Data Engineer, Pie Insurance
$115-145k
+ equity
Small business insurance
Open for applications
Small business insurance
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$115-145k
+ equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make insurance less expensive, simpler, and more transparent for small business owners.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 2+ years experience as a software engineer or data engineer with a focus on data systems
- Advanced proficiency writing complex SQL and manipulating large structured and semi-structured datasets
- Proficiency in Python for building production-grade data pipelines
- Working knowledge of Snowflake or comparable cloud warehouse — comfortable with warehouse management, access controls, and query performance. Exposure to RBAC and cost governance is a plus
- Experience working with data models in cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery. Familiarity with Data Vault 2.0 or dimensional modeling is a plus, willingness to learn Data Vault is required
- Demonstrated experience using testing frameworks to validate data and code in a production environment
- Hands-on experience with data observability tooling
- Proficiency using AI coding assistants (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Snowflake Cortex) as a core part of your development workflow
- Experience running technical projects end-to-end with guidance from senior engineers — scoping, documenting, and communicating with stakeholders
- Comfort working in a regulated environment (e.g., SOX-relevant financial reporting)
- Willingness to develop deep domain expertise in insurance and the Pie business over time. The best data engineers here understand premium, loss, and policy lifecycle as well as they understand Snowflake
What the job involves
- This is a hands-on engineering role — you'll be writing production Python and SQL, building Airflow DAGs, and contributing to our Data Vault 2.0 warehouse alongside a team of senior and staff engineers
- You'll work on the data infrastructure that powers how Pie quotes, underwrites, and services small business insurance customers. The pipelines and models you build feed everything from pricing to financial reporting, which means correctness and reliability matter
- You'll be expected to develop deep domain expertise in insurance and the Pie business over time. Engineers who succeed here understand premium, loss, and policy lifecycle as well as they understand Snowflake
- Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that deliver accurate, trusted data with the freshness our stakeholders depend on
- Contribute to data modeling decisions within our Data Vault 2.0 warehouse that balance raw fidelity in the vault with the consumption patterns of downstream marts and analytics
- Administer and optimize Snowflake across warehouse sizing, query performance, access controls, RBAC and user/role management, and ongoing cost tuning
- Build and maintain resilient Airflow DAGs and CI/CD pipelines that make deployments predictable, repeatable, and safe to roll back
- Implement automated testing (unit, integration, and data quality) so issues are caught in CI before they reach production
- Provide mission-critical production support and ensure data reliability through proactive observability tuning, comprehensive incident response, and continuous feedback loops that integrate production insights back into pre-load validation and CI/CD pipelines
- Leverage AI-powered tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Snowflake Cortex) to accelerate code generation, automate documentation, and improve code quality
- Work with stakeholders across Executive, Product, Engineering, and business teams to translate the "why" behind a request into a technical solution that meets the business need
- Run technical projects end-to-end with guidance from senior engineers — scoping with stakeholders, documenting requirements, and explaining technical trade-offs
- Follow and contribute to best practices for data governance, privacy, and security, including the change management and validation discipline required for SOX-relevant reporting
- Take an active part in the operational responsibilities of running our data infrastructure, with a focus on reliability, cost efficiency, and observability
Our take
Historically, it’s been extremely cumbersome to qualify, onboard and manage workers’ comp insurance, particularly for America’s small businesses which haven’t been prioritized by larger carriers. That’s left small businesses often stranded with expensive and low-quality coverage.
Pie Insurance is changing all that through its technology-first model. Using data and analytics to better comprehend risk and speed up the decision-making process, it reduces the time to make an underwriting decision to a few minutes. Facing only legacy competition in an industry ripe for disruption, Pie Insurance has enjoyed rapid growth and received significant investment funding from backers in the InsurTech space.
Having recently acquired a nationally licensed insurance company, Pie Insurance is now able to directly issue its own policies nationwide. Currently available in 38 states, it will be aiming to expand its operations into the remaining states and territories to provide insurance to small businesses across the entire USA.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2022
$315m
SERIES D
Mar 2021
$118m
SERIES C
Total funding: $620.3m
Company benefits
- Flexible work: Pie offers in-office, hybrid, and remote work options so you can create the work environment that's best for you
- Fully paid health care: Pie covers the health, vision, and dental premiums for full time employees and covers a percentage of premiums for spouses and children
- Equity and 401k: We think you should get a piece of the pie, so in addition to equity, Pie contributes to your retirement through a 401k
- Generous PTO: We want to make sure Pie-oneers have time to balance a rewarding work life and fulfilling personal life
- Parental leave: Pie knows your family is important, providing 100% compensation for the first three months of parental leave, as well as a generous return to work plan
- Caregiver leave: Pie offers caregiver leave so you have the time to dedicate to those who need your care
- HSA and Health FSA: Pie contributes $1,500 for individuals and $2,000 for family HSAs per year. Employees have the option to contribute to a Health FSA
- Dependent Care FSA: To help care for your dependents, Pie allows employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to be used for expenses like babysitters, daycare, summer camps, etc
- Pet insurance: Pie understands your pet is family and their care can be costly when they're not feeling well. The plans provide reimbursement for common needs like exams, vaccines, x-rays, prescriptions, and much more!
Company HQ
Union Station, Denver, CO
Leadership
John Swigart
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously CMO for RapidFinance. Also worked as CMO for Esurance, starting off as VP of Finance in 2000.
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