Senior Data Engineer (Azure Databricks)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid work mode

Company

hirify.global, part of Munich Re, provides primary insurance services in the UK through its London Branch.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain Silver and Gold table transformations in the Azure Databricks lakehouse using agreed medallion architecture principles.
• Contribute technical input to data modelling for Silver and Gold layers, ensuring performant models aligned with Munich Re standards.
• Investigate and resolve data quality issues from the data intake platform, working with the Platform team on upstream root causes.
• Build reusable data products for business consumption, including Databricks Dashboards and Power BI outputs.
• Collaborate with Data & BI, IT, Platform, underwriters, actuaries, and other business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data products.
• Support code and modelling reviews, explain technical trade-offs to non-technical audiences, and contribute to Agile/Scrum delivery.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a data engineering role within the insurance industry.
• Advanced SQL and PySpark skills with hands-on experience building data transformations and data products.
• Demonstrable data modelling experience, including practical medallion architecture experience and participation in modelling discussions with IT.
• Experience with Databricks and Delta Lake; familiarity with Unity Catalog and semantic-layer or consumption-layer tooling.
• Power BI experience, including building and maintaining dashboards and reports.
• Ability to balance technical constraints with business urgency, navigate challenging stakeholders, and explain technical work clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Experience working across business functions, including with underwriters, actuaries, IT, and Platform teams.
• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment, including backlog refinement and sprint ceremonies; understanding of data governance and version-controlled development workflows.
• Understanding of LLMs, AI, and RAG within the insurance industry.

Nice to have

• Experience with Databricks Dashboards, Power BI, Unity Catalog, semantic-layer tooling, or Databricks Genie.
• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, mathematical, technical, or business discipline and/or relevant professional or technical qualifications such as Databricks Certified Data Engineer or Azure Data Engineer Associate.
• Experience with Delegated Authority and/or Large Single Risk/Specialty insurance business.
• Familiarity with dimensional modelling, including star schemas and slowly changing dimensions, in a modern lakehouse environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across the Data & BI team, IT, Platform, and wider business.
• Expected to act as a subject-matter expert and mentor, sharing knowledge and modelling inclusive behaviour.
• Regular work with internal and external business partners, with emphasis on fairness, respect, and clear communication.
• Compliance with Munich Re’s Code of Conduct and FCA Conduct Rules is required.
• Reasonable adjustments may be requested at any stage of the recruitment process.