Sr Analyst, Data Engineer

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. Join the brains behind theArcade application—our cutting-edge data environment powering actuarial research and commercial line pricing strategies. As aData Engineer Senior Analyst, you won’t just write code—you’ll architect the data backbone that enables our actuaries to simulate, strategize, and shape the future of our commercial insurance products. What You’ll Do: • Engineer robust data pipelines inDatabricks,Python, andSQLto fuel high-impact actuarial models. • Collaborate with actuaries and analysts to explore “what-if” scenarios that influence real-world pricing decisions. • Design and optimize scalable data solutions that support dynamic, object-oriented simulations. • Contribute to the evolution of ourcommercial line data ecosystem, ensuring data is clean, accessible, and actionable. • Leverage your understanding ofOOP (Object-Oriented Programming)to build modular, reusable components that drive innovation. Tech Stack You’ll Work With: • Must-Haves:Python,SQL, Databricks • Nice-to-Haves:Java, Spark, Git, CI/CD tools • Concepts:Object-Oriented Programming, Data Modeling, ETL Pipelines Why This Role Rocks: • You’ll be the data enabler behind critical business decisions. • Work in a collaborative, research-driven environment where your ideas matter. • Be part of a team that’s not afraid to experiment, iterate, and innovate. Are You the One? You’re a curious, detail-oriented engineer who thrives on solving complex data puzzles. You understand that great data engineering is about more than just pipelines—it’s about empowering people with insight. Work Environment: This hybrid position can be based in Columbus, Des Moines or Scottsdale with in-office collaboration two days per week. Job Description SummaryNationwide’s industry leading workforce is passionate about creating data solutions that are secure, reliable and efficient in support of our mission to provide extraordinary care. Nationwide embraces an agile work environment and collaborative culture through the understanding of business processes, relationship entities and requirements using data analysis, quality, visualization, governance, engineering, robotic process automation, and machine learning to produce targeted data solutions. If you have the drive and desire to be part of a future forward data enabled culture, we want to hear from you. As a Data Engineer you’ll be responsible for acquiring, curating, and publishing data for analytical or operational uses. Data should be in a ready-to-use form that creates a single version of the truth across all data consumers, including business users, data scientists, and Technology. Ready-to-use data can be for both real time and batch data processes and may include unstructured data. Successful data engineers have the skills typically required for the full lifecycle software engineering development from translating requirements into design, development, testing, deployment, and production maintenance tasks. You’ll have the opportunity to work with various technologies from big data, relational and SQL databases, unstructured data technology, and programming languages. Job Description Key Responsibilities: • Provides technical consultation on data product projects by analyzing end to end data product requirements and existing business processes to assist in the design, development and implementation of data products. • Translates business data stories into a technical story breakdown structure and work estimate so value and fit for a schedule or sprint is determined. • Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities. • Develops and maintains scaleable data pipelines for both streaming and batch requirements. • Assists in building out new API integrations to support continuing increases in data volume and complexity. • Practices code management and integration with engineering Git principle and practice repositories. May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Reporting Relationships:Reports to Manager/Director Data Leader. Typical Skills and Experiences: Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, business, statistics, math, a related field or comparable experience and education strongly preferred. Graduate studies in business, statistics, math, computer science or a related field are a plus. License/Certification/Designation: Certifications are not required but encouraged. Experience: One to three years of relevant experience with data quality rules, data management organization/standards or practices. Experience with query languages, statistical software and data wrangling and provisioning tools. Experience analyzing trends and patterns in structured and unstructured data to support business problem solving. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus. Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Data application and practices knowledge. Skilled with modern programming and scripting languages (e.g., SQL, R, Python, Spark, UNIX Shell scripting, Perl, or Ruby). Good oral and written communication skills. Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence. Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner. Values:Regularly and consistently demonstrates the Nationwide Values. Job Conditions: Overtime Eligibility:Exempt (Not Eligible) Working Conditions:Normal office environment. ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. Benefits We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer. Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law. 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