Principal Data 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 businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct‑to‑consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

The Adviser business provides support, expertise and technology for financial advisers in the UK to bring value for their businesses and their clients.

The ambition of the Adviser business is to be the easiest partner that advisers will do business with, and our purpose is to help advisory businesses thrive, so they can help their customers prosper. We will achieve our ambition by focusing on three things: helping advisers do business their way, making it easy and putting our strength to work for them.

We’re committed to a product operating model where teams are empowered, autonomous, and accountable, giving you the freedom to innovate and own solutions from concept to delivery.

Join a forward‑thinking team at the heart of Aberdeen Adviser business, where we lead the end‑to‑end design, discovery, and delivery of cutting‑edge digital products and services for Financial Advice firms.

If you’re passionate about delivering real impact, our focus on customer and business outcomes will give you the opportunity to make a tangible difference.

You’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, autonomy, and a growth mindset, helping us stay at the forefront of the market as we design digital experiences that supercharge advice firms to delight their clients.

We are looking for an exceptionally talented and knowledgeable Principal Data Engineer to deliver best practice data architecture for the Adviser business, and to help integrate data with our clients. They will own the technical design and delivery of data and software architecture, whilst embracing the latest technology. This opportunity is perfect for someone who wants a senior “hands on” technical role with senior stakeholder interaction.

This role will play a critical part in driving data‑driven decision‑making and innovation within the company. It requires someone who can blend a mix of consultancy with advanced technical skills to work with C‑suite stakeholders, within Aberdeen and our clients. You will need to be a team player and collaborator, working across multi‑discipline teams and mentoring other technical specialists.

As Principal Data Engineer, you will be the strategic authority on data architecture across the organisation. You will define and evolve the enterprise‑wide architecture that underpins analytics, reporting, and operational systems, ensuring it is future‑ready, resilient, and aligned with business strategy. You will set the vision for how data is structured, integrated, and governed, and lead the development of architectural standards, patterns, and principles that guide technical delivery across teams.

Collaborating with engineering, analytics, software development, and…