Senior Full Stack Developer

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent financial services company is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to join their Information and Workplace Retirement team. The role focuses on supporting a key pension management product, ensuring stability and performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Applicants should be skilled in PHP and Python, and have a solid understanding of full stack development. The position offers a competitive salary between £70,000 and £75,000 based on location, along with generous benefits including a bonus and private medical plans.

Benefits

Bonus opportunity

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Private Medical Benefit

Discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares

Supportive policies

Flexible benefits

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in PHP with experience in Laravel and Slim frameworks.
• Solid experience with Python for full stack development.
• Knowledge of database design and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Support the Find and Combine product for customer pensions.
• Ensure stability, reliability, and performance of the platform.
• Work collaboratively with developers, data scientists, and product owners.

Skills

PHP (Laravel and Slim frameworks)

Python

Full stack development

Database design

SQL

Version control (Git)

Proactive problem-solving

Agile environments

CI/CD practices

AWS EKS deployment

Job description

Senior Full Stack Developer – National c£70,000, London c£75,000

Are you someone who loves solving complex technical problems and keeping systems running smoothly?

Enjoys working across the full stack and thrives in both PHP and Python environments?Is ready to take ownership of a critical platform that delivers real value to customers? Wants to work in a collaborative team where your expertise makes a direct impact?

A bit about the job

You’ll join our Information and Workplace Retirement (IWR) team at Aviva, supporting the Find and Combine product—a key service that helps customers locate and consolidate their pensions. This role exists to ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of the platform, enabling customers to manage their retirement savings with confidence. You’ll focus on Business-as-Usual (BAU) operations, bug fixes, and maintenance, working alongside a team of developers, a data scientist, and a product owner to deliver seamless service.

Skills and experience we’re looking for

• Strong proficiency in PHP (Laravel and Slim frameworks) and solid experience with Python.
• Full stack development experience, including front-end and back-end.
• Knowledge of database design, SQL, and version control (Git).
• Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and solve problems proactively.
• Experience in Agile environments, CI/CD practices and deploying to AWS EKS

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.

• Starting salary circa £70,000 (national) circa £75,000 (London) (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity – 10% 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
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it
• 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 at least 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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