Assurance IQ is a helpful guide for finding and buying insurance. We’re an insurtech company headquartered in Seattle, and we use smart technology to make insurance less confusing. Acquired by Prudential (NYSE: PRU), it's our mission to improve financial wellness across the world.

We do this by making it easier for people everywhere to find the right health, life, home, and auto insurance, without the confusing jargon and complexities of insurance. At AIQ, we’re working to change the lives of millions by providing support and guidance personalized to everyone’s unique needs and budget —sothey can protect what matters most.

Our people are innovative, collaborative and authentic, and we cultivate an environment where everyone is welcome to show up as they choose. 

About the Position

As we build the future of consumer insurance in a modern age, data is at the core of everything that we do. The role requires team members who are adept at building software tools to move and organize data with an approach that is rooted in improving the insights and efficiency of the business. Our team uses a variety of data mining and analysis methods, a variety of data tools, builds and implements models, develops algorithms, and creates simulations. Our Data Engineers design and build the backbone that makes this development possible with no support from engineering (we own our stack end to end). At Assurance, we hire experts in their field, and we give them the independence and trust to build based on their expertise. 

To be successful in this role, you must possess the following:

• Experience with Python, SQL, Spark
• Expertise in data modelling
• Experience working in a dev ops oriented team environment
• Comfortable working with technology such as Airflow, Terraform, Kinesis, Hadoop, EMR, Databricks, Presto
• Business Acumen – you are always eager to understand how the business works, and more specifically, how your work impacts the business.
• Comfort with QA’ing your own data, to include ‘menial tasks’ like listening to calls or scrubbing excel files to ensure everything is correct 
• Comfort with learning new technologies to help the team explore new solutions to existing problems 
• Excellent communication ability – you can explain your work in a way that anyone on the team can understand, and you can frame problems in a way that ensures the right question is being asked. 
• Enthusiastic yet humble – you are excited about the work you do, but you are also humble enough to embrace feedback – you don’t need to be the smartest person in the room. 
• Bachelors degree in mathematics, statistics, data science or related field of study.

• You have a proven ability to drive business results by building the right infrastructure that enables data-based insights. You are comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams. The right candidate will have a passion for enabling the discovery of solutions hidden in large data sets and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes. We’re growing at a rapid pace, so it’s important that you embrace the opportunity to blaze your own trail. You thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift rapidly as we corner opportunity. You can work independently, with little oversight or guidance.

Assurance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.