Senior Data Engineer, Underwriting Operations

You desire impactful work.
 

You’re RGA ready

RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Position Overview

Designs and delivers robust, scalable data products that power analytics, machine learning, and business applications. Builds and maintains data pipelines and lakehouse architectures to enable efficient ingestion, streaming, transformation, and storage of diverse data sources. Implements best practices for data modeling, cataloging, and governance to ensure quality, security, and compliance. Leverages cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, and modern frameworks to create reusable, high-performance data assets. Collaborates with product teams and stakeholders to translate business needs into data solutions, driving innovation through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Creates and supports the process to pull the information from source systems and place it into the data lake 
• Performs big data design and testing, including data design, big data architecture, catalog, and repository creation 
• Designs, develops, and maintains the big data technologies and architectures 
• Works with business and IT stakeholders to optimize information by defining business requirements and populating the data lake 
• Creates big data schematics and layouts; assists with developing capacity planning 
• Recommends improvements and applies standards, processes, and procedures for big data systems 
• Seeks continuous big data performance improvement and ensures security of information 
• Creates and implements effective metrics and monitoring processes 
• May lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements 
• Acts as a resource and impacts the quality of work for colleagues with less experience

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent education/ experience required
• Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) preferred
• 4+ Years of big data or relevant experience
• 4+ Years of experience with cataloging, modeling, ingestion, processing, and streaming technologies and processes. Continuous Integration Tools (eg, CruiseControl, Continuum, Travis)
• 1+ Years of Data Analysis experience
• Data Modeling experience
• Experience with dbt
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with HTTP, SSL/TLS, REST, SQL, JSON, and Excel 
• Experience with MySQL, Oracle, SOLR, NoSQL, Postgres, Mongo DB and Hive 
• Test Driven Development processes and tooling (eg, JUnit, Mocha, Jasmine, Protractor) 
• DevOps-style deployment tools (eg, Docker, Ansible, Vagrant) 
• Experience with business intelligence and/ or data warehouse technologies and processes
• Advanced ability to solve complex problems, drawing upon creativity, experience, and multiple sources of information 
• Advanced communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex or difficult information in straightforward manner. Advanced interpersonal skills, including the ability to build consensus 

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

Compensation Range:

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.