Sr. Associate, Data Solutions Engineering

Fortitude Re • Jersey City, NJ

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Data Solutions Engineering develops robust data pipelines, implements data transformations, and provides operational support, runbooks, and documentation. The role contributes to well-governed data solutions that automate application and data flows and enable end-to-end processing on modern data platforms. It emphasizes independently designing solutions, proactively identifying optimizations, and mentoring junior team members. The position reports to the VP or AVP, Data Solutions Engineering and is based in Fortitude Re’s Jersey City, New Jersey office on a hybrid basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT, cloud, and data operations.
• At least four years of programming experience with Python, Julia, and/or R.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Robust knowledge of data lakes, data governance, and modern data quality techniques.
• Detail-oriented debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Domain knowledge of Actuarial, Investment, or Finance within the Insurance/Reinsurance industry.
• Experience with Databricks and/or Dagster and/or DBT.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver strategic data solutions using modern data engineering principles in accordance with business requirements.
• Independently implement and optimize data ingestion and transformation jobs, delivering incremental datasets for downstream consumption.
• Champion automation and work in an agile development environment while applying DevOps principles.
• Evaluate and improve existing data pipelines, recommending future-state architectures to increase scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with data platform engineers, data governance, data science, and data analytics and visualization peers to ensure solutions are robust, compliant, and reusable.
• Support and mentor early-career professionals by sharing best practices and contributing to team knowledge.
• Provide operational support, runbooks, and documentation.

What This Job Offers

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