Senior Engineer

abrdn; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment company is looking for a detail-oriented Senior Engineer to join their Data & Analytics team in London. The ideal candidate will have strong proficiency in Azure or AWS cloud-native development and experience with data warehousing, ELT/ETL processes, and CI/CD pipeline implementation. Responsibilities include developing solutions across various cloud platforms and mentoring junior staff. The role offers a competitive package with substantial benefits including 40 days of annual leave and a 16% employer pension contribution.

Benefits

40 days’ annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data warehousing and ELT / ETL processes.
• Proficiency in Cloud Native Development, especially Azure or AWS.
• Experience in application modernisation and migration.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions across Snowflake, Azure, and DBT platforms.
• Lead migration and optimisation of applications on Azure.
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
• Implement CI / CD pipelines and test automation.

Skills

Data warehousing

ELT / ETL processes

Azure cloud-native development

Application modernisation

CI / CD pipeline implementation

Mentorship and coaching

Tools

Snowflake

Azure DevOps

JIRA

GitHub Copilot

Job description

About the Department

The Client Domain is responsible for shaping data capabilities that drive client-focused outcomes. The department works closely with architects, technical leads, and business stakeholders to design, evolve, and communicate data models that underpin our digital and analytical solutions.

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient Senior Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team. This role is instrumental in delivering clean, modern, and efficient data solutions across cloud-native platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Develop solutions across Snowflake, Azure, and DBT platforms.

Lead migration and optimisation of applications using Azure cloud-native services.

Write clean, testable, and maintainable code following industry standards.

Implement CI / CD pipelines and test automation using Azure DevOps or JIRA.

Apply AI-powered development tools to improve engineering productivity.

Drive continuous improvement in tools, technologies, and practices.

Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning and retrospectives.

Mentor peers and junior team members through technical guidance.

Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver user-centric solutions.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following :

Strong understanding of data warehousing, ELT / ETL processes, and data modelling.

Proficiency in Cloud Native Development (Azure / AWS).

Experience in application modernisation and migration.

Time spent as a Senior or Similar in a Financial services or Asset Management environment.

Cloud Data Warehouse-as-a-service experience (E.g. Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift).

CI / CD pipeline implementation and test automation.

Familiarity with AI-powered development tools like GitHub Copilot.

Mentorship, coaching and knowledge sharing.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do.