Data Engineer

Prima; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home / office mix

Learning resources & mentorship

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Job summary

Prima in London is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to bridge the gap between machine learning, data science and engineering, helping build, publish and maintain complex data products and pipelines that drive growth.

You’ll join over 350 engineers across software, infrastructure, operations and security, collaborating with data scientists to design forecasting, feature engineering, governance and data integration that power scalable analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience with batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and data modelling with SQL/NoSQL.
• DevOps, CI/CD, and IaC deployment knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Shape the architecture of data products for analytics and data science.
• Lead data transformation and governance to ensure data consistency and reliability.
• Build reusable data ingestion, storage, transformation, and serving pipelines.

Skills

Batch & streaming pipelines

Kafka / Flink / Spark

Python programming

SQL/NoSQL data modelling

DevOps / CI/CD / IaC

Databricks experience

Tools

AWS

Redshift

PostgreSQL

Apache Airflow

Apache Oozie

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Fancy helping us shape the future of motor insurance?

Prima could be the place for you.

Since 2015, we’ve been using our love of data and tech to rethink motor insurance and bring drivers a great experience at a great price. Our story began in Italy, where we’ve quickly become the number one online motor insurance provider. In fact, we’re trusted by over 5 million drivers. And now we’re expanding to help millions more drivers in the UK and Spain.

This team is the beating heart of Prima.

You’ll be joining over 350 engineers across software development, infrastructure, operations and security. Fueled by curiosity, experimentation and collaboration, you’ll help deliver scalable, impactful solutions that shape the future of insurance.

Senior Data Engineer

You’ll be joining our pricing and underwriting domain to bridge the gap between machine learning/data science and engineering. You will help build, publish, and maintain our complex data products and pipelines, key elements that have a significant impact on the company’s growth.

What you’ll do

• Shaping the architecture of data products designed for data analytics and data science specifically focusing on use cases like forecasting, feature engineering, customer behaviour, and integration of new data sources.
• Leading the way in data transformation by setting up best practices in areas like Data modelling, performance optimisation, Data Governance etc, ensuring that the data used within Prima is consistent, available and reliable.
• Build reusable technology that enables teams to ingest, store, transform, and serve their own data products.
• Engaging with data scientists and machine learning engineers to explore the product landscape and refine data requirements for enhanced data infrastructure.
• Embrace continuous learning and experimentation to stay updated on emerging technologies, from testing open source tools to engaging in community-building activities like Meetups. Your passion for staying at the forefront of the field will drive your journey.

What we’re looking for

• Expert in batch, distributed data processing and near real-time streaming data pipelines with technologies like Kafka, Flink, Spark etc. Experience in Databricks is a plus.
• Experience in Data Lake / Big Data Analytics platform implementation with cloud based solution; AWS preferred.
• Proficient in Python programming and software engineering best practices.
• Expertise with RDBMS, Data Warehousing, Data Modelling with relational SQL (Redshift, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency in DevOps, CI/CD pipeline management, and expertise in infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployment industry-best practices.

Nice-to-Have

• Hands-on experience in Data Quality and Data Governance techniques.
• Knowledge on MLOps and Feature engineering.
• Exposure to common data analysis and ML technologies such as on scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy, XGBoost, LightGBM.
• Exposure to tools like Apache Oozie, Apache Airflow.

Why you’ll love it here

We want to make Prima a happy and empowering place to work. So if you decide to join us, you can expect plenty of perks.

• Work Your Way: Enjoy full flexibility – work from home, the office or a mix of both. Plus, work from anywhere for up to 30 days a year.
• Grow with us: Get access to learning resources, mentorship and a growth plan tailored to you.
• Thrive and perform: Enjoy private healthcare, gym discounts, wellbeing programs and mental health support.

We may move fast at Prima, but we move together.

At Prima, we celebrate uniqueness. If you don’t meet every requirement but are passionate about this role, we still want to hear from you. Innovation thrives on diverse perspectives.

Prima is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.