Data Engineer

Job Type:
Permanent
Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
Company description
Hiscox is a diversified international insurance group with a powerful brand, strong balance sheet and plenty of room to grow. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda (with the bulk of group leadership sitting in London), Hiscox has over 3,000 staff across 14 countries and 34 offices.
Structured by geography and product, Hiscox’s long-held business strategy has helped them grow from a niche Lloyd’s underwriter to an international insurance group with a powerful consumer brand. Hiscox is comprised of the following business lines:
London Market
Reinsurance & Insurance Linked Securities (ILS)
Retail:
Hiscox USA
Hiscox UK
Hiscox Europe
For the financial year 2022 GWP grew to $4.425m, with net premiums earned growing to $2.928m.
Hiscox’s Purpose: “We give people and businesses the confidence to realise their ambitions”
Hiscox values:
Courage; dare to take a risk
Human; clean, fair, and inclusive
Ownership; passionate, commercial, and accountable
Integrity; do the right thing, however hard
Connected; together, build something better
The Team
This role forms part of the Enterprise Technology (ET) team lead by the CTO for ET who are accountable for the full life cycle of around 140 applications. ET has several service verticals, including Business Applications made up of 6 value streams and an Enterprise Application team, Data, End User Experience, Core Engineering, Architecture, and Portfolio Management. The role will sit within the Data service vertical, led by a Head of Data Engineering, reporting into the Lead Data Engineer.
Technical Skills
Development background with exposure to Data Warehousing at scale on both cloud and on-premise
Experience developing ETL solutions in GCP including Python and SQL as well as SQL Server including SSIS & T-SQL
Exposure to DW development practices (code & configuration management, build processes)
Strong understanding of enterprise level data warehouse architectures, data modelling concepts, and ETL/ELT best practices
Ability to take business requirements and work with other team members to estimate and design end-to-end solutions
Experience working in Agile delivery models with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments across data platforms.
Our nice to haves:
Insurance industry experience
Exposure to BI reporting toolsets – ideally Power BI
Demonstrable experience in mentoring or supporting the development of junior team members
Capability to architect highly scalable distributed systems, using different tools
Intellect and gravitas to influence and gain credibility with stakeholders
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Creative, proactive, logical and innovative – you do not accept the status quo
Highly results driven, with the energy and determination to succeed in a fast paced environment
Demonstrate a commitment to quality, service and personal ownership
Deal well with ambiguity and enable a consensus to be reached
An inquisitive mind-set and desire to understand both data and business requirements
Continuous self-improvement and learning
Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture