Senior Data Engineer

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Our client is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer operating in 54 countries, they are making significant investments to thrive in a digital age. They launched its third Technology Hub in Thessaloniki in 2022 which is rapidly developing.  Their new center of excellence in Greece is positioned to drive their ongoing business and to support our digital business transformation, as well as the company’s operations in the European region which encompasses 27 countries.

Our client is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join their team.  This is a permanent full-time position and a compelling opportunity to join a global, growing, financially stable and successful company.  As an industry leader, our client is an employer of choice for skilled technology professionals aspiring to develop a meaningful career in a fast-paced, diverse company with offices in most major cities in the world.

Overview

Document Ingestion is a top priority for them. They are looking for an innovative, results-oriented Engineering Lead with requisite experience and an ambition to drive the Ingestion program. The successful candidate must have experience with the planning and implementation of data, process and automation across insurance. They will be self-motivated, creative and able to independently lead this major strategic initiative.

You will be responsible for leading the architecture, design, development and launch of solution across the Domain and/or Platform. You will have significant influence on their overall strategy by helping define these product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

The ideal candidate is clearly passionate about new opportunities and has a demonstrated track record of success in delivering new solutions and products. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale solutions. This person has thrived and succeeded in delivering high quality technology products/services in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast.

The successful candidate will lead a team of Data Engineers and collaborate with business product owners to achieve business outcomes. She/he will engage with business executives, transformation leaders and bring to fruition business objectives for ingestion.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of an ingestion solution and collaborate with source system experts and business owners to create scalable solutions.
• Create and maintain technical architecture documentation for the solutions.
• Establish development standards and tooling for the teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical stories and software solutions.
• Participate in solutioning and estimation activities for future projects.
• Mentor a team of software developers to ensure the creation of high-quality software solutions that align with architecture guidelines.
• Assist with technical troubleshooting and solutioning as needed.
• Act as a technical lead for the Domain and work with Platform teams to improve reusable ingestion components.
• Continuously learn and strive for the highest level of craftsmanship in designing and building software solutions.
• Research and benchmark their technology against competing systems in the industry.
• Support the career development of others through mentoring and providing guidance on technical issues.
• Influence the core platform teams to increase their productivity and effectiveness by sharing knowledge and experience.
• Support the development of analysis and design methodologies, including related policies, procedures, tools, and artifacts, to ensure an agile implementation process aligned with established release cycles and enterprise standards.
• Provide thought leadership on Ingestion and explore opportunities in emerging technologies, tools, and partnerships.

Qualifications

• 7+ Years of a data science, technology or insurance/financial domain experience or a combination of both
• 2+ years of leadership experience driving major cross-functional operational improvements in a highly matrixed organization.
• Experience designing and developing software/automation solutions using Java (Spring Boot), Python, Selenium, microservices, and relational databases (MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Very good SQL
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD (Jenkins, Jira, Terraform, Ansible, docker etc.)
• Bonus points for experience in:
• Web technologies (Angular, React, Nodejs, JS, HTML etc.).
• Informatica
• Databricks
• Machine Learning – via either a modelling or an MLOps role
• Strong Agile and project management skills
• Strong EQ; able to build and maintain relationships across Business and Technology
• Ability to drive multiple teams globally.
• Excellent verbal, written & interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven ability as a structured, logical thinker
• Ability to navigate and work with key business, system integrator, technology supplier relationships.

Our team makes a difference, every time. For this reason, we offer in return!

They offer hybrid working model, explicit, structured career development, a competitive salary package, annual bonus, private medical cover, monthly allowance for lunch, continuous learning experiences, work in a fun, lively environment with mentoring from our ground-breaking senior mentors.

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