Senior Database Engineer — Hybrid Pension Data Specialist

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

West Yorkshire Pension Fund seeks a Senior Database Engineer/Developer to lead data migrations and build robust payroll and pension systems. You will guide design strategy for migration projects and develop core applications to keep WYPF at the forefront of pension administration technology.

The role values hands-on coding, SQL expertise, and a curiosity for new tech, including AI and automation, with a flexible hybrid working arrangement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in database development, management and development coding.
• Expert knowledge of migration of clients from different providers and client set up processes.
• Expert understanding of SQL and relational database design.

Responsibilities

• Develops the overall design and strategy of large-scale core client and data migrations, solutions and delivery.
• Sets the strategy for individual client migrations of external pension funds into WYPF from a technology perspective in terms of both target platform and migration approach.
• Develops WYPF own code and applications that allows WYPF to be industry leading in feature rich code and services and provide WYPF USP’s in the marketplace e.g. WYPF’s payroll and HMRC systems.
• Designs, builds, and maintains robust databases and systems, ensuring data integrity and security, scalability, and performance.

Skills

Migration planning

SQL database design

Client data migrations

SQL Server

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Python

.NET

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

MySQL

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Python

TSQL

Job description

West Yorkshire Pension Fund seeks a Senior Database Engineer/Developer to lead data migrations and build robust payroll and pension systems. You will guide design strategy for migration projects and develop core applications to keep WYPF at the forefront of pension administration technology.

The role values hands-on coding, SQL expertise, and a curiosity for new tech, including AI and automation, with a flexible hybrid working arrangement.