Developer

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

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Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

Our Values

Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work:

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency, sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.

• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative, make impactful decisions, and continuously learn and grow.

• Accountability: We deliver on commitments, own our successes and mistakes, and strive for quality outcomes.

• Respect: We value diverse perspectives, actively listen, and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.

• Trust: We collaborate across teams, build dependable relationships, and work as one to deliver for our customers.

These values are more than wordsthey guide our decisions, shape our collaborations, and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.

About the Role

SLC has an opportunity for a Developer in our Data Engineering Centre of Excellence Team, where you'll play a key role in designing, maintaining and continuously improving the data platforms and applications that underpin critical student finance services across the UK. By developing and supporting the systems that provide analytics and business intelligence capabilities, the Developer will help ensure colleagues have access to trusted data when making decisions that affect students' journeys. Reliable data platforms enable SLC to respond effectively to customer needs, improve operational performance and deliver a more seamless customer experience.

The Data Engineering Team work on outcome-based projects involving analytics, reporting and our content management system (CSM). Handling high volumes of data across four data warehouses, the team operate in an ever-changing landscape and are changing the way things are being done within SLC.

What you Bring:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team and with other teams

• The ability to quickly learn modern tools and embrace modern techniques

• Ability to solve complex technical challenges

• Good analytical and critical thinking skills

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

• Experience using Oracle SQL

• Previous Data Warehouse knowledge

• Understand Agile methodologies and experience in working in an Agile environment