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Senior Developer (Data Platform)

Salary Competitive
Location Glasgow, Edinburgh
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

This is your opportunity to play a key role within the applications team within our Actuarial Public business unit, focused on the design and delivery of platforms and processes that enable the effective use of data by the wider consulting business.

Our firm invests in the very latest technologies to facilitate the delivery of our ground-breaking business solutions.  Our team are passionate about working at the cutting edge and you will have the chance to work with the most up to date Microsoft tools and technologies on Azure. You will be part of a team that employs an agile approach to software design and implementation.

The role sits within our Actuarial Public business unit which is the largest provider of consulting services for the Local Government Pensions Scheme.  You will join the Actuarial Public Client Applications team – a multi-disciplinary team where you will be able to showcase your abilities in software development as we tackle our ambition of building a modern data platform.  You will play an influential role and contribute to the company’s wider data strategy.

  • Your initial focus will be on modernising an existing key business solution, reverse engineering and rearchitecting for Azure.
  • You will be involved in designing and implementing systems to effectively handle large volumes of data and integrate cleanly with other systems.
  • You will take a pragmatic, well-structured approach to designing and developing solutions while keeping in mind the firm’s Information Security standards, policies and procedures.
  • You will liaise closely with the company’s data engineering expert group which aims to keep abreast of the latest developments in Azure data tooling, promoting best practice and guidance to the wider business.
  • We love learning at Hymans so you will have freedom and flexibility to look at new technology and bring your own stamp to what we are doing.

About You

You will be comfortable working as part of a team, as well as having the initiative to explore solutions on your own. The position offers an excellent opportunity for a commercially experienced data engineer to work with the latest tools whilst also contributing to architectural and technical design decisions. You will also enjoy collaborating with software developers, modellers, core IT and the wider business to deliver high quality solutions.

In order to succeed in and enjoy this role, you will either be working with Azure tools already or have an established background in Microsoft SQL database technologies and be excited about transitioning these skills to the cloud.

Highly Desirable

  • Confidence with designing and developing data driven c# .net applications such as data driven dashboards, data processing applications, secure data access tools.
  • Experience integrating data driven applications with different data sources, for example:
    • SQL Databases
    • Document Databases (MongoDB, CosmosDB etc)
    • Parquet
  • Experience of taking different business applications and use cases and supporting their needs (query patterns etc) within appropriate data solutions, whilst maintaining data integrity and provenance.
  • Comfortable dealing with large volumes of data, generally time series and numeric data.
  • Confidence to engage constructively in a multi-disciplined team environment.

Great to have

  • Understanding and experience of provisioning APIs for data consumption.
  • Experience or familiarity with web based data visualization tools such as HighCharts, as well AngularJS front ends would be beneficial but not required.
  • Experience or familiarity with some of the following would be beneficial but not required:
    • BI visualisation tools such as Power BI or similar
    • Exposure to R, or Python
    • Microsoft Power Apps
    • Modelling and data science practices
  • Experience of or willing to learn the following technologies:
  • Microsoft Fabric or its related technologies:
    • Azure Databricks
    • Azure Synapse Analytics
    • Azure DW
    • Azure SQL DB
    • Azure Data Factory
    • Azure Data Lake
  • Familiarity with continuous integration, continuous delivery, agile methodologies and Azure DevOps
  • Familiarity with optimising strategies, pipeline architectures, data sets and ETL/ELT processes

You will likely be

Passionate about technology including the Hymans chosen technology stack (Microsoft development stack, Azure Cloud computing, Data Science technologies)

  • Self-motivated with a drive to learn and share knowledge
  • Focused on continuous learning and improvement
  • An effective communicator and a great team player
  • Able to forge strong and professional relationships at all levels
  • Able to think expansively and seek new perspectives

Together, we’ve been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment. 

We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment.  We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.  

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we’re one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards. 

We’re committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We’ve many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.   

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn’t limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers here.

If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know. 

Together, we can make this the best job you’ll ever have. 

Our culture

We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that’s helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.

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