Senior Database Engineer

West Yorkshire Pension Fund; Bradford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

West Yorkshire Pension Fund is seeking a senior software lead to design, develop, and maintain bespoke fire administration software and automation for the online portal. You will drive opportunities to improve pension systems and processes, including automation and efficiency gains.

The role includes working on in-house portals, designing middleware from the member portal into administration systems, and adopting a culture of learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Lead design, development and maintenance of bespoke fire administration software.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve efficiency in fire pension systems.
• Work on in-house portals and middleware from member portal into administration systems.
• Bring forward innovation and market-leading developments, with a learning culture.

Job description

This is a new and pivotal role in WYPF leading and managing the development of bespoke fire administration software, and automation for the online portal into our administration systems.

The role leads the design, development and maintenance of bespoke software applications that meet our clients' needs in the fire pension schemes including Identify opportunities to improve the fire pension systems and processes, such as automation and efficiency gains.

The successful applicant will also be able to work on our in-house internal portals designing and developing the middle wear from our member portal into our administration systems.

This is a key technical hands-on role where the successful candidate will be able to adopt a learning culture, bring forward innovation and market leading developments. Experience of Civica’s UPM application will be key as will web development back-end knowledge.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to thrive. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process to support your application, please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.