Software Developer
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (typically two days in the office, three days at home)
Salary: £35,120 - £52,680 (depending on the experience you can bring)
Closing date: 12th November 2024
We’re Aegon, a company of ambitious, collaborative problem-solvers who get things done. Our mission is to help people achieve a lifetime of financial security, and we’re investing in innovation that can make people’s finances work harder. From a Digital Experience that gives one-stop access to a universe of investment opportunity – to retirement products that make wealth planning simple, easy and fulfilling – we’re dedicated to getting people closer to their financial goals every day.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.
Technology is at the centre of our organisation. It’s pivotal to the way we do business every day and key to achieving our mission and in doing so we have a number of Developer roles, based in Edinburgh. As a Software Developer at Aegon, you will:
Be responsible for the development of complex web applications.
Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders within our business to deliver innovative software solutions.
Drive best practices to ensure high-quality code through the enforcement of coding standards, thorough peer reviews, and adherence to quality assurance procedures
Implement and maintain a strong testing framework to ensure the reliability and quality of developed software
Run and operate each capability through all lifecycle stages including production environments to ensure it operates within defined SLAs.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
Proficiency in frontend web technologies like Angular or React.
Experience with Python, Java or other comparable backend languages.
Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS and a solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
Experience working collaboratively in Agile / Scrum environments.
What’s in it for you?
A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our staff live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
Transformation change is never easy and if this excites you as much as it does us, we would love to hear from you.
The legal bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Our story started over 190 years ago, right here in the UK. We were originally founded as Scottish Equitable, but today we’re part of Aegon.
We’re the UK’s largest investment platform, and we put financial wellbeing at the heart of our organisation. We work with customers, financial advisers and employers to provide pensions, savings and investment solutions.
As a purpose-led business, we're focused on supporting our customers as they navigate through new stages of their lives and all the moments that matter. We're here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it, however grand or humble their ambitions.
Working at Aegon, you'll play an important part in helping achieve this.
Workplace Initiatives
Leadership development programmes? Yes
Mentoring programmes? Yes
Coaching programmes? Yes
Employee-led diversity networks? Yes
Internal women’s networking groups? Yes
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? Yes
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: 26 weeks
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: 26 weeks
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: 6 weeks
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: 26 weeks
Gender pay gap reporting information - 2023
Average pay gap: 21.83%
Median pay gap: 19.87%
Average bonus gap: 43.72%
Median bonus gap: 40.66%
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? Yes
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? Yes
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? Yes
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? No
We offer various apprenticeships, internships, career ready placements and graduate programmes.