Data Engineer
Location:
Remote- United States
Apply nowGeneral Description:
Responsible for expanding, optimizing, and monitoring data collection, data flows and datasets. Partner with data scientists and analysts on transforming, consolidating, integrating, and cleaning data. Support our next generation of products and data initiatives.
Responsibilities:
• Build and maintain data pipelines and datasets for data science and analytics projects.
• Drive initiatives to analyze and acquire free and paid data from third parties.
• Collaborate with data science and data services teams to develop best practices. Includes data ingestion, dataset creation, storage and updates, naming conventions and retention.
• Work with stakeholders on data-related technical issues and data infrastructure needs.
• Implement methods to improve data reliability and quality.
• Partner with data and analytics experts to improve functionality in data systems.
• Assemble large and complex data sets that meet functional/non-functional business requirements.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements. Includes automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
• Support data governance activities. Monitor and report on data lineage and data quality.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field.
• 2 years + Python programming experience. Jupyter notebook experience a plus.
• 2 years + SQL programming, SQL database design, and data architecture concepts.
• 1 year + experience working with scrum agile processes. Azure Devops preferred.
• Technical expertise with data models, data mining, and data warehousing.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure components. Includes DevOps, ADLS, Databricks, ADLS, CosmosDB, ML Services or equivalent cloud resources.
• Broad working knowledge of insurance brokerage or sales workflows and systems preferred.
• Self-motivated. Comfortable managing needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.
Physical Demands:
Work is performed in a climate-controlled office environment with minimal noise and limited to no exposure to chemicals or toxins. Employees operate office equipment including telephone - headset, Computer, computer monitors, keyboard, mouse, copier, scanner, and mail machine. Physical tasks of job include walking, sitting, standing, and bending.
Analysis of Physical Demands:
• Constantly (over 66% of time) work performed requires employees to use repetitive hand motions such as typing, using a keyboard, and sitting at a desk.
• Frequently (34%-66% of time) work performed requires employees to handle and grasp things, walk on normal surfaces, stand, bend and travel to various USI offices.
• Occasionally (1%-33% of time) work performed requires employees walk on uneven or slippery surfaces to and from work and occasionally reach outward to grab things and bend.
• Rarely (< than 1 hour per week) work performed requires lifting/carrying items that range from 10-50lbs, pushing/pulling items that range from 10-50lbs, twisting/ turning including reaching over shoulder or above head, kneeling or squatting.
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Compensation & Benefits Information:
Salary Range: $90,000-$110,000
This is a bonus-eligible position.
USI is committed to providing a full-suite of competitive benefits for our growing population and its diverse needs. We offer a wide range of health, welfare and financial benefits including medical, wellness, dental and vision, 401(k), flexible spending and health savings accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance and other unique employer-sponsored and voluntary programs. USI also offers a generous paid time off policy, paid family leave benefit as well as paid holiday time.
Job ID:
25888