Lead Engineer, Data & AI

XL CATLIN
London
2 months ago
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Lead Engineer, Data & AI (12001587D20230711)

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AXA XL recognises digital, data and information assets are critical for the business, both in terms of managing risk and enabling new business opportunities. Data and Applied AI assets should not only be high quality but also drive a sustained competitive advantage and deliver a superior experience to our internal and external customers, improving efficiency. Our Innovation, Data and Analytics (IDA) function is focused on driving innovation by optimising how we leverage digital, data, and AI to drive strategy and differentiate ourselves from the competition.

As we develop an enterprise-wide data and digital strategy that moves us toward greater focus on the use of data and strengthen our digital, AI capabilities, we are seeking a Lead Engineer – Data and AI. In this role, you will work under the guidance of the Engineering Manager to apply engineering best practices and the latest technology to lead the design and execution of data and AI applications utilizing the capacity of AXA XL’s Data and AI Platforms and cloud technologies.

Our tech stack continues to evolve together with Azure data and AI offering and relies on Azure Databricks and Azure AI pillars. Additionally, AXA XL consumes the wider technology offering from AXA Group, such as managed OpenShift, VM and DevOps platforms. We use Scrum methodology.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

  • Act as an engineering expert and leader to partner with Global Technology, Platforms, application and AI developers, product owners, and governance functions to enable rational, timely, and compliant delivery of data and AI applications.
  • Understand current and future data and AI downstream consumer needs to ensure application design that is scalable, economical, and frontloaded with end-user value.
  • Take overall responsibility for the successful execution of challenging data and AI projects, taking a proactive approach to stakeholder collaboration, requirement refining, and execution planning, focusing on end outcomes that answer IDA objectives.
  • Engage, educate, and involve the wider developer and product owner community, empowering them to make good technical and product decisions consistently by sharing and championing ways of working and technical competency.
  • Use technical debt as necessary to achieve outcomes while remaining strategic about its use and longer-term Ops and Tech objectives such as simplicity, maintainability, and control of IT estate.
  • Lead and execute research/POCs into new technologies such as AI tooling, storage and query solutions, specialist frameworks, governance, and other tooling.
  • Provide support to the data science and data engineering community in scaling the value of their work through automation, tooling, and engineering. Advise on engineering best practices and skill gaps where necessary.

In this role, you will report to the Engineering Manager – Data and AI.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

  • Senior engineering professional with hands-on skills in designing, building, and optimising scalable cost-efficient data and AI systems and applications in a cloud-first environment.
  • Skilled in engineering ways of working such as CI/CD, release lifecycle, observability, testing, and continuous model validation with a tangible track record of instituting change.
  • Programming experience – ideally in Python or open to using Python. Familiarity with all, and expert in some of the below: SQL, Databricks or Spark, MPP databases, data warehouse design, feature store design, Kubernetes, orchestration tools, monitoring tools, IaC, Docker, streaming technologies.
  • Well-established experience as a Data Engineer / Software Engineer / ML Engineer / AI Apps on an open-source tech stack with Python, Java / Scala, Spark, cloud platforms, MPP database technologies.

Location

GB-GB-London

Work Locations: GB London 20 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0BG

Job Field

Project & Change Management

Schedule

Full-time

Job Type

Standard

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any colleague or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status or any other category protected by local law.

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