Director of Data Engineering

BrightWay • Jacksonville, FL

66d

About The Position

Brightway is a data rich insurance franchise with over 1 billion in premium and hundreds of thousands of customers on a significant growth trajectory. As we scale our data capabilities to meet enterprise grade requirements we need an experienced Director of Data Engineering to lead our comprehensive data strategy across all platforms and systems. This role goes beyond building pipelines it requires expertise in financial data accuracy complex data modeling and creating enterprise grade auditable data infrastructure that will withstand regulatory scrutiny and audit requirements. The ideal candidate will have proven experience leading data organizations through significant growth phases preferably including experience with public company data requirements or regulated environments. You will oversee our entire data ecosystem including Azure Data Lake Power BI platform legacy data systems and emerging data sources while ensuring absolute accuracy in financial reporting and transforming complex insurance data structures into intuitive business models that executives can trust and act upon. This is a critical leadership role with high visibility to our executive team board and investors at GrowthCurve Capital a private equity firm focused on accelerating growth through AI digital transformation and human capital.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or related technical field; Masters degree preferred
• 10 years of experience in data engineering data architecture or analytics engineering with at least 5 years in leadership roles managing onshore and offshore teams
• Proven experience preparing data platforms for public company standards managing SOX compliant data systems or building enterprise data platforms in regulated industries must be able to speak to specific examples
• Expert level knowledge of Azure Synapse Analytics Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Storage and Power BI
• Strong experience with enterprise data modeling methodologies and demonstrated success managing complex financial data consolidation across multiple source systems
• Advanced SQL skills proficiency in ETL/ELT design patterns and hands on technical ability can review code write SQL debug pipelines
• Knowledge of data governance metadata management and compliance requirements SOX GDPR etc
• Exceptional communication skills with ability to present complex technical concepts to C level executives and board members
• Strong documentation skills and strategic mindset with ability to balance big picture thinking with granular execution
• Prior experience in startups high growth companies or companies that have become public preferred
• Background in property & casualty insurance or insurance technology strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data strategy aligned with public company readiness partnering directly with C level executives and ELT to deliver solutions that drive business growth
• Own the end to end data ecosystem including Azure Data Lake Azure Synapse Data Factory Power BI platform and legacy data systems
• Evolve and enhance existing data architecture to enterprise grade standards that are scalable well documented auditable and built to public company standards
• Lead sophisticated data modeling efforts that transform complex insurance business definitions and technical data structures into intuitive business aligned models that executives can trust and act upon
• Ensure absolute accuracy in financial data across all source systems and partner with Finance to re engineer manual processes into automated auditable workflows with robust controls and reconciliation
• Establish and enforce data governance policies standards and comprehensive documentation to meet regulatory and audit requirements
• Identify new data sources and business use cases then architect and deliver solutions to integrate and leverage that data effectively
• Build manage and mentor a lean high performing team of data engineers and data analysts onshore and offshore FTE and contractors
• Balance strategic long term platform development with urgent short term business needs effectively prioritizing a complex backlog
• Modernize and migrate legacy data platforms while ensuring zero disruption to critical business operations
• Establish SLAs monitoring and operational excellence practices to maintain platform reliability and data freshness

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees