Software/Data Engineer

Prima; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home option

Learning resources

Private healthcare

Job summary

Prima, a data-driven motor insurance company in the UK, is seeking a Data Engineer to join our Engineering team. You will help build, publish, and maintain complex data products and pipelines that drive pricing, underwriting and growth.

You will join over 300 engineers across software development, infrastructure, and security, collaborating with data scientists and ML engineers to evolve our data infrastructure and analytics. A flexible work setup is available.

Qualifications

• Experience with batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL software engineering best practices.
• Experience building data lakes/warehouses and data modelling.
• Familiarity with DevOps and IaC deployment practices.

Responsibilities

• Shape architecture of data products for analytics and data science use cases.
• Lead data transformation and governance to ensure reliable data.
• Build reusable components to ingest, store, transform, and serve data products.
• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to refine data requirements.
• Stay updated with emerging data tech and participate in Meetups.

Skills

Batch processing

Streaming data

Python

SQL

DevOps

CI/CD

IaC

Data modelling

Data governance

Cloud computing

Data analytics

Machine learning basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Databricks

Redshift

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

Airflow

Oozie

AWS

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.

To help fuel that growth, we need a Data Engineer to join our Engineering team.

This team is the beating heart of Prima.

You’ll be joining over 300 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.

Excited to make an impact? Here are the details

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.

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. Need accommodations during the process? Email us at ----- Let’s build the future of insurance, together.