New Zealand Job Openings

TOWER Insurance

Senior Data Engineer

Auckland

FULL TIME

November 13, 2024


Why you'll love working with Tower
At Tower, we put our people first and pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive space that provides opportunities for everyone to thrive. As a unique Kiwi and Pacific insurer operating for almost 150 years, with roots all the way back to Dunedin NZ, we embrace and encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work.
We celebrate all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, religions, anything that helps to make our people special. We are proud holders of the Rainbow Tick which is an important symbol for us.

What will you be doing?
Reporting to the Data Engineering and Platforms Lead, you will own the solutions and build them in a secure, reliable, and scalable manner.
As a high performing member of our engineering team, you will contribute to delivering the Data Platform capabilities and services, as well as improving our existing platforms and data engineering practices.
You can expect to be across the following:
  • Design and develop end to end data pipelines using tools such as Talend, DBT, SSIS and Azure Data Factory
  • Mentor team of Data Engineers with best engineering practices and provide technical leadership.
  • Translate functional requirements into technical specifications.
  • Design data solution architecture, data models, data migration, integration, analysis, and visualisation.
  • Exposure to ETL/ELT and Governance tools.
  • Maintain the enterprise datawarehouse (Snowflake) and all integrations associated with it.
  • Work with the team members in supporting existing pipelines.


What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will also be able to demonstrate the following:
  • At least 10 years' experience in the Data Engineering/modelling/Business Intelligence space.
  • An understanding of the general insurance or financial services market would be beneficial.
  • Data Consulting or professional services experience is an advantage.
  • Proven experience work with Snowflake Administration and Development tools - Snow SQL, Snowpark, Snowpipe
  • Ability to develop new data pipelines using Talend, DBT or equivalent tools and model datasets using Data Vault, Relational and Dimensional modelling techniques.
  • High attention to detail and with the ability to analyse data using tools like Power BI or Tableau.
  • Have worked with Agile scrum practices.


We pride ourselves on encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work, and we embrace diverse opinions, experience and backgrounds. Making sure we are doing what's right.
Our commitment is to create an inclusive workplace where our people come first, we feel valued, safe and respected. If you feel comfortable doing so, please let us know early in the process if there are any diversity needs, we can meet or make reasonable adjustments to enable you to shine. If you would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

What we'll bring to the table
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of perks and benefits to celebrate and look after our Tower employees.
Highlights include:
  • Our people come first as we offer 16 weeks of paid leave for the primary carer and 4 weeks of paid leave partner`s leave.
  • A paid day off on your birthday, as well as two extra annual leave days every year and the option to buy an additional eight days of leave. So up to six weeks off!
  • Annual Performance Review where you get to showcase your progression.
  • Wellness leave instead of sick leave so you can proactively look after your health and wellbeing
  • Career growth - we promote internal capability; we also have programmes that recognise star performers.
  • Flexible workplace opportunities at our beautiful 6 Green Star Fanshawe St office packed with modern technologies, stand-up desks, open space and coffee machines in two large modern kitchens with cafe-inspired dining areas.
  • Discounts on Tower insurance products of up to 50%
  • Free Life Insurance of up to four times your annual base salary
  • Paid parental leave top up for 16 weeks.
  • Retail deals and discounts with Les Mills, JB Hi-Fi, PB Tech, The Coffee Club,
  • Warehouse Stationery and more


Apply now: Ready to embark on a journey where your experience truly matters in the heart of New Zealand and the Pacific`s insurance industry? If you are excited about defining a new era of insurance, submit your resume and a detailed cover letter highlighting your impactful career.
Please note: We're eager to get the right person on board as soon as possible. We don't have set closing dates, so we'll start reviewing applications as they come in. Don't wait—apply now to make sure you're considered.

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