Staff Data Engineer

Staff Data Engineer | London | High-Growth Insurtech

Are you a senior data engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and wants to take ownership of shaping a cutting-edge data platform? This is your chance to join one of the UK's fastest-growing Insurtech scale-ups, backed by leading investors and transforming the insurance sector through data-driven innovation.

Why this role?

• Take the technical lead on data engineering projects, driving architectural decisions and platform strategy.

• Stay hands-on: designing, coding, and optimising event-driven, real-time data solutions.

• Mentor and guide a growing team of engineers, raising standards and embedding best practices.

• Partner with Product, Analytics, and Software Engineering to deliver a robust, scalable, modern data ecosystem.

About the Team
You'll join a collaborative group of talented data engineers, including senior and mid-level colleagues. Your role will be to elevate engineering quality, provide technical mentorship, and set the bar for scalable data platform design.

Ideal for someone who...

• Is currently operating as a Senior/Principal Data Engineer and ready to step up into a Staff-level role.

• Wants to shape technical direction while remaining hands-on in the codebase.

• Enjoys mentoring peers and influencing engineering culture.

• Gets excited about building event-driven data platforms at scale.