Overview

Senior Development Enablement Engineer role at Aberdeen. Focus on enhancing developer productivity, building tools and processes that streamline the software development lifecycle with security embedded across stages.

About The Department

The Cloud Platform Engineering team is a key capability within the Cloud Capability function. The team collaborates across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners to connect development, security and operations, and maintains the platform supporting the transition to cloud and modern development practices.

About The Role

As a Senior Development Enablement Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain tools, systems, and processes that streamline the development lifecycle from coding and testing to deployment and monitoring, embedding security at every stage. You will 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.
• Collaborate with product engineers, DevOps, QA, and security teams to understand needs and promote 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; lead internal workshops and tech talks to promote tool adoption.

About The Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• 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 containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of Azure.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Passion for improving developer workflows and internal tooling.

Inclusion and Accessibility

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us in the candidate questionnaire so a team member can support you through your application process.

Benefits

Our benefits include 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal.

Our Business and Culture

Aberdeen is focused on delivering excellent client service and growing direct and advised wealth platforms. We promote an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive action. We support a blended working approach and are committed to a fair and transparent workplace that values meritocracy and accessibility.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.