Senior Data Engineer

Aviva plc
Norwich, UK
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Part-time (≤ 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£66,672.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Big Data Cloud Computing Databases Continuous Integration Customer Data Management DevOps PostgreSQL Scrum Methodology Software Engineering
+6 more
Data Ingestion Solid Principles Data Management Api Design Jenkins Amazon Redshift

Job description

Customer Data Platforms is a collection of data platform teams that facilitate fundamental customer interactions and journeys, which enable Aviva to deliver on its customer-centric strategy and most importantly, appropriate and fair customer decisions.

This role resides in the Customer Data team, which is at the core of Aviva’s digital strategy and provides a single source of customer data across our Customer and Marketing, GI and IWR propositions. We’re constantly striving to explore innovative ways to engage with new and existing customers on a portfolio of products that reach out to 17 million customers.

This successful candidate will work with projects and business teams, alongside our platform designers and scrum teams to ensure the smooth delivery desired of outcomes.

We are constantly modernising our complex data estate and play an important part in all Aviva teams achieving strategic targets, whilst supporting business self-service were possible. We welcome those with specific suitable skills - or with a healthy appetite to learn and develop these skills with us.

Requirements

  • Software engineering leadership experience, with the ability to lead technical teams, influence engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvement across large-scale platforms.
  • Strong Java development expertise, including experience with modern software engineering practices, CI/CD pipelines, SOLID design principles, and delivering high-quality, resilient production solutions.
  • Experience working with large-scale data platforms and integration technologies, including databases such as PostgreSQL and Redshift, API-based data ingestion, and ideally Master Data Management solutions such as Reltio.
  • Technical leadership in cloud and DevOps environments, with knowledge of AWS, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, automation, monitoring, and building scalable, secure, and highly available services.
  • Strong stakeholder management and delivery skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across engineering, architecture, platform, business, and operational teams to deliver strategic outcomes and improve customer experiences.

Benefits & conditions

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow - is a promise we make to our colleagues too. And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you. We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

  • Salary circa £70,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
  • Bonus opportunity 10% of annual salary - Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
  • Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in
  • 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
  • Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
  • Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
  • Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
  • Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
  • We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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