Staff Data Engineer - Hybrid

The Hartford; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford in Hartford, CT is seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer to advance data ingestion, transformation, and delivery for Employee Benefits Sales. You'll work on cloud-based data platforms and collaborate with Underwriting, Product and Enterprise Data teams.

The role emphasizes ownership of Quote and Underwriting pipelines, mentorship, and opportunities for technical leadership. Hybrid work schedule requires 3 days in office (Hartford, CT; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Charlotte, NC).

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data engineering experience in distributed systems, data warehousing, ETL, and cloud technologies.
• Hands-on expertise with Snowflake, Oracle, Informatica Cloud/PowerCenter, and GitHub.
• Experience with replication tools (Qlik, Informatica Mass Ingestion, SharePlex, OpenFlow, DMS).
• Proficiency in PySpark/Python and AWS services (EMR, S3, Lambda).
• Cloud certifications (AWS/GCP) and Snowflake preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end data pipelines and data products across platforms with ELT approaches.
• Influence solution architecture and CI/CD practices.
• Own data engineering practices including source control, branching, and issue tracking.
• Collaborate with Underwriting, Product, and Enterprise Data teams.
• Architect and prototype cloud/hybrid data architectures; stay current with big data trends.
• Document technical requirements and provide guidance to users.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Data Warehousing

SQL

NoSQL

ETL

CI/CD

Big Data

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Python/Spark

Data Mesh/Data Lake

Snowflake

Oracle

Informatica Cloud/PowerCenter

Github

Qlik

DMS/Replication tools

AWS EMR

S3/Lambda

Tools

Snowflake

Oracle

Informatica Cloud/PowerCenter

Github

Qlik

Informatica Mass Ingestion

SharePlex

OpenFlow

DMS

AWS EMR

S3

Lambda

Job description

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We're determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals - and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

As a Senior Staff Data Engineer supporting Employee Benefits Sales, you will play a key role in shaping how Sales and Underwriting data is ingested, transformed, and delivered across the organization. You'll work on modern, cloud-based data platforms to ensure high-quality, governed data products that drive operational efficiency, analytics, and decision-making. This role combines deep technical expertise with strong partnership across Underwriting, Product and Enterprise Data teams.

The position offers a strong growth path toward Technical Leadership, with hands-on ownership of Quote and Underwriting data pipelines and opportunities to mentor and influence across teams.

This role will have a Hybrid work schedule, with the expectation of working in an office location (Hartford, CT; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; and Charlotte, NC) 3 days a week (Tuesday through Thursday).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for building small or medium-scale pipelines and data products. End-to-End solution delivery involving multiple platforms and technologies with small to medium complexity or certain sub-systems of large, complex implementations, leveraging ELT solutions to acquire, integrate, and operationalize data
• Provides significant input to influence solution architecture
• Build and implement capabilities for continuous integration and continuous delivery aligned with Enterprise DevOps practices.
• Accountable for team development and influencing pipeline tool decisions
• Accountable for data engineering practices (e.g. Source code management, branching, issue tracking, access, etc.) to be followed for the data pipeline
• Independently review, prepare, design and integrate complex (type, quality, volume) data, correcting problems and recommend data cleansing/quality solutions
• Provide expert documentation and operating guidance for users of all levels.
• Document technical requirements and present complex technical concepts to audiences of varying sizes and levels.
• Rapidly architect, design, prototype/POC, implement, and optimize Cloud/Hybrid architectures
• Research, experiment, and utilize leading big data methodologies (AWS, Hadoop/EMR, Spark, Kafka, Snowflake) with cloud/on premise hybrid hosting solutions, on a project level
• Implement, and test data processing pipelines, and data mining/data science algorithms on a variety of hosted settings (AWS,Client technology stacks)
• Stay up to date on emerging data and analytics technologies, tools, techniques, and frameworks.
• Evaluate and recommend all technology-based decisions for tools and frameworks for effective delivery
• Support the development and implementation of project and portfolio strategy, roadmaps and implementation

Qualifications

• Candidates must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.
• 8+ years of data engineering experience and best practices in Distributed systems, Data warehousing solutions SQL and NoSQL, ETL tools, CICD, Bigdata, Cloud Technologies (AWS/AZURE), Python/Spark, Data mesh and Data Lake, Data Fabric
• Must have hands on experience in Snowflake, Oracle, Informatica Cloud/Power center, Github
• Must have hands‑on experience and knowledge on replication tools like Qlik, Informatica mass ingestion, Shareplex, open flow, DMS
• Must be familiar with ETL using Pyspark/Python/snowflake native features
• Must be familiar with AWS services such as EMR, S3, Lambda
• Certifications on Cloud services such as AWS/GCP and Snowflake
• Familiar with AI tools/tech stack

Nice To Have Qualifications

• Certifications on AI foundation
• Hands‑on experience with AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex

Compensation

The listed annualized base pay range is primarily based on analysis of similar positions in the external market. Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to performance, proficiency and demonstration of competencies required for the role. The base pay is just one component of The Hartford's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition. The annualized base pay range for this role is:

$135,040 - $202,560

The posted salary range reflects our ability to hire at different position titles and levels depending on background and experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Sex/Race/Color/Veterans/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity or Expression/Religion/Age