Job Overview

Engineer (Data Platform) - ITO Asset Mgmt role at Aberdeen.

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We strive to attract and retain the industry’s best talent and provide excellent client service supported by leading technology and people.

About The Department

As an Engineer (Data Platforms), you will be a member of the Development Chapter within the Asset Management Tribe, reporting to the Development Chapter Lead. You will work as part of a cross-functional team to design, develop, and support systems critical to investment operations and reporting capabilities.

About The Role

This role focuses on building and maintaining data platforms and pipelines that underpin our investment data products. These products support portfolio management, analytics, and regulatory reporting and are used across the organisation. You should be able to quickly understand investment data, navigate complex data flows, and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

You will work with data analysts, investment teams, and other engineers to ensure data quality, availability, and performance. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining data pipelines, integrating with cloud-native platforms, and evolving our data architecture. A strong understanding of data modelling, transformation, and governance is essential, along with the ability to collaborate in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and services that support investment data products and reporting platforms.
• Build and optimise data integration workflows using tools such as Azure Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines, and SQL/T-SQL, ensuring data quality, performance, and reliability.
• Contribute to the evolution of our cloud-native data architecture, leveraging Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and Snowflake where appropriate.
• Apply data modelling and transformation skills to support analytics, regulatory reporting, and operational use cases.
• Promote and implement engineering best practices, including test automation, unit testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support data governance and metadata management initiatives to ensure data integrity and compliance.
• Explore AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) and automation to improve engineering efficiency and solution quality.

About The Candidate

We are looking for a highly capable engineer who thrives on working with complex, high-volume data systems. You should be comfortable navigating large datasets, applying best practices in data modelling and transformation, and leveraging cloud-native tools to deliver technically sound and operationally sustainable solutions. A mindset focused on automation, observability, and continuous improvement is essential, as is the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess The Following

• Understanding of Agile delivery and collaborative development in an Asset Management or Finance Technology environment
• Experience in SQL
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure and Snowflake
• Understanding of Python for data engineering and transformation
• Familiarity with DevOps tooling and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong foundation in software development practices, including unit testing, code deployment and production support

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

We offer 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare, and a range of flexible benefits such as gym discounts and season ticket loans. Read more about our benefits here.

Our Business

Aberdeen enables our clients to be better investors. Our business is structured around three growth-focused areas and focuses on meeting evolving client needs. Learn more about what we do here.

An Inclusive Way Of Working

Aberdeen supports a blended working approach, combining office collaboration with flexible remote work. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are respected. If you need assistance or adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.

We are committed to meritocracy, fairness, transparency, and inclusion across educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, ethnicity, and geographical provenance.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

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