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
£ 80KJob 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