Senior Data Engineer

Helping careers take flight. Reshaping an industry. Enable your career to be Made on Duck Creek.

WHAT WE ARE ABOUT:

Duck Creek is an insurance industry leader, driving transformation and delivering modern SaaS solutions that help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.

As a leading technology provider to the insurance industry, we don’t just build great software to help insurers conduct business. We deliver software with a fully managed service model that empowers insurance companies to transform their business. With Duck Creek OnDemand, insurers are introducing groundbreaking new products faster than ever before, making smarter data-driven decisions, enhancing the customer experience to meet evolving expectations, and adapting to shifting market conditions and regulatory requirements.

Duck Creek is proud to be a Remote-First employer, empowering our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home or on a hybrid schedule. Our remote-first environment fosters inclusion, collaboration, and ensures consistent employee experience regardless of location. We support our employees in making a decision that allows them to be the most productive, they can be both at work and at home.

If working in a fast paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries into a standard for innovation and open exchange sounds exciting, let us know.  We are excited for your career to be Made on Duck Creek.

Title: Senior Data Engineer

Location: India, Remote

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead for large-scale, complex software projects, ensuring architectural integrity, scalability, and performance for data platform and pipelines. 
• Provide expert guidance on software design, architecture, and implementation strategies to ensure alignment with business and technical objectives. 
• Drive technical innovation and evaluate emerging technologies to integrate into the development ecosystem. 
• Lead the design and development of key system components, frameworks, and services that form the foundation of Duck Creek’s data product offerings. 
• Collaborate with Product Management, Quality Assurance, and other Engineering teams to deliver high-quality, on-time software solutions. 
• Influence technical roadmaps and make architectural decisions that support long-term scalability and maintainability. 
• Ensure adherence to software development best practices, including coding standards, testing, security, and performance optimization. 
• Design, implement, and manage scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using Snowflake and related technologies.
• Architect, develop, review, and optimize complex SQL queries and data models to support business intelligence and analytics requirements.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data platforms and pipelines.
• Perform data migration, integration, and transformation tasks from various sources into Snowflake.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data loads, performance, and data availability.
• Partner with engineering teams across the organization to solve complex technical challenges and drive engineering excellence. 
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and provide constructive feedback to engineering teams. 
• Develop and maintain detailed technical documentation that supports the engineering teams in delivering solutions efficiently. 
• Work closely with DevOps to ensure continuous integration and deployment pipelines are optimized for fast and reliable software delivery.
• Stay updated on Snowflake features, Modern Data Platform and industry trends, recommending improvements and new technologies as appropriate.
• Act as a thought leader within the engineering organization, contributing to technical discussions, knowledge sharing, and fostering a culture of technical excellence. 
• Perform all other duties and activities as required. 
• Act in accordance with and as a good steward of Duck Creek Technologies mission, vision, and core values: 
• Mission: To empower insurers to reimagine the future of insurance 
• Vision: To transform insurance technology, helping insurers be smarter, faster, and more efficient, and ultimately provide the best protection for people and businesses 
• Values: We Prioritize Respect, We Listen, We Care, We Add Value, and We Lead

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE:

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree, or higher education level, or its foreign equivalent,  in Computer Science, Computer Information Sciences, and/or related field
• Total Work Experience: 6+ years (software development)
• Leadership Experience: 3 years minimum, 5 years preferred

Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:

• Extensive experience with software architecture, design patterns, and modern data platform architecture such as lakehouses. 

• Strong technical leadership experience on large-scale projects in a global organization.  
• Experience with other cloud data technologies (e.g., Snowflake, SQL Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage) is a plus.
• Experience with cloud networking architectures and understanding of devops Industry best practices (e.g. Azure Infrastructure, Private Connectivity, Azure DevOps Services, CI/CD pipeline, Terraform on Azure).

• Prior experience working in a senior technical role in a global software company. 

• In-depth understanding of modern software development methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices. 

• Proficiency in managing complex software development projects with competing priorities and deadlines. 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions. 

• Expertise in cloud computing platforms such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud. 
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.. 

• Ability to foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture. 

• Proven ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and resource planning in an engineering organization. 

• Proficiency in software development tools, such as Microsoft Devops, Git, and CI/CD pipelines. 

• Commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, and process optimization. 

• Ability to manage conflict and resolve complex team dynamics. 

• Strategic thinking with a focus on long-term planning and aligning engineering efforts with business goals. 

• High emotional intelligence and ability to manage diverse teams effectively. 

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities. 

Other Requirements:

Travel: 0-10%

Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of the job location.

Physical: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

WHAT WE STAND FOR 

Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title, seniority, or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate and continuously improve our products, services, and systems.  As such, Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants – to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital, military, or any other protected status. 

We strive to be an example to the world of inclusion, diversity, and equity in all things – where employees are free to be their authentic selves in the workplace and in the communities in which we live. We believe in leading by example and are proud of the diversity of our team and our shared commitment to our Core Values: We Prioritize Respect; We Listen; We Care; We Add Value; and We Lead.

To learn more about our inclusive company culture, values, DE&I initiatives, and people, please visit: https://www.duckcreek.com/life-at-duck-creek/

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