software Engineer to join their GenAI Platform team. The role involves designing and building secure GenAI services that empower AI-driven applications. Candidates should possess a strong software engineering background, proficiency in Python or Java, and cloud native skills, with an emphasis on DevSecOps practices. This position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits including flexible working hours.

Responsibilities

• Design and build reusable, secure GenAI services.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver impactful AI-driven solutions.
• Support the development of a resilient, production-ready GenAI platform.

Skills

Strong software engineering background

Proficiency in Python or Java

Cloud native skills (AWS EKS/Azure)

DevSecOps practices

Experience with Terraform or CloudFormation

Understanding of security and monitoring

Experience in Agile environments

Job description

Locations: London, Eastleigh, Norwich or York

This is a great job for someone who enjoys building smart, scalable technology that helps people and teams do their best work. If you love solving complex problems, experimenting with new tools, and want to shape the future of GenAI at Aviva, this role is for you.

It’s ideal for software engineers with strong DevSecOps and cloud native experience who want to blend hands‑on engineering with AI innovation.

About the job

You’ll join our GenAI Platform team, where we design and build reusable, secure GenAI services that power AI‑driven applications across Aviva. Your work will help us create a resilient, production‑ready GenAI platform – supporting everything from LLM integration and prompt engineering to observability, automation, and cloud infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with architecture, data science, engineering and business teams to deliver impactful solutions that help us grow and innovate. It takes Aviva.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Strong software engineering background, including microservices and API‑driven systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Java or similar languages, with strong DevSecOps practices.
• Cloud native skills (AWS EKS/Azure) and IaC experience with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Good understanding of security, monitoring, observability and experience working within Agile environments.

What you’ll get for this role

• Starting Salary National £60,000 – £70,000. London: £80,000 – £95,000 depending on skills and experience.
• Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary – actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14% depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays; you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Aviva‑funded Private Medical Benefit.
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.
• Take a look to learn more. Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be.

Aviva is for everyone

• We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.
• Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.
• We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
• Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility with time together with colleagues.
• To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on 02045 922145 or send an email to [e-mail].

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Information Technology

Industries: Insurance, Banking, and Financial Services