Data Architect

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• Competitive Salary
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About Us

At CoverGo, our mission is to empower all insurance companies to make insurance 100% digital and accessible to everyone.

• We are a leading global no-code insurance platform for health, life, and P&C
• We’re the winner of the Insurtech of the Year in all of Asia and other awards globally
• We work with insurance enterprise clients such as AXA, Bupa, MSIG, Dai-ichi, Bank of China Group Insurance, and many more
• We're an international, diverse team of over 120 people with 30 nationalities and team members working remotely from all over the world
• We are fully funded and backed by reputable VC funds and strategic institutional investors
• We have a global presence in Asia, EMEA and the Americas
• We’ve grown our annualized revenue by over 30x since January 2021
• We’re constantly working towards making CoverGo a workplace that you love coming to. We deeply believe that bringing together a diversity of thoughts, expressions, and perspectives is key to building the best culture for equally diverse communities all over the world

About the Role

We are looking for a Data Architect to define and own the Data Models that underpin the policy administration applications. The successful candidate will have a strong data architecture background with experience in building out conceptual, logical and physical data models. The candidate will come from an insurance industry or insurance application vendor background with exposure data modeling across multiple lines of business in the insurance vertical. The candidate must be familiar with domain driven design concepts for data modeling and designing physical data models for a NoSQL database engine (MongoDB in our case).

What You Will Do

• Establish a complete holistic approach and understanding of Data Governance to the enterprise. Alignment to an understanding of Data Sovereignty, regulatory, legislative and best practice. In particular making Security and Privacy critical points
• Ownership of the Data Architecture across all the domains within the CoverGo application set
• Ownership of the internal and external facing Data Model Information and Documentation
• Definition and ownership of the Data Architecture principles and design guidelines
• Design of the Data Architecture Models (Conceptual, Logical and Physical) across all areas of the platform
• Governance of the Data Models developed by the project teams to ensure they meet the Data Architecture principles and design guidelines
• Ownership of the Central Data Dictionary and Central Data Model components that underpin all areas of the applications
• Implement and maintain best practices in data architecture
• Define and manage the approach to Data Migration (Import and Export) for customers moving data to/from the CoverGo eco-system
• Ensure the base data models are designed to be easily extendable by partners in a controlled manner
• Work closely with the Integration Architect to ensure the data models meet the needs of the business process API’s
• Work closely with the product and delivery teams to understand and prioritise the data architecture needs of our product domains and our customers
• Ensure flexibility and scalability of our Data Architecture to meet a growing customer base
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in the insurance industries from a data architecture perspective
• In the medium term (~1 year) establish the enterprise Business Intelligence, Analytics & Modeling as key business assets and enable the delivery of reusable value to the organization together with data integrity via best practice transformation processes

What We Need

• At least 10 years of professional experience in data architecture design and delivery with a focus on financial services and at least 5 years directly in the insurance industry with exposure to multiple lines of business
• Applicants must be based in Europe to be considered for this position
• Proven experience in designing and managing complex data models in a NoSQL environment
• Strong architecture experience in designing efficient and business focused data models in a DDD environment
• Proven knowledge and use of DDD principles
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
• Proven experience in delivering high-quality data architecture approaches & solutions in an enterprise environment that meets product and customer needs
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture, systems architecture, integration architecture and data architecture standards, frameworks, and practices
• Excellent communication skills
• An interest in staying hands-on technical as well as wearing the data architects hat
• Exposure to database engines for relational, graph, key-value products would be a distinct advantage
• Knowledge of UML modeling techniques

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Fully Remote
• Flexible Leave
• International Environment
• Competitive renumeration package
• Performance Bonus
• Stock Options after 6 months
• Company activities and events
• Learning and development plan

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