Hastings Direct

Lead Pricing Engineer – Rating Platform, Automation

Hastings Direct

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AzureCloudPythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead discussions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop optimised solutions for pricing implementations
  • Drive the adoption of modern engineering techniques and intelligent automation into production and day-to-day pricing delivery
  • Lead and collaborate on projects to ensure seamless integration of new capabilities across multiple lines of business
  • Design, develop, and maintain pricing algorithms using expert-level Python skills
  • Lead and conduct thorough testing of pricing changes before deployment
  • Lead pre-release activities, including code reviews, testing and preparing changes for release
  • Maintain strong communication and organisational skills to manage multiple initiatives and report progress
  • Develop comprehensive documentation for implementations, strategies, and data pipelines
  • Strategically manage resources across multiple lines of business to maximise value, efficiency, and delivery capacity
  • Lead and mentor pricing engineers, establishing a Centre of Excellence

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong hands-on experience in software engineering, with exposure to ML engineering or advanced analytics environments
  • Expert-level Python skills, with experience developing and maintaining complex pricing algorithms or decision logic
  • Proven experience leading AI-assisted engineering practices, including hands-on use of LLM-based tools to support development, testing, validation, and documentation, with ownership of standards, controls, and governance for production
  • Practical experience working in Azure cloud environments, using version control systems (e.g. Git/GitHub), and operating CI/CD pipelines
  • Proficiency with SQL and experience working with data visualisation or analysis
  • Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex pricing and engineering challenges
  • Experience delivering complex initiatives in Agile environments, using approaches such as Scrum, Kanban, BDD, TDD, or Extreme Programming
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythonpricing algorithmsmachine learning engineeringadvanced analyticsSQLdata visualizationCI/CD pipelinesAgile methodologiesScrumKanban
Soft Skills
communicationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementinfluencing skillsproblem-solvingleadershipmentoringcollaborationresource managementdocumentation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Computer Engineeringrelated field degree