About Parsyl:

Parsyl is an insurance technology company that delivers data driven cargo insurance solutions for essential supply chains including vaccines and medicines, perishable foods and other sensitive goods. Our mission is to end the days of “ship and pray” and  build a world where everyone, everywhere can trust the quality of the goods they rely on, from the foods they eat to the medicines they need. 

We are working to achieve this by combining smart sensors, data insights, and data-driven insurance to improve risk resiliency and safeguard goods in transit and storage. This unique combination of IoT and insurance means our customers can use data to make supply chains more transparent, safe and sustainable - better for people and the planet. 

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Parsyl led the formation of the Global Health Risk Facility, the world’s dedicated insurance solution for distributing Covid-19 vaccines and other essential health products around the globe. 

Where you fit in:

Data is at the core of everything we do at Parsyl. As such, you will play a critical role in helping us achieve our mission. As the first dedicated data engineer at Parsyl, you will build and own the data engineering function. Sitting within the Data & Insights team, you will ensure the team has the data it needs to build products that ultimately improve the quality of essential goods throughout the global supply chain. 

You are a good fit for this position if you are confident in building and owning the data engineering function within a data first organization. You are equally comfortable building data pipelines and communicating technical tradeoffs to non technical audiences. You are self-motivated and thrive in a fast paced, ambiguous environment. 

What you’ll get to work on:

• Architect, build, and maintain Parsyl’s data warehouse from scratch to accelerate Data Science and Business Analyst research and development.
• Own data pipelines and integrations - from sources such as Parsyl transactional and IoT data, software vendor data, and partner or purchased data - for consumption by the data team.
• Coordinate with the production backend team to efficiently manage data pipelines and integrations for two systems with different requirements; understand and advocate for the needs of the data team and liaise between the data team and backend and product teams.
• Maintain an expert understanding of emerging data engineering tools, architectures, and processes, articulate the tradeoffs between them, and anticipate the data team’s need to adopt them; drive the creation of and own Parsyl’s data engineering roadmap.
• Create and maintain a data dictionary; own data meaning and integrity within the data warehouse.
• Build and lead a data engineering team to meet the data team’s growing needs; establish and ensure best practices and standards for performance, speed, scalability, and quality.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering and data technologies
• 3+ years of experience architecting cloud data solutions, preferably AWS or GCP
• 1+ years of experience in engineering management or technical leadership role
• Experience with 
  • Data warehousing, data modeling and ETL
  • DAG workflow management tools
  • Monitoring dashboards and alerting tools
  • Distributed computing tools like Hadoop, Spark, and EMR
  • Terraform or other infrastructure as code
• Strong SQL and relational database experience
• Expertise in Python
• Eagerness to work in a fast-paced startup environment 
• Excellent communication skills 

It's a plus if you also have...

• IoT data
• NoSQL databases
• Visualization tools e.g., Looker, Tableau, etc.
• Data science or data analytics
• Global health, supply chain, or financial industries

Qualities We Look For:

• Mission -- You are highly motivated and inspired by our mission to improve health and save money for people across the globe.
• Grit -- You bring determination and a strong will to the challenges and opportunities that come with being at an early stage startup.
• High Standards -- You take pride in your work and are highly accountable. 
• Curiosity -- You are energized by finding creative solutions to new situations. 
• Self-Starter -- You are ambitious and take initiative, and thrive in environments with minimal supervision. 
• Humility -- You approach your work with humility and a willingness to collaborate and learn from those around you in order to produce the best outcome.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Market competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range of $125,000 - $170,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and location.

• Early-stage stock options

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) including company match

• Unlimited vacation policy

• Company “Closures” - quarterly mental health days, week-long summer closure, two-week-long winter closure

• Paid sabbatical program

• Flexible hybrid work environment

• Monthly wellness and commuter benefit

• Home office set-up benefit

• Significant career growth opportunities

• Continuing education stipend

• Relocation assistance available (Denver, CO candidates or candidates willing to relocate strongly preferred, but remote candidates will be considered)

*Parsyl requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless they qualify for a religious or medical accommodation.