Data Engineer

TAL Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TAL Australia is seeking a skilled developer within the Actuarial Systems team to design, build, test, and support data solutions that enable actuarial modelling, reporting, and downstream business processes. You will work across Microsoft SQL Server and Azure, designing production-ready data integration, and maintaining environments with a focus on reliability and scalability.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape standards, improve development practices, and deliver quality

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience as a developer, with Microsoft stack and Azure.
• Experience on SQL Server, T-SQL, SSIS, views and stored procedures.
• Experience in life insurance domain preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and implement Actuarial data systems and processes, integrating with TAL Data Platform, Prophet Enterprise, and TAL Finance Platform.
• Assist with implementation of accounting standards AASB17 and Finance reporting platform changes.
• Ensure delivered products are secure, reliable, usable, efficient, and highly available and scalable.
• Develop technical designs for step-changes in the products.
• Ensure quality of code and adherence to platform frameworks and guidelines through code reviews and peer education.

Skills

ETL pipelines

SQL Server

T-SQL

SSIS

Azure

Azure Data Factory

Azure SQL

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Azure Synapse

Azure Notebooks

Job description

As part of the Actuarial Systems team, this role is responsible for developing, testing, and supporting data solutions that enable actuarial modelling, reporting, and downstream business processes. Working across Microsoft SQL Server and Azure platforms, you will design and build production-ready data integration solutions, develop reconciliation and validation reporting, maintain database environments, and provide operational support for critical production processes. This position is suited to a highly skilled technical specialist who can manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision. In addition to hands-on development and support work, you will help shape development standards and best practices, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement while collaborating closely with team members across project and operational delivery.

In this role you will:

• Design, build, test and implement Actuarial data systems and processes, integrating primarily with the TAL Data Platform, Prophet Enterprise platform and TAL Finance Platform.
• Assist with implementation of accounting standards AASB17, business planning solution changes and Finance reporting platform.
• Ensure that delivered products are secure, reliable, usable, efficient, effective and, where required, highly available and scalable.
• Develop technical designs for step-changes in the products.
• Ensure quality of code and adherence to platform frameworks and guidelines through code reviews and peer education.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing data pipelines in both traditional and cloud base environments using ETL methodologies.
• Strong technical background, ideally having worked as a developer for 5+ years, including experience with the Microsoft stack SQL Server, database, T-SQL, SSIS, Views and Stored Procedures as well as MS Azure technology stack in particular ADF, Azure SQL and a working understanding of Azure Develops Any other Azure related knowledge or experience in the following areas: Azure Synapse and Notebooks.
• 5+ years working experience, preferably in life insurance.
• Experience with Atlassian software workflow and documentation tools - JIRA and Confluence.