DB Developer
Date Posted: 26/06/2025
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 help people achieve a better later life. That’s our purpose and it’s the reason we exist. We are a fast-growing FTSE 250 company helping customers enjoy the retirement they deserve. We do this through a variety of market leading, award-winning products and services, delivered by a diverse team of over 1,400 purpose-led colleagues who genuinely put the customer at the heart of everything we do.
This is a brilliant time to join our business. We are on an exciting growth journey to become the UK’s most loved retirement expert.
Purpose
As a Python 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
Why Just?
At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
We’re committed to building a more sustainable business, and we’re working hard to make progress against our Net Zero targets. We're reducing our reliance on fossil fuels in our offices, switching to more sustainable sources of energy and we're investing more of our money in green and social assets.
Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just. We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
Be Bold. Be Brilliant. Be Just.