Senior Analytics Engineer - Reinsurance

I am working with a Global Reinsurance brokerage, who is currently looking to hire a Senior Analytics Engineer/Data Analyst. The Data Strategy team is a multidisciplinary team that aims to cultivate and build on the data assets across all functions and lines of business globally within the brokerage. The Senior Analytics Engineer bridges data engineering and data science, where expertise lies in the knowledge of the underlying data and its analysis, transformation, and visualization.

This position directs how data will be used in pipelining, applications, decision-making, and machine-learning models while sharing responsibilities with product managers in direct customer engagement. The ideal candidate would have experience within a start-up or greenfield environment.

Responsibilities

· Work with stakeholders to define their data challenges and business needs, and drive the integration and adoption of our data products.

· Conduct exploratory data analysis and provide deep understanding of our business with conclusions and recommendations that show a high level of critical thinking

· Critically analyze data and identify trends, such as spotting user behavior patterns to inform product improvements, while also demonstrating a basic understanding of product design and user experience.

· Work with the development teams and the product managers to design and implement new features based on user feedback.

· Remain current on analytics technology innovations and identify how they can create business value.

Requirements

· 5+ years of experience as a data analyst or analytics engineer

· 2+ years of experience with data modeling (preferably in dbt)

· Strong proficiency in SQL and Python

· Working knowledge of ETL/ELT and REST API principles, and schema design across source systems, data lakes, and dashboards

· Familiarity with machine learning, in particular natural language processing

· Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure Data Lake, Databricks, or other equivalent MPP tools like Snowflake or BigQuery

· Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a technical and quantitative discipline

· Familiarity with data reporting and visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, or Looker

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience on a high-performing data team at a technology, consulting, or start-up company

· Experience delivering either client-facing analytic tools or applications

· Insurance knowledge or strong interest in building insurance domain knowledge

Location: London, Hybrid
Pay: £100-140K
Bonus: 5%

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