Senior Development Enablement Engineer

Job Description At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group. Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent. Aberdeen comprises three major businesses: Interactive Investor (ii), the UK’s second‑largest direct‑to‑consumer investment platform; Adviser, which provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers; and Investments, a specialist asset manager focusing on key market themes through public and alternative asset classes. About The Department The Cloud Platform Engineering team is a key capability within the Cloud Capability function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners connecting development, security and operations. It is responsible for creating and maintaining the platform that is driving our transition to cloud and adoption of modern development practices. About The Role As a Senior Development Enablement Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the productivity, efficiency, and satisfaction of software development teams. You will design, build, and maintain tools, systems, and processes that streamline the development lifecycle, from coding and testing to deployment and monitoring, while embedding security at every stage. Your objectives are to remove friction, reduce cognitive load, and empower developers to deliver high‑quality and secure software faster and more reliably. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain internal tools, scripts, and platforms that improve developer workflows (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, code quality checks, security scanning). Identify pain points in the developer journey and implement solutions to improve onboarding, documentation, and day‑to‑day development tasks. Work closely with product engineers, DevOps, QA and security teams to understand needs and advocate for best practices in software development. Define and track key metrics related to developer productivity and system performance. Use data to drive continuous improvement. Support infrastructure provisioning and management using tools like Terraform. Document systems and processes clearly. Lead internal workshops, brown bags or tech talks to share knowledge and promote adoption of tools and practices. About The Candidate Experience with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog). Background in DevOps, SRE or platform engineering with a security‑first mindset. Strong programming skills in languages such as .Net, JavaScript, Python or similar. Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, ADO Pipelines). Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Understanding of Azure. Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills. Passion for improving developer workflows and internal tooling. Benefits We offer competitive rewards including 40 days of annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, discretionary performance‑based bonus where applicable, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. Learn more about our benefits on our website. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident, Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to any of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team members will reach out to support you through your application process. Inclusive Working We adopt a blended working approach that combines face‑to‑face collaboration and coaching in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and free from unfair or unlawful treatment. If you need assistance with your application or reasonable adjustments to interview arrangements, please let us know and we will assist. #J-18808-Ljbffr