MLOPS and Data Engineer

MLOPS and Data Engineer

Salary £40,000 - £50,000

Location Bristol Only

Are you ready to join us in our quest to drive innovation and harness the power of data and AI across Aviva? Quantum is Aviva's Global Data Community, with us, you will have access to data for over 19 million customers, allowing you to create truly outstanding products and deliver enhanced experiences for our customers.

Quantum is dedicated to collaboration, sharing expertise and ideas, and fostering continuous learning from our data professionals. Coming together as one allows us to share data techniques more easily, rapidly re-use best practice ideas, and support your learning and development.

This year we were shortlisted for five categories at the prestigious Data IQ 2024 Awards, recognising Aviva’s unwavering commitment to innovation and excellence in the field of Data and AI.

A bit about the job: 

We believe that everything is better when we put the customer first; data & technology help us do that at scale.  We leverage rich first-party data to develop insights, models and systems that deliver better customer and commercial outcomes. We combine technical expertise with a partnering approach to drive strategic change and impact.

This role is Bristol based. We embrace hybrid working; we see huge value in meeting in-person to collaborate and have fun, but we also appreciate the productivity, flexibility and quality-of-life that working from home affords.  Above all, we treat our people like adults.

We have won “Best Place to work in Data” at DataIQ Awards in 2019 AND 2020…clearly, we are doing something right! 

As part of our transformation, we are step-changing our approach to AI/ML data products and ML Ops. Our Data Engineers will focus on robust delivery of reliable, high-quality data, which our Data Scientists will use to power their machine learning products.

We are looking for high-performing, passionate people to help create and deliver this new approach.

Diversity is essential to great data teams; we want to hear from candidates from a range of backgrounds and experiences across data engineering, or those looking to refocus.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proven track record productionising data pipelines at scale
• Hands-on experience or understanding of: Python, Spark (e.g., PySpark, Spark tuning, Spark UI); Data Engineering technologies and principles (e.g., Data Lakes, Batch/Streaming); Cloud technologies and principles (e.g., Kubernetes, EMR, S3)
• Understanding of ML principles (e.g., feature engineering, training/testing, hyperparameters, deep learning, model management)
• Agile mindset and experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with Marketing technology (e.g., Adobe)

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Salary between £40,000 - £50,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity – 8% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Sahra Abdulla a call on 07775 042 835 or send an email to sahra.abdulla@aviva.com.