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Student Loans Company

Developer

Darlington
£45.1k – £53.2k/yr
Posted about 20 hours ago
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Salary: £45,172 - £53,177 GBP Annual

Pension: A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.

Type: Full time

Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.

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

Is it time you unlocked your potential?

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 words—they 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.

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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

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

  • 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
  • Option to buy/sell annual leave
  • Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available
  • Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
  • Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
  • Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
  • Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme

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As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that empowers people of all abilities. Our team actively promotes accessible hiring practices, supports candidates with disabilities throughout their employment journey to help build a diverse equitable workplace at SLC.

SLC will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email ask_recruitment@slc.co.uk.

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Skills

Oracle SQL
Data Warehousing
Agile Methodologies
Data Engineering
Analytics
Business Intelligence
Communication
Critical Thinking
Analytical Skills
Technical Problem Solving

Location

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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