Emerging Technology Senior Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Matching

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Volunteer Program

Student Loan Aid

Job summary

Travelers Data Engineering team is accelerating analytics across the enterprise. You will design, build and deploy data solutions that enable AI, machine learning and business insights. You will guide team growth, partner with business units and deliver scalable data products end-to-end.

The ideal candidate thrives on collaboration, has strong communication, and leads data initiatives with a focus on quality and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent.
• 6+ years data engineering experience.
• Experience with AWS GenAI, Python/JavaScript, React, MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of Docker and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize complex data solutions and ensure data quality.
• Design data solutions and incorporate new data sources.
• Analyze complex data sources and determine value for analytics.
• Apply data governance, security and quality practices.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver data products and educate users.
• Troubleshoot defects and incidents in high-complexity environments.

Skills

AWS GenAI

Python

JavaScript

React

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Docker

Data Engineering

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

6+ years Data Engineering

Tools

AWS GenAI Tools

Job description

Who Are We? Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range $139,400.00 - $230,000.00

Target Openings 1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers Data Engineering team constructs pipelines that contextualize and provide easy access to data by the entire enterprise. As a Senior Data Engineer you will accelerate growth and transformation of our analytics landscape. You will bring a strong desire to guide team members' growth and develop data solutions that translate complex data into user-friendly terminology. You will leverage your ability to design, build and deploy data solutions that capture, explore, transform, and utilize data to support Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and business intelligence/insights.

What Will You Do?

• Build and operationalize complex data solutions, correct problems, apply transformations, and recommending data cleansing/quality solutions.
• Design complex data solutions, including incorporating new data sources and ensuring designs are consistent across projects and aligned to data strategies.
• Perform analysis of complex sources to determine value and use and recommend data to include in analytical processes.
• Incorporate core data management competencies including data governance, data security and data quality.
• Act as a data and technology subject matter expert within lines of business to support delivery and educate end users on data products/analytic environment.
• Perform data and system analysis, assessment and resolution for defects and incidents of high complexity and correct as appropriate.
• Collaborate across team to support delivery and educate end users on complex data products/analytic environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

Self-motivated engineer needed to join a small, highly-skilled team of technologists and leverage the latest emerging technologies to solve real-world business problems. The right candidate will have curiosity, excellent communication skills, and a positive team-oriented attitude. Hands-on software engineering skills are a must. The ideal candidate will have experience with:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) GenAI Models, Frameworks, and Tools
• Python/JavaScript
• React/MongoDB/PostgreSQL
• Containerization (ex. Docker)
• Nice to Have: Experience with Quantum Computing Tools
• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related field or equivalent
• Ten years of related experience
• Advanced knowledge of tools, techniques, and manipulation including cloud platforms, programming languages, and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems.
• Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to develop business partnerships and influence priorities by identifying solutions that are aligned with current business objective and closely follow industry trends relevant to domain, understanding how to apply them, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
• Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems involving a significant number of factors with broad implications, reflects on solutions, measures impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop business partnerships, describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, and empathetically and attentively listen to others thoughts and ideas.
• Ability to lead and take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 6 additional years of data engineering experience.

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
• If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account.
• You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
• In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

Travelers has more than 30,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

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Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.

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