Data Science & AI Senior Designer

Data Science & AI Senior Designer –

Salary: 65k-75k (Bristol/Norwich) £80-95k (London) 

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Data Science & AI Designer to join our dynamic and growing Data Science & AI platform team. This role provides technical leadership in shaping and evolving our AI and Data Science technology stack, with a strong emphasis on cloud-native architecture, automation, and CI/CD practices. Experience with AI/ML services in cloud environments (preferably AWS) is essential. 

As a Senior Designer, you will define architectural patterns and standards across our toolset, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and compliance with Aviva’s security and technical standards. You will collaborate across technology and cloud teams to drive innovation and deliver robust, scalable solutions. 

You will also play a senior role within a team of Designers and Architects, supporting the delivery of positive customer outcomes by ensuring our solutions are secure, compliant, and aligned with customer needs and financial goals. 

Key Skills and Experience: 

• Lead a team of Designers and Architects, setting architectural standards and driving continuous improvement. 

• Evaluate and introduce modern cloud-native services to enhance our platform capabilities. 

• Collaborate across business units to align Data Science & AI architecture with enterprise strategy. 

• Maintain and evolve architecture patterns, ensuring compliance while enabling innovation. 

• Advance AIOps and MLOps practices across the end-to-end architecture. 

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 between 65k-75k (Bristol/Norwich) £80-95k (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 

• 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 

Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

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 Martyn Biddulph a call on 07826 556 965 or send an email to martyn.biddulph@aviva.com.