Data Engineer I (AWS, Python, GenAI)

Travelers • Hartford, CT

4d • $109,300 - $180,200

About The Position

Travelers’ Data Engineering team builds pipelines that contextualize data and make it easily accessible across the enterprise. The Data Engineer helps grow and transform the company’s analytics landscape by designing, building, and deploying data solutions that capture, explore, transform, and use data to support artificial intelligence, machine learning, and business intelligence and insights. The role also contributes to data governance, security, and quality, and collaborates across teams to support delivery and educate end users on data products and the analytics environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related STEM field, or equivalent education and/or work experience.
• Two additional years of software or data engineering experience.
• Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence using Python.
• Experience working with a cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; AWS is preferred.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, programming languages, and software engineering practices.
• Ability to deliver work at a steady, predictable pace, meet commitments, break assignments into small-batch releases, and contribute to tradeoff and negotiation discussions.
• Demonstrated domain expertise, including understanding technical concepts and in-depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on.
• Problem-solving and debugging skills, including diagnosing issues in unfamiliar code or systems and identifying and solving repetitive problems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact with team members and business partners.
• Intermediate leadership skills and a track record of self-motivation in identifying personal growth opportunities.
• Authorization to work in the United States for any employer; Travelers does not sponsor or support H-1B petitions, TN status, or Forms I-983/STEM OPT for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Three or more years in a data engineer role, with additional experience in IT or an engineering-related field totaling seven or more years.
• Experience with AWS core services such as S3, IAM, Lambda, Secrets Manager, and EC2.
• Experience deploying production applications with large language models, including familiarity with agents, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize complex data solutions, correct problems, apply transformations, and recommend data cleansing and quality solutions.
• Design data solutions.
• Analyze data sources to determine their value and recommend data for inclusion in analytical processes.
• Incorporate data governance, data security, and data quality competencies.
• Collaborate within and across teams to support delivery and educate end users on data products and the analytics environment.
• Perform data and system analysis, assess and resolve moderately complex defects and incidents, and make corrections as appropriate.
• Test data movement, transformation code, and data components.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage for employees and eligible family members beginning on the first day of employment.
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching on the first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
• Paying it Forward Savings Program contributions to an employee’s 401(k) when the employee makes student loan payments.
• Pension Plan funded 100% by Travelers.
• At least 20 days of paid time off annually.
• Nine paid company holidays.
• Wellness program with tools, discounts, and resources for wellness goals and caregiving needs.
• Access to free professional counseling, health coaching, and other mental health resources.
• Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level