Data Engineer

Who we are

Corebridge Financial helps people make some of the most meaningful decisions they’re ever going to make. We help them plan and take action to protect the future they envision, and respond to some of life’s most difficult moments through the solutions and services we provide. We do this through our broad portfolio of life insurance, retirement and institutional products, offered through an extensive, multichannel distribution network. We provide solutions for a brighter future through our client centered service, breadth of product expertise, deep distribution relationships, and outstanding team of hardworking and passionate employees.

We are looking for a seasoned data engineer who has an experience with building data pipeline frameworks for large data environments.  The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up.  They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems and products.  The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing our company’s data architecture to support our next generation of products and data initiatives.

About the role

We want to hear from you today if you can:

• Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and implement scalable and robust data pipelines for collecting, processing, and storing large volumes of structured and unstructured data from various sources.
  • This includes data ingestion, data transformation, data integration, and data quality assurance. Data Storage and Management: Design and implement data storage solutions that meet the requirements of big data processing, including distributed storage systems like Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), cloud-based data storage services, and relational and NoSQL databases.
• Optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Data Transformation and ETL: Develop data transformation and Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to clean, filter, aggregate, and enrich data for downstream analytics and reporting purposes.
• Implement data validation and error handling mechanisms to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and data processing systems.
• Tune and optimize data workflows, queries, and algorithms to improve overall system performance and response times.
• Monitoring and Maintenance: Establish monitoring and alerting systems to track data pipeline health, performance, and data quality.
• Documentation and Collaboration: Create and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture, data flow diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, providing technical guidance and support to ensure successful project delivery.
   

Please note: The job can only be performed in the State locations listed: Houston, TX and Remote-TX

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of solid data engineering experience in big data technologies and frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, Spark-Streaming, Spark-CDC, EC2, AWS EC2, EMR cluster, and distributed computing concepts.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java and Scala, and experience with SQL (RDS, Postgress, MySQL) and NoSQL (Cassandra, DynamoDB) databases and tools such as Autosys, Erwin ADS for data governance, Google Web Toolkit.
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data structures, and database design principles.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, data lakes, and cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, AWS Cloud).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Experience with data visualization and analytics tool like Power BI is a plus.

What our employees like most about working for Corebridge Financial

• We care about your professional development. Our career progression program will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills, strengthen your productivity and be eligible to progressively advance to positions with an increased responsibility and increased compensation. 
• Our “Giving Back” policy is at the core of our daily operations and guides our future progress. Don’t believe us?  We put our money where our mouth is! Corebridge Financial, will give you up to 16 hours a year paid time off to volunteer in the community.
• Our people are at the forefront of creating value for customers and stakeholders and therefore we provide a generous b