Director, Data Platforms & AI Engineering

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 139,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Travelers is seeking a Data Engineering Director to accelerate analytics growth and lead multiple teams building data solutions for AI, ML, and BI. You will guide pipelines from ingestion to data products, mentor engineers, and ensure architectural excellence across Databricks, DBT, and AWS.

You will oversee senior engineers, set priorities with product and architecture, and drive CI/CD, quality, and observability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Related Field/Equivalent Experience.
• Five or more years of data engineering experience.
• Hands-on expertise with Databricks, DBT, and AWS
• Proven experience leading and developing early-career engineers

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the data platform (Databricks, DBT, AWS).
• Own the technical aspects of projects led by Tech Leads, including architecture, design decisions, code quality, and technical delivery
• Provide technical mentoring and guidance to the Tech Leads.
• Manage, mentor, and develop EDPs and junior engineers, including one-on-ones, performance feedback, structured learning plans, code reviews, and career development
• Help place EDPs and junior engineers on project work that builds their skills, partnering with the Tech Leads on assignments and day-to-day direction
• Use Claude and other AI tools to accelerate source-to-target mapping for Domains and Data Products, speeding up design, documentation, and validation while keeping human review and engineering standards in place
• Partner with product, business, and architecture stakeholders to prioritize and sequence work across teams
• Drive engineering excellence: CI/CD, testing, data quality, and observability
• Oversee production support readiness and operational stability
• Collaborate with the hiring manager on resourcing across onshore employees and offshore contractors

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Related Field/Equivalent Experience

Tools

Databricks

DBT

AWS

Unity Catalog

Delta Lake

Job description

Travelers is seeking a Data Engineering Director to accelerate analytics growth and lead multiple teams building data solutions for AI, ML, and BI. You will guide pipelines from ingestion to data products, mentor engineers, and ensure architectural excellence across Databricks, DBT, and AWS.

You will oversee senior engineers, set priorities with product and architecture, and drive CI/CD, quality, and observability.