Argo Group is a leader in specialty insurance with a vibrant culture built on respect, equality, wellness and opportunity. We’re an innovative organization that’s small enough to be agile and big enough to make a difference in our industry.

Our collaborative workplace is continuously evolving to ensure all employees feel:

Comfortable bringing their whole selves to work.
Confident that they will be treated respectfully.
Recognized for their performance and provided with equal opportunities to succeed.

At Argo, skill meets opportunity. If you’re wired to raise your hand and ask, “Where can I help?”, you’ll thrive with us.

The Senior Data Engineer is a full-time/permanent position located on-site in our Chicago office.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in implementing data ingestion and transformation pipelines for large scale organizations. The candidate should have 8+ years of experience and love being a problem solver, translating requirements into data metrics and schemas that are easy to understand. We are seeking someone with deep technical skills in a variety of technologies like Snowflake, Talend, AWS storage integration solutions and DevOps. Candidate should also have strong interpersonal skills, enabling them to guide people through conversations to collect the information as needed.

Who You Are

You're someone who wants to see the impact of your work making a difference every day by driving outcomes and results to stakeholders and solving client needs. Your friends describe you as thorough, analytical, and detail-oriented, and someone who gets things done. You are someone with high standards who leads by example, and who will take pride in Argo like we do. Most of all, you love solving difficult business & technical challenges to make a difference in the lives of other people.

Qualifications:

Core Skills: SQL • ETL •Talend • Snowflake • Scripting • Git • Batch and streaming technologies.

8+ years’ experience in Data Warehousing and Data Engineering.
3+ years’ strong experience with Snowflake, Talend.
Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills and ability to write queries and data extracts.
Experience working with different file formats like Parquet, Avro, JSON etc.
Good understanding of Snowflake database architecture and ability to design and build optimal data processing pipelines.
Demonstrated skill in designing highly scalable ETL processes with complex data transformations, data formats including data cleansing, data quality assessment, error handling and monitoring.
Expertise in building and managing large volume data processing (both streaming and batch) platform is a must.
Design, develop, manage, and monitor complex ETL data pipelines and support it through all environment runways.
Experience with Python/JavaScript or other scripting languages is a plus.
Proficient utilizing platforms and technologies which support DevOps and SDLC leveraging CI/CD principles and best practices.
Ability to work with developers to build CI/CD pipelines, Self-service Build tools, to automate deployment processes.
Working knowledge and experience of using orchestration frameworks like Airflow, UC4, and AWS Step functions will be good.
Knowledge of Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) is a plus.
Provide Support and troubleshooting for data platforms. Must be willing to provide escalated on-call Support for complicated and/or critical incidents.
Work well within an Agile or have sound Agile Scrum Team Knowledge.
Manage and prioritize multiple assignments.
Ability to work individually and as a team.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring for other team members.
Good communication and cross functional skills.

PLEASE NOTE: At this time, Argo Group will not sponsor an applicant for employment authorization for this position.

If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or a similar law and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Argo Group, please contact our Benefits Department at 210-321-8400.

To all recruitment agencies: Unless you have been requested to work on this position, or other positions with Argo Group, please do not forward any resumes to Argo Group employees. Argo Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Argo Group International Holdings, Inc. (“Argo” or the “Company”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, Ltd. (“BWS”), a New York and Toronto-listed public company. Argo, with over $8 billion of assets on its balance sheet, is a leading underwriter of specialty insurance products in the property and casualty (P&C) market, working with independent agents, wholesale brokers, and retail brokerage partners to deliver collaborative solutions for niche markets.

BWS is a leading wealth solutions provider, focused on securing the financial futures of individuals and institutions through a range of wealth protection and retirement services, and tailored capital solutions. BWS is backed by Brookfield Corporation, a leading global investment firm whose asset management business manages more than $1 trillion in assets as of September 30, 2024.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin or citizenship (including language use restrictions), denial of family and medical care leave, disability (mental and physical) , including HIV and AIDS, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, child birth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, child birth or breastfeeding), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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Our Benefits

Developing our employees professionally and personally strengthens our organization.
Argo Group offers an attractive Total Rewards package that includes:

A culture that recognizes performance and empowers employees to excel, offering competitive compensation and merit driven profit sharing.
Workplace policies that support employee well-being include flex time and floating holidays.
Comprehensive health, wellness, and financial planning options that employees can tailor to meet their personal and family needs. In addition to traditional health and wellness plans, benefits include dental, disability, life insurance, medical, and vision insurance, matching 401(k) retirement savings, generous paid time off (21 days of PTO, 11 paid company holidays, 3 floating holidays and a paid voluntary day), paid caregiver and parental leave, paid bereavement, jury duty/court appearances, and military (up to 14 days) leave, employee assistance program (EAP), and an array of voluntary benefits.
Argo Academy, a digital and instructor-led platform that offers continuous learning and professional development – Training magazine lists Argo among the Training "Top 125" Companies. Argo encourages career mobility and continuing education to pursue and maintain professional and industry designations, in addition to traditional university and higher education programs.
An inclusive culture that develops and sponsors diverse teams, encourages cross-functional engagement and collaboration, builds community through employee resource groups (ERGs), and provides an environment that welcomes ongoing dialogue, creative innovation, professional and personal development.
Active community outreach and volunteer programs.
A generous Employee Referral program that results in approximately 25% of all new hires annually.

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