Senior Staff Data Engineer

About Integrated Specialty Coverages Halcyon Labs (ISC) is a growth stage technology and data-driven commercial MGA and insurance wholesaler leading innovation in the market. Backed by one of the leading private equity firms, Onex Partners, and led by a forward-thinking management team, ISC is combining the worlds of insurance and technology to create an Insurtech powerhouse. As a leading online distributor of insurance products for a range of industries and “Main Street USA”, we are looking for the right people to help us in our mission of achieving exponential growth. We strive to be the number one place to go for brokers and agents to source insurance. To accomplish this, we’re building a digitally focused team that deeply understands the intersection between user experience, data, and AI/ML to optimize the way we engage with our customers and partners. Job Summary The Senior Staff Data Engineer is the technical owner of ISC’s data platform, responsible for defining architecture, driving technical decisions, and delivering solutions that align with business objectives. This role serves as the primary technical authority across the data engineering team and will lead architecture discussions, mentor engineers, and set engineering standards. You will partner directly with engineering, product, data science, and business stakeholders to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions. You must navigate ambiguity, scope undefined problems, and drive them to completion independently. A strong emphasis on AI, both integrated in the development workflow and user-facing capabilities, is expected with a commitment to upskilling the team in modern tooling and practices. No prior insurance knowledge is required, but you must quickly develop deep domain expertise. Position Responsibilities Own the technical architecture and long-term strategy of ISC’s data platform, making technology decisions that balance scalability, maintainability, and business value. Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices and build AI-driven capabilities that create measurable business value Partner with executive, product, engineering, and business stakeholders to translate complex business needs into technical strategy and delivery plans Provide hands-on technical mentorship to data engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and knowledge sharing Navigate ambiguous, undefined problems by scoping them independently and delivering solutions aligned with business priorities Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure for extraction, transformation, and loading from a wide variety of sources using AWS, DBT + SQL on Snowflake, Python, Docker, and Airflow. Minimum Qualifications 7+ years of data engineering experience from requirements through production and maintenance Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related degree or equivalent experience Strong experience building, optimizing and debugging data models, pipelines and data warehousing using SQL, DBT and Snowflake 7+ years of experience writing production software in a cloud-native environment using Python and AWS services (S3, Batch, ECR, DMS, MWAA) Experience integrating AI/ML tools into development workflows or building AI-driven data products Demonstrated experience as a technical authority by driving architecture decisions, setting engineering standards, and mentoring engineers A successful history of transforming, processing and extracting value from large disconnected, datasets from a variety of data sources (Flat files, Excel, databases, APIs, etc.) Experience working in a complex, fast-moving environment as part of a small, collaborative team Preferred Qualifications Insurance industry systems and technology experience Experience building AI/ML pipelines or leading AI adoption initiatives across engineering teams Prior experience working in a staff or principal engineer role or equivalent technical leadership position Experience operating in a high-growth or PE-backed environment with competing priorities and fast timelines This role also offers bonus pay. Your ISC Talent Acquisition representative will share more details about the bonus component should you advance in the interview process. The starting annual pay scale for this position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on factors such as skills, qualifications, training, and experience. In addition, the company offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) plan with match, paid time off, and other benefits. ISC's salary ranges are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. National Pay Range $127,036—$158,795 USD Benefits of Working at