This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cross-functional Agile team understanding, designing & implementing core solutions that are pivotal for AJ Bell platform propositions, building close ties with the business and broader technology function. This is a growing function where you can help on our journey as we adopt a cloud first, microservice and micro front end architecture approach where the teams are enabled from ideation to delivery. The solutions and processes implemented are key to ensure we remain operationally efficient, regulatorily compliant and provide a best-in-class service for our customers and people.
What does the job involve?
- Active participation in team meetings
- Support Product Owners, Business Analysts and Engineers where required to deliver work
- Support the Senior Developer(s) in delivering work committed to in the sprint
- Support more junior colleagues where necessary using Pair Programming
- Adhere to appropriate Best Practice
- Responsible for quality of code output
- Document processes and best practice
- Perform Code Reviews as part of Pull Requests
- Provide your team with feedback where appropriate on
- Best Practice
- Reoccurring issues in the systems/environments
- Support releases as required
- Incident resolutions or proposals to fix incidents as required by your Line Manager
- Assist App Support investigating incidents
What we're looking for:
Key technical skills:
- Excellent knowledge of TIBCO BW5
- Strong understanding of Enterprise Message Service (EMS)
- Strong understanding of TIBCO best practice
- Knowledge of BPMN, ideally iProcess 11.6.1 - Essential
Soft skills:
- Agile / SCRUM
- Strong communication skills, written and verbal
- Very motivated with high levels of drive and enthusiasm
- Keen to learn and develop new technical skills
- E-commerce and/or financial services experience
About us
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 620,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £96.1 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work®.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
Our perks and benefits
- Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service plus a holiday buy and sell scheme
- A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual free share awards scheme
- Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
- Health Cash Plan – provided by SimplyHealth
- Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
- Free gym membership
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Bike loan scheme
- Sick pay+ pledge
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Loans for travel season tickets
- Death in service scheme
- Paid time off for volunteer work
- Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
- Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
- Ongoing technical training
- Professional qualification support
- Talent development programmes
- Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
- Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
- Casual dress code
- Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals
Hybrid working
At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you’ll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the Manchester office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.
AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.
If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.
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What We Do
AJ Bell was formed in 1995 and is now one of the leading online investment platforms in the UK. We provide customers and advisers with wide investment choice, low-cost delivery, market leading online functionality and first class service to help them manage investment portfolios within SIPPs, ISAs and Dealing accounts. We are a fast growing and profitable company, with over 484,000 customers and £76.2 billion of assets under administration. We are part of the FTSE 250 on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
