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.

Are you a Software Engineer excited about turning complex data into scalable, real-world impact? Someone who thrives on curiosity, embraces experimentation, and loves building reliable systems that power smarter decisions?

You could be part of our team, joining our Pricing and Underwriting domain to bridge the gap between machine learning, data science, and engineering.

Responsibilities

Data Product Architecture

Shape the architecture of data products built for:
- analytics
- forecasting
- feature engineering
- customer behavior insights
- integration of new data sources

Data Transformation & Governance

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

Platform & Tooling

Build reusable tooling and frameworks that enable teams to:
- ingest data
- store data
- transform data
- serve their own data products confidently

Collaboration & Infrastructure

Partner closely with:
- data scientists
- machine learning engineers
Refine data requirements
Improve and evolve the overall data infrastructure

Innovation & Continuous Learning

Experiment with emerging technologies
Explore open-source tools
Engage with the broader tech community
Help keep Prima at the cutting edge

Requirements

Software & Data Engineering

Strong expertise in Python
Passion for writing:
- clean
- reliable
- production-grade code
Solid software engineering best practices

Distributed Data Processing

Experience building and operating:
- batch processing systems
- distributed data systems
- near real-time streaming pipelines
Familiarity with:
- Kafka
- Flink
- Spark
Databricks experience is a strong plus

Databases & Data Warehousing

Comfortable working with:
- RDBMS
- data warehousing solutions
Strong understanding of data modelling aligned with business needs

Reliability & DevOps

Experience with:
- CI/CD pipelines
- testing practices for data systems
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as:
- Terraform
- CloudFormation

Ownership & Collaboration

Thrive in collaborative environments
Comfortable stepping beyond your scope when needed
Strong sense of ownership and team spirit

Nice to Have

Data Governance & Quality

Hands-on experience with:
- Data Quality
- Data Governance practices

Data Architecture

Familiarity with modelling approaches such as:
- Star Schema
- OBT
Knowledge of modern architectures:
- Medallion
- Lambda
- Kappa

Cloud Platforms

Experience building or contributing to cloud-based data platforms
AWS preferred
Familiarity with:
- S3
- Glue
- Athena

Data Science & MLOps

Exposure to:
- data analysis
- MLOps
- feature engineering
Curiosity and willingness to go deeper in these areas

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.

Python Engineer Data Domains

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