What you’ll be doing 

• Providing technical design insight and support to software engineers, technical designers, infrastructure teams and others to support change and run activities on the application platform. 

• Technical leadership to teams of engineers and developers; developing the capability of your wider team. 

• And of course, developing and writing code. 

What will make you right for this role 

• Software development experience. 

• Experience contributing to the architecture and design of new and current systems. 

• Ability to tailor communication styles to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels. 

What’d be a bonus 

• Object oriented programming language experience. 

• Project management experience or qualifications (for example PRINCE2) 

• ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) IT service management qualification or experience. 

• We often have a range of roles, from lead technical roles; where we’d like to see a track record of engineering and design capability, to more junior engineering roles where you would be a core part of the delivery team.  If you have relative experience, we are keen to hear from you.  If you have no or limited experience, take a look at our Technology grad or apprenticeship schemes at https://careers.aviva.co.uk/students-graduates/. 

What you’ll get in return 

We expect the salary you get to fall within the pay range of this role. We’ll do as much as we can to make sure it reflects both your experience and the current market. 

For this role, we would expect salary to be up to £70,000 depending on role, capability and location, with an additional uplift available for London. 

In addition, we offer competitive benefits on top of your base salary, including bonus,  which you can learn more about at https://careers.aviva.co.uk/working-at-aviva/rewards/. 

Help us make the most of everything technology can do for the future of our customers, our business, and our world. Apply today. 

Working at Aviva 

We want to improve people’s lives and the world we live in, every way we can. That includes you.  

When you’re part of our team, we’re here to help you develop as a person and a professional. We’ll give you a vibrant environment to work in, with innovative, customer-focused systems and all the training you need to use them.  

You’ll also get the chance to shape things. Create things. Disrupt the norm. You’ll be trusted to generate the results we need and expected to tell us if there’s something that needs to improve. Most importantly, you’ll have the freedom to be the person you are and create the rewarding future you deserve.  

Our Smart Working Framework is just one of the ways we do that. It’s designed to give everyone the support, facilities, and technology they need to perform at their best while achieving the work-life balance they want. Feel free to ask us more during your interview. 

Everyone’s invited to apply 

We want team members from different backgrounds. People who, like our customers, reflect different ethnicities, religions, and cultures, and have different sexual orientations, gender identities, and abilities. So, if you think you’ve got something to offer in this role, we want to hear from you.  

We interview every applicant who has a disability and meets our minimum criteria for the role.* Once you’ve submitted your application, send us an email to tell us you have a disability and we’ll make sure you get an interview. 

We’d love you to submit your application online, but if you’d like to apply another way give Abigail Aitken a call on 0203 880 6129 or send an email to abigail.aitken@aviva.com 

*Our definition of disability comes from The Equality Act 2010. By ‘meets our minimum criteria’ we mean you’ll need to provide evidence that you have the qualifications, skills, experience, and attitude we’ve outlined as essential for this role.