Hymans Robertson LLP.
This is a permanent, full-time vacancy that will close in 20 days at 23:59 BST. The Vacancy The DB Member Valuations team is a close-knit group dedicated to developing our in-house final salary pension scheme valuation systems. The team actively engages with consultants and users, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment through regular meetings and pair working. Through this collaboration, we achieve a shared understanding of the problems faced by our users, ensuring we deliver optimum solutions. As a developer, you will work closely with key stakeholders on a range of software challenges and will have the opportunity to help us improve the team's tech-stack, as well as working on cutting-edge technology. This is your opportunity to play a pivotal role within our firm, with a focus on building sustainable software that drives our business. We seek a senior developer to help design, build, deliver, and run world-class digital solutions serving the pensions market. We are open to considering candidates on a part-time or full-time basis. What will your role look like? Work alongside high-performing, highly-skilled, and multi-disciplinary teams. We work within a DevOps culture that promotes team autonomy and engineering excellence, using the latest technologies. Drive innovation and increase the maturity of our frameworks, integrations, and automations. Mentor, coach, and provide people management for less experienced team members. Design and implement systems in a range of programming environments and software platforms (primarily .NET and Microsoft Azure). Pragmatically and effectively assess trade-offs and barriers which will emerge in the delivery of any significant software system. Lead non-functional improvement efforts (such as performance profiling). Be involved with meaningful work - we can provide complex challenges, at scale, in novel market areas. Be core to the delivery teams that build, test, and scale our applications and services. Though this is a varied role, you are likely to have experience with: Object-oriented development patterns and approaches primarily in delivering C# .NET solutions Microsoft development stack and Azure Cloud computing technologies, including many of the following: ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core Web Services architecture Service-oriented architectures Microservices CQRS APIs SQL Server/Transact SQL Testing frameworks such as NUnit, FakeItEasy, and SpecFlow Git & Azure DevOps Message brokers (e.g., Azure Service Bus/RabbitMQ) and messaging patterns RESTful APIs Continuous improvement and delivery practices, DevOps culture, and automation within the Azure DevOps platform (YAML pipelines) Behaviour-driven testing approaches and frameworks Relational and NoSQL data architectures and technologies Experience using a front-end framework (preferably Angular) and associated design patterns To succeed in this role, you will be: 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 collaborate with all skills in your team Able to forge strong and professional relationships at all levels Able to collaborate successfully with client and third-party technical teams Able to effectively articulate technical concepts with senior stakeholders Confident across the entire software development lifecycle You may also be interested in developing skills in the following key areas (but not essential): F# Please note that as part of the recruitment process for this opportunity, candidates will be expected to complete a clean code exercise. In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer: A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs. A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged. On-site mental health and wellbeing assistance. A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire. Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day's leave to celebrate your birthday. Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments - with the expectation of two 'in-office' days per week. A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between 7 am and 7 pm. Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis, so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment. About Us 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 recognized by numerous industry awards. We're committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We have many colleagues who started in one team and 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, including but not 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, please let us know. Together, we can make this the best job you'll ever have. We Offer Our culture Our culture We live and breathe our four values - friendly, confident, partnering, and straightforward - and genuinely care about our people, clients, community, and the environment. Job satisfaction 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 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 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.
