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Staff Data Engineer

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Are you a hands-on data expert ready to shape the future of a modern data platform? Do you want to drive technical strategy at one of the UK's most exciting Insurtech scale-ups?

We're hiring for aStaff Data Engineerto join a high-growth Insurtech unicorn in London. Backed by top-tier investors and redefining the insurance space through advanced tech and data, this company is scaling fast-and data sits at the core of their product, operations, and decision-making.



?? Why this role?

This is a high-impact, Staff-level opportunity where you'll:

  • Act as the technical lead for the Data Engineering team, guiding architectural decisions and best practices

  • Partner closely with Engineering, Analytics, and Product to evolve a modern, scalable data platform

  • Drive the transition from reactive pipelines to productised, event-driven, and real-time data solutions

  • Stay deeply hands-on-writing production code, influencing platform direction, and mentoring engineers across levels



?? The Team

You'll be embedded within a growing data engineering group currently consisting of:

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