Senior Data Engineer (Databricks, Snowflake, ETL)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement matching 401(k)

Paid Time Off ( PTO )

Wellness Program

Volunteer Encouragement

Job summary

Travelers is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Hartford area to accelerate our analytics landscape. You will design, build, and deploy complex data solutions that enable AI, ML, and business intelligence across the enterprise.

You will guide teammates’ growth, incorporate new data sources, and ensure production readiness with strong delivery skills and data governance. This role is foundational to Travelers’ data strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent.
• Minimum 6 years of data engineering experience.
• Strong foundation in data engineering principles and practices.
• Experience with data pipelines, processing, and warehousing.
• Hands-on with Databricks, Snowflake, and DBT.
• Proficiency in ETL tools and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Demonstrated technical leadership in large enterprise settings.
• Ability to translate complex data concepts for business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize complex data solutions, fix issues, and propose data quality improvements.
• Design data solutions, incorporate new data sources, ensure consistency across projects.
• Analyze complex data sources to determine value and inclusion in analytics.
• Maintain data governance, security, and quality standards.
• Serve as data SME to support delivery and educate users on data products.
• Analyze defects and incidents, resolve high-complexity problems.
• Collaborate across teams to support delivery and education.

Skills

Data Pipeline & Processing

Modern Data Platform Expertise

ETL & Integration Tools

Technical Leadership

AI & Workflow Innovation

Technical Expertise & Delivery

Problem Solving & Domain Knowledge

Communication & Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

6+ years data engineering experience

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

DBT

Ab Initio

Informatica

AWS

Azure

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?

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related field or equivalent.
• Ten years of related experience.
• Data Pipeline & Processing: Experience with data pipelining, data processing, and data warehousing, with a strong foundation in data engineering principles and practices.
• Modern Data Platform Expertise: Hands-on experience with modern data platforms and transformation tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, and DBT.
• ETL & Integration Tools: Proficiency with ETL tools such as AbInitio or Informatica, and experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Technical Leadership: Demonstrated technical leadership and/or supervisory experience, ideally gained within a large enterprise or corporate environment.
• AI & Workflow Innovation: Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to drive workflow efficiency and optimize engineering processes.
• Technical Expertise & Delivery: Advanced knowledge of cloud platforms, programming languages, and modern software engineering practices, with strong delivery skills including design strategy, automated testing, quality assurance, and system health monitoring to ensure production readiness.
• Problem Solving & Domain Knowledge: Strong problem solver who leverages data and proofs of concept to find creative solutions, measures impact, and optimizes outcomes, backed by a demonstrated track record of domain expertise, staying current with industry trends, and sharing knowledge with coworkers.
• Communication & Leadership: Excellent communicator who can translate complex technology concepts for business audiences, document initiatives clearly, and build strong business partnerships, while also demonstrating the ability to lead and inspire others, influence priorities, and drive action even in ambiguous situations.

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.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.