Data Engineer

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Department: Data and Engineering

Workplace: hybrid

Employment Type: full

Description

About Zego

Insurance hasn’t changed much in over a century. The way we live, work and travel has.

Good drivers are the entire point of Zego. Seven in 10 drivers on the road are consistently good, but until telematics came along there was no way to prove it, so nearly everyone paid a price based on averages. Zego is the company built to change that.

At Zego, we’re leading the AI evolution in insurance.

We move fast, without the layers that usually slow things down. AI takes the routine work off every team, from Finance to Product to Marketing, so people ship real code and launch custom dashboards in minutes. Engineering commits are entirely AI-assisted, which shifts the focus from team size to the quality of your thinking, and our data warehouse connects directly to an AI assistant for instant answers. Backed by a modern tech stack (Claude Code, Snowflake, Figma and Zapier) and a commitment to adopting new tools in days rather than quarters, you get complete ownership to do the most impactful work of your career.

Purpose of the role

Were looking for a Data Engineer to join our data engineering function, helping to build and maintain the data platform that powers Zegos ambitious growth.

This is a hands-on technical role. Youll build and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines, working within an established platform and architecture. Youll work closely with peers across Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Product to ensure our data infrastructure is efficient and reliable.

AI is central to how we work at Zego, and that extends to engineering. Youll be encouraged to use AI tools to move faster, automate the routine, and focus your time on the problems that matter most, while staying thoughtful about where and how they add value.

Youll learn from experienced engineers across the team, and youll be encouraged to grow your technical skills while contributing to high-quality, well-tested work.

Requirements

What you will be doing

Technical Delivery

• Build, maintain, and improve data pipelines and related systems.
• Follow and help uphold best practices in data engineering, including testing, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure as code.
• Take part in code reviews and team knowledge sharing.

Platform & Data

• Build and maintain data pipelines, warehouses, and streaming systems within our existing architecture.
• Ensure data is modelled and structured to meet the needs of analytics, data science, and operational use cases.
• Contribute to improvements in our data systems and tooling.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with teams across the business to understand requirements and turn them into reliable technical solutions.
• Help identify opportunities for optimisation and tool improvements.
• Deliver against the technical roadmap for data engineering.

About You

You’re a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving problems and building reliable systems. You bring solid technical fundamentals, a pragmatic mindset, and a collaborative approach to everything you do.

What You Bring:

• Experience: 2+ years as a Data Engineer working on data platforms, ideally in product-led or high-growth environments.
• Technical Skills:
• Experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with modern data stacks — our tech includes Python, SQL, Snowflake, Apache Iceberg, AWS S3, PostgresDB, Airflow, dbt, and Apache Spark, deployed via AWS, Docker, and Terraform (experience with some of these or similar technologies is expected).
• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively with teammates and stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Pragmatic approach to balancing quality with delivery needs.
• Growth Mindset: Eagerness to learn, take feedback, and grow your technical skills.
• You work AI-first. You will use AI daily here, and we mean daily. You do not need to arrive an expert, but you do need to arrive curious, experiment fast, and take ownership of getting good quickly. People who wait to be trained will find this uncomfortable.

Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with Data Mesh or Lakehouse architectures.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and real-time streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis).
• Exposure to ML engineering pipelines or MLOps frameworks.

What’s it like to work at Zego?

At Zego, we operate like a high-performing sports team. We come together as one, driven by ambition, backed by real support, and united by a shared mission to win.

Working here means having the backing, the coaching, and an inclusive community of Zegons across the UK and Europe who celebrate your wins and raise your game. It also means holding ourselves to high standards: moving with urgency, taking complete ownership, and embracing honest feedback that helps us continuously learn and evolve.

This is your opportunity for a career-defining experience, and one you will own.

Do not take our word for it. Read what Zegons say about us on Glassdoor.

The Zego ways of working

Teams work better with time to collaborate and space to get things done. We call it Zego Hybrid: some of us are in our central London office weekly, others monthly or quarterly. It is about finding the balance between face time and focus that produces great work and a healthy life around it.

We also make a point of getting everyone in the same room. Teams come together every quarter, and once a year the whole company does, properly. It is a serious investment and consistently one of the best parts of the year. Here is what the last one looked like.

Benefits

Benefits

• Market-competitive salary, benchmarked against your function and reviewed every year
• Annual performance bonus, linked to company performance and your contribution
• Share options, a real stake in the company and a share in the future you build
• Private medical insurance, for you and your family
• Pension, generous holiday, and £1,000 a year to spend on getting to the office or learning something new
• Cutting-edge systems and tools, so you always have what you need to drive your impact
  

If you’re ready to help build the real-time, data-driven infrastructure for an intelligent world, we want to hear from you.

Zego, leading the AI evolution in insurance.

There’s more to Zego than just a job. Check out our blog for insights, stories and more.

We were also named Best Insurance Company 2025.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.