Senior Data Engineer

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Job Description

Data is at the core of UnderwriteMe’s business, powering customer-facing SaaS insight capabilities, internal decision-making, and strengthening our parent company PL Re’s relationship with customers.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll play a key role in defining and evolving our already advanced data technology stack (Snowflake, dbt, etc.) to one that’s industry leading. 

You will work in a fast-paced environment alongside product, analytics, and engineering teams, contributing to the development of products and datasets to be used by our AI, analytics and products directly.

What you’ll be doing

• Design, develop and support key data pipelines, products and services that power analytics, AI, and customer-facing features

• Work with key business domains to understand their requirements; extracting and modelling data to match these requirements

• Draw upon broader industry techniques to data management and implement them proactively

• Design, implement and optimise large scale data management solutions, balancing cost and efficiency

• Monitor and troubleshoot performance or data quality issues; ensuring well modelled data that consistently achieves data quality benchmarks

• Communicate technical concepts and designs to non-technical stakeholders

• Proactively contribute to the team roadmap, defining tasks in sometimes ambiguous circumstances and produce outcome-focused deliverables with demonstrable impact

• Coach and develop those around you, help to raise the bar across the team and spread influence across broader teams

What type of person fits the role

• You’ll be highly self-motivated, able to absorb new ideas or concepts quickly, and apply these to the betterment of the team – seeking opportunities for the team, rather than waiting to be asked.

• You’ll have a passion for the data and AI industry as a whole – keen to apply tools or techniques you’ve come across into workable solutions.

• You’ll be a skilled problem-solver and troubleshooter, capable of diagnosing complex data issues quickly and effectively

• You take ownership of your work end-to-end and care deeply about data quality, reliability, and the impact of what you build

• You seek out feedback from your team, peers, and stakeholders, and act on it thoughtfully. You show humility, admit when you’re wrong, learn from mistakes, and create an environment where others feel safe to do the same.

Technical Requirements 

• Experience with DataOps methods and data quality improvement techniques

• Experience with agile methodologies and continuous delivery

• Proficiency with continuous integration pipelines and technologies

• Proficiency with DevOps concepts and tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes etc.)

• Proficiency with cloud services (ideally AWS)

• Proficiency with data modelling tools and techniques (dbt)

• Experience with large scale data processing (Spark, Hadoop, Pig etc.)

• Proficiency with structured or custom ETL/ELT management (Airflow, Dagster, etc.)

• Experience or proven interest in AI/MLOps technologies

• Proficiency with SQL databases (Relational, Snowflake, etc.)

• Excellent communication skills

About UnderwriteMe

UnderwriteMe is an Insurtech software business and subsidiary of Pacific Life Re (PL Re), a global life and pensions reinsurance firm. We have a vision to help everyone purchase protection insurance by using data and disruptive technology to transform our partners and markets in order to make their underwriting processes as quick and efficient as possible. 

Working for UnderwriteMe

Joining UnderwriteMe means being part of a technology company that is committed to bringing a fresh and dynamic approach to insurance.  You’d be working with a team of highly technical experts made up of people with backgrounds in software, fintech, and insurance.

Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure.  We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too.  We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.

Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture.  We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and wellbeing initiatives.  We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events, and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

Benefits (Only for Permanent and Fixed Term Employees)

Leave

• 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days 

• Adoption and fertility leave 

• Generous enhanced parental leave 

Healthcare

• Comprehensive private insurance coverage for employee and dependents

• Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary 

• Optical benefits 

Savings & Retirement

• 15% combined employee/employer contributions 

Wellness

• Subsidized gym membership 

• Access to Employee Assistance Program 

• Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme 

• Time off for volunteering 

• Charitable matching of employee donations 

As part of our commitment to accessibility for all, UnderwriteMe will, upon the request of the applicant, provide accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs, and we will consult with you to ensure suitable accommodation is provided.

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