Software Engineer (Python), Proactive Cyber

Software Engineer (Python), Proactive Cyber

Department: Software Developement

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Richard Jacobs

Description

Working within the specialist Underwriting Data Services team at CFC, your role will be in developing our proprietary data collection platform, solving data problems that are key to the future of insurance. This means being involved in the design and implementation of new data capabilities (aggregation, ingestion, event handling), as well as improving the quality of data produced by current data enrichment processes.

The Underwriting Data Services team is transforming the use of data in commercial insurance. Our in-house data platform collects large volumes of data on our clients in real-time from internal, open source and proprietary data sources. Underwriting Data Services help CFC learn as much as possible about each client and CFC uses this data to deliver innovation in how insurance decisions are made across all lines of business.

About the role

Within this role, you will be expected to:

• Use our standard tech stack is Python, Linux (via WSL), PostgreSQL, running on Azure and AWS.
• Developing and improving data modules that run on our distributed platform.
• Working with infrastructure teams to ensure appropriate service are provisioned to support pipelines.
• Exposing source data in a consumable way to stakeholders for both transaction & analytical purposes
• Identifying root causes of issues, that lead to the generation of incorrect data, or gaps in existing collection mechanisms.
• Evaluating new sources of data on our SME client base.
• Assisting in maintaining cloud infrastructure and supporting the continuous development/deployment cycle.
• Writing technical and non-technical documentation.

About you

When you join CFC’s Underwriting Data Services team, you will use data to grow CFC’s competitive advantage in the insurance market’s “data arms race” while working side by side with the team’s Data Science function. Your job will be to research, develop and

implement new functionality that will impact how CFC underwrites each risk. This will be critical to the profitability of the business. Improving functionality could be increasing the coverage, accuracy or speed of data collection or using a new data source that increases understanding of our customers.

You will understand current business requirements, along with the long-term vision for Underwriting data, and forge solutions that allow value to be delivered now while minimising long term technical debt. You will also be involved in leveraging our cloud infrastructure, as well as DevOps toolsets used to build and run our systems.

Core Values

Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.

Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.

Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.