Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack

Aberdeen Standard Investments; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading wealth and investments firm in Edinburgh is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) to design and support critical systems for investment operations. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with C# and Angular, strong skills in API development, and a grasp of cloud-native architectures. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within an Agile environment, along with attractive benefits including extensive annual leave and a strong pension contribution.

Benefits

40 days’ annual leave

16% employer pension contribution

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Access to an employee discount portal

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience in software engineering with a focus on full-stack development.
• Strong understanding of software development practices and unit testing.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full‑stack applications.
• Build and integrate REST APIs and microservices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions.
• Implement engineering best practices: test automation, CI/CD, secure coding.

Skills

C# (ASP.NET Core)

Angular

API development (REST, JSON, XML)

DevOps tooling

Agile delivery

Job description

Job Description

Our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities, and we strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

We put our stakeholders at the heart of everything we do, making a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses:

• interactive investor (ii): The UK’s second-largest direct-to-consumer investment platform.
• Adviser: Financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers.
• Investments: A specialist asset manager focused on public markets and alternative asset classes.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack) with at least 5 years’ experience to join our Development Chapter within the Asset Management Tribe. You’ll design, develop, and support systems critical to our investment operations and reporting capabilities, working closely with investment professionals to deliver solutions that drive decision‑making and operational efficiency.

Our core platform includes:

• Frontend: Angular (TypeScript)
• Backend: C# (ASP.NET Core) microservices
• Hosting: Kubernetes in Azure
• Data: CosmosDB, RocksDB, blob and queue storage
• Analytics: Python and C# modules

This is a hands‑on engineering role combining deep technical expertise with strong business engagement. You’ll also have opportunities to explore emerging technologies, including AI‑assisted development tools, and contribute to the evolution of our cloud‑native architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain full‑stack applications (C#.NET, Python, Angular).
• Build and integrate REST APIs and microservices in a cloud‑native environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high‑performing solutions.
• Implement engineering best practices: test automation, CI/CD, secure coding.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure observability and operational readiness, including Level 3 support.

About the Candidate

You thrive in an Agile environment, are self‑motivated, and embrace continuous improvement. You balance innovation with compliance and are curious about applying emerging technologies to real‑world challenges in investment management.

• Strong experience in C# (ASP.NET Core) and Angular.
• API development (REST, JSON, XML).
• Solid understanding of software development practices and unit testing.
• Experience with DevOps tooling and Agile delivery.

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 here.

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 here.

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.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.