Trading Platform Engineer

AJ Bell; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

AJ Bell, a fast-growing investment platform in the UK, seeks a Trading Platform Engineer to enhance its trading platform and improve engineering functions. This mid-senior level role combines technical skills with opportunities for professional growth and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days

Choice of pension schemes with matched contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Free gym membership

Professional qualification support

Health Cash Plan

Sick pay+ pledge

Access to a range of benefits from sponsorship deals

Qualifications

• Excellent personal management and organisation skills.
• Ambitious and driven to exceed expectations.
• Experience working within a Change and Release framework.

Responsibilities

• Enhance AJ Bell's trading platform through established processes.
• Support incidents escalated by the Application Support Manager.
• Develop the team into a mature engineering function.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Attention to detail

Customer service skills

Education

Foundation to intermediate understanding of database languages

Foundation level understanding of IAC

Tools

DB2 SQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Unix

Bash

Powershell

Job description

AJ Bell Manchester, England, United Kingdom

AJ Bell Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Trading Platform Engineer to join the Trading Platform Engineering Team. Reporting into the Trading Platform Engineering Team Lead, the role will be responsible for helping to establish processes and improvements that will enhance AJBell’s trading platform through the strategic book of work and develop the team into a mature engineering function. Where appropriate, the role will also be responsible for providing support on incidents that are escalated by the Application Support Manager/Team.

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Trading Platform Engineer to join the Trading Platform Engineering Team. Reporting into the Trading Platform Engineering Team Lead, the role will be responsible for helping to establish processes and improvements that will enhance AJBell’s trading platform through the strategic book of work and develop the team into a mature engineering function. Where appropriate, the role will also be responsible for providing support on incidents that are escalated by the Application Support Manager/Team.

Qualifications

Competence

• Excellent personal management and organisation skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• An analytical mind-set and technical ability
• Ambitious and driven to exceed expectations
• Ability to communicate at all levels, building positive relationships with colleagues and clients and maintaining excellent customer service skills.
• Credible and professional
• Able to challenge appropriately and present solutions
• A high attention to detail
• Self-starting and able to work on own initiative
  
  

Knowledge & Skills

• Foundation to intermediate understanding of a database language, DB2 SQL, MySQL, MongoDb etc.
• Foundation knowledge of iSeries (IBMi) system administration.
• A good understanding of the Financial Services industry.
• Experience working within a Change and Release framework
• Intermediate level of Unix skills
• Intermediate level scripting languages i.e. CL, Bash, Powershell
• Foundation level understanding of cloud concepts.
• Foundation level understanding of IAC
  
  

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1300 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years.

What we offer:

• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 6%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan – provided by Medicash
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent management programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
  
  

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

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