Senior Python Engineer
CFC
AWSAzureLinuxPostgresPythonSQL
Senior Python Engineer
CFC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
Tech Stack
Cyber SecurityPostgresPythonSQL
About the role
- Work within Cyber Data Services team supporting CFC's Proactive Insurance product offering and cyber security protections for policyholders
- Design and implement new data capabilities: ingest large datasets, build high-performance APIs, consume high-frequency event streams
- Contribute to development of proprietary data platform and aggregate, present, and analyse large datasets
- Participate in design and implementation of advanced mechanisms for data ingestion, transformation, and mass parallel orchestration of network IO
- Maintain Infrastructure as Code and collaborate with infrastructure teams to develop engineering platform features
- Model data for operational and analytical purposes in collaboration with teams and analytical customers
- Work on indicators of data quality and improve data quality along key metrics
- Evaluate completeness and accuracy of potential new data sources for specific applications
- Contribute to quality automation in CI/CD process and optimise release cadence
- Maintain good quality documentation for technical and non-technical audiences
- Participate in pairing-first development team, mentor and coach less experienced team members through design and code reviews
- Contribute to test automation and assess application security and API compliance with CFC standards
Requirements
- Ability to grasp, articulate, and advocate for technological solutions in both technical and non-technical settings
- Willingness to intelligently apply agile principles
- Ability to interrogate and present data and data analysis and present results
- Demonstrable experience as a senior software developer or engineer with a focus on Python
- Strong SQL skills (Postgres, SQL Server, Databricks)
- Comfortable working without an ORM
- Familiarity with challenges of working with data at scale
- Prefer command line use of git, bash/zsh, and (optionally) vim
- Undergraduate degree or demonstrated knowledge/experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Logic, Applied Statistics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, or related discipline (advantageous)
Benefits
- Love what you do: We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
- Challenge everything: We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
- Have fun, be good: Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
PythonSQLPostgresSQL ServerDatabricksInfrastructure as CodeAPI developmentData ingestionData transformationTest automation
Soft skills
CommunicationMentoringCollaborationData analysisAgile principlesProblem-solvingAdvocacy for technological solutionsInterrogation of dataDocumentationCoaching
