Senior Data Solutions Engineer - Hybrid, Automation & Mentoring

Fortitude Re; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Senior Associate, Data Solutions Engineering, to design and deliver robust data pipelines on modern platforms. The role emphasizes independent solution design, optimization, and mentoring junior team members.

You will work with data platform engineers, governance, data science and analytics peers to ensure compliant, scalable data solutions, while supporting governance and runbooks. Hybrid work model; strong collaboration required.

Qualifications

• Four years of programming experience (Python, Julia, and/or R) and strong SQL skills.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT, cloud, and data operations.
• Domain knowledge in Actuarial, Investment, or Finance within Insurance/Reinsurance is a plus.
• Experience with data lakes, data governance, and modern data quality techniques.
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver strategic data solutions using modern data engineering principles.
• Independently implement and optimize data ingestion/transformation jobs and deliver incremental datasets for downstream consumption.
• Champion automation and operate in an agile development environment while applying DevOps principles.
• Evaluate and improve existing data pipelines, recommending future-state architectures that increase scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate across the function- partnering with data platform engineers, data governance, data science, and data analytics/visualization peers, to ensure solutions are robust, compliant, and reusable.
• Support and mentor early career professionals by sharing best practices and contributing to team knowledge.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

ETL/ELT

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Math / CS / Engineering

Tools

SQL databases

Data governance tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. in Jersey City, NJ, seeks a Senior Associate, Data Solutions Engineering, to design and deliver robust data pipelines on modern platforms. The role emphasizes independent solution design, optimization, and mentoring junior team members.

You will work with data platform engineers, governance, data science and analytics peers to ensure compliant, scalable data solutions, while supporting governance and runbooks. Hybrid work model; strong collaboration required.