About the team
Join a diverse and talented team of engineers (10+) based out of our Manchester hub, located centrally in the city. Benefit from flexible working arrangements where you own the way you work, and have a career supported by likeminded people
About the role
We are building a greenfield, cloud-native risk data and services platform to deliver cutting-edge risk intelligence insights and risk transfer solutions to our clients. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced working environment that leverages the latest technologies to provide unique and compelling solutions in a competitive marketplace. We operate with a startup mentality, challenge boundaries, and strive to combine leading-edge technology capabilities with new and emergent business models.
Your responsibilities:
• Engineer and maintain a host of pipelines from initial ingest to delivery on platform and within solutions
• Help design and develop a robust operational concept with health checks and good DevSecOps practices
• Ensure deployment and testing standards for solutions and platform are adhered to
• Investigate and effectively work with colleagues across domains and within the wider-engineering community to monitor and maintain data quality
• Work with Product Owners, Sales, UX Designers and Solutions Architects to understand and evaluate requirements from clients and internal users
• Work with an Agile mentality to deliver high value quickly in an iterative manner
About you
Must have technical skills:
• Strong understanding of data science techniques with modern programming languages and analytical frameworks
• Strong experience in writing clean, optimised code
• Strong understanding and knowledge of the analytics ecosystems, specifically PySpark
• Develop, standardise and improve documentation to suit all potential audiences
• Experience visualising business insights using state-of-the-art data analysis techniques
• Experience building reliable and robust datasets and interacting with external APIs
Must have soft skills
• Team player who works well with other people
• Continuous learning mindset
• Willingness to share knowledge across domains
• Good communication skills
Good to have skills
• Experience with geo-related data
• Experience within the insurance industry
• Experience with Palantir Foundry
About Swiss Re
Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.
Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
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