Senior Data Engineer
The Opportunity
Answer Financial is one of the largest auto & home insurance agencies in the U.S., with over 2.8 million vehicles and homes insured, serving customers in all 50 states. Part of the Allstate Corporation, Answer Financial has the nimbleness of smaller company, with the stability and backing of a Fortune 100 company. As a virtual insurance agency, Answer Financial’s success is based on using data and technology to gather insights and drive change into the marketplace. Rooted in empowerment and accountability, Answer Financial associates are challenged to maximize their own focus, resourcefulness and diversity. Our fast-paced work environment embraces innovative thinking, continuous learning and collaboration. We are a high-performance organization that believes in celebrating our employees’ efforts with a pay-for-performance approach, a competitive compensation package as well as opportunities for personal and professional growth. At Answer Financial, we understand that when our employees are at their best, so are we. That's why we offer a variety of development and well-being programs to encourage and empower our employees. We are committed to helping each employee work and live to his or her fullest potential.
The Role
The Senior Data Engineer drives identifying the needs of various stakeholders, creating solutions to meet those needs, and helping to draw meaningful insights to drive organizational action. The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for the end-to-end engineering of data and business intelligence solutions, including data visualization. The Senior Data Engineer is expected to have strong technical and business acumen, be self-driven, take charge in identifying and fixing problems, and excel in a fast changing, growing environment
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with various stakeholders in eliciting and articulating solution requirements
• Manage data and data requests to improve the accuracy of our data and decisions made from data analysis
• Work on data and problems across departments to drive improved business results through designing, building, and partnering to implement models
• Analyze information to draw insights which can drive organizational action
• Make architectural decisions for the data analytics platform and solutions
• Design scalable data analytics platform and solutions
• Assess, benchmark and select data analytics, reporting, and data visualization technologies
• Provide guidance and mentor other data engineers
• Promote and implement data integration patterns
• Communicate technical solutions to ensure techniques are well understood and incorporated into processes
• Lead Proof of Concept (POC) deliverables as needed
• Use knowledge of integrated requirements to evaluate potential software products
• Provide talent development through the education of other engineers and data analysts on standards, provide direction and guidance on tools and guidelines and provide coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, and development recommendations to groom less experienced designers
Qualifications
• 10+ years of IT experience
• 3-5 years of insurance sales and distribution industry experience
• 3-5 years of data analytics and visualization experience
• Experience with statistical modeling techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, tree models (CART, MART), data visualization, cluster analysis, principal components and feature creation, validation
• College degree with concentration in data and quantitative discipline such as statistics, computer science, cognitive science, economics, or operations research
• Experience with Business Intelligence frameworks and tools
• Experience with RDBMS and SQL, preferably MS SQL Server
• Experience with data profiling
• Experience working in an agile/iterative environment
• Prior development experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience with system integration, desktop technologies, windows server platforms and mobile technologies.
For Inquiry
1‑844‑AFI‑JOBS
careers@answerfinancial.com
The Opportunity
Answer Financial is one of the largest auto & home insurance agencies in the U.S., with over 2.8 million vehicles and homes insured, serving customers in all 50 states. Part of the Allstate Corporation, Answer Financial has the nimbleness of smaller company, with the stability and backing of a Fortune 100 company. As a virtual insurance agency, Answer Financial’s success is based on using data and technology to gather insights and drive change into the marketplace. Rooted in empowerment and accountability, Answer Financial associates are challenged to maximize their own focus, resourcefulness and diversity. Our fast-paced work environment embraces innovative thinking, continuous learning and collaboration. We are a high-performance organization that believes in celebrating our employees’ efforts with a pay-for-performance approach, a competitive compensation package as well as opportunities for personal and professional growth. At Answer Financial, we understand that when our employees are at their best, so are we. That's why we offer a variety of development and well-being programs to encourage and empower our employees. We are committed to helping each employee work and live to his or her fullest potential.
The Role
The Senior Data Engineer drives identifying the needs of various stakeholders, creating solutions to meet those needs, and helping to draw meaningful insights to drive organizational action. The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for the end-to-end engineering of data and business intelligence solutions, including data visualization. The Senior Data Engineer is expected to have strong technical and business acumen, be self-driven, take charge in identifying and fixing problems, and excel in a fast changing, growing environment
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with various stakeholders in eliciting and articulating solution requirements
• Manage data and data requests to improve the accuracy of our data and decisions made from data analysis
• Work on data and problems across departments to drive improved business results through designing, building, and partnering to implement models
• Analyze information to draw insights which can drive organizational action
• Make architectural decisions for the data analytics platform and solutions
• Design scalable data analytics platform and solutions
• Assess, benchmark and select data analytics, reporting, and data visualization technologies
• Provide guidance and mentor other data engineers
• Promote and implement data integration patterns
• Communicate technical solutions to ensure techniques are well understood and incorporated into processes
• Lead Proof of Concept (POC) deliverables as needed
• Use knowledge of integrated requirements to evaluate potential software products
• Provide talent development through the education of other engineers and data analysts on standards, provide direction and guidance on tools and guidelines and provide coaching, mentoring, training, performance feedback, and development recommendations to groom less experienced designers
Qualifications
• 10+ years of IT experience
• 3-5 years of insurance sales and distribution industry experience
• 3-5 years of data analytics and visualization experience
• Experience with statistical modeling techniques such as linear regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, tree models (CART, MART), data visualization, cluster analysis, principal components and feature creation, validation
• College degree with concentration in data and quantitative discipline such as statistics, computer science, cognitive science, economics, or operations research
• Experience with Business Intelligence frameworks and tools
• Experience with RDBMS and SQL, preferably MS SQL Server
• Experience with data profiling
• Experience working in an agile/iterative environment
• Prior development experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience with system integration, desktop technologies, windows server platforms and mobile technologies.
For Inquiry
1‑844‑AFI‑JOBS
careers@answerfinancial.com
Senior Data Engineer (Los Angeles, CA)