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As Lead Data Engineer, reporting to the Head of Data and Insights, you'll design, build and run the platform the rest of the business relies on.\nWe're moving off legacy systems onto a modern cloud platform on Azure. You'll help lead that move and build the pipelines and data products behind reporting, self service BI and advanced analytics.\nThis is a senior role and you'll still be hands on. Other engineers and analysts will come to you for code reviews, design advice and mentoring.\nLocation: Wellington\nRole Type Full time, Permanent\nWork Style Hybrid\nWhy this role\nYou get to build the new platform, not just patch the old one\n\nYou stay on the tools, with no people to manage\n\nYour standards become how the team works\n\nYou'll have Chubb's global data team and its scale behind you\n\nYour work feeds decisions right across the business\n\nWhat you’ll own\nBuild scalable, secure pipelines on Azure\n\nDesign ELT/ETL patterns, data models and reusable components\n\nSet standards for testing, version control, CI/CD and documentation\n\nReview code, guide designs and mentor others\n\nKeep the platform reliable, well monitored and cost efficient\n\nWork with BI, data science and IT to build what's actually needed\n\n Design, build and maintain scalable, secure Azure-based data pipelines and ELT/ETL processes.\n Develop reusable data models and components supporting enterprise reporting, self-service BI and advanced analytics.\n Establish and enforce coding standards, version control, testing, documentation and CI/CD for all data pipelines.\n Ensure data quality, reliability and accessibility for analytics and business intelligence initiatives.\n Provide hands-on technical leadership, code reviews and mentorship to data and analytics engineers.\n Act as the primary technical liaison for the Data Technology team, influencing architecture decisions.\n Implement resilience, observability and alerting mechanisms; manage incidents and runbooks.\n Continuously optimise platform performance, reliability and cost on Azure.\n Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, runbooks and knowledge repositories.\n Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across multiple countries to deliver fit-for-purpose data solutions.\n What you’ll bring\nA solid track record of getting data pipelines and platforms into production\n\nDeep hands on experience with cloud platforms and tools like Databricks or Snowflake\n\nStrong SQL and Python, including processing data at scale\n\nA good understanding of warehouses, lakes and lakehouses, plus data quality and governance\n\nExperience mentoring others and influencing teams across functions\n\nYou're comfortable in an agile setup with shifting priorities\n\nYou don’t not need to meet every requirement to apply. If this role sounds like a strong fit for your experience and the kind of environment where you would do your best work, we’d love to hear from you.\nIf you'd rather build a platform than babysit one, apply now.\nWhat we offer\nFlexible & Hybrid working\n\nGroup Life, Trauma, Income, Healthcare and Travel Insurance\n\nAdditional annual leave\n\nKiwisaver paid on top of base salary\n\nAnnual Bonus\n\nStock Purchase options\n\nWellbeing subsidy and partner discounts\n\nEndorse my cause & payroll giving\n\nHow we work\nOur values shape how we work and what we look for in our people:\nTeamwork we back each other and work together to get the best outcome\nIntegrity we do the right thing and hold ourselves to high standards\nCustomer focus we keep customers at the heart of our thinking and decisions\nExceed we aim high, move with purpose, and deliver beyond expectations\nRespect we value people, perspectives, and the contribution everyone brings\nAbout Chubb Life NZ\nChubb Life Insurance New Zealand Limited is one of the country’s leading life insurers. Formerly known as Cigna, we’ve been operating in New Zealand for more than a century and are committed to being there for our customers when they need us most.\nLearn more aboutLife at Chubb\nApplications are reviewed as they are received, and as such, the role may close prior to the deadline date.\n#LI-AH2","description_format":"text","description_chars":4208,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Hybrid work","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"New Zealand","iso":"NZ","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Property & Casualty Insurance","Reinsurance"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-12T04:43:13Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-14T05:58:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/chubb-lead-data-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/chubb-lead-data-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-14T22:55:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":30331,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":18935},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=18935"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fchubb-lead-data-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fchubb-lead-data-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fchubb-lead-data-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/chubb-lead-data-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fchubb-lead-data-engineer-2"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4138982}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"chubb.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4138982},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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