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Data Engineer

Team: Data

Reporting to: Head of Data

Salary: Guide £50k-80k Negotiable depending on experience.

Location: Fully remote (Must be UK based and right to work in UK)

Hours: Full-time 37.5 per week

As an exciting new brand in the world of ‘Insurtech’, Peppercorn is seeking a talented and innovative individual to join us as a Data Engineer.

About the role

This is a rare and outstanding opportunity to be exposed to working with data in the highly desired sectors of a regulated industry Financial Services/Insurance and AI.

As a growing, fast-moving insurtech, you’ll also experience working in an environment that exposes you to technology, data and situations you may not normally have the opportunity to.

As a Peppercorn Data Engineer, you’ll work with large quantities of data and apply your problem-solving skills to develop and maintain data pipelines, ensuring that data is available and accessible to the rest of the team. From your data insights, you’ll be feeding insight back into the wider business to help drive business decisions. You’ll work on cutting-edge technologies, and collaborate with other engineers to help drive better decisions across the business.

If you’re someone who loves to get into the details of how data works, wants to make a difference, and be part of the solution, then this role is perfect for you. Join our team and make the future.

Overview of responsibilities

• Develop Peppercorn's MI platform through the integration of new data sources, which may require building API connectivity or SFTP jobs depending on the source. 

• Work with Peppercorn's suppliers and internal finance team to automate all financial reconciliation processes.

• Use conversational data to produce insights into customer behaviours and improve the customer experience whilst building industry-leading fraud detection.

• Secure and make configurable Peppercorn's MI platform, which is part of its B2B offering.

• Collaborate with the wider team to develop core analytics and reporting capability that is accessible to all team members.

• Ensure that the insights are based on inclusive data and are sensitive to diversity and inclusion issues.

About You

To be able to do well in this role, we expect that you’ll have:

• A strong understanding of SQL, database management and data modelling is crucial to this role.

• Proficient in Python with experience in developing data pipelines and automation scripts.

• Experience working with cloud-based systems and technologies ideally but not essentially AWS.

• Hands-on experience with Snowflake as a cloud-based data warehouse platform.

• Experience using DBT (data build tool) for managing data transformations and version control.

• Proficient in using data visualisation and reporting tools e.g. Looker.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills, able to adapt your style to suit the audience.

• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as the work dictates, seeking to understand the work of other teams in the business to promote a trusting and creative working environment.

• An openness to receiving feedback on your performance, approach and development and use this to support your continuous professional development.

About the team you’ll join

To complement our empowered culture, the team will actively look to share best practices, coach and mentor you to help in your personal development. You’ll be able to draw on their many years of development, through multiple development languages and delivery methods.

The team you'll be working with believes in the benefits of working in smaller, highly skilled groups who inspire and learn from each other.

They prioritise automation wherever possible, and encourage team members to take ownership and accountability for their work.

We pride ourselves on open communication and collaboration to achieve goals. Get ready to join a team that values efficiency, innovation, and autonomy.

Outstanding benefits package

• Salary: £50K-80K per annum based on 37.5 hours per week. We welcome conversations with applicants on salary as we’ll negotiate based on demonstrable experience.

• Flexible holidays: 30 days + bank holidays (which don’t have to be taken on the bank holidays) + your birthday off. 

• Location: Fully remote with flexible working hours option. We arrange away days throughout the year when the whole Peppercorn team meets up - We pay for your travel and any overnight stays.  

• Pension: Supplementary pension contributions

• Physical and mental well-being support: An extensive package including PMI, 24/7 Health Support, Health Cash Plan, an annual health assessment and more

• Death in service cover: 4 times the annual salary paid to your nominated beneficiary

• Home office support: Make your home your office with our home office package + we use Apple laptops as our ‘go-to’ kit.

About Peppercorn

We’re empowering customers by using the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology, we’ve built and launched a fully interactive, digital and conversationally-based experience.

At the heart of the experience is Peppercorn’s supercharged AI Digital Assistant. The Assistant is available at every stage of the customer journey from buying to renewing. On-hand 24/7, it helps customers manage their policy and keep up to date with how their claim is getting on - no waiting, no queues! 

A culture focused on empowerment - ‘The Peppercorn Way’

At Peppercorn, we work with a ‘better together’ approach that encourages valuable collaboration whilst still empowering the person to work autonomously to make things happen. 

We’ve deliberately set out to do things differently. We choose to avoid expensive traditional headquarters so no time-wasting, polluting commutes. We’re already seeing the benefits of a healthy work/life balance from home working. 

The well-being of our Peppercorn family is essential. We’ve worked hard from day 1 to make sure that remote working still promotes a healthy team culture by staying in contact and using the latest tech and working systems that allow for maximum inclusion and clarity.

We strive to be a creative, high-performing team that reflects our customer base's diversity. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds and areas of work experience to do this. Our firm belief is that diversity of thought shapes better business decisions and builds a more inclusive working environment. 

Our values

• Keep improving - “I’m encouraged to build on successes, and learn from failures”

• Make it happen - “I’m trusted to make decisions in a no-blame environment”

• Better together - “I’m part of a great team that supports me”

• Reach for the stars - “I’m given the freedom to be ambitious and the best I can be”.