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Verisk

Builds data and risk software for insurers

Lead Engineer - Managed File Transfer

Full-Time
$120k - $152k/yr
Senior
Bachelor's
New Jersey, USA
Hybrid
DevOps & InfrastructurePlatform Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on experience in managed file transfer, integration engineering, or platform engineering roles, with demonstrated technical leadership experience.
  • Strong experience with managed file transfer platforms such as Axway Secure Transport or similar enterprise file transfer technologies.
  • Deep understanding of secure transfer protocols and related technologies, including SFTP, FTPS, AS2, HTTPS, encryption, keys, and certificate management.
  • Experience with scripting and automation using Shell, Python, JavaScript, or similar tools, along with working knowledge of APIs, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and infrastructure automation.
  • Strong background in Linux/Unix administration, troubleshooting, and production support for business-critical platforms.
  • Experience with observability, service metrics, root cause analysis, and reliability engineering practices.
  • Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure and experience supporting secure, scalable enterprise integrations in hybrid environments.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions and influence decisions.
Responsibilities
  • Lead the engineering, design, and delivery of the enterprise managed file transfer platform, including secure transfer patterns, workflows, scheduling, encryption, automation, and resilience.
  • Own platform architecture and technical standards to ensure secure, scalable, reliable, and supportable file transfer services.
  • Drive modernization initiatives, including automation, self-service capabilities, API enablement, continuous integration and continuous delivery integration, and cloud adoption where applicable.
  • Establish and improve observability through dashboards, alerting, logging, service metrics, and reporting to support proactive service management and continuous improvement.
  • Provide engineering oversight for service health, escalations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and long-term reliability improvements.
  • Partner with operations, infrastructure, security, architecture, and business stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions and define operational readiness requirements, including runbooks, monitoring, training, and handoff artifacts.
  • Support governance, audit, and risk management activities by ensuring strong technical controls, secure onboarding standards, certificate management, and remediation of platform vulnerabilities.
  • Act as the technical lead and subject matter expert for the managed file transfer platform, influencing roadmap, vendor strategy, technical debt reduction, and service-quality outcomes.

About the company

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Verisk

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Verisk sells data, analytics, and software to insurers, reinsurers, and insurance intermediaries that assess risk and settle claims. Its tools support insurance pricing and policy development, catastrophe modeling, and claims investigation, combining industry records with scientific models and specialized applications. Xactimate calculates property repair estimates, while other platforms compare claims to identify suspected fraud and model losses from natural disasters. Customers pay through hosted subscriptions, transaction fees, and advisory services, with software and data integrated into their underwriting and claims workflows. Verisk traces its operating roots to 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Jersey City, New Jersey

Founded

1971

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What believers are saying

  • Core demand is expanding: July 2026 results showed Verisk's subscriptions growing 8% excluding currency and portfolio changes.
  • Recurring contracts support stability: subscriptions generated 84% of Verisk's insurance revenue in the first half of 2026.
  • Career progression has a map: Verisk's Career Framework links employee skills to job functions and grades.

What critics are saying

  • Data suppliers hold leverage: Verisk's contracts are short term, and some suppliers also compete with it.
  • Technology teams face a handoff: Verisk's CIO role moved to interim leadership in August 2026.
  • Merger execution faced court intervention: August 2026 ruling ordered Verisk to pursue AccuLynx approval and pay direct costs.

What makes Verisk unique

  • Insurance rulebooks are a product: Verisk's ISO library contains more than 30,000 standardized policy forms and resources.
  • Repair pricing is local: Verisk's estimating data covers more than 460 markets using completed jobs and cost research.
  • Its data has a field operation: Verisk deploys about 500 US representatives to inspect properties and community protections.

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Benefits

  • Hybrid Work Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

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1 year growth

17%

2 year growth

17%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 24th, 2026
Verisk stock falls 13.4% in a year to $203.33, but can past support hold?

Verisk Analytics stock has lost 13.4% over the past year, including dividends, while the S&P 500 gained 15.1%. At $203.33, the shares sit near a level where buyers have stepped in before. The stock rose 21.1% within 112 days from $189.94 in July 2021, and 33.6% within 316 days from $187.69 in March 2023. Buyers did not hold this price during the last two visits, in October 2025 and March 2026. Subscription sales, 83% of second-quarter revenue, grew 8%, while transaction sales fell 4.2%. Debt rose to $4.62 billion from $3.43 billion a year earlier. Support breaks below $193.16, with the next level at $175.62.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
Verisk shares trade 40% below high at $190.87 as bulls cite 16x EBITDA and 63 hedge fund holders

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) trades more than 40% below its 52-week high of $322.92, and bulls argue the market undervalues the insurance data provider. Its shares were $190.87 on October 20, 2026, and have lost 19.62% over 12 months. About 90% of the largest property and casualty insurers use Verisk, with customer retention above 95%. Fiscal 2025 organic revenue grew 6.6% and free cash flow reached $1.19 billion. Growth slowed to 4.7% in the first quarter of 2026, but the company kept its full-year revenue guidance at $3.19 billion to $3.24 billion. It also sold its energy analytics unit for $3.1 billion. Its EV/EBITDA of 15.73x compares with 20.22x for Moody's and 21.95x for S&P Global. Hedge fund holders rose to 63 from 50 in the second quarter. Risks include slowing growth and the reliability of its catastrophe models as climate patterns shift.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Oct 13th, 2026
Form 8-K

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 469-2000

Yahoo Finance
Oct 13th, 2026
Services stocks: IonQ and Motorola Solutions to watch, Verisk to avoid

Business services stocks have gained 19.6% over the past six months, 6.1 percentage points ahead of the S&P 500, according to StockStory. It names two stocks to watch and one to avoid, warning that the sector is sensitive to the wider economy. Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI), valued at $73.86 billion, grew revenue 9.2% annually over five years. Its free cash flow margin is 18.9%, and its shares trade at $447.72, or 24.5x forward earnings. IonQ (NYSE:IONQ), a quantum computing company worth $14.41 billion, grew revenue 181% annually over two years. Projected growth for the next 12 months is 166%, and shares trade at $36.28. The stock to avoid is Verisk (NASDAQ:VRSK), worth $23.1 billion. Its revenue grew just 1.7% annually over five years, and earnings per share rose 8% annually over two years.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 5th, 2026
Solera and Verisk link UK motor insurance claims data directly to 3,000 repair shops to cut waiting times

Solera and Verisk have launched an integration connecting Verisk's IVI Total Loss solution with Solera's Audatex estimating platform to streamline motor insurance claims in the UK. The system allows customer information and vehicle images captured at First Notification of Loss to flow directly to repairers, eliminating duplication and enabling earlier action on claims. Nearly 3,000 UK repairers using Audatex now receive instant access to FNOL images, allowing them to prepare labour and materials before vehicles arrive. This early visibility supports faster triage, improved planning and earlier parts ordering, reducing delays in the repair process. The integration improves claims accuracy and operational efficiency by ensuring critical data flows seamlessly between insurers and their approved repairer networks, helping accelerate the overall repair journey for customers.