Overview

Join to apply for the Engineer role at hackajob. This position is part of a collaboration with Aberdeen to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for the role of Engineer in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Aberdeen business aims to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group and focuses on attracting and retaining top talent with strong client service supported by technology and people.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses: Interactive Investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser. Each focuses on meeting evolving client needs through technology and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain business-aligned applications and services that support investment operations, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Build and support data integration and transformation pipelines using tools such as Azure Data Factory, SQL, and Power Platform, and work across a broad and evolving technology stack, adapting quickly to new tools and platforms as needed.
• Collaborate directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver rapid, fit-for-purpose solutions in an Agile environment.
• Develop lightweight applications, scripts, and dashboards using Python, Power BI, and other low-code/no-code tools to support operational and analytical needs.
• Support data analysis and reporting initiatives by building queries, visualisations, and automation pipelines, ensuring solutions are well-documented, observable, and production-ready, with appropriate logging and monitoring in place.
• Apply engineering best practices, including test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and secure coding standards, and participate in code reviews, pair programming, and collaborative problem-solving.
• Explore and apply AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering efficiency and solution quality and drive continuous improvement in development tools, processes, and team ways of working.

About The Candidate

We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, Agile environment, is self-motivated, and enjoys working closely with business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions. You should be comfortable working across a broad technology stack, balancing hands-on development with analytical thinking, and adapting quickly to changing priorities.

You will be expected to quickly understand complex business requirements and translate them into practical, scalable solutions. The ideal candidate will balance short-term tactical delivery with a long-term strategic mindset, ensuring solutions are effective and sustainable. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential, as you will liaise with internal and external data providers to ensure accurate data flows into investment models and reporting platforms.

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess The Following

• Proven software development experience with a focus on delivering business-aligned solutions in an Asset Management or Finance Technology environment
• Flexibility across technologies and drive to learn about the business and future technology
• Strong understanding of DevOps tooling and code deployment
• Solid foundation in SQL and Python
• Exposure to Power Platform, including Power BI and Power Automate
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps (or equivalent), CI/CD pipelines, and Agile delivery
• Innovative approach to problem solving, solutions, and technology

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 the salary. We offer an environment where you can learn, get involved, and be supported. Benefits include 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.

Our Business

Enabling clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three areas—Interactive Investor, Investments, and Adviser—focused on client needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An Inclusive Way of Working

Aberdeen supports a blended working approach, combining in-office collaboration with the flexibility to work from home. We value inclusive culture and welcome applications from everyone. If you need assistance with your application or an adjustment to interview arrangements due to disability or neurodiversity, please let us know so we can help. We are committed to an inclusive workplace free from unfair or unlawful treatment, valuing diversity in backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, and ethnicity.

Other Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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