Engineer - Investment Data Platform

We are M&G Global Services Private Limited (formerly known as 10FA India Private Limited, and prior to that Prudential Global Services Private Limited). We are a fully owned subsidiary of the M&G plc group of companies, operating as a Global Capability Centre providing a range of value adding services to the Group since 2003. At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

M&G Global Services has rapidly transformed itself into a powerhouse of capability that is playing an important role in M&G plc’s ambition to be the best loved and most successful savings and investments company in the world.

Our diversified service offerings extending from Digital Services (Digital Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, RPA, and BI & Insights), Business Transformation, Management Consulting & Strategy, Finance, Actuarial, Quants, Research, Information Technology, Customer Service, Risk & Compliance and Audit provide our people with exciting career growth opportunities. Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

Job Description

Job Title

Engineer – Investment Data Platform

Grade

1A

Level

Colleague

Job Function

Asset Management Tech & Change

Job Sub Function

Investments Data Platform

Reports to

Sr. Lead/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 Engineer – Investment Data Platform.

The Engineer role will encompass building high quality software that aligns to requirements. Working in a highly collaborative, agile environment, you will work in a high performing data team to review user stories and subsequently implement the feature/artefact. You will be responsible for incorporating and adapting 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 and knowledge to help us expand our data services by building end to end solutions for our stakeholders.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Key accountabilities and responsibilities

• Assisting or 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.
• Provide technical assistance in maintaining existing data platform artefacts and infrastructure, carrying out continuous improvement/enhancements, as relevant.
• Providing a quality service and product to customers and stakeholders, further developing skills built through significant practical experience or training.
• Adapting, understanding and following data engineering best practise.
• Demonstrate a ownership and commitment to build efficient / scalable / extensible / robust software/data platform.
• Working within established frameworks and procedures.
• Delivering outcomes that are clearly defined, using discretion over how to achieve them.
• Participating/ assisting development of solutions to the end consumer, being part of a high performing 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):

• Demonstrate software engineering skills with experience in C# and the .Net Framework, basic SQL.
• Fundamental knowledge of software patterns and principles.
• Working with some of the following programming and scripting languages: SQL, Python, Java, PowerShell, JavaScript.
• Working with data on Azure stack, e.g. Azure Data factory pipelines
• Some understanding of DevOps principles and working of CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience in dealing with data sets and how to analyse them.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both written and orally, within a project team.

Knowledge & Skills (Desirable):

• Experience  to financial markets & asset management processes and understand analysis into a wide variety of asset classes and associated analytics (e.g. Equity, Fixed Income, Private Assets etc.)
• Experience in using Databricks for data ingestion or transformation.

Experience:

• 3+ years of total experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of latest/recent experience in a data engineering role.
• Experience of contributing to the delivery of software in a team that utilises Azure PaaS technologies, security and delivery via Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of delivering change using Agile methodologies.

Educational Qualification:

• Graduate in any discipline.

M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles:

Note: *We are in Hybrid working with min. three days’ work from office (subject to policy change)

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.