Associate Data Engineer (Remote)

Job Description We are seeking an Associate Data Engineer to support the S&S Data Science team's External Data function. You will build and maintain the pipelines that bring third-party data sources into our underwriting, claims, and business intelligence workflows, working alongside an established data engineer. What you will do: • Build and maintain batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines that feed a cloud data warehouse • Develop, schedule, and monitor cloud data jobs, diagnosing failures and tuning for cost and performance • Write idempotent load logic that handles reprocessing and backfills without creating duplicate data • Integrate external data providers and APIs with authentication, error handling, and retries • Implement data quality checks, validation, and alerting to catch pipeline issues early • Manage and deploy pipelines using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD • Support data migrations and service updates with minimal downtime • Deliver clean, analytics, model-ready datasets for data scientists and analysts What you will bring to C&F: • 1-5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a related software/data role • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent experience • Strong programming skills in Python and SQL • Familiarity with ETL/ELT concepts and building data pipelines • Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred) • Familiarity with REST APIs and integrating external data sources • Strong attention to data quality and reliability • Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and business audiences Desired skills (nice to have): • Hands-on experience with AWS data services such as Glue, Lambda, and S3 • Experience loading and modeling data in a cloud data warehouse (e.g. Snowflake) • Experience with distributed processing frameworks such as Apache Spark • Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka or Kinesis • Experience with infrastructure-as-code (CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation) and monitoring with CloudWatch • Knowledge of geospatial analysis • Familiarity with zero-downtime deployment patterns such as blue-green deployments • Interest in insurance, underwriting, or claims #LI-MS #LI-REMOTE What C&F will bring to you • Competitive compensation package • Generous 401K employer match • Employee Stock Purchase plan with employer matching • Generous Paid Time Off • Excellent benefits that go beyond health, dental & vision. Our programs are focused on your whole family’s wellness, including your physical, mental and financial wellbeing • A core C&F tenet is supporting your career development, so we provide a wealth of ways for you to keep learning, which may include tuition reimbursement, industry-related certifications and professional training to keep you progressing on your chosen path • A dynamic, ambitious, fun and exciting work environment • We believe you do well by doing good and want to encourage a spirit of social and community responsibility, matching donation program, volunteer opportunities, and an employee-driven corporate giving program that lets you participate and support your community