Travelers · 2 weeks ago
Director of Data Engineering (AI/DevOps)
MN - St. Paul
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$139K/yr - $230K/yr
11+ years expTravelers is a leading property casualty insurer with a commitment to innovation and collaboration. As the Director of Data Engineering, you will lead a DevOps team in implementing AI solutions and transforming business technology capabilities, while mentoring engineering teams and ensuring best practices in data governance.
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Responsibilities
Lead and develop engineering teams transforming the insurance industry through AI, acting as a player-coach
Build and maintain robust CICD pipelines that enable seamless deployment of AI/ML models and data solutions across the enterprise
Design and implement robust DevOps practices that support the entire application and model development lifecycle, from development to production
Play a key role in growing and transforming our analytics and technology infrastructure through automation and best practices
Lead a highly effective and responsive DevOps team in supporting a portfolio of applications across the EAI&ET value stream
Champion cybersecurity, application compliance, and data governance policies across the value stream
Qualification
Required
5+ years of relevant experience, ideally within the insurance or financial services industry
Strong organizational skills and ability to build relationships across the enterprise
Proven track record of implementing cutting-edge technology trends and techniques in AI and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), including Kubernetes, Python, Docker, AWS, LLMs, etc
Experience working with stakeholders to identify opportunities to educate on risks and opportunities in the delivery of AI-based solutions
Passion for Artificial Intelligence and for driving the adoption of AI-based technologies to improve business processes and outcomes
Critical-thinking engineering mindset and ability to identify and design solutions that simplify the application development lifecycle
Advanced delivery skills including the ability to determine the software design strategy and methodology to be used for efforts, use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure the quality and production readiness of work before release, monitor the health of work efforts and that of adjacent systems
Strong problem solver who utilizes data and proofs of concepts to find creative solutions to difficult problems, reflects on solutions, measuring their impact, and uses that information to ideate and optimize. Also adept at making decisions that involve a significant number of factors with broad implications
Strong communicator who possesses the ability to describe technology concepts in ways the business can understand, document initiatives in a concise and clear manner, collaborate effectively with teammates and others regardless of role, quickly extract core issues from discussions and meetings, give and receive constructive feedback, offer help when asked, and ensure everyone has a chance to share their thoughts and are heard; an attentive and empathetic listener
Advanced leadership skills with the ability to take action even when there is no clear owner, inspire and motivate others, and be effective at influencing team members
Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience
6 additional years of data engineering experience
Preferred
Background CI/CD practice and automated testing tools
Experience with enterprise-scale AI implementations and both NoSQL and RDBMS databases
Proficiency with AWS infrastructure, including Sagemaker, Glue, Lambda, and EKS
Track record of successful stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
Health Insurance
Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum.
Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Company
Travelers
Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Dan Frey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Beth Maerz
SVP, Customer, Strategy and Innovation
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