Divisional Data Software Engineer III

Alliant Insurance Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliant Insurance Services is seeking a data engineering professional to design and operate complex data pipelines, translating business needs into scalable data solutions and delivering major data components with strong architecture, testing, observability, and governance.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate across product, analytics, architecture, and business teams while ensuring privacy, security, and retention standards and maintaining delivery timelines and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Five or more years in data engineering, software engineering, data integration, or related work.
• One or more years of Insurance industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads technical discovery and translates complex divisional requirements into data architecture, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Designs, builds, and operates scalable, secure, and resilient data ingestion, ELT, and integration services.
• Develops reusable frameworks, libraries, and patterns to improve engineering consistency and delivery speed.
• Designs dimensional and other fit-for-purpose data models; optimizes storage, query performance, and compute utilization.
• Establishes automated testing, data quality controls, monitoring, alerting, and recovery practices.
• Leads investigation of complex data defects and production incidents; drives root cause analysis and durable remediation.
• Ensures solutions meet divisional and enterprise requirements for privacy, security, governance, lineage, and retention.
• Facilitates technical reviews and makes recommendations on tools, design tradeoffs, and implementation approaches.
• Partners with product, analytics, architecture, and business stakeholders to prioritize work and manage dependencies.
• Mentors engineers through pairing, design feedback, code review, and sharing of engineering practices.
• Communicates delivery status, technical risks, operational health, and data limitations to appropriate stakeholders.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Distributed processing

Pipeline orchestration

Cloud data platforms

APIs

Python

SQL

Testing & observability

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/DS/SE

5+ years data/software engineering

Insurance industry experience

Job description

At Alliant Insurance Services, we thrive on creating employee benefits solutions built on the idea that health makes growth possible. As top tier professionals dedicated to solving our clients' health and welfare insurance challenges, Alliant team members deliver an unrivaled depth of service, and our unique approach enables us to help clients stay resilient and turn change into opportunity. This position is a chance to join a dynamic, expanding company with prospects for individual and career growth.

As one of the 5 largest insurance brokerage firms in the U.S., Alliant provides property and casualty, workers' compensation, employee benefits, surety, and financial products and services to clients nationwide. More information is available at www.alliant.com.

SUMMARY

Responsible for independently designing, building, and operating complex divisional data software and pipelines. Converts ambiguous business needs into scalable technical solutions, leads delivery of significant data product components, and raises engineering quality through sound architecture, testing, observability, and governance. Mentors less experienced engineers and coordinates effectively across technology and business teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads technical discovery and translates complex divisional requirements into data architecture, interfaces, and delivery plans.
• Designs, builds, and operates scalable, secure, and resilient data ingestion, ELT, and integration services.
• Develops reusable frameworks, libraries, and patterns that improve engineering consistency and delivery speed.
• Designs dimensional and other fit-for-purpose data models; optimizes storage, query performance, and compute utilization.
• Establishes appropriate automated testing, data quality controls, monitoring, alerting, and recovery practices.
• Leads investigation of complex data defects and production incidents; drives root cause analysis and durable remediation.
• Ensures solutions meet divisional and enterprise requirements for privacy, security, governance, lineage, and retention.
• Facilitates technical reviews and makes recommendations on tools, design tradeoffs, and implementation approaches.
• Partners with product, analytics, architecture, and business stakeholders to prioritize work and manage dependencies.
• Mentors engineers through pairing, design feedback, code review, and sharing of engineering practices.
• Communicates delivery status, technical risks, operational health, and data limitations to appropriate stakeholders.
• Performs all duties in accordance with all company policies and procedures, and all federal, state and local laws, wherein the Company operates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Five (5) or more years in data engineering, software engineering, data integration, or related work.

One (1) or more years of Insurance industry experience.

SKILLS

• Knowledge of data architecture, data modeling, distributed processing, and pipeline orchestration
• Knowledge of cloud data platforms, APIs, and scalable integration patterns
• Skills in SQL and Python or another production programming language
• Skills in data architecture, modeling, distributed processing, and pipeline orchestration
• Skills in using cloud data platforms, APIs, and scalable integration patterns
• Skills in testing, observability, performance tuning, and production incident response
• Skills in technical communication, stakeholder partnership, and mentoring
• Ability to balance reliability, security, maintainability, delivery time, and cost

We are proud to provide comprehensive, high quality employee programs to meet employees' needs now and in the future, including a very competitive financial package. We encourage you to explore what we have to offer.

Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications and ability without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, genetic information, or status as a protected veteran, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including California law.

Applicants are protected under Federal law from discrimination. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process or would like to review these materials in an alternative format, please reach out to [e-mail].

For more information on Alliant Insurance Service's benefits, please visit www.alliant.com/about/careers/benefits