American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance is looking for a Data Engineer I or II (Hybrid or Remote) #OnlineJavaJobsTelecommute #JavaCareerJavaJobsWorkFromHome #DataEngineerJobs #EngineerJobs
Are you a person who: – Takes pride in delivering high quality data solutions? – Enjoys partnering with stakeholders that represent a variety of different business and technical areas? – Continually challenges themselves? – Looks for opportunities to add value to the organization? – Seeks to understand the why behind the work? Come join a team of data engineering leaders who are actively working to transform the Enterprise. Our current backlog of work includes things like: – Building a new Enterprise cloud solution to be utilized by a variety of stakeholders for defined use cases with expected benefits that include (1) increased efficiency, (2) reduced complexity, (3) reduced cost, (4) alignment with Enterprise standards, and (5) improved data quality. – Migrating, enhancing, and building cloud solutions that (1) enable the business to make informed business decisions and (2) enable the decommissioning of legacy systems. – Maintenance and support of existing and new solutions. Prior experience in the insurance industry, or specific experience with claims data, strongly preferred. Top candidates will have demonstrated expertise with Python, SQL and cloud (GCP a plus, but open to AWS as well). Job Family Summary Determines and builds the technical solution(s) to allow unstructured data to be structured and used by Data Scientists. Seeks to understand the data being worked with as its often unstructured data sets. Often are data gurus who prepare data for all stages of the modeling process including exploration, training, testing, and deployment. Job Profile Summary As a Data Engineer, youll work on collecting, storing, processing and building Business Intelligence and Analytics applications within our big data platform. Presently, our team is constructing an enterprise data lake to enable analysts and scientists to self-service data at scale across American Familys operating companies. Were leveraging open source technologies like Spark, Python, Hadoop, and cloud native tools to curate high-quality data sets. Youll also be responsible for integrating these applications with the architecture used across the organization. Adjacent responsibilities include establishing best practices with respect to data integration, data visualization, schema design, performance and reliability of data processing systems, supporting data quality, and enabling convenient access to data for our scientists and business users. Compensation Minimum:$78,400 Annual Compensation Maximum:$125,600 Annual Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Job Level Summary Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines Solves complex problems Works independently, receives minimal guidance May lead projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience Primary Accountabilities Perform exploratory data analysis to determine which questions can be answered effectively with a given dataset. Ability to analyze new (possibly unstructured) data sources to determine what additional value they may bring. Design and develop highly scalable and extensible data pipelines from internal and external sources. Work on cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy data-driven applications and products, particularly within the space of data science. Prototype emerging technologies involving data ingestion and transformation, distributed file systems, databases and frameworks. Design, build, and maintain tools to increase the productivity of application development and client facing teams. Partner with business analyst to define, develop, and automate data quality checks. Design and develop big data applications and data visualization tools. Travel Requirements This position requires travel up to 10% of the time. Education and Licenses Bachelors degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service. In-depth knowledge of SQL and experience using a variety of data stores (e.g. RDBMS, analytic database, scalable document stores). Hands-on programming experience in Python or java, with an emphasis towards building ETL workflows and data-driven solutions. Experience with big data batch computing tools (e.g. Hadoop or Spark) and developing distributed data processing solutions. Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) Good data understanding and business acumen in the data rich industries like insurance or financial Solid understanding of data modeling principles (e.g. dimensional modeling and star schemas). Solid understanding of database internals, such as indexes, binary logging, and transactions. Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Docker, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.) Solid understanding of with software engineering tools and workflows (i.e. Jenkins, CI/CD, git). Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks. Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions. The preferred location for this position is Madison, WI. However, this position may be considered for a Full-Time Remote or Hybrid work arrangement based on the selected candidates location. We know flexibility is important to our employees and their families, and we will continue to offer flexibility in this flex office/home role. This approach will guide us in balancing the needs of the business, customers and our employees. Preferred locations for this role include: Madison, WI; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Minneapolis, MN; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Nashville, TN; Atlanta, GA; Seattle, WA; Las Vegas, NV; St. Joseph, MO; Kansas City, MO; St. Louis, MO; Green Bay, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Akron, OH; Keene, NH; Jacksonville, FL *Other locations and remote work may be considered Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role. #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits. We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. #LI-DB1
American Family Insurance