Backend/Data Engineer, Coverage Intelligence

Bold Penguin, Inc.; Dublin (OH); Remote; USD 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

Flexible PTO Policy

401(k) with a company match

Employee Assistance Program

Disability and Life Benefits

Job summary

Bold Penguin, Inc. is seeking a Backend / Data Engineer for the Coverage Intelligence team.

You will design and operate data pipelines and services that power coverage insights in our Digital Exchange, ensuring data accuracy, traceability, and secure handling of sensitive policy data. In this highly collaborative role, you’ll work with AI engineers and domain experts to scale data infrastructure, measure accuracy, optimize performance and costs, and uphold security and privacy standards across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend or data engineering experience building and operating production services and pipelines.
• Strong Python and SQL proficiency.
• Experience with MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing APIs and data contracts consumed by other teams.
• Experience with workflow orchestration (Prefect or Airflow) and batch/event-driven processing.
• Hands-on AWS experience, including containers, infrastructure as code and observability tooling.
• Experience modeling versioned, effective-dated reference data.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-directed with a high bar for quality in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience supporting ML/LLM systems in production is preferred.
• Experience with OpenSearch is preferred.
• Experience supporting LLM observability or evaluation tooling is preferred.
• Insurance/Insurtech domain familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate the pipelines and data stores behind coverage intelligence.
• Build the services and data contracts that deliver coverage insights to other teams and products.
• Ensure every result can be traced back to its source, with strong data quality and lineage.
• Build the data infrastructure that lets the team measure accuracy and improve it with every release.
• Own the reliability, performance and cost of the team’s production services.
• Uphold security and privacy standards for sensitive policy and customer data.
• Partner with engineers and specialists across teams to integrate coverage data into the wider platform.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Python

SQL

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

APIs

Data Contracts

Workflow Orchestration

Airflow

Prefect

AWS

Containers

Infra as Code

OpenSearch

Data Lineage

CI/CD

ML Data Pipelines

Security

Observability

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

Job description

• Base Pay $104,900.00 - $139,500.00 / Year
• Other Compensation Annual Performance Bonus Eligible
• Relocation Expense Covered No
• Employee Type FT Exempt

YOUR ROLE

As a Backend / Data Engineer on the Coverage Intelligence team, you build the data foundation and services that turn coverage intelligence into a dependable production capability inside the Digital Exchange, powered by DeX ai. You own how data moves through the system, from ingestion through to the products that rely on it, and you make sure it is accurate, traceable and secure. You work closely with AI engineers and domain specialists, and help shape the team’s data and platform architecture as it grows.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, build and operate the pipelines and data stores behind coverage intelligence.
• Build the services and data contracts that deliver coverage insights to other teams and products.
• Ensure every result can be traced back to its source, with strong data quality and lineage.
• Build the data infrastructure that lets the team measure accuracy and improve it with every release.
• Own the reliability, performance and cost of the team’s production services.
• Uphold security and privacy standards for sensitive policy and customer data.
• Partner with engineers and specialists across teams to integrate coverage data into the wider platform.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

YOUR LOCATION
This is a fully remote role, with the exception of onboarding and optional in-office events.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years' experience in backend or data engineering, building and operating production services and pipelines.
• Strong Python and SQL.
• Experience with MongoDB and relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar).
• Experience designing APIs and data contracts consumed by other teams.
• Experience with workflow orchestration (e.g., Prefect or Airflow) and batch and event-driven processing.
• Hands-on AWS experience, including containers, infrastructure as code and observability tooling.
• Experience modeling versioned, effective-dated reference data.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Works autonomously with minimal direction, sets a clear path through ambiguity, and holds a high bar for quality.
• Thrives on the energy of a start up: comfortable with pace, changing priorities, and building the function while running it.
• Experience supporting machine learning or LLM systems in production, such as data pipelines, evaluation data or model serving (strongly preferred).
• Experience with search stores such as OpenSearch (preferred).
• Experience supporting LLM observability or evaluation tooling (preferred).
• Insurance or insurtech experience, including familiarity with insurance concepts and insurance-specific canonical data models (preferred).

• Must be able to sit/stand/walk for prolonged periods of time (up to 8 hours per day), at a desk working on a computer.
• Must be able to use standard office equipment for extended periods of time, including but not limited to, a mouse, keyboard, phone and video conferencing.
• Must be able to travel to the Bold Penguin office in Dublin, Ohio for New Hire Onboarding & Orientation (2 days, 2 nights); travel costs are covered by Bold Penguin.
• Must be able to travel occasionally (up to 10%) for corporate events and team planning sessions.

Bold Penguin is the premier digital broker for commercial insurance. Their technology expands top-of-funnel demand and increases yield for enterprise partners. Through digital distribution, wholesale capabilities, and AI-driven insights, they transform the lifecycle of both simple and complex risks, from prospecting to placement.

We offer competitive compensation and progressive benefits that include:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible PTO Policy
• 401(k) with a company match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Disability and Life Benefits

Stay connected to the Glacier. We have great SLACK channels for work and play. We also like to video conference and hold all-hands "Waddles" regularly.

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Bold Penguin believes in inclusion. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To learn more about our results-focused culture and employee-focused perks, read more on our careers page .