Senior Data Engineer

Harnham
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 80K

Job location

Tech stack

Information Engineering
ETL
Data Security
Python
SQL Databases
Containerization
Data Management
Data Pipelines
Docker

Job description

We're partnering with one of the most exciting InsurTech scale-ups in the market - a company transforming how brokers and insurers exchange risk, already processing over $150m in premium and targeting $1B by 2027. They're looking for a Senior Data Engineer (3-5 years' experience) to help scale their modern data platform as they continue rapid growth.

What you'll do:

  • Build and maintain scalable, automated, reliable data pipelines across a modern cloud stack
  • Extend and improve a cutting-edge Data & Analytics Platform supporting mission-critical insurance products
  • Implement data quality checks, observability metrics and troubleshooting processes
  • Manage cloud resources via Infrastructure-as-Code
  • Ensure strong data security, access control, and governance
  • Work closely with commercial, analytics and engineering teams to deliver high-quality data products

Requirements

  • 3-5 years' experience as a Data Engineer
  • Strong SQL and Python skills
  • Proven experience building modern ETL/ELT pipelines (dbt experience ideal)
  • Experience with data orchestration tools (Prefect preferred)
  • Understanding of data modelling, especially event-driven architectures
  • Knowledge of modern data engineering development practices

Nice to have:

  • Background in InsurTech/FinTech or regulated industries
  • Experience with Docker, containerisation, and IaC tools
  • Exposure to cloud-native data environments

About the company

* Work at the forefront of a market undergoing a "Big Bang" digital transformation * Join a smart, curious, collaborative team backed by deep insurance and technology expertise * Build systems that will scale to handle millions of dollars of real-world insurance risk * Huge growth opportunity as the company scales rapidly

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