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Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

FederatoWorkFromHome, Wellington, New Zealand
25 days ago
Job description

Overview

Federato is on a mission to defend the right to efficient, equitable insurance for all. We enable insurers to provide affordable coverage to people and organizations facing today’s issues—climate crisis, cyber-attacks, social inflation, etc. Our vision is understood and well funded by leaders in technology and enterprise platforms.

Role Overview

You’ll be joining a small, high-impact data engineering team within Federato’s AI / ML organization. Our focus is on building the infrastructure and internal frameworks that empower machine learning engineers to develop, deploy, and iterate on AI-powered features ranging from prompt-based LLM workflows to traditional model-driven systems. We collaborate closely with ML, analytics, and product teams to ensure data and tooling are reliable, scalable, and aligned with the needs of our AI-native platform.

What You7ll Be Doing

  • Collaborate with Data Science, Product Managers and Software Engineers to build robust ETL pipelines that enable the Product Support team to deliver compelling user-facing features.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, observability tooling, and data quality initiatives that keep our platform robust and maintainable.
  • Contribute to a scalable internal framework for managing prompt engineering pipelines and other AI workflows.
  • Enforce and elevate engineering best practices across the AI / ML org, including code quality, testing, and documentation.

Who We Hope You Are

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or related roles with a focus on data infrastructure.
  • Proven experience designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines (e.g., using Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect).
  • Experience with software development practices like version control, CI / CD, or dbt testing strategies.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, with bonus points for TypeScript (or similar) experience.
  • Comfort working with version control, CI / CD systems, and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Terraform).
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working closely with business stakeholders to understand their data needs.
  • Proven track record of designing high-impact data products and pipelines in fast-paced environments.
  • Bonus Points for

  • Prior experience working in or adjacent to insurance, fintech, or risk modeling domains.
  • Prior exposure to ML ops or experience supporting AI / ML-driven products.
  • Enthusiasm for building internal tools or frameworks to improve team velocity.
  • Contributions to open-source data tools or involvement in the data community.
  • Compensation

    $160,000 - $180,000 a year. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above. Total compensation package includes stock options, benefits and additional perks.

    Our Culture and Equal Opportunity

    Here at Federato, capabilities are important, but culture fit is essential. We move fast, listen to our users, apply first principles, value learning, and are open to changing our minds. We are here to have fun and make a difference through our people. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need accommodation, please contact

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