Lead Engineer - Investment Data Platform

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Job Description

Job Title

Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform

Grade

2B

Level

Experienced colleague

Job Function

Asset Management Tech & Change

Job Sub Function

Investments Data Platform

Reports to

Vice President / Sr. Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform (India)

Location

Mumbai

Business Area

M&G Global Services

Overall Job Purpose

Working with M&G Plc. means becoming part of a brand with a global reputation and our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly.

M&G plc is a firm built on a rich and long history and with a commitment to an innovative future centred on the needs of customers and clients. There is a genuine opportunity to drive competitive advantage with value creation through the formation of this new organisation.

This role is for an Lead Engineer – Investment Data Platform.

The Engineer role will encompass building high quality, scalable software that aligns to business outcomes. Working in a highly collaborative, agile environment, you will work in a high performing data team to refine user stories and subsequently implement the necessary functionality. You will be responsible for sufficiently unit testing and releasing your changes in a controlled manner. You will utilise critical thinking skills to solve business and technical problems. Individual with the right blend of software engineering skills, data exploration, and domain knowledge to help us expand our data services by building end to end solutions for our stakeholders.

Accountabilities / Responsibilities

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

• Contributing to the delivery of software that delivers a business outcome and is designed, implemented and tested to the team’s standards as per the SDLC for the Data Platform.
• Providing a quality service and product to customers and stakeholders, further developing skills built through significant practical experience or training.
• Understanding and following data engineering best practise.
• Offering peer review and challenge within the team, to ensure that the most appropriate solution is delivered.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of product ownership and commitment to build scalable / extensible / robust software / data platform.
• Working within established frameworks and procedures, with the freedom to interpret them to solve a range of problems.
• Delivering outcomes that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them.
• Contributing to team improvement discussions.
• Participating in the development of complete solutions to the end consumer, being part of a cross functional team comprising of requirements gathering, data modelling, data integration, software engineering, testing and release oversight.
• Maintaining strong relationships within the team, key stakeholders across the business and other teams across Asset Management Technology & Change.

Key Stakeholder Management

Internal

All M&G Plc Business Areas

M&G Plc Support Groups

External

Partner(s) / Vendor(s)

Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification

Knowledge & Skills (Key) :

Knowledge & Skills (Desirable) :

Experience :

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M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles :

Note :

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.