Data Engineer

About the Position

Are you looking for a new challenge? Fancy helping us shape the future of motor insurance? Prima could be the place for you.

Since 2015, we’ve been using our love of data and tech to rethink motor insurance and bring drivers a great experience at a great price. Our story began in Italy, where we’ve quickly become the number one online motor insurance provider. In fact, we’re trusted by over 5 million drivers. And now we’re expanding to help millions more drivers in the UK and Spain.

To help fuel that growth, we need a Senior Data Engineer to join our Engineering team.

This team is the beating heart of Prima. You’ll be joining over 350 engineers across software development, infrastructure, operations, and security. Fueled by curiosity, experimentation, and collaboration, you’ll help deliver scalable, impactful solutions that shape the future of insurance.

Responsibilities

Data Product Architecture

• Shape the architecture of data products designed for:
  • data analytics
  • forecasting
  • feature engineering
  • customer behavior analysis
  • integration of new data sources

Data Transformation & Governance

• Lead best practices in:
  • data modelling
  • performance optimization
  • data governance
• Ensure data across Prima is:
  • consistent
  • available
  • reliable

Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

• Build reusable technology enabling teams to:
  • ingest data
  • store data
  • transform data
  • serve their own data products

Collaboration & Product Thinking

• Work closely with:
  • data scientists
  • machine learning engineers
• Refine data requirements and evolve infrastructure capabilities

Innovation & Continuous Learning

• Stay updated with emerging technologies
• Experiment with open source tools
• Participate in community-building initiatives such as meetups
• Continuously learn and improve engineering practices

Requirements

Data Engineering & Streaming

• Expertise in:
  • batch processing
  • distributed data processing
  • near real-time streaming pipelines
• Experience with technologies such as:
  • Kafka
  • Flink
  • Spark
• Databricks experience is a plus

Cloud & Big Data Platforms

• Experience implementing:
  • Data Lakes
  • Big Data Analytics platforms
• Cloud-based solutions experience
• AWS preferred

Software Engineering

• Strong Python programming skills
• Solid software engineering best practices

Databases & Modelling

• Expertise with:
  • RDBMS
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Modelling
• Experience with:
  • Redshift
  • PostgreSQL
  • NoSQL databases

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Proficiency in:
  • DevOps practices
  • CI/CD pipeline management
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with:
  • Data Quality
  • Data Governance techniques
• Knowledge of:
  • MLOps
  • Feature Engineering
• Exposure to data analysis and ML tools such as:
  • scikit-learn
  • pandas
  • NumPy
  • XGBoost
  • LightGBM
• Familiarity with orchestration tools:
  • Apache Oozie
  • Apache Airflow

We Offer

🤸 Work Your Way

Enjoy full flexibility - work from home, the office, or a mix of both. Plus, work from anywhere for up to 30 days a year.

🏁 Grow with us

We may move fast at Prima, but we move together. Get access to learning resources, mentorship, and a growth plan tailored to you.

🌈 Thrive and perform

Your best work begins when you feel your best. Enjoy private healthcare, gym discounts, wellbeing programs, and mental health support.

About the Company

Prima is on a mission to reshape the motor insurance industry by leveraging data and technology. With a strong presence in Italy and expanding to the UK and Spain, we are trusted by over 5 million drivers. Join us to be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.