Job Description

Posted on:

October 27, 2024

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About Us: Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer-centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm. Learn more about us and our work at quanata.com.

Our Team: From data scientists and actuaries to engineers, designers, and marketers, we’re a world-class team of tech-minded professionals from some of the best companies in Silicon Valley and around the world. We’ve come together to create the context-based insurance solutions and experiences of the future. We know that the key to our success isn't just about nailing the technology—it’s hiring the talented people who will help us continue to make a quantifiable impact.

The Role: We’re looking for an accomplished and well-rounded Senior Data Engineer who is comfortable navigating data science services, streaming data pipelines, and data warehouses. Over the course of your time with Quanata, you will have the opportunity to develop streaming data pipelines that bring together data from multiple sources to evaluate insured risk, APIs that package data science models, and our organizational data warehouse to promote data-driven decision processes.

Your Day-to-Day:

  • Partner with data science teams to implement solutions while designing for operational non-functional requirements such as reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Implement data quality checks and data governance processes to maintain data accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
  • Document technical specifications, data flows, and system configurations for collaborative design and future reference.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and design optimal data models and schemas.
  • Develop and implement data pipelines, integrating diverse data sources into Snowflake using appropriate ETL/ELT tools and techniques.

About You:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or relevant experience.
  • Eight or more years of experience in software development with a deep understanding of Python and familiarity with Terraform.
  • Experience with streaming data pipelines, AWS, and architecture principles in distributed solutions.
  • Proficiency with pipeline tools such as AWS Step Functions or Airflow, and building extensive data integrations.
  • Knowledge of data governance practices and extensive experience with SQL and databases such as Postgres.
  • Experience working with REST services and APIs, with a strong background in software and data quality testing.
  • Understanding of data science modeling processes and technologies such as Pandas and Scikit-Learn.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, as well as experience with streaming data ingestion and processing using tools like Kafka or AWS Kinesis.
  • Experience building scalable and resilient systems and an understanding of data modeling techniques.

Bonus Points:

  • Extensive CI/CD experience.
  • Experience with Snowflake and DBT with ETL data pipelines.

Salary: $190,000 to $300,000. Please note that the final salary offered will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills, experience, and the internal salary structure at Quanata. Our aim is to offer a competitive and equitable compensation package that reflects the candidate's expertise and contributions to our organization.

Additional Details:

  • Benefits: We provide a wide variety of health, wellness, and other benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents.
  • Work from Home Equipment: In order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture. Our teams work with MacBook Pros, which will be delivered to you prior to your first day.
  • Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment. New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave.
  • Personal and Professional Development: All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education, and career development.

Location: We are a remote-first company for most positions, allowing you to work from anywhere in the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Occasional travel may be required for team meetings or company gatherings.

Hours: We maintain core meeting hours from 9 AM - 3 PM Pacific time for collaboration across all time zones.

Quanata, LLC is an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is employed by Quanata, LLC, a separate company in the State Farm family of companies. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to your Talent Acquisition Partner for assistance.

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