Senior Data Engineer, Marshmallow
1-3 days a week in office
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
Open for applications
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
1-3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To back those who find themselves on a different path, either by choice or by circumstance, helping the exceptions to the rules that others aren’t interested in serving.
Role
Who you are
- You have commercial experience working on production data platforms in data intensive organisations. You have contributed to the improvements and feature development of these platforms
- Deep understanding of OLAP databases and their architectures
- You are comfortable with general Data Warehousing concepts
- You have in depth experience with AWS services and how these are composed to make up an effective data platform (eg S3, Kinesis, Lambda, Glue etc)
- You are familiar with data orchestrations tooling such as Airflow or AWS Step Functions
- You have a deep understanding of SQL and data modelling
- You are proficient in Python, DBT, Terraform and Docker (Java is a plus)
- You proactively identify issues and opportunities that can improve work in your domain and beyond
- You have experience building robust and reliable data pipelines requiring a high attention to detail and consideration for data quality
Desirable
- You have had some exposure to Looker or similar data exploration and BI tooling
What the job involves
- We’re here to empower teams and individuals with data, at all levels at Marshmallow. We work across teams, taking proactive action, evangelising a data driven culture, unlocking data silos and promoting tools which enable self-service
- The Senior Data Engineer will act as the subject matter expert for any technical development of the data platform
- Core components of the stack are DBT, Snowflake, AWS Kinesis, DMS, Airbyte and Segment
- You will own these platforms, ensuring that any code changes and new features are built in a sustainable way and without contributing to tech debt
- Senior Data Engineers will be required to form a deep understanding of our more holistic Data Platform to enable safe work on wider parts of the data stack
- The Senior Data Engineer will partner closely with users of the platform ensuring the highest of usability and performance of the platform
- They will view these tools/platforms holistically, designing a longer term strategy for how they can provide the most value to the business
- Their success will be measured by the delivery of the evolving capabilities of the platform, the increase in self serve-ability for consumers and producers of the platform and the sustained performance of the platform
- The Senior Data Engineer will collaborate with leadership in other functions within the org to ensure delivery of cross function initiatives such compliance and secops initiatives
- Championing the best practices within the data engineering domain with an emphasis on data quality, governance and a healthy data culture
- Add end to end autonomy, ownership and execution
Application process
- We break it up into 4 stages:
- Initial call with one of our Talent team (30 mins)
- A skill-based interview to discuss your past experience
- A technical interview focusing on both architecture and coding (1 hour)
- Final behaviour based cultural interview (1 hour)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
For many ordinary people, insurance can be inaccessibly expensive. Marshmallow solves this problem by using data and technology to offer fairer coverage for car and van owners.
Car insurers generally quotes drivers according to population data, and many drivers are overcharged due to age and demographic. By leveraging data and proprietary technology, Marshmallow can offer more accurate and personalised quotes delivered in minutes, meaning lower fees for drivers. Naturally, this approach has proven popular, with Marshmallow garnering impressive reviews and accolades since it first launched.
The insurtech space is becoming increasingly competitive, and more and more tech companies are moving into the car insurance space, so the company is currently looking to expand into other insurance areas. Marshmallow’s unicorn status is a clear indicator of the company’s ongoing success and scalability, and will help to facilitate this diversification.
For now, the company is focused on helping those outside the norm, such as those who have uprooted their lives and moved to the UK. But in the future, it hopes to expand to any group of people who are unfairly marginalised and whose problems Marshmallow is uniquely positioned to solve.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
50% female employees
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Open and honest communication
"At Marshmallow information is 'over-shared' and this starts from the CEOs and continues through the organisation. People across the business are..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$83m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $118.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible working - Manage your own time and choose where to work from (in the office, at home, or a little bit of both). Just make sure your team is happy too.
- Ben benefits - Get your hands on your flexible benefits budget with the Ben Mastercard and spend it wherever you want.
- Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance 🌟
- Private healthcare - We want to support everyone’s wellbeing at Marshmallow, which is why we offer private healthcare insurance with Vitality.
- Cycle to work scheme - We’re registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a new bike tax-free. Lycra shorts optional.
- Mental wellbeing - We have partnered with Oliva to offer mental health support and make therapy sessions more accessible.
- Learning and training - Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Weekly book clubs and learning sessions. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset.
- Company socials - We give all of our teams monthly budgets to get to know each other better outside of work. Plus we have company-wide socials every two weeks, themed parties, and more.
Company values
- We have a bias for action - We carry urgency into our every day, knowing that only by making daily progress can we drive long-term growth
- We are challenging and honest - We optimise for truth and progress, which requires us to never shy away from difficult conversations with each other
- We take ownership - We take on challenges, and put our hands up when things go wrong
- We are selfless - We work hard, together and without ego
- We are bold - To serve our customers best, we experiment relentlessly, make tough decisions and go where others won’t
- We simplify for success- We don’t overcomplicate or try to be too clever. Less is more
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Oliver Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Growth & Partnerships at Yoti and Leveraged Finance at Investec. Previously founded Reel Money.
David Goaté
(Chief Architect)Previously Software Architect at Yoti, also worked as a software engineer at Homeseller, Cognitran and IG.
Alexander Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Product at Yoti. Also co-founded Reel Money and was an Analyst at hedge fund QCM.
People progressing
Joined as Software Engineer, being promoted to Technical Team Lead after 10 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Marshmallow
- To solve big problems, we need exceptional people from all walks of life. We're creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their unique perspectives and boldest ideas to the table. Belonging - As a community, we foster an environment where everyone feels supported and safe to bring their authentic self to work. Recognition - We recognise and celebrate the differences in our experiences, understanding that our unique contributions help us collectively deliver our best work. Influence - We’re empowered to share our voice and have influence. We value diversity of thought, knowing we are better through our collective perspectives and experiences.
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