DB Developer

London, England, United Kingdom

4/4/2025

Date Posted: 26/03/2025

Location: London

Job Type: Full time

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Location: London – hybrid

Full time - 35 Hours

Permanent

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Who are Just?

We’re a FTSE 250 Financial Services company who specialise in retirement solutions and right now, our world is moving pretty quickly. With the defined benefit buy in / buy out space growing each year, Just continues to annually grow its business by over £4bn of assets.

We are a purpose driven company with compelling and credible goals. Quite simply, we help people achieve a better later life. We achieve this by providing competitive and innovative products, services, financial advice and guidance to help our customers achieve security, certainty and provide them with peace of mind in retirement.

That’s who we are. We’re a company on a mission: to become a beacon for the entire retirement industry. Because we believe everyone deserves a fair, secure, and fulfilling retirement.

Purpose

As DB Developer you will serve as a liaison between the strategic systems development team and the business-as-usual (BAU) teams to ensure effective business operations during transitional phases. Therefore, it is essential that the candidate possesses knowledge in both DB Pensions concepts and best practices in system development/coding.

Job Role Accountabilities

• Responsible for facilitating ongoing improvement of BAU activities in alignment with the long-term strategic vision outlined by the DB Technical Leadership Team (TLT).
• Improve DB data and aid the migration from current BAU systems to the strategic solution outlined by the DB TLT.
• Identify necessary developments for business continuity during the transition to new systems and processes.
• Deliver scalable, robust solutions and mitigating process risks.
• Ensure all developments support effective business operations and changes required by various business activities relying on DB data.
• Facilitate requirements through discussions with BAU teams (data experts, system developers, operational pensions professionals, and actuaries).
• Maintain work plans, documentation, and controls according to business needs.
  
  

Skills And Knowledge

• Significant experience of coding preferably with Python and/or Julia knowledge
• A good working knowledge of DB pensions, including operational processes, is required
• Knowledge of VBA and SQL Server would be advantageous
• Logical and analytical thinker
• Excellent problem analysis and resolution skills
• Self-starter, able to work independently and manage own workloads effectively
  
  

Experience

• Significant industry experience, split across systems development and finance
• Sufficient coding experience to build real life data management systems and migration/reconciliation routines from scratch
• Experience of developing practical and robust code-based solutions for BAU migration issues in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in understanding and working with valuation/cashflow models and working with actuarial reporting and systems
  
  

Company Benefits

• A Competitive Salary, Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Along with 25 Days Annual Leave plus an Additional Day on us for your Birthday
• Private Medical Cover and Income Protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme – paid annually based on individual and company performance against targets
• Opportunity to progress within your career both in-role and within the company
• FREE access to the Headspace App, a 24/7 Employee Assistance Helpline and Trained Physical & Mental Health First Aiders (On-Site)
• A variety of Employee Funded Benefits available to you via our Online Benefits Portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
  
  

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