The Mutual Group · 1 month ago
Lead Cloud Data Engineer - Remote Opportunity
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $165K/yr
12+ years expThe Mutual Group is building a next-generation Cloud Data Platform to unify data from various systems into a single source of truth. They are seeking a Lead Cloud Data Engineer who will play a critical role in designing, building, and optimizing the data ecosystem while mentoring teams and aligning solutions with business goals.
Insurance
Responsibilities
Define the strategic roadmap for the enterprise data platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and interoperability across business domains
Architect and implement cloud-native, Medallion-based data architectures (Bronze-Silver-Gold layers) for unified and governed data delivery
Drive standardization of data models, pipelines, and quality frameworks across Policy, Claims, Billing, and Administrative data assets
Evaluate and implement emerging data technologies to strengthen the platform’s performance, cost efficiency, and resilience
Design, build, and optimize high-performance ingestion pipelines, using AWS Glue, Databricks, or custom Spark applications
Automate ingestion of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from APIs databases, and external data feeds
Tune and monitor ingestion pipelines for throughput, cost control, and reliability across dev/test/prod environments
Hands on Development of ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks or similar frameworks to transform raw data into curated and consumption-ready datasets
Design and develop relational, Vault, and dimensional data models to support analytics, BI, and AI/ML workloads
Define and enforce data quality standards, validation frameworks, and enrichment rules to ensure trusted business data
Apply data quality, cleansing, and enrichment logic to ensure accuracy and completeness of business-critical data
Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams to design automated, infrastructure-as-code environments using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools
Implement CI/CD pipelines for data pipeline deployment, versioning, and testing
Lead performance tuning and scalability optimization to ensure highly available, cost-efficient data platform
Implement and enforce data governance, cataloging, and lineage practices using tools such as Purview, Alation, or Collibra
Partner with InfoSec to implement data privacy, access control, and compliance frameworks aligned with regulatory standards
Drive consistency and accountability in data stewardship across business and IT teams
Lead a team of data engineers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and performance mentorship
Collaborate with Data Architects, Analysts, and Business Leaders to align data solutions with enterprise strategy
Promote a culture of engineering excellence, reusability, and knowledge sharing across data organization
Influence enterprise-wide standards for data engineering, automation, and governance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or a related field
12+ years of experience in data engineering with at least 3+ years in a lead or architect-level role and at least 8+ years on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Deep hands-on experience with Python, SQL, and data modeling (relational, and Dimensional), Databricks, Spark, AWS Glue, Delta Lake, Snowflake, Synapse, or Redshift
Proven experience with Medallion architecture, modern data warehousing principles, data governance, lineage, and CI/CD for data pipelines
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience in the Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance domain such as Policy, Claims, or Billing data
Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis) and real-time data streaming
Knowledge of machine learning pipeline integration and feature engineering
Proven ability to lead large-scale data modernization or cloud migration initiatives
Benefits
Competitive base salary plus incentive plans for eligible team members
401(K) retirement plan that includes a company match of up to 6% of your eligible salary
Free basic life and AD&D, long-term disability and short-term disability insurance
Medical, dental and vision plans to meet your unique healthcare needs
Wellness incentives
Generous time off program that includes personal, holiday and volunteer paid time off
Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options for eligible positions
Educational assistance
Company
The Mutual Group
The Mutual Group is an innovative insurance services platform providing a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to enhance the operational efficiency, scalability and long-term success of mutual insurance carriers.
201-500 employees
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