Head of Data Engineering — Underwriting Analytics

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) match

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Rewards

Job summary

The Travelers Indemnity Company is seeking a Data Engineering Director to accelerate growth and transform our analytics landscape. You will lead data engineering teams to build data solutions supporting AI, ML, and BI initiatives across underwriting and analytics.

As part of the BI Data & Analytics Organization, you will oversee data pipelines, governance, and production readiness while collaborating with data scientists, architecture, and enterprise teams to deliver scalable, secure data

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of related data engineering experience.
• 3+ years of management experience, ideally with at least 2 years in the insurance industry.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services, Python, and Databricks, along with 2+ years working with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, guide, and coach the Underwriting Data Engineering team, establishing processes, fostering a culture of technical excellence, and supporting career development across the team.
• Design, develop, and implement robust end-to-end data solutions and ML pipelines covering feature engineering, data preparation, training, testing, and deployment, while enforcing strong data validation, versioning, and governance practices.
• Govern the end-to-end productionization of models, coordinating with stakeholder and application teams to ensure seamless integration with production systems and APIs, including monitoring, alerting, and error handling frameworks.
• Lead the development of analytic data products, pilots, and proof of concepts in alignment with enterprise architecture and data strategies, while maintaining scalable, secure, and automated solutions.
• Develop and maintain the Underwriting Analytics Portfolio roadmap, present analysis and recommendations to inform management decisions, and maintain cross-functional relationships to ensure partner needs are met and work is prioritized accordingly.

Skills

Data engineering

AWS

Python

Databricks

CI/CD

DevOps

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM field

Job description

The Travelers Indemnity Company is seeking a Data Engineering Director to accelerate growth and transform our analytics landscape. You will lead data engineering teams to build data solutions supporting AI, ML, and BI initiatives across underwriting and analytics.

As part of the BI Data & Analytics Organization, you will oversee data pipelines, governance, and production readiness while collaborating with data scientists, architecture, and enterprise teams to deliver scalable, secure data