Senior Manager of Data Engineering

GEICO GEICO · Insurance · Palo Alto, CA

Senior Manager of Data Engineering to lead the evolution of the Claims Data Platform, managing current database operations and architecting/building the next generation of data infrastructure. The role involves transforming legacy systems to a modern, event-driven, scalable data platform with self-service APIs and robust data pipelines, collaborating with various teams on data governance, and ensuring data flows seamlessly across the enterprise.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and deliver APIs and data services that enable partner teams to
  2. Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using modern orchestration tools
  3. Implement data quality frameworks, monitoring, and alerting
  4. Create self-service data products that reduce time-to-insight for business users
  5. Collaborate with Architecture, Security, and Compliance teams on data governance

Skills

Required

  • Data Engineering
  • Database Administration
  • Data Platform Development
  • People Management
  • Data Pipelines
  • Data Quality Frameworks
  • Data Governance
  • Data Warehousing
  • Streaming Data
  • Cloud Platforms (Azure/AWS)
  • Orchestration Tools (Airflow, dbt)
  • Relational Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MSSQL)
  • NoSQL Databases (MongoDB, Cassandra)
  • Kafka, Kinesis, or Pulsar
  • Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Spark/PySpark
  • RESTful APIs

Nice to have

  • Insurance/Claims Domain (Guidewire, Duck Creek)
  • Data Cataloging
  • Data Lineage
  • Master Data Management
  • Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Audit Compliance

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, database administration, or data platform development
  • 4+ years of people management experience leading technical teams (5+ direct reports)
  • Proven track record of building and scaling data pipelines in production environments
  • Experience managing enterprise database platforms (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or equivalent)
  • insurance regulatory requirements