Data Engineer

Ki; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance technology firm in London is seeking a skilled software engineer for their Portfolio Data squad. In this role, you'll work collaboratively to design and maintain robust data solutions, ensuring efficient data flow and management for our dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong proficiency in Python and experience with cloud platforms. This position offers a competitive remuneration package and a supportive, inclusive culture.

Benefits

Highly competitive remuneration

Benefits package under constant review

Recognition of extraordinary effort

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software engineering, specifically with Python.
• Background in working with various storage solutions.
• Experience in developing APIs for data access and integration.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms, especially GCP and AWS.
• Familiarity with IAC and CI/CD practices.
• Understanding of data modelling and ETL processes.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders.
• Enthusiasm for agile teamwork and adaptation to challenges.
• Experience with complex data estates and simplifying processes.
• System design skills for scalable and resilient data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines.
• Utilize new data sources effectively.
• Engineer a growth-capable data model.
• Create frameworks to manage Ki's data asset.
• Collaborate on MLOps infrastructure development.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Proficiency in Python

API development

Experience with PostgreSQL

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

IAC and CI/CD

Data modelling skills

Collaborative mindset

Adaptability

System design foundation

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

BigQuery

FastAPI

Flask

Job description

Overview

Who are we? Ki is on a mission to digitally disrupt and revolutionise a 335-year-old market. We work with Google and UCL to create a platform that uses algorithms, machine learning and large language models to give insurance brokers quotes in seconds, rather than days. Ki is the biggest global algorithmic insurance carrier, the fastest growing syndicate in the Lloyd's of London market, and the first to reach $100m in profit in 3 years. Our teams work in an agile, cross-functional way to build the best experience for our customers, and we have big ambitions that invite excellent minds to challenge the status quo.

Where you come in? You will join the Portfolio Data squad to tackle critical challenges in transforming how we manage insurance exposure and risk aggregations. The current data estate is siloed, inefficient, and difficult to scale, so the team is designing a robust solution to support seamless data ingestion, scalable storage, and optimization for downstream use cases, including developing our algorithmic underwriting capability. The squad is also building a trusted source of truth for insurance exposure data — aligning methodologies with the Exposure Management team and delivering intuitive, high-value views and dashboards for Portfolio Management. By joining us, you will help modernize our data landscape, eliminate manual and unreliable processes, and empower the business with faster, smarter, and more reliable insights.

What you will be doing

• Work with actuaries, data scientists and engineers to design, build, optimise and maintain production grade data pipelines to feed the Ki algorithm
• Work with actuaries, data scientists and engineers to understand how we can make best use of new internal and external data sources
• Design and engineer a data model which can support our ambitions for growth and scale
• Create frameworks, infrastructure and systems to manage and govern Ki's data asset
• Work with the broader Engineering community to develop our data and MLOps capability infrastructure

Requirements

• Strong experience in software engineering with proficiency in a language such as Python for API development, data engineering and automation tasks
• A background in working with storage solutions such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and BigQuery
• Experience in API development using tools such as FastAPI or Flask, enabling data access and integration across systems
• Solid knowledge of cloud platforms (GCP and/or AWS), with the ability to design and deploy data solutions at scale
• Experience with IAC and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, repeatable, and automated deployments
• An understanding of data modelling, ETL/ELT processes, and best practices for data quality and governance
• Collaborative mindset, with the ability to work closely with stakeholders such as Exposure Management, Portfolio Management, and Data Science
• Curiosity, adaptability, and enthusiasm for working in an agile, squad-based environment
• Experience working with large, complex, and siloed data estates, with a track record of simplifying and streamlining processes
• A foundation in system design, with the ability to architect scalable, maintainable, and resilient data systems

Benefits

You\'ll get a highly competitive remuneration and benefits package. This is kept under constant review to make sure it stays relevant. We understand the power of saying thank you and take time to acknowledge and reward extraordinary effort by teams or individuals.

Ki Values

• Know Your Customer: Put yourself in their shoes. Understand and balance the different needs of our customers, acting with integrity and empathy to create something excellent
• Grow Together: Empower each other to succeed. Recognise the work of our teams, while celebrating individual success. Embrace diverse perspectives so we can develop and grow together
• Be Courageous: Think big, push boundaries. Don\'t be afraid to fail because that\'s how we learn. Test, adapt, improve - always strive to be better

Our culture

At Ki, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every colleague is valued and respected for who they are and can do the best work of their careers. Inclusion is a critical foundation of our business and people strategies and supports our vision of becoming a market-leading, digital and data-led specialty insurance business. An inclusive workplace fuels innovation because creativity thrives when everyone feels valued, respected, and supported to drive it. So, no matter who you are, where you\'re from, how you think, or who you love, we believe you should be you.