Description:

Zensurance is a scale-up InsurTech company focused on re-imagining the commercial insurance market.
The company aims to empower small businesses across Canada with a modern approach to insurance.
The Tech Lead, Data will join the Data Team and guide the technical strategy in line with the department's culture of iterative development.
This role emphasizes security and scalability, collaborating with Product Managers, Data Team Lead, and Staff Developers.
Responsibilities include designing and implementing data systems, overseeing migrations, and providing technical insights.
The Tech Lead will coach and mentor peers, assist in employee training, and enhance the team's technical capabilities.
This is a remote-first position within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Requirements:

A university degree or college diploma in a technical field, preferably in Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience is required.
Candidates must have 7+ years of experience building and supporting user-facing data applications.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL systems using Python is necessary.
5+ years of data modeling experience with SQL is required.
Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in developing and deploying machine learning models.
3+ years of orchestration experience with Kubernetes and Airflow is needed.
2+ years of experience in designing scalable and distributed systems is required.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform for at least 2 years is necessary.
Candidates should have 2+ years of experience with LLMs, including prompt engineering and fine-tuning.
A minimum of 2 years of experience coaching and mentoring data professionals is required.
Experience in implementing secure data practices to meet compliance standards is necessary.
Extensive experience with the Scrum framework and Agile methodologies is required.
Familiarity with goal-setting frameworks such as OKRs is preferred.
Experience with tools like MongoDB, dbt, Snowflake, Segment, and Looker is necessary.

Zensurance offers a primarily remote work environment available to all employees.
Employees receive a laptop, an extra monitor, and essential accessories for their work setup.
There is an allowance for home office supplies to enhance the work-from-home experience.
Comprehensive and flexible health and dental plans are provided, including mental health support.
Health/Personal Spending Accounts are available to subsidize healthy habits and purchases.
The company offers a Parental Leave Top Up for eligible employees.
Weekly company-wide huddles are held for casual catch-ups with other departments.
Employees can participate in scheduled virtual and in-person team-building events.
Zensurance promotes a culture of teamwork and innovation, emphasizing integrity, inclusion, and accountability.