Staff Data Engineer at NMI

NMI is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of their data infrastructure, leveraging Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in developing scalable data pipelines, ensuring data integrity, and providing robust solutions that empower analytics and machine learning teams.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure using GCP and AWS services.
• Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines to process and transform large datasets efficiently.
• Develop and optimize data models, warehouses, and lakes for analytical and operational use cases.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD processes for automated deployment, integration, and testing
• Identify and address bottlenecks in data pipelines and systems
• Implement data governance, security, and compliance best practices.
• Automate and monitor data ingestion, transformation, and storage processes.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical data systems.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in cloud data technologies and advocate for best practices.
• Optimize and manage cloud-based data platforms, ensuring security, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders to understand customers’ business challenges and key requirements.
• Mentor peers and foster continuous learning of new technologies.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable data architectures.
• Expertise in GCP and AWS services.
• Expert in SQL and programming languages such as Python.
• Proficient in data warehousing concepts, data lakes, and distributed computing.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Experience in technical decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning.
• Understanding of data quality, lineage, observability
• Familiar with privacy and compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
• Startup mindset — comfortable with ambiguity, rapid iteration, and limited resources.

What NMI offers:

• Competitive annual salary + bonus
• 15 days holiday + 12 public holidays each year (+ 1 day after each year of service)
• 45-hour work week
• Family friendly policies (Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay).
• A chance to develop with an allocated company training budget
• A strong commitment to employee wellbeing including mental health first aiders and weekly yoga sessions.
• Employee referral scheme with generous financial reward
• Bonusly colleague reward scheme
• Fun culture events (company volunteering days, seasonal parties)
• Medical Aid and Gap Cover