This is a permanent, full-time vacancy that will close in 20 days at 23:59 BST. The Vacancy The DB Member Valuations team is a close-knit group dedicated to developing our in-house final salary pension scheme valuation systems. The team actively engages with consultants and users, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment through regular meetings and pair working. Through this collaboration, we achieve a shared understanding of the problems faced by our users, ensuring we deliver optimum solutions. As a developer, you will work closely with key stakeholders on a range of software challenges and will have the opportunity to help us improve the team's tech-stack, as well as working on cutting-edge technology. This is your opportunity to play a pivotal role within our firm, with a focus on building sustainable software that drives our business. We seek a senior developer to help design, build, deliver, and run world-class digital solutions serving the pensions market. We are open to considering candidates on a part-time or full-time basis. What will your role look like? Work alongside high-performing, highly-skilled, and multi-disciplinary teams. We work within a DevOps culture that promotes team autonomy and engineering excellence, using the latest technologies. Drive innovation and increase the maturity of our frameworks, integrations, and automations. Mentor, coach, and provide people management for less experienced team members. Design and implement systems in a range of programming environments and software platforms (primarily .NET and Microsoft Azure). Pragmatically and effectively assess trade-offs and barriers which will emerge in the delivery of any significant software system. Lead non-functional improvement efforts (such as performance profiling). Be involved with meaningful work - we can provide complex challenges, at scale, in novel market areas. Be core to the delivery teams that build, test, and scale our applications and services. Though this is a varied role, you are likely to have experience with: Object-oriented development patterns and approaches primarily in delivering C# .NET solutions Microsoft development stack and Azure Cloud computing technologies, including many of the following: ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core Web Services architecture Service-oriented architectures Microservices CQRS APIs SQL Server/Transact SQL Testing frameworks such as NUnit, FakeItEasy, and SpecFlow Git & Azure DevOps Message brokers (e.g., Azure Service Bus/RabbitMQ) and messaging patterns RESTful APIs Continuous improvement and delivery practices, DevOps culture, and automation within the Azure DevOps platform (YAML pipelines) Behaviour-driven testing approaches and frameworks Relational and NoSQL data architectures and technologies Experience using a front-end framework (preferably Angular) and associated design patterns To succeed in this role, you will be: 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 collaborate with all skills in your team Able to forge strong and professional relationships at all levels Able to collaborate successfully with client and third-party technical teams Able to effectively articulate technical concepts with senior stakeholders Confident across the entire software development lifecycle You may also be interested in developing skills in the following key areas (but not essential): F# Please note that as part of the recruitment process for this opportunity, candidates will be expected to complete a clean code exercise. In addition to a competitive salary and access to our profit share scheme, we offer: A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs. A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged. On-site mental health and wellbeing assistance. A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire. Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day's leave to celebrate your birthday. Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments - with the expectation of two 'in-office' days per week. A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between 7 am and 7 pm. Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis, so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment. About Us 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 recognized by numerous industry awards. We're committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We have many colleagues who started in one team and 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, including but not 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, please let us know. Together, we can make this the best job you'll ever have. We Offer Our culture Our culture We live and breathe our four values - friendly, confident, partnering, and straightforward - and genuinely care about our people, clients, community, and the environment. Job satisfaction 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 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 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.
Interactive Investor Plc
Manchester, Lancashire
Who we are: interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Role Purpose The role is to design, build and support highly scalable, highly available, performant distributed applications to support our web, mobile and business platforms. We are looking for a developer who is excited at building cloud based applications to deploy small change often. You will have a proven skillset that spans OO, DDD and a passion for quality and testing. You will join our Application Engineering team who are responsible for architecting and building our web, mobile, content, trading and internal applications working closely with product and the wider business. Responsibilities As part of the engineering team provide direct support for ensuring solutions for the squads are architected in line with the strategic alignment of the technology area. Ensure the smooth transition of technical solutions and knowledge to the wider team at all levels of technical capability. Support the discovery, architecture and design of new and more complex solutions and patterns for their delivery stream. Work with the Principal Engineer to establish new patterns and architectural designs, or support significant change to an existing solutions Support architecture decisions and solution design processes to an aligned strategy outlined across all of technology disciplines where solutions integrate. Directly contribute towards enabling culture of technical development and innovation within the team, through fit for purpose solution design and R&D activities. Enable the development of the technical skills within the squad and team through knowledge transfer of emerging technologies and modern ways of working, whilst ensuring that high standards remain at the forefront. Ensure that architectural solutions are aligned to the controls outlined by the control standards applicable to the solutions developed within team. Support the definition of change specific NFR considerations as part of any solution design or architectural decision. Ensure there is a clear alignment to assigned solutions within the change/priority pipeline. Ensure that these priorities are managed and any risks relating to the defined work are raised appropriately. Support the full development cycle of solution designs to all disciplines, including testing. Proactively seek to identify efficiencies around process, solutions and technology. Provide direct support for the Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer by taking ownership for and management of delegated subsets of the technical domain. Ensure risk considerations are applied to any solution design/architectural decision, highlighting considerations and options as part of any documented solution. Ensure full stack security considerations are included in all architectural decisions and subsequent solutions. Experience Proven experience and background working within a development environment for the technology area Previous experience delivering change to business critical, highly available customer facing platforms A broad technical background, with proven experience supporting diverse technical integrations Experience supporting the delivery of change across the full project lifecycle from initiation to live support Experience delivering successful change through different methodologies including agile and waterfall Experience delivering CI/CD change into cloud-based environments. Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables Technical Skills Architecture and Design Skills Distributed Systems and architectural experience of microservices, event driven architectures and serverless. AWS Cloud including step functions, lambda and general AWS architecture Expertise in DevOps and containers environments including Kubernetes Excellent software development, software architecture and technical delivery skills in: Typescript / React / React Native Eco System TypeScript and JavaScript Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development Client-side SPA frameworks, specifically in the React ecosystem for web and mobile-native (React DOM, React Native) Server-side SSG and SSR (Next.js, etc) Building accessible semantic HTML SEO and SEF Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan- 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance- Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund- Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts- Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits- Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful. interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive
Who we are: interactive investor is an award-winning investment platform that puts its customers in control of their financial future. We've been helping investors for nearly 30 years. We've seen market highs and lows and been resilient throughout. We're now the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform, with assets under administration approaching £75 billion and over 450,000 customers. For a simple, flat monthly fee we provide a secure home for your pensions, ISAs and investments. We offer a wide choice of over 20,000 UK and international investment options, including shares, funds, trusts and ETFs. We also bring impartial, expert content from our award-winning financial journalists, highly engaged community of investors, and daily newsletters and insights. Role Purpose The role is to design, build and support highly scalable, highly available, performant distributed applications to support our web, mobile and business platforms. We are looking for a developer who is excited at building cloud based applications to deploy small change often. You will have a proven skillset that spans OO, DDD and a passion for quality and testing. You will join our Application Engineering team who are responsible for architecting and building our web, mobile, content, trading and internal applications working closely with product and the wider business. Responsibilities As part of the engineering team provide direct support for ensuring solutions for the squads are architected in line with the strategic alignment of the technology area. Ensure the smooth transition of technical solutions and knowledge to the wider team at all levels of technical capability. Support the discovery, architecture and design of new and more complex solutions and patterns for their delivery stream. Work with the Principal Engineer to establish new patterns and architectural designs, or support significant change to an existing solutions Support architecture decisions and solution design processes to an aligned strategy outlined across all of technology disciplines where solutions integrate. Directly contribute towards enabling culture of technical development and innovation within the team, through fit for purpose solution design and R&D activities. Enable the development of the technical skills within the squad and team through knowledge transfer of emerging technologies and modern ways of working, whilst ensuring that high standards remain at the forefront. Ensure that architectural solutions are aligned to the controls outlined by the control standards applicable to the solutions developed within team. Support the definition of change specific NFR considerations as part of any solution design or architectural decision. Ensure there is a clear alignment to assigned solutions within the change/priority pipeline. Ensure that these priorities are managed and any risks relating to the defined work are raised appropriately. Support the full development cycle of solution designs to all disciplines, including testing. Proactively seek to identify efficiencies around process, solutions and technology. Provide direct support for the Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer by taking ownership for and management of delegated subsets of the technical domain. Ensure risk considerations are applied to any solution design/architectural decision, highlighting considerations and options as part of any documented solution. Ensure full stack security considerations are included in all architectural decisions and subsequent solutions. Experience Proven experience and background working within a development environment for the technology area Previous experience delivering change to business critical, highly available customer facing platforms A broad technical background, with proven experience supporting diverse technical integrations Experience supporting the delivery of change across the full project lifecycle from initiation to live support Experience delivering successful change through different methodologies including agile and waterfall Experience delivering CI/CD change into cloud-based environments. Proven experience working autonomously and owning assigned project deliverables Technical Skills Architecture and Design Skills Distributed Systems and architectural experience of microservices, event driven architectures and serverless. AWS Cloud including step functions, lambda and general AWS architecture Expertise in DevOps and containers environments including Kubernetes Excellent software development, software architecture and technical delivery skills in: Typescript / React / React Native Eco System TypeScript and JavaScript Development including Domain Driven Design, Test Driven Development Client-side SPA frameworks, specifically in the React ecosystem for web and mobile-native (React DOM, React Native) Server-side SSG and SSR (Next.js, etc) Building accessible semantic HTML SEO and SEF Benefits Group Personal Pension Plan- 8% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Private Medical Insurance- Provided by Bupa 25 Days Annual Leave, plus bank holidays Staff Discounts on our investment products Personal & Well-being Fund- Supporting your physical and mental wellness Retail Discounts- Savings at a wide range of high street and online retailers Voluntary Flexible Benefits- Tailor your benefits to suit your lifestyle Please Note: We will do our utmost efforts to respond to all applicants. However, due to the high volume of applications we're currently receiving, if you haven't been contacted within 30 days of application, please consider unsuccessful. interactive investor operates in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, disabilities, gender identities, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and making reasonable adjustments where needed to support disabled applicants. We actively prevent all forms of discrimination, harassment, and victimisation-whether direct, indirect, associative, or perceptive