Senior Data Engineer

Department: Software Developement

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Anna Kaglyak

Description

CFC is on a journey to be a leader in data driven insurance. We are a leader in automated cyber insurance and will use data more and more as the bedrock of our business. In order to support this, we are building a single data platform which will enable us to collect, share and use data across our business and with many user communities. This data platform will initially be used to support MDM requirements and over time will expand to provide core capability for leveraging data across our organisation. To support this initiative, we are looking to hire a Senior Data Engineer who will play a significant role in delivering this capability.
Beyond the immediate use cases around the data platform, there are ample opportunities to influence the data approach to CFC and pioneer new initiatives to support the companies’ goals. We expect this role to be a mixture of hands-on development work and strategic thinking.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced data engineer to join a growing company at the forefront of data usage within the Insurance industry. You will be working with senior stakeholders to craft a new set of capabilities with the opportunity to drive the direction and fundamentals of this platform.

About the role

Within this role, you will be responsible for:

• Working with multiple stakeholder communities to understand our data needs and create pipelines to take data between different layers in the platform
• Ensuring the technical infrastructure is in place and appropriate to support managing the data platform and associated activities such as pipelines
• Creating standards and patterns to ensure that future development adhere to a high-quality fit for purpose framework
• Defining features and capabilities to move the dial on data usage within the insurance industry
• Creating procedures to demonstrate the value of existing data sources and integrating additional data sources that serve business goals.
• Providing governance and consultancy to users of the data platform and data related questions

About you

• You will have experience working in a Data Engineering role within an Agile environment
• You will have deep understanding of:
• Apache Spark, especially via the PySpark API
• Microsoft Azure, especially Azure Synapse
• SQL, especially with Synapse Server and Azure SQL
• Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Azure permissions and authentication structures like EntraID, Managed Identities, Service Principles etc

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.