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Lead Data Engineer
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Actively hiring, first seen by us 6 hours ago- Pay
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Full benefits wording- Flexible & Hybrid working
- Group Life, Trauma, Income, Healthcare and Travel Insurance
- Additional annual leave
- Kiwisaver paid on top of base salary
- Annual Bonus
- Stock Purchase options
- Wellbeing subsidy and partner discounts
- Endorse my cause & payroll giving
- How we work
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About Chubb
Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand Limited is one of the country’s leading life insurers.
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Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us today, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
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- Nov 12, 2026today
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Chubb is hiring
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Where the posting names them
- Deep hands on experience with cloud platforms and tools like Databricks or Snowflake - Strong SQL and Python, including processing data at scale - A good understanding of warehouses, lakes and lakehouses, plus data quality and governance
Chubb Life is aiming to be New Zealand's number one life insurer, and good data is a big part of getting there. 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. We'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. This 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.
What you’ll own - Build scalable, secure pipelines on Azure - Design ELT/ETL patterns, data models and reusable components
- Work with BI, data science and IT to build what's actually needed - Design, build and maintain scalable, secure Azure‑based data pipelines and ELT/ETL processes. - Develop reusable data models and components supporting enterprise reporting, self‑service BI and advanced analytics.
- Implement resilience, observability and alerting mechanisms; manage incidents and runbooks. - Continuously optimise platform performance, reliability and cost on Azure. - Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, runbooks and knowledge repositories.
- A solid track record of getting data pipelines and platforms into production - Deep hands on experience with cloud platforms and tools like Databricks or Snowflake - Strong SQL and Python, including processing data at scale
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About Chubb
- People
- About 45,000 in 2025, up 5% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as CB.
Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
The opportunity
Chubb Life is aiming to be New Zealand's number one life insurer, and good data is a big part of getting there. 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.
We'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.
This 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.
Location: Wellington
Role Type Full time, Permanent
Work Style Hybrid
Why this role
You get to build the new platform, not just patch the old one
You stay on the tools, with no people to manage
Your standards become how the team works
You'll have Chubb's global data team and its scale behind you
Your work feeds decisions right across the business
What you’ll own
Build scalable, secure pipelines on Azure
Design ELT/ETL patterns, data models and reusable components
Set standards for testing, version control, CI/CD and documentation
Review code, guide designs and mentor others
Keep the platform reliable, well monitored and cost efficient
Work with BI, data science and IT to build what's actually needed
- Design, build and maintain scalable, secure Azure‑based data pipelines and ELT/ETL processes.
- Develop reusable data models and components supporting enterprise reporting, self‑service BI and advanced analytics.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, version control, testing, documentation and CI/CD for all data pipelines.
- Ensure data quality, reliability and accessibility for analytics and business intelligence initiatives.
- Provide hands‑on technical leadership, code reviews and mentorship to data and analytics engineers.
- Act as the primary technical liaison for the Data Technology team, influencing architecture decisions.
- Implement resilience, observability and alerting mechanisms; manage incidents and runbooks.
- Continuously optimise platform performance, reliability and cost on Azure.
- Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, runbooks and knowledge repositories.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders across multiple countries to deliver fit‑for‑purpose data solutions.
What you’ll bring
A solid track record of getting data pipelines and platforms into production
Deep hands on experience with cloud platforms and tools like Databricks or Snowflake
Strong SQL and Python, including processing data at scale
A good understanding of warehouses, lakes and lakehouses, plus data quality and governance
Experience mentoring others and influencing teams across functions
You're comfortable in an agile setup with shifting priorities
You 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.
If you'd rather build a platform than babysit one, apply now.
What we offer
Flexible & Hybrid working
Group Life, Trauma, Income, Healthcare and Travel Insurance
Additional annual leave
Kiwisaver paid on top of base salary
Annual Bonus
Stock Purchase options
Wellbeing subsidy and partner discounts
Endorse my cause & payroll giving
How we work
Our values shape how we work and what we look for in our people:
Teamwork we back each other and work together to get the best outcome
Integrity we do the right thing and hold ourselves to high standards
Customer focus we keep customers at the heart of our thinking and decisions
Exceed we aim high, move with purpose, and deliver beyond expectations
Respect we value people, perspectives, and the contribution everyone brings
About Chubb Life NZ
Chubb 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.
Learn more about Life at Chubb
Applications are reviewed as they are received, and as such, the role may close prior to the deadline date.
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