Senior Data Engineer - AI & Analytics Platform - Hybrid

Job Level:  Professional
Location: 

Minneapolis, MN, US, 55416

Area of Expertise:  Data & AI
Unit:  Allianz US Life
Employing Entity:  Allianz Life Insurance Company
Job Type:  Full-Time
Remote Job:  Hybrid working
Employment Type:  Permanent
ID:  100603
Position Cluster:  Non-Executive

 

What you do:

The Senior Data Engineer – AI & Analytics Platform will be a key role in driving Allianz Life’s AI and Analytics capabilities on the Azure/Databricks platform. You’ll leverage your hands-on data engineering and Databricks expertise to build and maintain data pipelines and automation that power advanced analytics and AI solutions. You’ll have a hand in defining and executing data ingestion and data architecture with a focus on operational excellence, security, and performance. Collaboration will be key, as you partner with IT, data science, analytics engineering, and vendor teams to move and manage data on a robust platform that accelerates innovation and business value. 

Data Engineering & Operations (60%) 

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain platform components, including: data connections, data pipelines, Databricks Lakeflow jobs, related GitHub Actions and Databricks Declarative Automation Bundle (DABs) pipelines, and various monitoring frameworks. 

  • Create and maintain data engineering templated project repositories enabled and simplified for the internal platform team with custom CLI. Create/manage Databricks DAB Infrastructure as Code repositories as needed. 

  • Ensure high availability, performance, and observability of data pipelines and data quality & cost monitoring through proactive monitoring and incident response.  

  • Maintain team documentation for the internal platform and for external business users of the platform (i.e. developers). 

Collaboration & Governance (30%) 

  • Mentor junior data engineers within the internal team, including reviewing PRs and ensuring code quality are standardized and rigorously reviewed on a platform level. 

  • Partner with other members of the internal team, IT, data science, and analytics engineering teams to support end-to-end solution delivery, including building and promoting data pipelines, provisioning the related Databricks DAB infrastructure for data ingestion & transformation, and supporting DevOps pipelines (GitHub Actions) and processes. 

  • Provide support and guidance across the SDLC, including CI/CD, release management, and environment promotion. 

  • Provide ad hoc support for application deployment for Databricks Apps space and Azure App Services. Kubernetes application experience preferred. 

Innovation & Enablement (10%) 

  • Help evaluate emerging Azure and Databricks services and AI/ML capabilities to drive innovation and continuous improvement. 

  • Contribute to data engineering platform governance, including data ethics, compliance, and security best practices. 

  • Mentor technical teams and promote architectural standards and reusable patterns. 

  • Utilization of artificial intelligence tools and resources (e.g. generative AI)

 

What you bring:

  • 6+ years of experience in a combination of Data Engineering, DevOps, and App Development roles. 
  • Experience configuring and maintaining Databricks Workspaces, ACLs, and other Workspace artifacts 
  • Experience working with Databricks (Lakehouse architecture, Spark, Unity Catalog, Delta tables). 
  • Experience with DevOps, and SDLC practices in a regulated enterprise environment. 
  • Experience creating GitHub Actions Workflows for code promotion across environments. 
  • Experience creating data ingestion and data transformation pipelines in Pyspark, preferably within Databricks. 
  • You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes holders of H-1B, H4, L-1, L-2, TN, OPT, CPT, and other nonimmigrant visas.

Job posting range $110,000 - $151,000  

  • For roles in zones 1 and 2: minimum zone 1 – mid zone 2 
  • For roles in zone 3: minimum zone 2 – mid zone 3 

Note the job posting range is exclusive of company benefits or other compensation. This role is also eligible for an annual incentive program. If you are hired, your final base salary will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, competencies, and/or education. In addition to those factors, we will also consider internal equity of our current employees. Please keep in mind that the range provided is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at or near the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. 

 

What we offer: 

At Allianz Life, we’re proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer: a choice of comprehensive medical, dental and vision plan options, flexible spending and health savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan retirement program, generous annual paid leave, an outstanding 401(k) company match, and life insurance. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that is fair, caring, and inclusive. Our generous benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we’re routinely recognized as a top workplace employer. For additional information regarding What It’s Like To Work Here | Allianz Life

100603 | Data & AI | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent

 

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

 

Join us.  Let’s care for tomorrow. #LI-BK1

 


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