Director of Data Engineering

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years.

Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Increase your chances of an interview by reading the following overview of this role before making an application.

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country.

The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role;

the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$134,800.00 - $222,400.00

Target Openings

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers Data Engineering team constructs pipelines that contextualize and provide easy access to data by the entire enterprise.

As a Data Engineering Director you will accelerate growth and transformation of our analytics landscape. In this role, you will lead teams designing and building data solutions that capture, explore, transform and utilize data to support Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and business intelligence / insights.

In addition to ingesting data from multiple sources and relaying information to relevant partners, you will also mentor and develop a team of data engineers.

As a Director of Data Engineering on the Business Insurance (BI) Actuarial Tools Team, you will be responsible for leading the design and build of a modernized cloud-based environment to support the Loss Analytics and Reserving (LA&R) team’s applications, dashboards, and analysis.

You will partner with the lead engineer to understand the current environment and work collaboratively to design, build, and implement an environment capable of supporting not only current capabilities but also enable future capabilities.

Specific examples include : consumption of cloud based data products, organization, and alignment of data for analytic use, creation of common rules / modules, development of reserving tools, and building diagnostics.

Additionally, you will provide guidance and mentoring to other data engineers in the best practices, tools, and techniques in cloud-based data engineering.

Lastly, this position will work closely with members of the BI Architecture and Cloud teams to ensure compliance with Travelers data engineering and cloud guidelines.

What Will You Do?

• Lead development of analytic data products, including pilots and proof of concepts.
• Execute data strategies with an understanding of enterprise architecture, consumption patterns, platforms and application infrastructure.
• Manage the operationalizing and automating of all capabilities to ensure secure, supported and scalable solutions.
• Present analysis and recommendations to help influence management decisions.
• Guide and coach team members to accelerate career development.
• Establish team processes and procedures.
• Maintain relationships with partner teams to ensure needs are met and impacted areas plan work accordingly.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM related field or equivalent
• Five or more years of related experience
• Two or more years of management experience
• Advanced knowledge of data tools, techniques, and manipulation including cloud platforms, programming languages, and technology platforms.
• AWS Data Engineer Certification or a minimum of two years developing and implementing data solutions in AWS, including : S3, Athena, Glue, Lambda, EC2, etc.
• Databricks Data Engineer Certification (Associate or Professional) or a minimum of two years developing and implementing leveraging Databricks
• Two or more years experience using Snowflake
• Experience with Event Driven Architecture is a plus
• Experience working in data analytics is a plus

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training with data tools, techniques, and manipulation.
• Five years of data engineering or equivalent experience

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance : Employees and their eligible family members including spouses, domestic partners, and children are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement : Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.

If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account.

You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.

• Paid Time Off : Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program : The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals.

In addition, our Life Balance program provides access to professional counseling services, life coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.

Through Life Balance, you’re eligible for five free counseling sessions with a licensed therapist.

Volunteer Encouragement : We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.

Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve.

We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and work together to deliver extraordinary results.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

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