Staff Data Engineer, Group Tech Lead

Not your everyday company

Lemonade completely reinvented how insurance works. As a customer-centric tech company, we created an insurance experience that is smart, instant, and delightful.

At Lemonade, you’ll be working with a group of like-minded makers, who get a kick out of moving fast and delivering great products. We surround ourselves with some of the smartest, most motivated, creative people who are filled with positive energy and good karma.

Unlike most publicly traded companies, we’re nimble and efficient. We take pride in the fact that we still think and operate like a startup. We don’t care much about titles and hierarchy and instead focus on innovation, bold moves, and challenging the status quo.

We’re built as a lean, data-driven organization that relies on a common understating of objectives and goals to provide teams with autonomy and ownership. We don’t like spending our days in meetings and we skip committees altogether. At Lemonade, there’s no such thing as going over someone’s head. We have zero tolerance for bureaucracy, office politics, and lean-back personalities.

As a Public Benefit Corporation and a certified B-Corp, we deliver environmental and social impact using our products and tech. Through our Giveback program, we partner with organizations such as the ACLU, New Story, The Humane Society, Malala Fund, American Red Cross, 360.org, charity: water, and dozens of others, and have donated millions towards reforestation, education, animal rights, LGBTQ+ causes, access to water, and more.

Awarded ‘best workplace’

Best Workplace and Best-Led Company by Inc. Magazine

“World Changing” by Fast Company

Recognized as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company Magazine

Ranked #1 Home insurance in America

Won best renters and homeowners insurance in America by US News, and others

Best Pet Insurance in America

Rated “Best Overall Pet Insurance” by Better Homes & Gardens

Rated 4.9 ⭐ on the App Store

Among the highest rated apps of all time

What you’re applying for

We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Staff Data Engineer to join our Data Platform group in TLV as a Tech Lead. As the Group’s Tech Lead, you’ll shape and implement the technical vision and architecture while staying hands-on across three specialized teams: Data Engineering Infra, Machine Learning Platform, and Data Warehouse Engineering, forming the backbone of Lemonade’s data ecosystem.

The group’s mission is to build a state-of-the-art Data Platform that drives Lemonade toward becoming the most precise and efficient insurance company on the planet. By embracing Data Mesh principles, we create tools that empower teams to own their data while leveraging a robust, self-serve data infrastructure. This approach enables Data Scientists, Analysts, Backend Engineers, and other stakeholders to seamlessly access, analyze, and innovate with reliable, well-modeled, and queryable data, at scale.

In this role you’ll

• Technically lead the group by shaping the architecture, guiding design decisions, and ensuring the technical excellence of the Data Platform’s three teams
• Design and implement data solutions that address both applicative needs and data analysis requirements, creating scalable and efficient access to actionable insights
• Drive initiatives in Data Engineering Infra, including building robust ingestion layers, managing streaming ETLs, and guaranteeing data quality, compliance, and platform performance
• Develop and maintain the Data Warehouse, integrating data from various sources for optimized querying, analysis, and persistence, supporting informed decision-makingLeverage data modeling and transformations to structure, cleanse, and integrate data, enabling efficient retrieval and strategic insights
• Build and enhance the Machine Learning Platform, delivering infrastructure and tools that streamline the work of Data Scientists, enabling them to focus on developing models while benefiting from automation for production deployment, maintenance, and improvements. Support cutting-edge use cases like feature stores, real-time models, point-in-time (PIT) data retrieval, and telematics-based solutions
• Collaborate closely with other Staff Engineers across Lemonade to align on cross-organizational initiatives and technical strategies
• Work seamlessly with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Analysts, Backend Engineers, and Product Managers to deliver impactful solutions
• Share knowledge, mentor team members, and champion engineering standards and technical excellence across the organization
  
  

• 8+ years of experience in data-related roles such as Data Engineer, Data Infrastructure Engineer, BI Engineer, or Machine Learning Platform Engineer, with significant experience in at least two of these areas
• A B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
• Extensive expertise in designing and implementing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses, including strong skills in data modeling and building scalable storage solutions
• Proven experience in building large-scale data infrastructures, including both batch processing and streaming pipelines
• A deep understanding of Machine Learning infrastructure, including tools and frameworks that enable Data Scientists to efficiently develop, deploy, and maintain models in production, an advantage
• Proficiency in Python, Pulumi/Terraform, Apache Spark, AWS, Kubernetes (K8s), and Kafka for building scalable, reliable, and high-performing data solutions
• Strong knowledge of databases, including SQL (schema design, query optimization) and NoSQL, with a solid understanding of their use cases
• Ability to work in an office environment a minimum of 3 days a week
• Enthusiasm about learning and adapting to the exciting world of AI – a commitment to exploring this field is a fundamental part of our culture