Aviva
MLOPS and Data Engineer
Senior MLOps & Data Engineer
Location: Bristol
Salary: £60K - £70K
This is a Senior role, ideal for an experienced MLOps or Data Engineer who enjoys turning data and machine learning ideas into reliable, real‑world products.
Whether you’re an experienced data engineer or someone keen to deepen your MLOps skills, this role gives you the chance to build platforms and pipelines that help AI move safely from experimentation into production.
A bit about the job
At Aviva, our purpose is with you today, for a better tomorrow. More than 15.5 million people across the UK trust us to protect what matters most to them and help plan for the future.
Within our Customer & Marketing (C&M) function, data and AI play a key role in understanding our customers and helping us take smarter, more meaningful actions.
As part of our transformation, we’re scaling how we build, deploy and run AI and machine learning data products.
In this role, you’ll design, build and operate scalable data and ML‑enabled pipelines. You’ll create strong, trusted data foundations and help improve reliability, quality and efficiency across the full lifecycle — from raw data to models running in production. You’ll also help embed modern data engineering and MLOps practices across the organisation.
Skills and experience we’re looking for
Experience building and running production grade data pipelines at scale
Strong skills in Python, SQL and Spark, with experience of modern, cloud native data engineering patterns
Hands-on experience with Snowflake, DBT and Airflow
A solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals, such as feature engineering and model training
Experience delivering MLOps in the cloud (AWS or Azure), including CI/CD, deployment, monitoring and responsible ML governance
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 bring that to life is by investing in you.
Salary Circa: £60000 - £70000 (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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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Kirthi a call on 02045922145 or send an email to kirthi.kanikireddy@aviva.com